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Interview: Tiff Stevenson - Optimist

Sharp, witty and with an answer for everything Tiff Stevenson tells us more about her Edinburgh Fringe show.

Laura Jeffrey, Edinburgh Fringe Review, 5th August 2014

Hit live comedy format 'Joke Thieves' gets TV pilot

Joke Thieves, the hit live comedy format in which comedians must perform each others' routines, is being developed for a potential BBC Two series.

British Comedy Guide, 5th August 2014

Fringe hosts its largest ever number of women standups

62% rise on last year hailed, but with women accounting for 17% of comics at 2014 festival, equality has some way to go at fringe.

Mark Brown, The Guardian, 2nd August 2014

Sarah Kendall: the worst heckle I ever received

After I was threatened with sexual violence at a gig, I built a routine around it - but looking back, I betrayed the seriousness of the incident.

Sarah Kendall, The Guardian, 2nd August 2014

Malcolm Hardee's first ever appearance at the Fringe

In this edited extract from I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake, Malcolm talks about the first time he appeared with The Greatest Show On Legs at the Fringe.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 31st July 2014

'I'm better than ever' roars comedy gent Tom Allen

Sarah Millican's tour support and all-round good comedy egg Tom Allen is BACK in Edinburgh - with, he says, 'serene, formal show'

London Is Funny, 31st July 2014

Edinburgh preview: Everyone's A Winner

I know that Edinburgh should be about looking forward rather than looking back, but 2014 may be the year that more previous Edinburgh Comedy Award winners are appearing at the Festival than ever before. Of course, there are more Edinburgh Comedy Award winners than ever before, but there does seem to be a plethora of them returning. Is it to cash in on their fame? Is it to show the young whippersnappers how it's done? Is it just sentiment and trying to recapture the spirit they had when it all began? Is it all that and more? Who knows, but here are some famous names to look out for.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th July 2014

Edinburgh picks 2014: easy watching, evening edition

The best of the rest on in the evening...

Andrew Mickel, Such Small Portions, 29th July 2014

Paul Merton on why he never goes to see other shows (Link expired)

Kate Copstick's diary.

Nick Mitchell, WOW247, 28th July 2014

Graham Fellows: 'I can't do John Shuttleworth for ever'

Sean O'Grady joins Graham Fellows down the comedian's local Spar in Louth, Lincolnshire, for milk, pasties - and a heart-to-heart about the future of Sheffield's most versatile singer-songwriter.

Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 28th July 2014

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