This year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival Barry Award winner Sam Campbell is to come to the Edinburgh Fringe with his acclaimed show The Trough.Campbell is the latest winner of the... more
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Turtle Canyon Comedy has launched a new daily World Cup online show. From Russia With Lou & Annie is hosted by comedians Lou Sanders and Annie McGrath.A new episode will be released – sorry, will... more
Rob Brydon has added more dates to his I Am Standing Up live tour.His dates now run from September 13 in Glasgow to October 13 at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff. A lot of the new dates are in Wales... more
Comedian Nat Luurtsema has made the longlist for the Pin Drop Short Story Award 2018.Her short story, Howling Pack of Undesirables, is one of fifteen chosen from an unprecedented number of... more
Stewart Lee is planning to dust off some of his old material to support veteran Birmingham indie band The Nightingales on tour this autumn.Lee will be appearing with them on seven nights doing his 20... more
A vigil is to be held in Princes Park in Melbourne, where comedian Eurydice Dixon was murdered earlier this week on her way home from a gig.Victorian State Premier Daniel Andrews tweeted: "In a few... more
Berlin is playing host to a season of Edinburgh preview shows this summer.The city, which has a thriving English language stand-up scene, is the home of the Berlin Fringe, which runs from July 18 -... more
The television rights for the novel Mother by former comedy agent Hannah Begbie have been sold to Clerkenwell Films before the book is even available.The novel is published by HarperFiction... more
Comedy super fans David and Carole Chapple are attempting a marathon cycling/gigging trip on the way to the Edinburgh Fringe this year.In 2014 David set the Guinness World Record for most shows seen... more
Tributes have been paid to 22-year-old comedian Eurydice Dixon who was murdered on her way home from a show in Melbourne at the Highlander Bar.Julia Morris wrote: "I am absolutely shattered to... more
