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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Theatre people don’t like joke density, and comedy people don’t like things that feel like a play. As someone who likes when things are funny and have pathos, I often feel like I’ve got one foot in ...

Comedy clubs are the purest place for our artform. Standing on stage in front of a crowd who have no idea who you are—and don’t care, for that matter—but still want to listen to you for 10, 15, or 20 ...

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 ...

Two comedians have had their Edinburgh Fringe shows cancelled because they are Jewish. Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon were told they could no long perform at the Whistlebinkies Free Fringe venue ...