Archive 2026 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide

Garrett Millerick: We Tried It Your Way

14/08/2026 … With so much debate about the role of generative AI in the creative fields, self-confessed Luddite Garrett Millerick decided to commission a bespoke model at no…

Joseph Morpurgo: Highlander 70

Edinburgh Fringe comedy review

14/08/2026 … For his first solo show in a decade, Joseph Morpurgo takes his cue from a 1970 high school yearbook from Highlander Academy in Virginia, which he found in a…

Grace Mulvey: Gigantica

Edinburgh Fringe comedy review

14/08/2026 … The premise of Irish stand-up Grace Mulvey’s third highly personal hour, Gigantica, is that she has a massive head and looks exactly like her dad.

My self-esteem reached exciting new depths below sea level

Ben Pope on the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe

14/08/2026 … Comedian Ben Pope – who is running a ‘book club’ gig at the Edinburgh Fringe next week – talks about what he can't get enough of at the…

Hannah Byczkowski: Killer

Edinburgh Fringe comedy review

14/08/2026 … She's playing the Gilded Balloon’s tiny 50-seater Turret room, but it's hard to see how Hannah Byczkowski could be giving this performance any more…

'I have to admit it, my stammer affects my comic timing'

James Beckett on trying to turn his disability into an advantage

14/08/2026 … Timing is everything in comedy, isn’t it? Laughs per minute, neatness of delivery and economic use of words are industry KPIs [key performance indicators]…