Comedy news – and the start of our Edinburgh Fringe coverage

The King Of Comedy is being made into a Broadway musical. 

With less than two weeks to go before the start of the Edinburgh Fringe, free show promoter Freestival has announced its new hub venue.

In his keynote address to Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival, Dana Gould has told fellow comedians not to become obsessed about climbing the career ladder or trying to pander to TV executives.

 Robert Lindsay and Maureen Lipman are to star in Gold’s new sitcom set in an antiques shop, Bull.

Vikki Stone is to perform at the home of the large hadron collider – as part of their series of TED talks.

Australian comedy series Utopia – starring stand-ups Celia Pacquola, Luke McGregor and Kitty Flanagan – is to be screened in the UK after being snapped up by Netflix

Kevin Bridges has donated his earnings from a gig to charity after it was cut short by a disruptive heckler

Paddy McGuinness is creating a sitcom inspired by Dragons' Den and The Apprentice.

And you probably saw the news aboutSimon Brodkin being charged after an inspired stunt at Sepp Blatter's Fifa press conference

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