© Netflix Alley Cats
Review of Ricky Gervais's new Netflix animation
07/08/2026 … Ricky Gervais’s sad descent from co-creator of The Office to peddler of soulless, half-arsed cash-grab tat continues with Alley Cats.
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Aisling Bea joins Starman film
Starring opposite Brendan Fraser
06/08/2026 … Aisling Bea is to appear opposite Brendan Fraser and Jeff Daniels in the new sci-fi thriller movie Starman.
© Leicester City Council Leicester mayor: We WILL have a comedy festival next year
Council chief vows to keep keep the event alive
06/08/2026 … Leicester City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has vowed that a comedy festival will takes place in the city next year It comes after the Big Difference Company,…
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.
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…