Here's Olaf Falafel doing some silly jokes from his Edinburgh Fringe show Olaf Falafel Asks: Orange You Glad? In this short routine, he impersonates snacks, tries a bit of mind-reading via his mic ...

The Birmingham Comedy Festival has released the full programme of this year’s event, featuring more than 90 performances from Friday 3 to Sunday 12 October.

The bureaucrats got very specific in their advice to comedians, saying: ‘Instead of mocking "blindly confident men" it is better to explore the social causes for this mentality. Instead of blindly ...

A costume malfunction that meant my nuts were on display. I didn’t notice for 10 minutes. Then I realised why the atmosphere had changed. Embarrassing. I am still not quite sure how my nuts escaped. I ...

The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced they will be handing out a Joke Of The Fringe title, after broadcaster Dave dropped its long-running prize. Organisers say they are keen that the new ...

One woman in the front row was enjoying it throughout and she was my lifeline, but near the end of the show I get attacked by a big zombie rabbit and at that point she had a panic attack and ran out ...

Winner was Ridwaan Hussain, as recently seen in the champion of champions climax of Backyard’s Comedy Knockouts. He has a strong line in self-deprecation, mining all the insecurities he has about ...

Scottish comedian Susan Riddell has been charged with terrorist offences after a Ford Transit van was driven into the perimeter fence of a weapons factory in Edinburgh The offices of Italian firm ...

Tina Fey, Charlie Brooker and Munya Chawawa have joined the speakers at next month’s Edinburgh TV Festival. 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt creator Fey will talk to Graham Norton on August 22, ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And as Liam Neeson reboots the Naked Gun franchise, ...

Corcoran’s artist address will take place at Greyfriars Hall in the Virgin Hotel at 5pm next Friday, August 1. It will be live streamed on the Edinburgh Fringe Facebook channel, and will be available ...

Musical comedian Anna Hale recruits an audience member to help her sing a song at Chortle's Fast Fringe. The track comes from her Edinburgh Fringe show Control Freak, which will be on at 5.30pm in the ...