If you’re in London over the next two weeks, you have the chance to see Ed along with many other great comedy names performing for some very worthy causes. Check out the Live Dates page for booking information for a comedy benefit for New Horizons Youth Centre in London, Reprieve’s Humour and Rights show, and coming up next Monday, a show for Kids Company at the Comedy Store.

Just a short interview, but a few nice pictures of things that are important to Ed in his everyday life.

Easter’s here, time for everyone to get outside and ramble about. To give you a little boost, here’s an interview Ed gave to the Spring edition of Country Walking about why he loves mountains, his Munro bagging, and more:

Anyone who has seen Ed on his current tour knows that he adopted a cat–Shadwell–a few years ago. You can read more about Ed’s learning curve as a cat owner in his interview with The Cat, the official magazine of Cats Protection. To go with that interview, Cats Protection produced a cartoon of Ed and Shadwell, which we thought you’d like to see.

That image comes from designer Rasoul’s blog, Eat, Sleep, Sniff, where you can also read about how the cartoon came to be.

You can now get your tickets online for Crowd Pleaser at the Edinburgh Fringe, Venue 150 @ EICC, August 3rd to 9th. These shows will fill up fast, so be sure to book your tickets early.

“Ed Byrne has put me and my family through hell by telling lies about me in the press and on radio.”

“Dear me there are some real bullies here on Twitter. I can take rude comments but threats and cyber bullies, No!”

“I suppose I should tweet their names Ed Byrne, Simon Evans, Russell Kane, David Baddiel.”

These are some of the things Keith Chegwin has tweeted about me. The tweet at the top was sent out only last Tuesday. It’s a fairly heavy thing to put out there and a statement I feel I can’t very well leave unanswered.

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Tickets for Ed’s upcoming tour are selling fast, so be sure to check out the Live Dates page soon to see if he’s playing somewhere near you.

Ed gave this short interview to New Humanist after one of the recent Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People shows. In it, he talks about his inherent nerdiness, his plans for the new year, and impending parenthood.

Ed is also appearing at the Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People shows on Tuesday the 21st and Wednesday the 22nd of December at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London. There are a tiny few tickets left.

Sorry to say that Monday night’s gig in aid of Console has been cancelled. The weather and other factors mean that this just isn’t the right time for a gig like this. Ed’s very sorry if anyone has been inconvenienced as a result of the decision, and hopes to see some of you in 2011.

If you would like to support Console in another way, you can make a direct donation or attend one of their other fundraising events.

This December, treat yourself to a really good night out and help a great cause at the same time by joining Ed and friends in Vicar St, Dublin, on Monday, December 6th, for a night of excellent comedy.

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Funds raised by this gig will go to Console, a charity that works in suicide prevention as well as providing counselling and education services for those bereaved by suicide.

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This year’s show features Ed, as well as:

Colin Murphy, star of RTE’s The Panel and BBC’s Great Unanswered Questions; sartorial genius

David O’Doherty, former Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and inventor of the whiteboard hat

Jarlath Regan, author of How to Break Bad News and greeting-card magnate

Dead Cat Bounce, international comedy rock ‘n’ roll supergroup from Dublin

Barry Murphy, just a legend of Irish comedy, is all

Karl Spain, star of such Karl Spain-based shows as Karl Spain Wants a Woman and Karl Spain Wants to Rock

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Tickets for the show are just €28 + booking fee and are available from Ticketmaster.