Brian Logan

Two Edinburgh fringe favourites have teamed up to play mainstream entertainment titans Michael Ball and Alfie Boe in this festive season’s most unlikely stage show

The Glaswegian comedian who grew up in poverty and married a gangster put her life experience at the heart of her work

Poking fun at Indian politicians present and past, and delighting in the UK’s decline, the low-key comic delivers some bulletproof material

Inspired by joint therapy sessions with her father, the standup’s joyful show has vivid portraits of her ‘borderline-delusional’ parents

No apologies and not particularly funny: Ellen DeGeneres’s shameless return to standup

The pre-eminent comic political polemicist of our time rants as much as ever, but with added introspection

The Scottish standup retains his bouncy charm in a show that parallels his recent autism diagnosis with the story of his grandmother’s descent into Alzheimer’s

The improv star showcases all his charm and skill playing a delusional actor who keeps pausing his show to record self-tapes for superior productions elsewhere

This show about body image doesn’t always hold its focus, but Gledhill has a winning mix of northern mockery and good cheer

The festival’s top prize has gone to a warmly witty act, previously nominated for best newcomer, with the chops to become a household name