Kate Cheka: The Last Funny Woman
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2026 … Performing her sophomore Fringe show while heavily pregnant, Kate Cheka is reappraising her life… if not quite in the way you’d expect.
2026 Archives
Mon 17 August 2026
Lil Wenker: Boyking
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2026 … For a show about a power-mad princelet, Boyking generates an unexpected party atmosphere on the way in, as American clown Lil Wenker explodes out of Bunker One,…
There is a Mitchell and Webb sketch about everything
Musical comedian Tasmin Sarkany picks her coemdy favourites
17/08/2026 … In writing this I have realised that the thing I value most in comedy is elegance.
Chris Rutter: Ignorance Is Chris
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2026 … To call Chris Rutter a slow burner would be an insult to tealights.
John Robertson: Excitable Boy!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2026 … Visually, he’s part Rocky Horror’s Riff Raff and part musician Edgar Winter.
Voting opens in 2026 Comedians' Choice Awards
17/08/2026 … Voting has opened for this year’s Comedians’ Choice Awards, the Edinburgh Fringe prizes decided entirely by comedians.
I spent years teaching comedy writing, then I asked ChatGPT to write my Edinburgh show
How Tom Short learned the skills – and limitations – of AI
17/08/2026 … If you'd told me ten years ago that one day I'd be taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe written with the help of artificial intelligence, I'd have assumed…
© Kris Askey How comedy courses boost the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people
New academic research published
17/08/2026 … Taking part in a stand-up course improves the mental wellbeing and resilience of LGBTQ+ people, new research suggests.