Gareth Waugh: Is Pepsi OK? - Edinburgh Fringe 2026 ...

Chris Forbes has won the first McTavish Award for the best Scottish comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe. He won for his show Father Christmas, described as ‘a heartfelt exploration of festive joy, ...

The best newcomer award went to Sam Eley for his alter-ego Basil Crumbwick, while Matthew Gallagher took best joke for his line: ‘Here’s a fact about the Anne Frank diary - they brought out an ...

The BBC struggled to market Here We Go when it first hit screens, one of its executives has admitted. Comedy commissioning editor Gregor Sharp said that the broadcaster found Tom Basden ’s family ...

Citing the ‘incredible’ Insecure and Overcompensating – whose creators Issa Rae and Benito Skinner started online – she said: ‘It wasn't harnessing whatever they were doing digitally and doing it for ...

Who gets to decide what’s authentic and what isn’t, Fab Goualin wonders in his debut show Mixed Messages.

The rhythm of the B48Y Crash Lands on Earth is maintained by injections of a dance routine that builds up throughout, giving the piece a solid rhythm without limiting the play in the room. He gets an ...

Chris Sussman has been made director of comedy at the BBC. The executive was previously director of scripted series at Netflix UK and was head of comedy at the corporation’s programme-making arm, BBC ...

The compere’s cliché is to tell audiences of comedy competitions just how hard it is for the act going on first – but not if you’re as good as Joshua Khoury, who opened last night’s So You Think ...

Saturday Night Live UK ditches two sketches each week just hours before broadcast. Makers of the Sky show have revealed how they go to the expense of making sets, costumes and more for six sketches ...

The BBC Comedy Collective 2026 cohort has been announced today, revealing the latest recipients of the bursary scheme for writers, producers, directors and editors looking to take the next step in ...

The backbone of Big Mistake is Rhys Mathewson’s relapse after five years of being clean of drugs and alcohol. After taking tramadol to treat an injury, he returned to the opioid after the medical need ...