How I conquered my writer's block and creative burnout
By returning Edinburgh Fringe comedian Spencer Jones
03/08/2026 … Writer’s block.
2026 Archives
Mon 03 August 2026
Tom Little on doo-wop
Extract from his Edinburgh Fringe show
03/08/2026 … Tom Little calls for a return of doo-wop music in this extract from his Edinburgh Fringe show.
Aunty Donna's production firm makes its first film
Crime Casters starts shooting in Melbourne soon
03/08/2026 … The production company set up by Australian comedy troupe Aunty Donna is making its first feature film, a comedy thriller called Crime Casters.
Sun 02 August 2026
Comedian Tom Short offers free stand-up training
Would-be acts raise sponsorship for charity instead...
02/08/2026 … Comedian Tom Short has launched a series of free stand-up training sessions in aid of charity.
'We were fighting while cutting out a review saying "the joy is real"
Married musical double act Couplet on the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
02/08/2026 … As they prepare to return to the Edinburgh Fringe, married couple Marnina Schon and Micah O'Konis – aka the musical double act Couplet – …
BBC buys Aussie comedy-drama He Had It Coming
Starring Big Mood’s Lydia West
02/08/2026 … The BBC is to air He Had It Coming, an Australian comedy-drama starring Big Mood’s Lydia West.
Smart laughs delivered in the dumbest possible ways
Shane Torres on King Of The Hill and his other comedy favourites
02/08/2026 … As he heads to the Edinburgh Fringe with his show Skinned Knees – at 8:50pm at Assembly Roxy from August 5 – Texan comic Shane Torres picks…
© Ray Malone 'This show proves my voice is louder than the pervy director who belittled me'
Fanny Bleach on reclaiming autonomy of her naked body
02/08/2026 … As her grotesque burlesque alter-ego Fanny Bleach, Emma Crowley-Bennett is making her Edinburgh Fringe debut with The Nearly Naked Show.