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Madeleine Brettingham has become the 38th winner of the So You Think You're Funny? comedy newcomer competition. Reb Day and Joel Walker came second and third place respectively, coming out top from ...
Last One Laughing has been named best entertainment series at the Edinburgh TV Festival awards. Big Boys was named best comedy series, and Sophie Willan took home best TV actor – comedy for her role ...
Seymour Mace has resumed his Edinburgh Fringe run, just two days after sustaining severe head injuries in road accident. The comedian also damaged his leg when he was involved in a horrific collision ...
Jess Carrivick’s show opens with a montage of adorable home videos she and her brother Jack shot as children, between the years of 1995 and 2001. Things have not changed much, she’s still playing ...
Here’s the first look at Baby Reindeer Richard Gadd in his forthcoming BBC series Half Man – packed with muscle and sporting a full beard. The former comedian created the six-episode drama and ...
Control Freak, the show, is a frank examination of how she got to this place, and how she got out of it thanks to the cognitive behavioural therapy she had on Teams. Virtual sessions might not seem a ...
Without telling you to disregard his Fringe debut last year, Alex Mitchell explains that its positivity was a bluff, very much an act while his world was falling apart.
The shortlists have been announced for the 2025 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Nica Burns, director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, said: ‘2025 is another outstanding year of great comedy. Many of those ...
Bloody Marvellous is a gentle show, always interesting and with a constant hum of mild amusement, if rarely in danger of provoking any wild explosions of mirth. Connell is a relaxed, charming and ...
There’s nothing unusual in Matt Parker having 8,000 flyers printed for his Edinburgh Fringe run – bit it is unusual that every one is unique. The comedian and mathematician revealed the stunt on ...
The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced the shortlists for their five awards handed out at the Edinburgh Fringe, with 25 shows highlighted. Nominees have also been announced for best tech, joke ...
Benji Waterhouse has saved a life during his day off at the Edinburgh Fringe. The comedian, who is an NHS psychiatrist by day, performed the Heimlich manoeuvre on a woman he saw choking in the ...