Lucy Porter, Martin Creed, and Soweto Gospel Choir on stage at the Edinburgh Festival

Published: Aug. 18, 2017, 6:45 p.m.

In front of a live audience in the BBC's Big Blue Tent at the Edinburgh Festival, comedian Lucy Porter and comedy tutor Jojo Sutherland give John Wilson a lesson in stand-up - but can you really teach people to be funny?

A one-woman show with 10 characters - Nilija Sun discusses her play Pike St, about the residents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan as they prepare for an imminent hurricane.

Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed explains what his show Words and Music is really about - plus a performance from Soweto Gospel Choir from South Africa.

Presenter: John Wilson\nProducer: Hannah Robins.