Paul Sinha

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Apart from being on the second floor, my flat is perfect. A few minutes stroll from The Stand, comfy bed, power shower and very fast wifi. All possible shops lie around me, and crucially there is no Chinese takeaway within walking distance.

Inevitable Pre-Fringe blog

It was only after I became an ITV daytime Z-lister that I realised just how little people are aware of you, unless you have been on telly. Radio appearances, tours to Dubai, two 5 star reviews in one4review, none of this counted for anything. This is probably why I have not been to the Edinburgh Fringe for four years.

Paul Sinha - stand up sending Z-list postcards

Comedy editor, Martin Walker has been a big fan of Paul Sinha's stand-up since Paul's Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in 2004. Eleven years on, Paul is best known to the public at large as a 'Chaser' in something called, The Chase on television. Sadly, Martin doesn't really know what that is, but is delighted that Paul is back at the Fringe doing comedy with Postcards from the Z List.

Paul Sinha's Edinburgh tips

It is that time of year again, when people give you their considered advice on who you should go and see at the Edinburgh Fringe, whilst carefully hiding their real reasons for plugging the shows.

Edinburgh preview: Paul Sinha

Sinha is very much a man of many parts.

10 comedians off the telly to see at the Fringe

Our pick of the famous comedy faces.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Paul Sinha, Kevin Bridges and Zoe Lyons.

Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Paul Sinha

Paul Sinha is one of our finest purveyors of smart stand-up comedy. Armchair quiz fans may well know him as the trivia king from The Chase, but Sinha still gigs regularly.

Radio Times review

As a useful adjunct to BBC One's The Big Painting Challenge, try Hannah Gadsby's new series in which the Tasmanian comedian/art historian analyses four works of art. She also sketches in her own life as a gay art student, while a sardonic talking robot, who sounds to me like comedy producer John Lloyd, plays Richard Osman to Gadsby's Alexander Armstrong.

Amateur artists should draw inspiration from the fact that all four masterpieces were dissed by contemporary critics. The pieces scrutinised are Manet's Olympia (1865); Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait (1434); Michelangelo's David (1504); and Picasso's Les demoiselles d'Avignon (1907). The robot impersonates Sister Wendy, which is much appreciated. As with Paul Sinha's similar comic reinterpretations of history, newcomer Gadsby elicits fascinating facts (Manet's nude was an artist in her own right).

Bearcat Comedy review

It was a very, very good bill last Friday, featuring Ingrid Dahl, Jo Caulfield and Paul Sinha.