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Foster's award
So that's Edinburgh done for another year. Here are some pictures from Saturday's Foster's Comedy Awards ceremony. I don't even remember taking most of them so I must have been having a good time.... more
SYTYF
Tonight's Foster's So You Think You're Funny? Final at The Gilded Balloon was the tightest competition in recent years. After much heated deliberation (I was the lone male on the judging panel)... more
david Baddiel
David Baddiel's first Edinburgh run since 1998 is proving to be the hit of the Fringe. His show, Fame: Not The Musical, has garnered rave reviews across the board and he has just announced two extra... more
alexander armstrong
Alexander Armstrong appears to have put his foot in it with his comments in the Evening Standard yesterday (July 3) about the return of cabaret and the revival of interest in burlesque. Armstrong was... more
Russell Kane
The British Summer Time Festival's comedy shows in Hyde Park kick off on Monday and Beyond The Joke has a pair of free tickets up for grabs for each of the following gigs:July 8: The Comedy Store... more
I don't know a great deal about Wiley, except that he is an East London rapper, but this Twitter timeline in which he disses Glastonbury is funnier than most of the comedy I've come across this week... more
sad clown
Update 15/6 – Following the announcement below yesterday it soon became clear how unhappy the people involved from the comedy world were. I received a further email from the organisers and Alan... more
amused Moose
The third Amused Moose Laughter Awards, supported by 2entertain, launches today. The London club will be searching for the best show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the winner will receive... more
richard herring
Update 17/6 – Following Richard Herring's innovative, generous Edinburgh Fringe offer below, serial maverick Lewis Schaffer has decided to get in on the act and has just made the following... more
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