NextUp announces its 2024 Edinburgh Fringe offering
Streaming platform reveals first 14 shows to be aired
16/07/2024 … Streaming service NextUp has announced the first batch of shows it will be broadcasting from the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Mon 15 July 2024
New edition of mental health guide for Edinburgh Fringe workers
Almost 90 per cent of performers report issues at the festival
15/07/2024 … Comedy production company Objectively Funny are publishing a new edition of their Small Book On Mental Health for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Gilded Balloon offers cheap Fringe tickets to locals
Thousands on offer to people in Edinburgh and the Lothians, Fife and Falkirk
15/07/2024 … The Gilded Balloon has launched a scheme offering thousands of discounted Edinburgh Fringe tickets to city residents Under the Postcode Pals initiative,…
© BBC/House of Tomorrow Philomena Cunk writes her second book
'An illustrated history of all world events ever, space permitting'
15/07/2024 … Philomena Cunk is to release her second book this autumn.
Sun 14 July 2024
© Boffola Pictures Boffola gets a new head of development
Eva O’Flynn joins from Channel 4
14/07/2024 … Former Channel 4 comedy executive Eva O’Flynn has joined Am I Being Unreasonable? producers Boffola Pictures.
Harry Hill plans a new TV format
...in which he surprises people by bursting out of a van
14/07/2024 … Harry Hill is planing in TV show in which he jumps out of a van in a busy place and spends a day with a member of the public nearby.
Emmanuel Sonubi: The night I nearly died on stage
Comedian opens up about heart failure as he highlights organ donor issue
14/07/2024 … Comedian Emmanuel Sonubi has opened up about the time he suffered heart failure on stage.
Live comedy 'is worth £1bn to UK economy'
Survey offers insight into the state of the industry
14/07/2024 … Live comedy is worth more than a £1billion a year to the UK economy, it has been estimated.