Sam Nicoresti, a 31-year-old comic from Birmingham, is the first transgender winner in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards’ 45-year history - Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images Europe The Edinburgh Comedy Award – ...

Rising Edinburgh comedian Connor Burns has been speaking to the Evening News about his big hometown shows this weekend, and ...

August is the most exciting month on the comedy calendar. Comedians from around the world have made the pilgrimage to the Scottish capital to test out their new jokes at the largest arts festival on ...

Samsung TV Plus, the FAST and on demand service owned by Samsung Electronics, has signed a deal with comedy producers Next Up Comedy to air 15 of The Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s pre-eminent standup ...

It's one of the highest profile prizes awarded at the Fringe, with the winners often going on to achieve fame and fortune. Launched in 1981, the award is presented to the comedy show judged to have ...

London's comedy scene kicks straight back into life, as all-star trio Sam Campbell, Amy Gledhill and Paddy Young collaborate ...

The DLT Entertainment Best Newcomer Award went to Joe Kent-Walters for Joe Kent-Walters Is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!!, which garnered a string of four- and five-star reviews. It's a brilliantly observed ...

Fresh off a run at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the 2024 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, queer actor and comic Michael John Ciszewski will present his fourth solo show IF MEMORY SERVES as an ...

The Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced their 2024 winners, with three comedians set to follow in the footsteps of past victors including Steve Coogan and The League of Gentlemen. Amy Gledhill was ...

Meta Comedy ‘Make That Movie’ Kicks Off Channel 4 Edinburgh Commissions Channel 4 has opened its Edinburgh TV Festival commissioning roster with a comedy about a hotshot director who scours the ...

A charming historic old town, castles, historic homes, whisky and good food are some of things to experience in Edinburgh at ...

Edinburgh local Ayo Adenekan has been revealed as winner of this year’s Brass Tacks Debut Fund, supported by Red Bull UK. One of Scottish comedy’s most exciting rising stars, Ayo will bring his debut ...