A special event is to take place on September 8 to mark what would have been Peter Sellers' ninetieth birthday. Film and comedy expert Dick Fiddy, The Goon Show Preservation Society and The... more
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The British Comedy Society is to honour the TV comedy scriptwriters Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who this year celebrate 35 years as professional TV comedy writers, with their prestigious Living... more
Figures have been released for this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.There were 50,459 performances of 3,314 shows in 313 venues across Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has... more
The winner of this year's Ham Fist Award for the worst review published during the Edinburgh Fringe has been announced by website Fringepig. The prize goes to Graeme Connolly of The List for his... more
Australia's Sam Simmons has won this year's Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award.The Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Award has been awarded to Sofie Hagen.The Panel Prize Award has gone to... more
Comedian Bobby Mair's video showing how he pranked Katie Hopkins has gone viral. Mair appeared in an episode of Katie Hopkins Vs. The World this week so that he could take the... more
The winners of the annual Malcolm Hardee Awards were announced last night at a typically eventful ceremony at the Counting House Ballroom in Edinburgh, as part of the Laughing Horse Free... more
The comedy industry team beat a team of comics in this year's Mackenzie Taylor Memorial Cup, which was played at Edinburgh's Duddingston Golf Club. In a closely fought match Emma Brunjes from... more
The winner if this year's So You Think You’re Funny? Competition is Luca Cupani.The London-based Italian comedian was chosen as the winner in a final at the Gilded Balloon. He only started doing... more
Comedian Mark Watson is doing a secret gig in a toilet. And you could join him. To celebrate the seventeenth annual Gut Week (31 August – 6 September), Watson is performing a set... more
