New comedians not from London are at a disadvantage here
Marc Jennings on the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
13/08/2025 … Marc Jennings is back at the Edinburgh Fringe this year with his show Bread And Circuses.
2025 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Wed 13 August 2025
© Joe Hollingworth Watch the Chortle 2025 student comedy finalists
Footage from the Edinburgh Fringe
13/08/2025 … Anna Rae George and Fred Carver were jointly crowned winners of the 2025 Chortle Student Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe on Monday.
What’s wrong with you people? Do you not recognise art when you see it?
Sharon Wanjohi: picks her comedy favourites
13/08/2025 … The Cat In The Hat I cannot even begin to describe how much I love this movie.
Tue 12 August 2025
'Edinburgh's a geographical time capsule of someone you forgot you were'
Sam Nicoresti on the best and worst of the Fringe
12/08/2025 … Alasdair Beckett-King is back at the Edinburgh Fringe.
© Raph_PH/CC BY-SA 2.0 How much do you know about the work of Richard Curtis?
Test your knowledge of the romcom king
12/08/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
'Comedy is fun but sometimes it can be really hard'
Nate Kitch shares his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites in his own idiosyncratic way...
12/08/2025 … Good morning, comedy, it’s a funny old world, and we are all living in it.
Mon 11 August 2025
'I’ve only ever behaved flawlessly at Fringe'
Will Owen on the best and worst of the Edinburgh festival
11/08/2025 … Will Owen is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with Looking Fab At Fifty, about replacing the empty gratifications of his forlorn life with the deep profundity…
'Not just funny, but hopeful and generous too'
Abby Wambaugh picks her comedy favourites
11/08/2025 … Abby Wambaugh is back at the Edinburgh Fringe reprising The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows, the show that earned her a nomination for best newcomer at last…