Update: 5 more dates at Eventim Apollo have been added due to demand - he now plays July 8 - 14. Ticket details below. American comedy heavyweight Dave Chappelle is to play his first... more
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QI has launched a new mobile game. Qiktionary – "The Smart Way to Become Wordly Wise" – is available now on the iOS AppStore.Qiktionary is a game of logic and vocabulary, where... more
The UK's highest ever comedy gig has taken place. The show, entitled Summit Funny, was at 3196ft on the summit of of Ben Lomond. Over 100 hillwalkers attended the event.Since then over 11,000... more
Frank Skinner is to present a second series of The Rest is History, the comedy discussion show he created for BBC Radio 4. Recordings will take place at London’s Drill Hall and audience tickets are... more
Free Fringe Founder Peter Buckley Hill has now posted the following on the Facebook Comedy Forum and the Chortle Forum. He is still maintaining that he and not Freestival has the rights to programme... more
The BBC has decided not to recommission Never Mind The Buzzcocks. One of its longest-running panel shows, the irreverent quiz first started in 1996.There have been a number of cast changes over the... more
Update 25/5: Following our report earlier today that Freestival had issued a statement proposing a compromise solution, Peter Buckley Hill's Free Fringe has now replied with this, which may put that... more
Alex Marion, one of then three main organisers of Freestival, has now issued the following statement regarding the issue of who is booking/programming Edinburgh Fringe shows at Cowgatehead... "... more
The Balham Comedy Festival has announced its line-up for its fourth festival, running from July 10 - 18 at the Bedford pub in Balham.Names confirmed include Harry Hill and Tim... more
Following Peter Buckley Hill's bombshell on May 21, Freestival has now issued this statement in response:Performers in 150 Edinburgh Fringe shows fear they have been left without venues after Peter... more
