Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Jess Robinson on the best and worst of the festival
21/07/2025 … Musical comedy impressionist Jess Robinson is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with her new show Your Song, revolving around Elton John’s back catalogue.
Rosco McClelland picks his comedy favourites
21/07/2025 … Scottish comic Rosco McClelland is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with How Could Hell Be Any Worse? Here he picks some of his favourite comedy moments.
21/07/2025 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London - in the last two weeks.
Alec Jones-Trujillo - aka Old God - picks his comedy favourites
20/07/2025 … Alec Jones-Trujillo will be heading to the Edinburgh Fringe next week in the guise of Old God, ‘a foppish, irreverent oracle’ and ‘a being so old…
...and solo and double acts who do multiple characters
18/07/2025 … Maybe it’s the finances of it; maybe it’s slightly out of fashion – but there seem to be few sketch shows at the Fringe this year.
Q&A with Chortle Hotshot Jessie Nixon
18/07/2025 … Jessie Nixon is the final Chortle Hotshots to be profiled here – the five Edinburgh Fringe debutants who we selected from gigs around the country…
Continuing our Fringe previews
17/07/2025 … Continuing our series previewing some of the comedians heading to the Edinburgh Fringe at the end of the month, here are ten comics of Asian origin: 1.
Q&A with Chortle Hotshot Dean Coughlin
17/07/2025 … Dean Couglin is the latest subject in our ongoing series of Q&As with Chortle Hotshots.
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