Revealed: Who's playing Fast Fringe
Best of Edinburgh in one night
10/06/2011 … The line-up has been announced for this year’s Chortle Fast Fringe – the London showcase in which a mammoth 28 acts have just three minutes to present highlights…
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Fri 10 June 2011
Rich Hall, weatherman
10/06/2011 … ‘When you want to be taken seriously or show that you have substance to your comedy and that you’re creative, then doing voices is just a party trick, nothing…
© Jon Appleyard / Latitude Russell Howard heads for Montreal
10/06/2011 … Russell Howard and Nina Conti have been invited to perform their solo shows at the prestigious Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.
30 Rock star under fire for anti-gay tirade
10/06/2011 … 30 Rock comic Tracy Morgan is under pressure to apologise after reportedly launching a vicious homophobic tirade during his stand-up show.
© Paramount Pictures First peek at Baron Cohen's Dictator
10/06/2011 … The first official image from Sacha Baron Cohen's new film The Dictator has been revealed.
Thu 09 June 2011
...And we're off!
Edinburgh Fringe programme launched
09/06/2011 … The Edinburgh Fringe has officially launched its 2011 programme, with another record-breaking year.
Father Ted: Tribute or rip-off?
Is Fringe show infringing trademarks?
09/06/2011 … An unauthorised Father Ted ‘tribute’ evening heading for the Edinburgh Fringe could land itself in legal trouble for infringing the sitcom’s trademark.
Iannucci becomes a Doctor
09/06/2011 … Armando Iannucci is to be made an honorary doctor of letters by the University of Glasgow University vice-principal Graham Caie said the move would honour Iannucci’s…