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Chortle Awards 2020 winners
Jessica Fostekew has won Best Show and the Breakthrough prize in the Chortle Awards. Other winners include Zoe Lyons, Bob Mortimer, Brodi Snook, The Delightful Sausage, Flo & Joan, Kiri Pritchard-Mclean and Rhod Gilbert.
British Comedy Guide, 18th March 2020Manchester's tough crowds make comedians sizzle
Amateur nights, 'chaos energy' and jokes about yeast ... Our writer continues her UK comedy tour and discovers Mancunians' appetite for the alternative.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 8th March 2020Review: Anna Mann and others NextUp recording
For those at the taping at Rich Mix in East London, it's pretty much a normal gig, with unobtrusive cameras and friendly-but-cynical compere Esther Manito setting up running gags with audience members.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd February 2020The Delightful Sausage interview
Sketch comedy double act Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill on the things that make them laugh the most.
Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 27th December 2019We have seen him as a chaotic chef in Harry Hill's Tea Time and an intergalactic interloper in Alien Fun Capsule. Now Harry Hill has returned to his comedy-club compere roots, with results no less bizarre. This week we are introduced to acts including Suzi Ruffell and The Delightful Sausage.
Ellen E. Jones, The Guardian, 8th November 2019Line up announced for Women In Comedy Festival 2019
This October sees the return of the seventh annual Women in Comedy Festival.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th September 2019Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist 2019
The nominees for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2019 have been revealed.
British Comedy Guide, 21st August 2019Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
Comics share their answers to another of Richard Herring's Emergency Questions.
Chortle, 15th August 2019Edinburgh rules
Many performers set themselves Edinburgh rules, like not drinking for the month. We asked this year's Fringers what theirs are.
British Comedy Guide, 12th August 2019Nightmare audience members
We asked performers going to the Fringe who they would least like to see in the audience of their show...
British Comedy Guide, 10th August 2019