Comedian denied a gig for being 'openly Jewish'
And where were the fellow comics calling this out, asks Katie Price
26/07/2022 … A comedian has told of how she was turned down for a gig because she was ‘too Jewish’.
Tue 26 July 2022
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee cancelled
Groundbreaking talk show axed after seven seasons
26/07/2022 … American talk show Full Frontal With Samantha Bee has been axed after seven seasons.
Tom Little at Chortle's Fast Fringe
Having problems with watermelons....
26/07/2022 … Here’s stand-up Tom Little sharing the worst thing that ever happened to him… and the fuss he had while buying a watermelon.
© ITV/Monkey Fourth series for Don’t Hate The Playaz
ITV recommissions hip-hop comedy panel show
26/07/2022 … ITV2 has commissioned a fourth series of its hip-hop comedy panel show Don’t Hate The Playaz.
Brits make Montreal festival's tips for the top
Catherine Bohart, Rhys James, Sophie Duker and Suzi Ruffell make Just For Laughs New Faces showcase
26/07/2022 … Catherine Bohart, Rhys James, Sophie Duker and Suzi Ruffell have made the cut for one of the major international showcases for breakout comedians.
Mon 25 July 2022
Take my advice... and ignore everyone's advice
John Hastings has some words for comedians heading to Edinburgh next week
25/07/2022 … It has been four years since I have ‘done’ the British comedy circuit, so everything that follows may be out of date - or only ever applied to me.
Latitude 2022 comedy reviews
Round-up of some of the acts playing the festival, in no particular order...
25/07/2022 … Even though the comedy offering across Latitude’s smaller spaces is less than it used to be, the art of stand-up is still taken seriously here.
Ten Edinburgh Fringe shows from former Chortle Student winners
25/07/2022 … Winners and finalists of the Chortle Student Comedy Award so often go on to great things.