Pat Rascal’s Space Gravy is one of the best examples of its kind: revelling in its absurdity, yes, but with proper jokes and fine-tuned performances to elevate it above the pack.

Having swelled his reputation with his band The Cosmique Perfectión and the release of a visual concept album recently, Jazz Emu appears at the height of his powers, opening portentously with an ...

It seems appropriate for Siblings to have set their latest sketch show in the world of dreams, given how much they lean into the absurd and the freewheeling, barely constrained by the logic of the ...

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The acclaimed sketch show returns for a one-off special, 15 months after the last, with his usual supporting cast of Simon Kane, Carrie Quinlan, Lawry Lewin and ...

Forging an uncertain path between surrealist stand-up and agitprop, Andrew O'Neill's latest Fringe offering retains all the fire and conviction of their best shows since they became an explicitly ...

But quite whether people fit so neatly into the tribes ascribed to them is a key theme of Iconic Breath, a show named after her son’s mispronunciation of Godzilla’s superpower ‘atomic breath’.

Ayoade Bamgboye has won the best newcomer prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Accepting the award, she said: ‘This is so nice. I’m hungover’ and thanked her team and her parents, adding; ‘This means ...

Sam Nicoresti has won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for the best show on the Fringe, becoming the first trans comedian to take the accolade. Ayoade Bamgboye won the best newcomer prize. Accepting the ...

David Cameron once personally asked Tina Fey to come to the UK to change the way the British TV comedy industry works. The 30 Rock creator revealed that she was summoned to a meeting with him at NBC’s ...

Sam Nicoresti has won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for the best show on the Fringe, becoming the first trans comedian to take the accolade. Accepting the prize, they said: ‘A year ago, my girlfriend ...

When the shortlists were announced last week, Sam Bryant, chair of the judging panel, said: ‘The Edinburgh Comedy Awards have always been a launchpad for the next generation of talent, and that role ...

Ayoade Bamgboye has won the literal Biggest Award In Comedy for her debut Edinburgh Fringe show Swings and Roundabouts.