'Comedy clubs are the purest place for our artform'
Thor Stenhaug picks his Perfect Playlist
28/07/2025 … Thor Stenhaug, a Norwegian comedian based in the UK, is making his Edinburgh Fringe debut this year with One Night Stand Baby.
Mon 28 July 2025
Ali Brice at Chortle's Fast Fringe 2025
...and getting distracted by audience members
28/07/2025 … Here's Ali Brice performing an extract from his Edinburgh show Eric Meat Gets The Chop at Chortle's Fast Fringe in London earlier this moth.
Sun 27 July 2025
Tom Lehrer dies at 97
Tributes paid to satirical genius
27/07/2025 … Tributes have been paid to musical satirist Tom Lehrer, following his death at 97.
Uber-embarrassing!
Katie Norris shares the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
27/07/2025 … Katie Norris is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with her second solo show, Go West, Old Maid.
What does a successful Edinburgh Fringe even mean any more?
Mary O'Connell reappraises what she wants out of the festival
27/07/2025 … ‘Oh my god, you’re performing at the Fringe this year? Are you excited?’ ‘No.
Edinburgh venue: Why we cancelled Jewish comedian
Banshee Labyrinth cites Philip Simon's tweets
27/07/2025 … One of the venues that cancelled Jewish comedian Philip Simon say they pulled his Edinburgh Fringe run for ‘associating with discriminatory groups’ Banshee…
'Some of his jokes haven’t aged too well...'
Edinburgh Fringe stand-up Jamie MacDonald picks his comedy favourites
27/07/2025 … Jamie MacDonald is at the Edinburgh Fringe with his show Toxic Bastard about how as a white, middle-class, straight male he might expect people to consider him loathsome…
Reggie Watts is back in London
The best of the week's live comedy
27/07/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.