Welcoming his audience with a montage of PS1 graphics and naming his show after the fighting game franchise, Roger O’Sullivan primes us for a nostalgia show about video games and growing up in the ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. This week it's all about Richard Curtis. Good luck!

‘Hello, I’m Alex and I’m an alcoholic.’ This is how Alex Stringer started her show, and presumably her journey to sobriety eight years ago, when she was just 23.

Sporting a Baywatch-style swimsuit, the amply bosomed Aszkenasy certainly appreciates attention as she rises from her prostate pose and introduces herself, in French. That’s likely a nod to her ...

Ventriloquist Lachlan Werner has had quite the makeover. In his last show, in 2023, he was a white-faced choirboy with a pudding-bowl haircut and very much subservient to the wicked witch on his arm.

The Chortle Student Comedy Award has crowned joint winners for the first time in its 20-year history. Warwick University’s Fred Carver and Anna Rae George, who is studying a PhD in Oxford, shared the ...

Dru Cripps spins good old-fashioned fun out of a humble set-up. Operating out of a shipping container on Potterrow he uses his voice and a loop machine to create improvised comedy songs – as many as ...

Joining the cast in guest roles are: Vicki Pepperdine, Tom Lawrinson, Sharon Wanjoh, Paddy Young, Henry Packer, Rachel Fairburn, Jin Hao Li, Molly McGuinness, Darren J Coles, Joe Kent-Walters and ...

Mary O'Connell talks about being an ‘insecure bisexual’ for mainly choosing men to date. She also talks about the dating apps she’s no longer allowed to used as she’s currently in an exclusive ...

The sugar they consume no doubt contributes to the atmosphere turning all Lord Of The Flies by the end. Not to mention the fact Ellis riles up their competitive edge, then arms them with sponge balls ...

‘It’s naff, it’s old, it’s retro,’ goes one line in Max Fulham’s Edinburgh debut, prompting the reassurance: ‘It’s fine if it’s knowing and ironic.’ Knowing indeed, as Fulham’s a ventriloquist, a ...

Fifteen Edinburgh Fringe comedy shows are to be made available on Samsung smart TVs. The electronics giant has signed a deal with comedy streamer Next Up to put the shows on its on-demand service, ...