Great Scott
John wins £12,000 comedy prize
24/08/2010 … Stand-up John Scott has won the most lucrative prize in comedy – scooping £12,000 in a competition at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Tue 24 August 2010
Sarah Millican signs DVD deal
Rare release for a female comic
24/08/2010 … Sarah Millican has signed a deal to release her first ever stand-up DVD – even though the video label says female comics rarely sell as well as men.
The gripes of a comic – and of a promoter
24/08/2010 … I am a stand-up comedian.
Scoot off!
Stranded 3ft 6in comic launches transport campaign
24/08/2010 … Stand-up Tanyalee Davis has launched a one-woman campaign to overturn a ban on mobility scooters on trains and buses after repeatedly being left stranded late at…
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Romantic Comedy
24/08/2010 … Now is the time to bring out a massive sweeping statement, with absolutely no depth of knowledge, but this is probably the best show in PBH’s Free Fringe.
Tom Adams Can't Come
24/08/2010 … If you were going to lay bets on the quickest walkout of the Fringe, you would have got very long odds indeed on Tom Adams.