Comedy.co.uk Features

Elf Lyons: "Joy influences how I make work"

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:25 GMT

Elf Lyons is wowing audiences with her new show. At the time of writing, Elf Lyons is The Woman on the Edge has seventeen five star reviews. Here we talk to her about the inspirations behind the show.

Hasan Al Habib: "Brummies are so used to being insulted it rolls off us"

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:07 GMT

Hasan Al-Habib talks to us about growing up between Iraqi and Brummie cultures, what taking part in BBC Two's Pilgrimage taught him and the strangest reactions he's received after his stand-up videos amassed more than 20 million views online.

British Comedy Quiz #422

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:00 GMT

Eclectic topics: RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestant Copper Topp, Granville's nationality, Super Gran's composer the 100th episode of My Family, and more.

Daniel Kitson, Sophie Duker, Adam Riches + Andrew Doherty - Mark Muldoon's Fringe Diary

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:56 GMT

Our live comedy columnist reports on the two Fringe comedy shows about reviewers who write about comedy shows: Adam Riches and Andrew Doherty. Plus: Daniel Kitson, Sophie Duker, Sam Eley, Metroland and Marty Gleeson.

Random 8: Anja Atkinson

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:20 GMT

She's doing a run, running a venue and came on a comedy train - but why did Anja Atkinson cry on the bus?

Hannah Platt / Olga Koch / Reuben Kaye - Bobby Carroll's Fringe Diary

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:33 GMT

Bobby is wowed by some high end, totalitarian stage productions but then also witnesses how one heckler can drive a gig off the rails if given too much fuel.

Spencer Jones talks Edinburgh, dogs and the human connection

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:00 GMT

Spencer Jones says his new show Dogs began in the most ordinary way imaginable.

Michael Hockey on punk guitar scores and befriending a green balloon

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:21 GMT

We speak to theatre-maker, clown and actor Michael Hockey about all things TO BE FRANK, his Edinburgh Fringe debut.

Recent Cutbacks' Natalie Rich on sock-puppet burglars and recreating Home Alone shot-for-shot

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:14 GMT

Recent Cutbacks are tackling their most ambitious DIY spectacle yet: Home Alone. We caught up with actor Natalie Rich to discuss real-time camera trickery, pushing past simple parody and why face-to-face flyering is still the ultimate Fringe superpower.

Daniel Nodder on singing kneecaps and surviving the end of the universe on a bathmat

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:01 GMT

We speak to internationally award-winning physical performer, dancer and clown Daniel Nodder about all things Only Bones, which is at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer.

Peter McCormick on the erotic allure of seagulls in new show Nesting

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:59 GMT

Born from watching his parents navigate intense caregiving during lockdown, Peter McCormick's new play Nesting mixes the brutal reality of neurodegenerative disease with unhinged seaside absurdism.

Emily Glaze on Britney lip-syncs and the 'silly sandwich' method

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:49 GMT

Emily Glaze chats to us about new show BASIC BALD B*TCH.

Jody Kamali on fake moustaches and the absurdities of grieving a chaotic dad

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:06 GMT

How well do we ever really know the people we love? Comedian Jody Kamali sits down with us to discuss grief, absurd family secrets and what happens when your dad turns out to be a complete mystery.

Joseph Morpurgo, Demi Adejuyigbe, Katie Norris, Rob Copland - Mark Muldoon's Fringe Diary

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:24 GMT

Fringe update #3 from our live comedy columnist, featuring Amy Matthews, Tom Neenan, sketch duo Britney, Olivia Xing, Joseph Morpurgo, Demi Adejuyigbe, Katie Norris and Rob Copland.

David Mitchell on Lugwig Series 2

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:19 GMT

Missing detectives, multiple murders and high-ranking cover-ups. It can mean only one thing... Ludwig is back for a second series. David Mitchell teases what is in store.

Tamsyn Kelly / Rachel Fairburn / Ifrah Qureshi - Bobby Carroll's Fringe Diary

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:11 GMT

Bobby branches out. Discovering challenging comedy, exploring the different points of view of identity politics.

Comedy Chronicles: The curious career of Stanley Unwin

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:00 GMT

A profile of Stanley Unwin, the BBC sound engineer who found fame by inventing and performing his own nonsensical language known as Unwinese.

Recommended Fringe shows

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:46 GMT

The best shows the BCG team have seen at the Edinburgh Fringe so far...

Alfie Brown, Dan Tiernan, Lara Ricote, Sean Morley - Mark Muldoon's Fringe Diary

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:49 GMT

Our live comedy columnist's second Fringe dispatch, featuring Lou Wall, Eric Rushton, Kate Dolan, Alfie Brown, Dan Tiernan, Lara Ricote and Sean Morley.

First Gig, Worst Gig: Freya Parker

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:28 GMT

Back at the Edinburgh Fringe with An Hour of Decay!, Freya Parker recalls following a fox and her first and only time as a famous grizzly.