Alternative Edinburgh
Nathan Willcock offers a guide to shows that don't exist... yet
03/08/2017 … Jimmy Tiff: The Error Of My Wazz Fascinating stories from a consistently excellent comic.
Thu 03 August 2017
A Brum do...
Birmingham festival announces line-up
03/08/2017 … The Birmingham Comedy Festival has announced its 2017 line-up.
Joan Rivers' personal archives to be published
'Revelatory' book out in October
03/08/2017 … A new side of Joan Rivers is to be revealed in a new book, compiled from her previously unpublished personal archives.
Rosie Jones on having cerebral palsy
03/08/2017 … Comedian Rosie Jones jokes about living with cerebral palsy in today’s clip from Chortle’s Fast Fringe.
© BBC Peter Cook's Establishment Club revived for TV
... thanks to Moscow-backed RT
03/08/2017 … The satirical anarchy of Peter Cook’s Establishment Club is to be revived on TV – courtesy of the Russian government.
Why Mike Bubbins brought a ticket to his own show
The first touching tale of the Fringe
03/08/2017 … Welsh comic Mike Bubbins bought a ticket for his own Edinburgh Fringe show yesterday, for a very touching reason.
Wed 02 August 2017
Upstaged by the cocktail sausages
Jonny Awsum shares his Unforgettable Five gigs
02/08/2017 … Jonny Awsum returns to Edinburgh following his success in Britain’s Got Talent – here are five more memorable gigs from his career… Worst start I…
© BBC/Endemol Shine Nish Kumar to host TV awards
02/08/2017 … Nish Kumar has been announced as the host of the prestigious Edinburgh TV Awards.