Katherine Ryan

Mike Ward cheapens the fight for free speech

The Canadian comic is at the Edinburgh fringe with his protest show about a joke that saw him ordered to pay $42,000. It's not a well-argued defence.

50 must-see comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe (Link expired)

Here at WOW 247 we've pooled together our comedy brains to pick out a whopping 50 shows we think make a good starting point for any Fringe adventurer.

5 questionable moments from Taskmaster series 2

Oh boy, Taskmaster's second series was a ride to say the least, and an enjoyable one at that! Looking back, here's our five most questionable moments from the show.

The best shows at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe

The magic is about to start again and it's time for your annual menu of events from Punchline. It includes some discoveries since last year as well as some classics. No doubt this year's discoveries will become classics by next year...

Fringe preview: The Stand

Iconic Edinburgh venue keeps its finger on the Fringe pulse with an exciting programme of established names and up-and-coming talent.

Katherine Ryan: Work in Progress interview

Interview with Katherine Ryan.

Latitude: reflections on a weekend of comedy

Latitude has often used the tag-line 'more than just a music festival' and with an extensive arts line-up that's certainly true. The Suffolk festival has also grown into one of the largest comedy programmes on the circuit. The tents may now have been dismantled, but Fergus Morgan reflects back on a weekend's mirth in the festival's purple comedy arena.

In the last in the series of Taskmaster, Greg Davies's taskees have all to play for, with an overall series winner set to be crowned out of contestants Doc Brown, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan, Joe Wilkinson and Richard Osman. Among this week's tasks are transporting a range of groceries over a small river and into a shopping trolley, and making a stop-motion film starring a potato. To the victor, the spoils, which includes a golden bust of Davies's head.

Taskmaster: series two, episode 5 review

The final episode in this series witnesses the Taskmaster trophy finally presented, and a horror film starring, yes, a potato.

Latitude review: Katherine Ryan

Ryan is a star and she knows it, mockingly dubbing herself "TV's Katherine Ryan" but in this performance she sensibly introduced herself to people who may not have seen her onstage before and offered a bit about her Canadian background, growing up in the industrial town of Sarnia - "like Swindon without the character".