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Edinburgh preview: Returning Champions
It's hard to stay away from Edinburgh whether you are new to the comedy game or an old hand. This year there are a number of brilliant comedians coming back who have won the Edinburgh Comedy Award, best known as the Perrier but now sponsored by digital channel Dave. You can only win the top award once and there are certainly easier ways to make money, so why come back? It must be for the sheer fun and the incredible buzz of the Fringe.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th July 2019Edinburgh Fringe 2019: Comedy writers' picks
Ahead of this year's Edinburgh Fringe, some of our comedy writers pick out their highlights.
Yasmin Hackett, Thomas Hamill, Charlie Ralph, Rob Young, James McColl, and Johnny Owens, The Skinny, 18th July 2019Fringe 2019: 50 theatre, comedy and dance shows to see
50 different shows to see.
Mark Fisher, Lyndsey Winship and Brian Logan, The Guardian, 14th June 2019Monkey Barrel announce Fringe line-up
Monkey Barrel Comedy have announced over 50 acts for their 2019 programme as part of this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival (shows running from July 31st - Aug 25th).
Short Com, 20th May 2019Glasgow Comedy Festival: 9 to see
Jay Richardson picks his highlights from this year's Glasgow International Comedy Festival programme.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 11th March 201913 special recommendations for the Edinburgh Fringe
These are the shows that don't fit well into any of our categories and include some mixed-bill nights, multimedia adventures and contrived conceits.
Laugh Out London, 6th August 2018John Kearns on ditching his trademark wig and teeth
If British comedy has a soul, it resides in Edinburgh. The wet streets, overheated rooms and frantic commercial business of the Fringe can blind you to this -- you can forget that Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, most of Monty Python, Rowan Atkinson, Tom Stoppard, Stephen Fry, The League of Gentlemen, Ricky Gervais and almost every comedian you've heard of kick-started their career right here. None, however, has started as spectacularly as John Kearns.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 5th August 2018John Kearns interview
"I often act like everything will work itself out even when the bank balance and diary suggests otherwise."
Beyond The Joke, 15th May 2018John Kearns: Don't Worry They're Here review
Cherry picking elements of slapstick, surrealism and philosophy, this genuinely unique, massively entertaining hybrid was refreshingly difficult to pigeonhole.
Nick Aldwinckle, The Latest, 8th March 2018Chortle Awards 2018 nominees
The nominees for the Chortle Awards 2018 have been announced. Mat Ewins, Hannah Gadsby, John Kearns and Joseph Morpurgo are up for Best Show.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2018