Plenty of comedians do material about plane travel, but most of them focus on cavity searches at security. Few talk about their primal fear of flying. Susan Murray's show is about getting through the flight, not getting through the X Ray machine and it is throughly entertaining – and scarily informative – from take off to landing.
Simon Brodkin has already had a few comedy careers. He first broke through as sketch comedian, then as spoof geezer Lee Nelson, then made his name as a world class prankster. He is best known now for handing Theresa May her P45 at the Tory Party Conference and showering FIFA Sepp Blatter with bank notes. This show, however, is more of a "this is me" hour, as Brodkin reveals himself to be a thoroughly entertaining conventional comedian.
Poundland has launched a nationwide search for a joke writer to help create the gags featured on its products.
The move, timed to coincide with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is part of Poundland’s adoption of a refreshed tone of voice that resonates with customers.
Comedian, actor and former English teacher Greg Davies is to present a BBC four documentary entitled Kes: A Boy's Life. It will air on BBC Four on 19 November at 9pm.
Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines' classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper training a kestrel as an escape from his troubled home and school life, which was famously made into the film Kes by Ken Loach.
There's a theory that the best stand-up comedy has to be relatable in some way. The centrepiece of John Robins' latest show Hot Shame is a story of how he dug a stress-based hole for himself when he had a spot of damp at home. The yarn involves researching reviews of humidifiers, hiring specialist plasterers and crumpling into a ball on the floor. Don't worry if you've not gone through this specific brand of trauma yourself though. It's absolutely gut-bustingly hilarious to hear Robins go through it on your behalf.
A lot of comedians talk about quitting stand-up. And a lot of comedians probably feel like quitting stand-up during the Edinburgh Fringe. But Stewart Francis announced that this would be his final run long before the Festival and after a UK tour in the autumn he is apparently giving up comedy pursue an acting career.
Once again MasterChef judges, John Torode and Gregg Wallace preside over the cooking contenders to whittle down the
It’s normally a very bad idea to try and make the art of acting the central topic of a Fringe show. But Garry Starr is the exception that proves the rule.
Starr is a character in love with the smell of the greasepaint, the glow of the floodlights and the roar of the crowd.
In his previous show Starr undertook to demonstrate every kind of theatrical style.
Glenn Moore picked up an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination last year for Glenn Glenn Glenn, How Do You Like It, How Do You Like It. The title also meant I had an Andrea True Connection-shaped earworm in my head for most of August 2018. Now with Love Don't Live Here Glenny Moore he might pick up an award nod again. and I've got a Rose Royce-shaped earworm in my head this time round.
The UK trailer and poster for Chris Morris’s The Day Shall Come has been released. The film opens in cinemas nationwide on Friday 11 October.
Based on 100 true stories, the new film from Chris Morris (Four Lions, Brass Eye) is a comic thriller that exposes the dark farce at the heart of the homeland security project: It is harder to catch a real terrorist than it is to manufacture your own.
Chris Morris – Director’s Statement
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