Fringe 2015 - Annabelle's Skirting Board Adventures

Annabelle's Skirting Board Adventure is a brand new theatre show for young children and families produced, written and starring Howard Read, creator of the hugely successful CBBC and live theatre touring hit Little Howard.

This week's new comedy

Previews of Sara Pascoe, Cardinal Burns and Howard Read

It's the joke, not the animation, that matters

Howard Read chooses his comedy favourites.

Comedy cues #3: Howard Read - Hide and Speak

Further to David Quirk's nifty comedy tips we now have a few words from Howard Read, quite possibly the first chap to use animation in live comedy and most certainly the first to get a cartoon boy burping in front of the HRH The Queen.

Review: Little Howard and The Magic Pencil

Credit to Howard Read for summoning so much energy for this afternoon, subterranean gig decimated by hot weather and the prospect of Andy Murray clinching his first Wimbledon title.

Raising children is the topic dealt with by Stephen K Amos, with unreliable assistance from fellow stand-up performers Ava Vidal, Howard Read and Smug Roberts. Read is on his specialist subject: he's the star and creator of CBBC's brilliant Little Howard's Big Question.