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 appearance fee and give it to everyone Katie Hopkins hates. The video in which he interviews the kind of people Hopkins has criticised, from fat people to old people to people called Tyler, has attracted over 100,000 views in a day.
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 Festival.
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 the Foster's Awards and Emma Brunjes Productions holed the putt that won the match after Alistair Barrie had failed to sink a mammoth putt by a whisker.
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 stand-up last year after moving to the UK.
The other 9 finalists were Ben Pope, Yumna Mohamed, Neil O'Rourke, Matilda Wnek, Red Richardson, Ed Day, Yuriko Kotani, Stephen Lawson and AJ Roberts.
The competition was judged by:
Karen Koren, Gilded Balloon Artistic Director
This year’s eight-strong Foster’s Award nominations list was the longest-ever list, but that didn’t stop plenty of grumbling in Edinburgh's bars last night. Unless every Fringe show is nominated – and there were more than 600 eligible this year – there will always be those that are disgruntled. I was pretty happy with the list but still surprised at some omissions.
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 in the toilets of the London Wonderground on the South Bank on Tuesday 1 September at 11am. He is gigging there to highlight the importance of breaking the ‘Poo Taboo’.
Website Fringepig has announced the shortlist for its inaugural Ham Fist award. The idea is that the award goes to the Edinburgh reviewer who most misunderstood what they were looking at.
The finalists are:
Graeme Connelly for his review of Stewart Goldsmith in The List.
Paul Fleckney for his review of Bobby Mair on Chortle.
Mark Divine Calvert for his review of Lieven Scheire on Mumble comedy
Laura Geoff for her review of The Beaux Zeaux on One4review
Last year while I was waiting for the Foster’s Award nominations to be announced I posted some predictions online. For various reasons it was assumed by some that my predictions were the official nominations so I'm being very careful what I write now.
Comedian Stephen Carlin says that he has been "fired" from PBH's Free Fringe and has had to find a new home for his show. He posted the following on his Facebook page last night.
'I have been duly fired by PBH from the PBH Free Fringe for also appearing at another show in a Laughing Horse venue. My show will no longer be appearing at the Canon's Gait. Apologies to all of you who turned up tonight only to be faced with a no show.
"The Gospel According to Stephen" has been the subject of ex-communication.
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When you’ve set the bar extremely high where do you go from there? Alex Edelman’s debut Fringe show last year bagged him the Foster’s Best Newcomer Award. So now for the comedy equivalent of second album syndrome. Follow that.
Everything Handed To You On A Plate certainly confirms that 2014’s show was no fluke. The polite 26-year-old is as skilful as they come, weaving together stories and strands and coming up with another personal piece that both entertains and illuminates.
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