Two years ago Urooj Ashfaq came to Edinburgh and carried off the prize for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
She also received a review – and she’s been thinking about it ever since.
A male comedy reviewer, let’s call him Steve, described Urooj as conservative, saying her material lacked edge – so she’s come back blazing to prove him wrong.
Normally I’d suggest that bearing a grudge against a reviewer is not a terribly strong premise for a comedy show – b
Eric Rushton is slowly but surely making a name for himself in stand-up. In 2023 he won Channel 4's Sean Lock Comedy Award, which brought him to a wider audience. After an impressive 2024 Edinburgh he is back at the Fringe with a new show entitled Innkeeper.
Grace Mulvey was the first recipient of the Galton and Simpson Bursary Award aimed at writers so it is obvious that she can be funny on paper (or computer screen or phone or wherever you see things written down these days). Her latest show, Did You Hear We're All Going To Die? underlines that the London-based Irish comic is also hilarious onstage (or in person, or wherever you happen to see her). She has the word funny running through her veins.
Following two sellout runs earlier this year, Marcus Brigstocke has extended his show Vitruvian Mango into the Autumn.
What are men for? Most heavy things can be lifted by machines and most problems can be solved by computers and most puddles can be crossed without us gallantly draping our capes over them - so are we fellas of any use at all?
Comedian Kate Smurthwaite has had to cancel performances of two shows she has on at the Edinburgh Fringe after nobody turned up. Smurthwaite lays the blame firmly at the Oasis run of gigs in the capital that start today (August 8) for the absence of audiences turning up for her daytime show Evolution Revolution and her night-time show Milo Standards: Penis De Milo.
Smurthwaite posted on Facebook on Wednesday: "Both of these shows pulled today due to zero audience.
It's been intriguing to read reviews of Rosie O'Donnell's belated Fringe debut Common Knowledge.
First look clip and new image have been released as David Mitchell and Robert Webb return to Channel 4 next month with a new sketch show, Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping.
It sees them combine forces with a host of exciting and innovative future stars, marking a bold return to British sketch comedy with an innovative merging of comedy minds across generations.
Big Finish Originals – Comedy Playhouse, a collection of six brand-new full-cast audio sitcom pilots from upcoming writers, is due for release in November 2025.
In 2023, Big Finish Productions and Write on Comedy united to revive the BBC’s legendary anthology series Comedy Playhouse and ran an open submission competition for sitcom pilot scripts.
The winning script, The Cracks Are Showing by Cy Henty an
Rising Scottish stand up star Connor Burns has sold out his entire run of Edinburgh Fringe dates. This includes ten extra shows added due to demand. For those unable to bag Fringe tickets his upcoming tour includes further Scottish dates. Details below.
His latest show GALLUS is a fiercely funny set packed with razor-sharp wit and jet-black cynicism.
Comedian Cerys Nelmes could be facing a jail sentence in Turkey after allegedly walking out of an Istanbul shop without paying for goods.
Nelmes had been on holiday when towards the end of her stay she visited a branch of Zara. She said in a video that she posted on Facebook and then removed, that when she realised she had accidentally not paid she immediately returned and offered to pay, but the case quickly escalated.
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