Press clippings
Comedy picks to help you get the best out of the Fringe
Every year, Paul Levy asks me for a list of the top ten 'must-see' comedy shows at Edinburgh Fringe. This year there are 1,520 comedy shows to see. Working through the list, it is clear that ten isn't going to do it.
Fringe Review, 21st July 2024Tim Harding's comedy diary
Is this the birth of a new artform?
Tim Harding, Chortle, 5th April 2024Free speech comedy clubs and the battle over onstage offence
Graham Linehan and Dapper Laughs walk into a club ... It sounds like the setup to a bad joke, yet platforming comics who may cause offence is a winning formula. But can a night run by a GB News host claim to be anti-establishment?
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 20th May 2023Radio 4 orders free speech comedy show Unsafe Space, despite protests
Radio 4 has commissioned Unsafe Space, a "provocative" comedy and debate show championing free speech and broader class representation, despite protesters allegedly threatening to shut it down by blowing airhorns during the recording.
British Comedy Guide, 8th December 2022Emergency Question: Have you ever been fired? What for?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 19th August 2022Who wants a lockdown one-liner? How comics are covering Covid at Edinburgh Fringe
The festival is in full swing with audiences crammed into comedy clubs. But is our global pandemic the elephant in the room?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th August 2022Emergency question: Which sitcom character would you be?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 15th August 2022Emergency question: What's the worst thing you've eaten for a bet?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 14th August 2022Emergency Question: Which is your favourite ghost, real or (let's face it) fictional?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer
Chortle, 13th August 2022Emergency Question: Who is the most evil person you have ever met?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 10th August 2022