Chortle readers believe Edinburgh Fringe venues were wrong to cancel Jewish comedian Philip Simon by a margin of three to one.

Obviously, Edinburgh is the biggest arts festival in the world, a uniquely magical place where you can walk into the back of a pub and see shows that will change how you think and feel about the world ...

The League Of Gentlemen have reunited for a new Radio 4 comedy-drama. Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have all lent their voices to writer Jeremy Dyson ’s new project, called High ...

Daniel brings his brutally honest take on modern life, relationships, parenthood and everything in between.

Here's Ali Brice performing an extract from his Edinburgh show Eric Meat Gets The Chop at Chortle's Fast Fringe in London earlier this moth. Or at least he tries to, after getting into a conversation ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 London’s long-running topical comedy company Newsrevue performing an extract from their 2025 Edinburgh Fringe show. The footage features Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves discussing their plans ...

The 2025 Edinburgh Comedy Awards are co-sponsored by its producer Nica Burns, Donald Taffner J of DLT Entertainment and the Victoria Wood Foundation. The ‘spirit of the Fringe’ Panel Prize, awarded at ...