'I don’t need to explain Sam Campbell's idiosyncratic brilliance'
Lulu Popplewell picks her comedy favourites
22/07/2025 … Lulu Popplewell is heading back to the Edinburgh Fringe with an 'hour of jokes about love, obsession and raccoons'.
Tue 22 July 2025
Cabaret star Frisky to give Fringe's artist address
Kicking off this year's festival
22/07/2025 … Comedy cabaret star Frisky – aka Laura Corcoran – will be giving the opening address at the 78th Edinburgh Festival Fringe, it has been announced…
Now another Joke Of The Fringe launches
22/07/2025 … The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced they will be handing out a Joke Of The Fringe title, after broadcaster Dave dropped its long-running prize.
Musical comedian Anna Hale at Chortle's Fast Fringe
Extract from her Edinburgh show Control Freak
22/07/2025 … Musical comedian Anna Hale recruits an audience member to help her sing a song at Chortle's Fast Fringe.
© Eva Rinaldi via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0 When Robin Williams tried to buy The Comic Strip
22/07/2025 … Robin Williams once offered to buy London’s influential Comic Strip comedy club – just so he could get more stage time to impress David Bowie.
Sam Campbell records Australian car insurance ads
Comedian is the voice of 'Fluffy'
22/07/2025 … Sam Campbell is lending his voice to the new mascot of an Australian insurance company.
Comic Susan Riddell faces terror charges
Case brought after activists targeted weapons factory
22/07/2025 … Scottish comedian Susan Riddell has been charged with terrorist offences after a Ford Transit van was driven into the perimeter fence of a weapons factory in…
Mon 21 July 2025
Just For Laughs picks UK comics as ones to watch
Montreal festival spotlights Aurie Styla, Chloe Petts, Dan Tiernan and Vittorio Angelone
21/07/2025 … UK stand-ups Aurie Styla, Chloe Petts, Dan Tiernan and Vittorio Angelone have all been picked for the prestigious New Faces of Comedy showcases at Montreal’s…