ISH Awards to be worth £16,000
05/08/2026 … The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have confirmed a record £16,000.
2026 Archives
Wed 05 August 2026
© Andy Hollingworth Kevin Bridges gets a US agent
05/08/2026 … Kevin Bridges has signed with powerhouse American agents CAA.
Meredith's Kercher sister demands Amanda Knox Fringe show be banned
'I cannot fathom how rape and murder can be laughed about'
05/08/2026 … The sister of murdered student Meredith Kercher is demanding Amanda Knox – the woman convicted, but later acquitted, over her killing – cancel her Edinburgh…
Ed Davey fell alseep in our Fringe show
Comedian Alex Kitson on the best and the worst of the Edinburgh festival
05/08/2026 … As he returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, Alex Kitson, talks about what he can't get enough of at the festival; recalls his most embarrassing Edinburgh experience…
© Monica Pronk I want comedians to go deeper than the ultra-processed infoslop of internet opinion
Alice Fraser urges fellow stand-ups not to all descend on the same ideas
05/08/2026 … I have developed a suspicion, and it’s growing, that I can identify what podcasts a comedian is listening to within the first five minutes of watching their…
No plot, no dignity, just badly-dubbed carnage
Cecily Hitchcock picks her Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
05/08/2026 … I have never once loved something the ‘correct’ amount.
Sharing a rediscovered love of classical music connected me to audiences more than any personal stories
05/08/2026 … When I was 17, I auditioned for classical piano at Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium for Music.
© NotFromUtrecht/CC BY-SA 3.0 Leicester Comedy Festival firm goes bust
Insolvent Big Difference Company ceases trading
05/08/2026 … The company that runs the Leicester Comedy Festival has gone bust – meaning the hundreds of comedians owed money for performing there are likely to go unpaid.