Comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones
29/07/2023 … Here's Benji Waterstones performing an extract from his 2023 Edinburgh Fringe stand-up show You Don't Have To Be Mad To Work Here.
Sat 29 July 2023
© Boffola Pictures/Lookout Point The Power of Parker
Review of Sian Gibson's new BBC One comedy
29/07/2023 … The recent-ish past has long been a boon for mainstream sitcoms.
Fri 28 July 2023
The Baron And The Junk Dealer
Animated short from the creators of The George Lucas Talk Show
28/07/2023 … Here’s an animated short from the creators of long-running New York underground comedy night The George Lucas Talk Show.
© James Duncan Davidson 
Catherine Tate's sketch comedy is the stuff of legend for me...
A Strange Loop star Larry Owens picks his comedy favourites
28/07/2023 … American comic Larry Owens – who won a Drama Desk Award for his starring performance in the off-Broadway musical A Strange Loop – brings his new…
The best documentaries about the Edinburgh Fringe
Alison Spittle has some recommended viewing
28/07/2023 … There are as many documentaries on the Edinburgh fringe as students flyering the Royal Mile – loads! I myself was the subject of a documentary filmed nine…
© Jacqui Double 'He made a difference. He did something valuable and important'
Comics pay tribute at a wake for alternative comedy pioneer Tony Allen... who's still alive
28/07/2023 … Fellow comedians paid their respects to the godfather of alternative comedy, Tony Allen, at his wake last night – even though he is very much alive.
Such towering human effort is poured into the Fringe... and it just melts like snow at the end of August
Pierre Novellie on the highs and lows of Edinburgh
28/07/2023 … Pierre Novellie is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe next week for a full run of his stand-up show Why Are You Laughing?, on at Monkey Barrel at 7.