Joe da Costa has been crowned the first Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of The Year, scooping a £1,000 prize The competition followed a knockout format for stand-ups performing sets rather than being based ...

The hour also encompasses how the comic was inspired by Olivia Newton John's Xanadu, first heard on an album of female artists when she was seven years old, the difficulty of explaining Mr Blobby to ...

Gareth Mutch has taken the set-up for his sixth solo show right off the rack of ready-to-use premises. Entering his 30s, he can’t help but compare his life as an unsettled, poverty-stricken, childless ...

It’s hard to believe this is Toussaint Douglass ’s Fringe debut. He’s already got a decent chunk of TV credits to his name and has been acclaimed on the circuit for aeons – having been nominated for ...

Having swelled his reputation with his band The Cosmique Perfectión and the release of a visual concept album recently, Jazz Emu appears at the height of his powers, opening portentously with an ...

It seems appropriate for Siblings to have set their latest sketch show in the world of dreams, given how much they lean into the absurd and the freewheeling, barely constrained by the logic of the ...

Pat Rascal’s Space Gravy is one of the best examples of its kind: revelling in its absurdity, yes, but with proper jokes and fine-tuned performances to elevate it above the pack.

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The acclaimed sketch show returns for a one-off special, 15 months after the last, with his usual supporting cast of Simon Kane, Carrie Quinlan, Lawry Lewin and ...

A powerhouse of pure stand-up, New York based Gianmarco Soresi establishes his command of the room from the get-go with the casual assertiveness that marks out the best of the breed. A mischievous but ...

David Cameron once personally asked Tina Fey to come to the UK to change the way the British TV comedy industry works. The 30 Rock creator revealed that she was summoned to a meeting with him at NBC’s ...

Sam Nicoresti has won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for the best show on the Fringe, becoming the first trans comedian to take the accolade. Ayoade Bamgboye won the best newcomer prize. Accepting the ...