Alex Edelman

Fringe 2015 - For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig

Line-up confirmed so far includes: Nish Kumar (MC), Tony Law, Trygve Wakenshaw, Tiernan Douieb, Alex Edelman, Sofie Hagen, ACMS in the guise of Thom Tuck and John-Luke Roberts, and the Weirdos collective (whose 2012 Christmas shows saw them perform Spielberg's Hook live on stage, with the award-winning John Kearns in Williams' role of Peter Pan).

Fringe preview: Alex Edelman - Everything Handed to You

Last year's Best Newcomer talks about winning, influences and being self-aware.

Alex Edelman on Steve Martin

In his perfectly pitched standup routines, Martin lacerated Hollywood's celebrity culture from within. His jokes are as honed as his banjo playing.

Last year Alex Edelman hit a nerve among a certain core of 20- to 30-year-olds feeling more than a little lost in society with his show Millennial. After his amazing success last year (winning Best Newcomer at the Fosters' Edinburgh Comedy Awards) he's back with some more overly deep thinking and neuroticism.

Despite being pipped by Alex Edelman to the Best Newcomer crown last year, 2014 was a major breakthrough year for Dane Baptiste who has emerged as one of the slickest acts in London. Not the sort you'd imagine to have many doubts, but he's promising an hour of talking about them.

Alex Edelman, Soho Theatre - comedy review

There is also political heft here. He reflects on his generation's disillusionment with Barack Obama and reveals that his degree at New York University cost him a jaw-dropping $191,000, which puts UK fees into perspective.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Alex Edelman, Austentatious and Dara O'Briain.

Edinburgh Comedy Award newcomers in London - Profiles

These six rising stars (Alex Edelman, Dane Baptiste, Gein's Family Giftshop, Lazy Susan, Lucy Beaumont, Steen Raskopoulos) earned Best Newcomer nominations at last year's Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards. You can catch them all at Soho Theatre this month... except one.