Chris Betts
- Actor and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2020 results
Johnny Vegas has won this year's Legend of Comedy prize from the Leicester Comedy Festival. Other winners at the festival's annual awards include Alex Hylton and Friz Frizzle.
British Comedy Guide, 30th March 2020Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Awards nominees
Alex Hylton, Paul Currie, Scott Bennett, Olga Koch, Nathan Cassidy and Troy Hawke are amongst the nominees for the Leicester Comedy Festival's 2020 awards.
British Comedy Guide, 28th February 2020Who have the Edinburgh Comedy Awards panel overlooked?
This question was asked before today's shortlists came out...
Chortle, 22nd August 2018How would you improve the Fringe?
'We should make it free and move it to Norfolk'
Chortle, 21st August 2018Whats's the most drunk or wasted you have been?
'I threw my phone into the woods on mushrooms'
Chortle, 18th August 2018What's the best room for comedy at the Fringe?
The best place to perform.
Chortle, 14th August 2018Who are the unsung heroes of the Fringe?
Little known Fringe heroes.
Chortle, 12th August 2018Speaking in tongues: part 1
Stand-up comedy can be a tough business. There are so many moving parts it's ridiculous. First you must write it, then rewrite it, then agonise over every word before rewriting it again. Then there's the bigger picture - is it funny? When starting out you're working with an entirely blank canvas which means whittling down from infinity to a tight five which can be maddening.
Short Com, 8th August 2018Who is the best person you've met at the Fringe?
"Benedict Cumberbatch stole fmy act... literally!"
Chortle, 3rd August 2018Free on the Fringe
Get away from the big venues and take a plunge into the free fringe.
Robert Peacock, The Wee Review, 14th July 2018