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Okay, this is a weird marketing decision. Tony Law had a great show last year and was rightly nominated for the top award (née Perrier, née...

I know the Jazz and Blues Festival started yesterday, but I was working. So today, down in The Grassmarket, under blue skies and the sun s...

Phew, 60 shows and I'm spent!  Now a quick recap of what you may have missed during the Edinburgh Comedy Festival (well, Fringe) 2011.  ...

What a venue! It's on top of a busy kitchen and on warm days it is punnishingly hot. So why is it the Best Venue at the Edinburgh Fring...

The riot is cancelled, the injustice from last year's snub has been fixed (just like for Phil Nichol) as Adam Riches is the winner of th...

For his show Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher! Thankfully I have tickets to see his now Award Winning show on Monday :)

And so, three hours later than expected, five hours after the meeting started (drawn your own conclusions) the nominees for the Foster's...

So, the first panel meeting was yesterday and everyone is wondering who will make the final shortlist for the second Fosters Comedy Award in...

Conor O'Toole: Manual of Style  - Delightful 8/10 show about fonts, typefaces and things that just shouldn't be funny but are!  It...

James Acaster: Amongst Other Things  - 7/10 for a holding together a very weird gig, review currently up on Chortle

Henry Paker: Cabin Fever  - As Henry Paker finds his comic voice there is an elephant in the room that needs addressing. Watching him, you m...

Armageddapocalypse: The Explosioning  - James Bond, Jason Bourne and Jack Bauer have two things in common: their initials and the fact their...

Caroline Mabey: One Minute Silence  - 7/10 for a bold and different show from Caroline, currently up on Chortle

Nothing can match the never quit attitude of Festival performers,  even the serious risk of summer-related injuries... (Being honest tho...

Tom Bell Begins  - Who says successful gritty reboots can only be applied to comic books, and not to comics? Tom Bell wants to tell us his o...

Phil Nichol: The Simple Hour  - It's a sold out show, yet around a dozen seats are still empty - what do you do? Most comics would kick ...

Alistair Green: Outpatient  - Alistair Green is infectious, but thankfully just in a comedic way. Making his full Edinburgh debut, Green go...

Aidan Bishop: Misspelled - Fifteen per cent of the world's population have dyslexia which, as of 2008, now includes Aidan Bishop. Bi...

Colin Hoult: Inferno - Still as dark as ever, Colin Hoult has this year moved from focussing on more macabre characters to ‘heroes’, mostly...

Wow!  There I was reading the latest reviews from the Edinburgh Fringe on Chortle.co.uk when I noticed two reviews that had a certain charm ...