'Smart people who prioritise joy and silliness'
Heidi Regan picks her comedy favourites
03/08/2018 … Narrowing down all comedy to just six favourites has been the most unreasonable request of my life.
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Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Fri 03 August 2018
Thu 02 August 2018
'It was just a head slowly appearing then disappearing out of a large bin'
The big ask: What is the weirdest Fringe show you have ever seen?
02/08/2018 … I was in a lunchtime show with five senior citizens.
A punter started fighting me to prove I wasn't blind
Chris McCausland recalls his most memorable gigs
02/08/2018 … Strangest audience member Probably the bloke who tried to punch me to prove that I wasn't blind.
'I wish I could have seen the gigs where this routine failed'
The Pin pick their Perfect Playlist of comedy favourties
02/08/2018 … Why Bother? Prisoner of warAlexander Owen: Two masters from different eras riff in surprising and joyous harmony, with Chris Morris the interviewer and Peter Cook…
Wed 01 August 2018
'We ended up sleeping in our 6ft vagina'
The Big Ask: What's the weirdest prop you've had?
01/08/2018 … When I was 21, my improv group got asked to film a 'dirty' sketch for a dodgy production company.
Worst gig? Being ignored by millionaires
Bilal Zafar recalls his Unforgettable Five comedy moments
01/08/2018 … First gigIn my final year of my media degree, aged 21, I realised that no one was going to let me be the Armando Iannucci creative type person I wanted to be and…
'I can picture what Billy Connolly's talking about... down to the last jobby'
Laura Lexx picks her Perfect Playlist
01/08/2018 … What I love most about stand-up comedy is the conjuring of a whole world out of nothing.
Tue 31 July 2018
'You will cry... lean in to it'
The Big Ask: What's the one thing you know now that you wish you'd known at your first Fringe?
31/07/2018 … That everyone finds it tough.