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Fri 29 July 2016
Thu 28 July 2016
Edinburgh 10x10: Award winners
9. Ten comics with silverware – or at least acrylic – to prove their worth
28/07/2016 … A total of 65 comedy shows this Fringe use the phrase ‘award-winning’, though most fail to mention exactly what award they’ve won.
Wed 27 July 2016
Edinburgh 10x10: Fringe institutions
27/07/2016 … It wouldn't be the same without them.
Tue 26 July 2016
‘Canadian’ or ‘black’ isn’t a personality...
Comedy writer Andrew Ellard on his new show
26/07/2016 … What’s the idea behind Outsiders? There are two brilliant ideas – I can say that since they weren’t mine.
10x10: Once a student...
7. Ten former Chortle Student Award competitors
26/07/2016 … It's the 13th year of the Chortle Student Comedy Award, with former entrants going on to be familiar faces on TV, the comedy circuit and at festivals.
Mon 25 July 2016
'She made me realise how powerful women could be in comedy'
Felicity Montagu chooses her Perfect Playlist
25/07/2016 … Felicity Montagu, probably best known as Alan Partridge’s put-upon personal assistant Lynn, stars in the new Radio 4 comedy Guilt Trip this week.
Edinburgh 10x10: A little bit of politics
6. Ten shows that try to make sense of it all...
25/07/2016 … A couple of numbers from the programme of Edinburgh Fringe, the home of cutting-edge, relevant art.
Fri 22 July 2016
Edinburgh 10x10: As seen on...
5. Ten Fringe stars with very different TV roles
22/07/2016 … You'll never see a stand-up introduced in an American comedy club without the phrase: 'You've seen them on…' And many a Fringe blurb, too, lists TV credits as…