Comedy 'could help troops' mental health'
Says comic John Ryan's academic paper
12/05/2014 … Comedian John Ryan has had an academic paper published – after taking his stand-up show on mental health to the troops.
Mon 12 May 2014
Comedians with a serious film career
Paul Laight's rundown of the best dramatic performances
12/05/2014 … Getting on stage and making a room full of strangers laugh spontaneously is arguably one of the mightiest challenges facing a performer.
Freddie Starr walks out of TV interview
Stress shows as he's asked about his behaviour
12/05/2014 … Freddie Starr has stormed out of a TV interview about the police investigation into sex abuse claims, after saying the 18-month ordeal had driven him to the brink…
QI's John Lloyd returns to the Fringe
Announced as Underbelly launch their programme
12/05/2014 … QI creator John Lloyd is to return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a live version of his radio show Museum of Curiosity – one of the new shows revealed as Underbelly…
Plaque remembers Tony Hancock
London honour on his 90th birthday
12/05/2014 … Tony Hancock has been honoured with a blue plaque outside his former London home on what would have been his 90th birthday.
Sun 11 May 2014
Ade Foiadelli: Death of a Sales Trainer
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
11/05/2014 … Ade Foiadelli moulds himself as a ranting, polemic comic in the mould of George Carlin, and although his hour-long show contains some solid routines, there's no…
Whose Line Is It Anyway? to return
Clive Anderson to host live Fringe version
11/05/2014 … Whose Line Is It Anyway? is returning as a live show at the Edinburgh Fringe.