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Everest comedy gig postponed
The stand-up gig planned to take place on Everest next month has been postponed. Rhys Darby, Craig Campbell, Glenn Wool, Tommy Tiernan and Ardal O'Hanlon are now scheduled to leave London on September 22, 2015.
Chortle, 17th August 2014Diary: 'I failed my A Levels, I better be a stand-up'
A grouchy Arthur Smith arrives in town to Sing Leonard Cohen (Pleasance Courtyard). Arthur made his Fringe debut more than 30 years ago, in the days when there were scores of student review shows and precious few stand-ups. "Now everyone in the world is a stand-up comedian," he grumbles. "I haven't met anyone who isn't: every waiter, every road sweeper, every politician, every nurse. Jeremy Paxman. It's a kind of default thing. We'll have 10,000 more tomorrow: 'Oh, I failed my A Levels, I better be a stand-up.'" There could be consequences, as those festival pheromones kick in. "I'll give you the world exclusive if I catch Paxman snogging Nancy Dell'Olio in the corner of the Pleasance Bar," Arthur promises.
Alex Hardy, The Times, 15th August 2014I love stand up comedy (even when I hate it)
Last night, my penultimate evening at the Edinburgh festival, I had a wild night of mind frippery and exercise.
Robin Ince, 13th August 2014Revenge is mine - with a toilet brush
The Edinburgh Fringe is an expensive proposition for performer and punter alike. You wouldn't believe how much money I'm paying for a small, studenty flat. Go on, guess a ridiculously huge amount. Now double it. No, it's more than that.
Richard Herring, Metro, 13th August 2014June Whitfield reveals fear every job may be her last
She's starred in Absolutely Fabulous, Last of the Summer Wine and Carry On Abroad but June Whitfield worries work will dry up.
Felicity Thistlethwaite, Sunday Express, 10th August 2014How do you score a job on QI? QI Elf reveals all...
An audio interview with QI elf Molly Oldfield.
Joanne Woods, ABC News (Australia), 9th August 2014Joke Thieves: cover-version comedy
Edinburgh festival comedians perform their own material, then swap with a counterpart in this appallingly funny innovation.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 9th August 2014Feature: Circus Incognitus - everyday circus?
Jamie Adkins is a clown. Not the white-faced big-shoed kind that makes children cry, but just an "ordinary man". His show, Circus Incognitus, playing Edinburgh this month, is so called because "I understand no-one knows who I am and I don't take it for granted that people have taken time out of the day to come and see this show".
Ellen Carr, A Younger Theatre, 8th August 2014Richard Herring: 'I'd like to be good at everything' (Link expired)
Being dropped by the BBC seemed like a disaster at the time, but Richard Herring is now grateful he was able learn his craft away from the spotlight. And with his award-winning podcasts helping to grow his stand-up audience, the comedian is content, creative and in control, finds Kate Copstick.
Kate Copstick, WOW247, 7th August 2014James Corden: why's everyone in USA talking about him?
The comedian and actor is well known in the UK, but now he is set to take over as host of The Late Late Show on CBS - and to star in a Disney movie with Meryl Streep.
The Guardian, 6th August 2014