Edinburgh poster defaced with 'Boycott the Fringe'
Comic faces hundreds of pounds extra costs
30/07/2024 … Protesters have started defacing comedians' posters at the Edinburgh Fringe, adding to the costs performers are paying to be at the festival.
Tue 30 July 2024
Richard Gadd details real-life harassment behind Baby Reindeer
Martha WAS based on lawyer Fiona Harvey, court papers confirm
30/07/2024 … Richard Gadd as confirmed for the first time that the stalker in Baby Reindeer was based on Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey.
Mon 29 July 2024
Hear me out... what if the Fringe was LONGER?
John Tothill's Edinburgh Binge, Cringe and Whinge
29/07/2024 … John Tothill is at the Edinburgh Fringe performing his show Thank God This Lasts Forever at the Pleasance Courtyard at 8.
© Steve Ullathorne Why are we still going to Edinburgh?
29/07/2024 … This year there are a record number of shows going to the Edinburgh Fringe, including mine, yet all I hear in green rooms is that with the rise of social media we…
Why Just A Minute is so challenging
Paul Merton writes his first academic paper
29/07/2024 … Comedian Paul Merton and a Cardiff University academic have investigated why Radio 4 programme Just a Minute is so challenging for players.
I like my comedies to have depth
Grace Mulvey picks her Perfect Playlist
29/07/2024 … Edinburgh Fringe-bound comedian Grace Mulvey picks her Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites.
© Thomas Laisne Steve Coogan to play ex Ireland manager Mick McCarthy
New film about the Saipan bust-up with Roy Keane
29/07/2024 … Steve Coogan is to star as former Ireland manager Mick McCarthy in a new film about his bust-up with captain Roy Keane ahead of the 2002 World Cup.
Ollie Horn at Chortle's Fast Fringe
Performing an extract from his new Edinburgh show
29/07/2024 … Here's an extract from Ollie Horn's new show Comedy For Toxic People (And Their Friends) – which he'll be performing at Hootenanies @ Potterow…