When the landlord's away the comics will play
04/08/2018 … The week's comedy on demand.
Sat 04 August 2018
© Rebecca Need-Menear Jake Howie: Read My Lips
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
04/08/2018 … Towards the end of his show, Kiwi Jake Howie takes a sideswipe at fellow comics, saying ‘at least I’m not another straight middle-class white guy up…
Imran Yusuf: Saint, Sinner, Sufi
Edinburgh Fringe review by Sophie Cartman
04/08/2018 … Imran Yusuf states he is a veteran comic, this we know because he tells us: ‘I’ve been doing this 13 years’.
How to beat those Fringe hangovers
By 'professional pisshead' Issy Wroe Wright of Sh!t-Faced Showtime
04/08/2018 … It goes without saying that the Edinburgh Fringe and drinking go hand in hand.
Jeremy Nicholas: After Dinner Stories From My Disastrous Broadcasting Career
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
04/08/2018 … If you ever wanted to hear the life story of the bloke who does the stadium announcements on Fifa 16, this is the show for you! The avuncular Jeremy Nicholas…
Another Sacha Baron Cohen project, another political row
Moroccan activists protest The Spy
04/08/2018 … It is almost par for the course for Sacha Baron Cohen, but the comic is at the centre of another possible diplomatic row.
Alex Edelman on Koko the gorilla
04/08/2018 … Alex Edelman talks about Koko, the gorilla who learned sign language, in his appearance at Chortle's Fast Fringe in London last month.