Chortle Student Comedy Award 2019 winner crowned
Erika Ehler makes it two in a row for Salford
13/08/2019 … Erika Ehler, a 21-year-old Canadian studying comedy writing and performance at Salford has won this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Tue 13 August 2019
Edinburgh Fringe named the best experience in the UK
Festival tops Lonely Planet list
13/08/2019 … The Edinburgh Fringe has been ranked as the UK’s number one experience by Lonely Planet.
Mon 12 August 2019
What comedians can do to improve mental health
Both their own and their audience's
12/08/2019 … ⬛BY SAMANTHA PRESSDEE Yesterday it was reported that Jeremy Kyle is set to make a TV comeback after his show was taken off air this year, following…
Robin Morgan: What A Man, What A Man...
Edinburgh Fringe review by Julia Chamberlain
12/08/2019 … Ostensibly a show about what makes a good male role model, this is more of a lovely excuse to race through some school and family stories about being a son, being…
BBC confirms Rose Matafeo comedy
Starstuck will also air on HBO Max in the US
12/08/2019 … The BBC has officially confirmed the new sitcom from Rose Matafeo, as first revealed by Chortle back in March.
Stand-ups front Nationwide's new ad campaign
Comedy sets to encourage people to save more
12/08/2019 … A raft of comedians have been signed up by Nationwide Building Society to front a new advertising campaign Adam Rowe, Helen Bauer, Sunil Patel, Masie Adam all…
Courtney Pauroso: Gutterplum
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
12/08/2019 … In the programme blurb, Gutterplum makes much of its connections with Natalie Palamides’s acclaimed shows Laid and Nate, sharing a director in American clown…
Does sex with a robot count as cheating on your partner?
Comics answer the quintessential Emergency Question from Richard Herring
12/08/2019 … Apparently Anna & Helen, Stuck in a Rat, Pleasance, 17:45 Depends if your partner is also a robot.