In sickness and in health
Dave Cohen on the mental health issues surrounding comedy
10/10/2019 … This article was first published on Chortle last year, but as World Mental Health Day comes around again, Dave Cohen's thoughts on the toll a career…
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Thu 10 October 2019
Mon 30 September 2019
The last will and testament of Casual Violence
The sketch troupe have some bequests as they prepare for their last show
30/09/2019 … Beloved friends, enemies, frenemies and enefriends, By the time you read this, sketch comedy will have already been dead for about a decade.
Tue 20 August 2019
A comedy show that felt like a political rally
Russell Hicks offers an analysis of fellow stand-up Lee Camp's show
20/08/2019 … On Sunday night I went to see Lee Camp, above, at the Backyard Comedy Club.
Mon 19 August 2019
LOLs in translation
Adapting humour for an international audience
19/08/2019 … The Edinburgh Fringe attracts an international audience and an increasing number of comedians from overseas.
Thu 15 August 2019
I'm invisible in Edinburgh
Cally Beaton says she's being overlooked because she's a 50-year-old woman
15/08/2019 … I did my first gig at the behest of Joan Rivers; I was 45, she was 81.
Wed 14 August 2019
Laughs in translation
Daliso Chaponda on negotiating the cultural differences of doing comedy around the world
14/08/2019 … Get off the plane, then tedious immigration.
Mon 12 August 2019
What comedians can do to improve mental health
Both their own and their audience's
12/08/2019 … ⬛BY SAMANTHA PRESSDEE Yesterday it was reported that Jeremy Kyle is set to make a TV comeback after his show was taken off air this year, following…
Sun 11 August 2019
Spare a thought for the Fringe's underappreciated techs
Says former crew member Helen Bauer
11/08/2019 … In 2009, I went to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time, I was 18 years old and had just finished college with a C in general studies and an E in economics, but…