© Sky UK Comic appointed as patron of the charity behind the festival
27/07/2022 … Eddie Izzard has been appointed as the first alumni patron of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society to champion the annual event.
With his new show about mental health, Daddy Self-Care
27/07/2022 … Fin Taylor has announced a 20-date tour for spring 2023.
...and the judge didn't appreciate my joke when he banned me
27/07/2022 … Omid Djalili has spoken of racking up a ‘record’ number of points on his driving licence – then making an ill-advised joke to the magistrate who…
Extract from their Edinburgh Festival Fringe cabaret show
27/07/2022 … Here are comedy-cabaret act Sugarcoated Sisters singing about their Hometown at Chortle's Fast Fringe.
© Matt Crockett Birmingham comic will be part of the opening ceremony
26/07/2022 … Joe Lycett has revealed he is taking part in the opening ceremony of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
The festival is gruelling - but the Sugarcoated Sisters have a plan...
26/07/2022 … I (Chloe) have bipolar type 2, and my sister (Tabby) has type 1 diabetes.
26/07/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Is laughter the best medicine? Or is it drugs?
26/07/2022 … If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the past couple of years, it’s ‘listen to the medical experts’.
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