Peckham gets its own comedy festival
With Stewart Lee, Nish Kumar, Ed Gamble and mroe
27/07/2023 … It’s still best known as Del Boy’s stomping ground – but the up-and-coming London district of Peckham is getting its own comedy festival.
Thu 27 July 2023
© Ethan Hardy 'Maybe loving this show makes me a pervert, but whatever...'
27/07/2023 … The Daily Show writer Sophie Zucker will be coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time this year with her musical comedy show Sophie…
© The Joke Factory My safe space is under threat
27/07/2023 … Juliana Heng talks to Francis Clarke about life as an autistic stand-up comedian, censorship in Kuala Lumpur, and the upcoming Edinburgh Fringe.
'The compere wept openly in the paddling pool'
Paul Foot on the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
27/07/2023 … Paul Foot returns to the Edinburgh Fringe next week, performing his show Dissolve at 7.
The grim story of Fiona Allen's grandfather
Comic's ancestor had a gruesome job
27/07/2023 … Fiona Allen is making her Edinburgh Fringe debut next week, more than 20 years after her Channel 4 sketch show Smack The Pony ended.
Lorna Rose Treen as a nine-year-old Brownie
27/07/2023 … Character comedian Lorna Rose Treen adopts the guise of an eager Brownie in this extract from her debut Edinburgh Fringe show, Skin Pigeon.
Wed 26 July 2023
It's gross, immature, disgusting – and one of my favourite things
Dan Tiernan picks his Perfect Playlist
26/07/2023 … Dan Tiernan is performing his debut comedy show Going Under at the Edinburgh Fringe – and with previews starting on Monday, thanks to being at the permanent…
© BBC 'Doing Masterchef is surreal and intimidating'
Marcus Brigstocke and James Buckley on their stint in the kitchen
26/07/2023 … Celebrity MasterChef returns to BBC One for its 18th series starting at 9pm next Wednesday (August 2).