Huge thank you to @sophiewillan for allowing us to exhibit her script for #almasnotnirmal episode 5 Sophie says 'my love letter to care leavers'. 42nd Street is fast becoming the Sophie Willan fan club ❤

'I was gutted. Then I got angry' - how class and money are taking centre stage at the Fringe, by David Pollock trib.al/yVpIArg Gilded Balloon Pleasance Summerhall

If you have had enough get involved!

Maybe today is the day you'll grab your tickets. Buy now: tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/darre… RTs welcome 🙏

the #panicreport found just 12.4% of people working in Film, TV and Radio were from working-class backgrounds. We would love to know how many of these are working in comedy... #class #comedy #DiversityandInclusion

We think it is important that we see diversity in representations of working-class people in comedy and not just stereotypes. +always more jokes about vaginas. In this quote Caitlin Moran talks about writing Raised by Wolves explaining some of the reasons why. #workingclasscomedy

Celebrating Chewing Gum today! Created, written, and staring the brilliant Michaela Coel. "Christianity, my race, the class I was born into. These are the things that make my work. They make who I am as well.” ( Michaela in the Guardian 2017)

Nine of the UK’s main broadcasters and streamers, led by BBC and Channel 4, have joined forces to launch the #TVAccessProject with a commitment to improve access for disabled talent across the TV industry. #DisabilityInclusion bbc.in/3QK1vAF

Can't wait! #manlikemobeen

Free creative labour is a structural part of commissioning. The cost of that labour to an individual varies greatly depending on their class background. #CreativityintheBritishTelevisionComedyIndustry #comedy #workingclass #britishcomedy Brett Mills Erica Horton

#RepresentationMatters #comedy #workingclasscomedy #workingclass #southlondon #britishcomedy

Does it matter who plays working class characters in comedy? The answer to this might not be straight forward. Here @PoorLassZine discuss their reactions to finding out Ralf Little, Anthony from The Royle Family is not from a working-class background.

Just finishing Am I Being Unreasonable? Written &Staring Selin Hizli & Daisy May Cooper. Brilliant, Funny and refreshing. Have you seen it yet? Shows what great things can happen when WC people do have the opportunity. #workingclass #britishcomedy #lookoutpoint #boffolaPictures

🚨HUGE NEWS🚨 Best in Class are giving away their Edinburgh Comedy Awards prize* Yep, the entire £5k prize is being redistributed as £500 bursaries for #WorkingClass acts at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 🔥✊🍞🌹 *Not the trophy, obvs

“Even when individuals from working-class backgrounds are successful in entering the country’s elite occupations they go on to earn, on average, 16% less than colleagues from more privileged backgrounds.” (Sam Friedman & Daniel Laurison 2020: 209).

It's interesting how I've had a few responses to this saying "class doesn't matter/I don't see class," "chav isn't a classed term," or "Polly and Holly deserve it [the abuse they're receiving]"

I'd be happy to come and talk to your students about their 'snobby' attitudes and perhaps put their 'achievements' in a firm economic context The University of Edinburgh 😃. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Really pleased to share this new article, written with Sharon Lockyer, where we examine intersectionality in stand-up comedy. Comedy Studies European Journal of Cultural Studies (EJCS) Intersectionality and the Construction of Humour in Contemporary Stand-up Comedy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…