Sam Nicoresti, a 31-year-old comic from Birmingham, is the first transgender winner in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards’ 45-year history - Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images Europe The Edinburgh Comedy Award – ...

August is the most exciting month on the comedy calendar. Comedians from around the world have made the pilgrimage to the Scottish capital to test out their new jokes at the largest arts festival on ...

Samsung TV Plus, the FAST and on demand service owned by Samsung Electronics, has signed a deal with comedy producers Next Up Comedy to air 15 of The Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s pre-eminent standup ...

The DLT Entertainment Best Newcomer Award went to Joe Kent-Walters for Joe Kent-Walters Is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!!, which garnered a string of four- and five-star reviews. It's a brilliantly observed ...

London's comedy scene kicks straight back into life, as all-star trio Sam Campbell, Amy Gledhill and Paddy Young collaborate on a chaotic late night play. Of sorts. Plus: Breakout Have I Got News For ...

Meta Comedy ‘Make That Movie’ Kicks Off Channel 4 Edinburgh Commissions Channel 4 has opened its Edinburgh TV Festival commissioning roster with a comedy about a hotshot director who scours the ...

Getting a Netflix special is what many comics aspire to, and they don’t have to bankrupt themselves by spending a month in the Scottish capital to receive the accolade. I – and many others in the ...

Edinburgh local Ayo Adenekan has been revealed as winner of this year’s Brass Tacks Debut Fund, supported by Red Bull UK. One of Scottish comedy’s most exciting rising stars, Ayo will bring his debut ...

Join us as some of Britain’s finest comedians present a night of preview shows before they head to the Edinburgh Fringe. Some bits will debut comedy genius, the kind of moment that will let you say to ...

Fresh off a run at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the 2024 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, queer actor and comic Michael John Ciszewski will present his fourth solo show IF MEMORY SERVES as an ...