Tributes have been paid to musical satirist Tom Lehrer, following his death at 97. He started writing music while a maths undergraduate at Harvard in the 1940s and although had relatively short career ...

Comedian Philip Simon says he has been axed by another Edinburgh Fringe venue because he is Jewish. He was one of the two acts dropped by the Whistlebinkies venue last week, with bosses citing ‘safety ...

Tributes have been paid to alternative comedian Andrew McBurney after his death was announced. A finalist in several new act competitions a decade ago, the Black Country-based comic was a regular ...

Here's Lulu Popplewell talking about the terrible dates she’s been on recently, including a man who spent two hours telling her about a novel he wrote. The comic was at Fast Fringe performing an ...

Angry security guards, barked compliments and crossed wires abound as Troy navigates various conversational minefields, both online and in real life. ‘I like the videos but how does it translate to ...