Standup in a swimming pool, naked tractor driving, heart attacks, heckles, walkouts, rain and an onstage marriage proposal – as the fringe turns 75, this year’s performers on the memories that make the festival uniqueMark Watson’s first 24-hour show wa…
Continue ReadingAssembly George Square, The Box, EdinburghIn her show Is It a Bird? the comic has the audience on their feet with a nuanced and deeply funny hour of music and jokes‘This is going to be brilliant,” Jordan Gray tells the audience, as she settles behind h…
Continue ReadingGilded Balloon Patter Hoose, EdinburghThe US comic plays a fast-talking agent, a straight-talking sex therapist and a six-year-old divorcee in this high-energy hourLinda Hollywood is an old-school actor turned agent and she is going to deliver a master…
Continue ReadingAttenders thrilled at festival but disgusted at the price of rooms, while venues are relieved at the bums on seatsThe past two summers without a full Edinburgh fringe have “felt weird” for Kwong Chan and his improvisational comedy troupe in Norwich, bu…
Continue ReadingComics say they are being priced out, with venue directors warning that future of the event is under threatTony Law has been coming to the Edinburgh fringe to perform for 20 years, but he’s never had an experience quite like this year.Law is staying in…
Continue ReadingComics say they are being priced out, with venue directors warning that future of the event is under threatTony Law has been coming to the Edinburgh fringe to perform for 20 years, but he’s never had an experience quite like this year.Law is staying in…
Continue ReadingSee how the Guardian and Observer have reviewed the festival since the very first one in August 194723 August 1947 Continue reading…
Continue ReadingFrom James Acaster breaking down on Bake Off to a Sylvanian TikTok drama, here is the Australian comedian’s selection of fine memes and hilarious videosGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailOh, internet … my best friend, my arch nemesis, my ride o…
Continue ReadingHe blazed through the 90s, an explosive mix of hellraising laddishness and sheer comic talent. As the 68-year-old resurfaces in Rehab, a musical about a drug-addicted pop star, he hits the Groucho to relive his triumphs and ponder his regretsKeith Alle…
Continue ReadingRecord number of NI performers at this year’s festival, with C4 comedy hailed for raising awareness of nation’s comic giftsThe biggest ever cohort of playwrights, comedians and artists from Northern Ireland are bringing their work to the Edinburgh frin…
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