African dictator 'will make £1million' from comedy
So predict the judges in the Malcolm Hardee award
24/08/2019 … The winners of the Malcolm Hardee Awards 2019 have been revealed at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Sat 24 August 2019
Fri 23 August 2019
The Degenerates regenerates
Second season for Netflix stand-up show
23/08/2019 … Netflix stand-up show The Degenerates is to return for a second season.
Good at tweeting, they are
23/08/2019 … Quote of the week ‘I don’t think it’s worth saying anything if there isn’t a risk in saying it out loud.
Matt Parker: Humble Pi
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
23/08/2019 … Oh, how I’m tempted to award this show n stars, to represent any whole number you like, just because Matt Parker encourages just that sort of mucking about…
John Hastings: 10 John Hastings I Hate About You
Edinburgh Fringe review by Jay Richardson
23/08/2019 … If you can’t get a ticket for John Hastings charismatic hour of stand-up, perhaps check to see if his elderly aunt is performing tonight.
Archie Henderson: Jazz Emu
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
23/08/2019 … Archie Henderson’s opening song sets himself up as a jack of all trades, but master of none – a common situation in the gig economy.
What's the funniest thing that's ever happened to you at a funeral?
Another from Richard Herring's stock of Emergency Questions
23/08/2019 … After my grandfather's cremation, at the wake, my grandma was reminiscing about him saying things like: 'He was a wonderful husband, a wonderful father'…
Rich Wilson: Death Becomes Him
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
23/08/2019 … As society hopefully tilts on its axis to a better place, a lot of comedians at this year’s Fringe shame men’s awful behaviour.