Love Island is really funny, thanks in no small part to Scottish comedian Iain Stirling’s voiceover Tim Jonze, The Guardian At his best the Edinburgh native is an unhinged free-form anecdotist ★ ★ ★ ★ Mark Wareham, Mail On Sunday An extremely funny hour of...

“A genuine original…Poetical, philosophical, humane, completely charming and funny to boot” Paul Fleckney, The Guardian “He is entirely compelling to watch…I’m not entirely sure what it is but it’s great and it wallops you in the belly” Daniel Kitson “We need him”...

Avalon announce BBC Arts DEBUT, a unique new initiative for first-time playwrights, and their full line-up for this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Working with four writers who have never written for the stage before – Bim Adewunmi, Katherine Parkinson, Beryl...

“Bugeja has an eye for original comic detail that’s all his own” James Kettle, The Guardian “drum-tight, as if polished by a sitcom writers’ room to cram as many jokes in as humanly possible” ★★★★ Steve Bennett, Chortle “blends the intelligence of a well crafted hour...

“packed full of belly laughs…impressively well written, perfectly building and building and rich with detail – each topic could be a full show on its own.  Novellie delivers it all with real astuteness and skill, at once relaxed and arresting” ★★★★★ Sharon Lougher,...

This Flight of the Conchords-esque duo mix their talents as a poet (Harry) and musician (Chris) into a wonderful blend of infectious songs packed with sharp, clever wordplay ★★★★★ Sunday Post The pair are inspiring Instagram posts in human form Chortle Following on...

“these intricately crafted, flawlessly performed numbers will have you howling with laughter one minute, wiping away a tear the next” ★★★★ Rupert Hawksley, The Telegraph “Their style is stiletto sharp, their diction perfect as they race through their complex rhymes”...

“an ability to open his mouth and spontaneously say something hysterically funny” James Kettle, The Guardian “he is on irresistible form” ★★★★ Rupert Hawksley, The Telegraph “crudely inventive and very funny…bursting with great lines” ★★★★ Jay Richardson, Fest “If he...

Observational genius The Guardian Donnelly can provoke laughter out of almost anything ★★★★ The Scotsman Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly is set to celebrate a decade’s worth of critically acclaimed stand-up at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his...

Bim Adewunmi, Katherine Parkinson, Beryl Richards & Frank Skinner to produce new plays for Edinburgh Fringe Ahead of the Edinburgh Festivals, BBC Arts today, 15th May, announces details of DEBUT, a unique new initiative for first-time playwrights. Working with...