Caitriona Dowden wins Chortle's 2022 Student Comedy Award
Stepan Mysko von Schultze is runner-up
16/08/2022 … Caitriona Dowden has been crowned this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award winner.
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Tue 16 August 2022
Mon 15 August 2022
Sadowitz strikes back
'I am offended by those who storm out' says comic after Fringe cancellation
15/08/2022 … Jerry Sadowitz has complained that his act has been ‘cheapened and simplified as unsafe, homophobic, misogynistic and racist’ following the row…
Sun 14 August 2022
Edinburgh Poster Award winners revealed
Victory for Jordan Gray and Milo Edwards
14/08/2022 … Jordan Gray and Milo Edwards have won this year's Comedy Poster Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.
High Noon for The Stand's Cowboy
Club's backdrop loses his gun after causing offence
14/08/2022 … For 25 years it has been the iconic backdrop at the Stand comedy club.
Sat 13 August 2022
Fringe venue cancels Jerry Sadowitz gig
'This type of material has no place on the festival '
13/08/2022 … Edinburgh’s Pleasance venue has insisted it champions freedom of speech after pulling a Jerry Sadowitz gig.
Thu 11 August 2022
Comic shares her disgust at sexist heckle
'Don't be a creep and don't view a woman at her work as your misguided sexual fantasy.'
11/08/2022 … Comedian Marjolein Robertson has called out a man for making the ‘grossest’ sexual heckle that made her feel ‘horrible’ during her Edinburgh…
Outstanding Achievement Award for Diane Morgan
Comic hailed by Edinburgh TV festival for her 20-year career
11/08/2022 … Diane Morgan is to receive a major accolade at this year's Edinburgh TV Festival.
