FringeRat forages for festival comedy shows
New website serves up random videos from Fringe performers
22/05/2025 … A website has launched to serve up random comedy videos to help people discover their new favourite shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Thu 22 May 2025
Tue 20 May 2025
Operation Mincemeat release Dear Bill single
Closing track from their West End and Broadway hit
20/05/2025 … The closing track of the Broadway and West End hit Operation Mincemeat has been released as a single today.
Mon 19 May 2025
Who's on Chortle's 2025 Fast Fringe?
29 acts on our packed London showcase of Edinburgh-bound act
19/05/2025 … Chortle can today announced the line-up for our Fast Fringe showcase, offering London-based comedy fans a brilliant sampler of 29 comedy and variety…
Sun 18 May 2025
© ITV Filming starts on comedy movie Blueberry Inn
Jack Davenport plays a butler who takes over a pub
18/05/2025 … Jack Davenport is to star in a comedy movie about an emotionally stunted butler who is given broken-down inn by the lord he worked for.
Sat 17 May 2025
Iain Stirling starts filming Race Against The Tide
New competitive sand sculpure series for the BBC
17/05/2025 … Iain Stirling has started filming Race Against The Tide, the sand sculpture competition he is hosting for BBC Two.
Fri 16 May 2025
PBH Free Fringe launches a London festival
16/05/2025 … Organisers of Edinburgh’s PBH Free Fringe are launching a three-day mini-festival in London.
Thu 15 May 2025
Manchester's Laughterama festival to return
Five nights of open-air comedy
15/05/2025 … Manchester comedy festival Laughterama is returns to Castlefield Bowl this September for five nights of open-air comedy.
Exeter Comedy Festival returns
15/05/2025 … Exeter Comedy Festival is back for a second year with twice as many shows.