Performing at these festivals can be ruinously expensive – but can you at least attend one for free? Our writer ditches his wallet to find out, and meets the comedians doing their best on an ever-tightening budgetFringe festivals have always been cash …
Continue ReadingShe is the Olivier-winning producer behind two of the most successful TV shows in recent memory. Now she has a slate of upcoming projects, including a bold new venture at the fringe. Will one of them be the next big thing?Best of the fest: 10 sensation…
Continue ReadingAn undead club manager, sperm donor shenanigans and the pitfalls of trying to work with AI – just a few of the themes of this year’s hottest ticketsKent-Walters, winner of best newcomer at Edinburgh last year, has created one of the most gleefully funn…
Continue ReadingThe comic was all set to make her debut at the Edinburgh fringe. Then, with hours to go, she had a medical emergency. The former dancer explains how it all fed into her new standup show‘My first thought,” says Thanyia Moore, “was there has to be a show…
Continue ReadingAustria’s month-long ImPulsTanz celebration goes beyond the norm to turn rope jumping, navel-gazing and masked protest into explosive showsMatteo Haitzmann is a violinist who has tonight swapped his strings and bow for a skipping rope. With drummer Jud…
Continue ReadingTV channel U&Dave has announced its award for best joke at the fringe, launched in 2008, won’t be given this yearIt’s beyond a joke for pun-lovers. The traditional list of the funniest gags at the Edinburgh fringe, presented by the TV channel U&…
Continue ReadingLady Macbeth Played Wing Defence combines comedy, songs and athleticism as a young netball player reckons with her own ambitions against an electro-pop scoreA spate of Macbeths will hit the Edinburgh festival this month, all of which bring a novel spin…
Continue ReadingDriving through Manchester one Sunday, at the wheel of a Nissan Micra, Foot suddenly woke from decades of anxiety, anger and misery. He talks about the friends who tried to help him, and the forgiveness he struggled to findFor three years and four mont…
Continue ReadingIt started in a strip joint and ended up bringing alternative comedy to our TV screens. Ahead of a new Edinburgh show, Peter Richardson tells us why his riotous creation still makes audiences laugh 40 years onIt was the moment comedy broke with sexism …
Continue ReadingArtsdepot, LondonThe comedian staggers from the soft play area to deliver a sharp set about Sisyphus, capitalism and motherhoodHer last tour, Success Story, found Sara Pascoe in the loved-up phase of recent new parenthood. Reader, she has now put that …
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