Andrew White: What a Life!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
06/08/2026 … Dead parent shows have become such a Fringe cliché that if a comedian’s going to do one, they’d better make damn sure it’s something special.
2026 Archives
Thu 06 August 2026
The 'biggest prize in comedy' returns for 2026
NextUp trophy now stands 204cm tall
06/08/2026 … Voting opens tomorrow for NextUp’s Biggest Award in Comedy, the Edinburgh Fringe prize decided by the streaming platform’s subscribers.
Billy Connolly exhibition to open in Glasgow
Coming to Kelvingrove Art Gallery from June
06/08/2026 … An exhibition about the life of Sir Billy Connolly is to be held in Glasgow next year.
Save us from the entitled posh students!
Brennan Reece on the best and the worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
06/08/2026 … As he returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, Brennan Reece talks about what he can't get enough of at the festival; recalls his most embarrassing Edinburgh experience…
Jenny Gorelick: Sorry
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
06/08/2026 … It would be easy to see Jenny Gorelick as a caricature, a young-millennial New Jerseyan who tends to end her sentences with a vocal fry drawl, puts emojis on her…
Kate Hammer: Government Approved Comedian
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
06/08/2026 … Hammer by name and hammer by nature – Kate is a force of nature who pummels the audience through the power of her exuberant personality… in the nicest…
Are clowns the most serious people in comedy?
By Edinburgh Fringe performer Camilla Borges
06/08/2026 … Before I go on any further I have a confession; a few years ago I did spend three months at the acclaimed Ecole Philippe Gaulier clown school, studying the art of…
© Matt Stronge Jessica Fostekew to host Infinite Monkey Cage
Taking over after Robin Ince felt forced to resign
06/08/2026 … Jessica Fostekew will be taking over from Robin Ince as co-host of Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage.