A new crowdfunding platform specially for Edinburgh Fringe shows is to be launched in April. FringeFunder.com claims to have all the best features of Kickstarter and Indiegogo but... more
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Barry Cryer has been named The Legend of Comedy at this year's Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival Awards ceremony. Previous legends, voted for by the public, have included Rik ... more
Romesh Ranganathan has extended the autumn leg of his UK tour due to phenomenal demand. The new date for the Crawley comedian is a third night at London's Eventim Apollo on October 26. Tickets... more
Romesh Ranganathan has been nominated for The Times Sky Arts South Bank Breakthrough Award.The winner is chosen by an online vote. Voting will open on the Times website... more
Dara O Briain is to host a new game show bringing the world of classic and modern computer games to the Dave Channel.Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit is based on the hit live Edinburgh show Go 8... more
Eddie Izzard has succeeded in running 27 marathons in 27 days in South Africa.He completed the challenge by running two marathons in the same day and has raised over £1 million for charity.This was... more
Comedian Laura Lexx recently had a tricky audience member when she was compering the Krater Comedy night at Brighton's Komedia Club. Watch how she handled the situation below. ... more
Richard Herring is currently raising money through Kickstarter to fund the filming of a new series of As It Occurs To Me. This was the stand-up/sketch show podcast which he previously performed... more
The Pleasance venues have put tickets on sale for their first batch of Edinburgh Fringe shows.Highlights include:Katy Brand doing a show about growing up as a fundamentalist christian and going to... more
The Edinburgh Fringe’s Assembly venues have put their first batch of tickets on sale.Highlights include:A run of Talking To Strangers, a live spin-off of the recent R4 series featuring Sally Phillips... more
