Sofie Hagen, Phil Wang, Nish Kumar and others reveal their favourite festival spots, from Portobello Beach to the middle of the Royal MileMy girlfriend did a show in Ciao Roma and ever since the owner has treated her like his child. When we walk in, it…
Continue ReadingAwards, with three categories including £10,000 prize for best comedy show, will be known as DavesThe television channel Dave is to follow fizzy water, finance, lager and online travel as the sponsor of the Edinburgh comedy awards.The announcement was …
Continue ReadingShe unleashed Phoebe Waller-Bridge on the Edinburgh fringe. The former actor with the Midas touch tells us her recipe for a hit show‘We had wine. It was late.” Producer Francesca Moody shrugs as if that combination is where all genius lies. Six years a…
Continue ReadingThe standup’s dedication to the scout movement waned because computer games were cooler than camping. Now, she’s saluting her Brown Owl at the Edinburgh fringeWhy did the sand blush? Because the sea weed! That’s the joke that earned me my jester badge …
Continue ReadingAged seven, comic Steve Bugeja helped his mum find a new partner. They had to watch his magic tricks – and know how to handle a trellisWhen I told my mum that my fringe comedy show was going to be all about her being single when I was growing up, she s…
Continue ReadingJessie Cave’s intimate standup, a beatbox Frankenstein and a twist on the star-crossed lovers are among the Edinburgh shows we’ve previously reviewed. Here’s what we said …Pleasance Courtyard Continue reading…
Continue ReadingThere’s a Belle and Sebastian play, a show in a hair salon, Frances Barber performing Pet Shop Boys songs and top comics including Josie Long and Stephen Fry. Here’s our guide to the world’s biggest arts festivalCrocodile Fever Traverse Playwright Megh…
Continue ReadingIn the run-up to the Edinburgh festival we’ll be picking highlights from the programme. Here’s a dozen for starters, including Eddie Izzard and a ukulele comedyAssembly George Square StudiosEddie Izzard was born 150 years – to the day – after Charles D…
Continue ReadingThey were a couple doing a performance about women, sex and bodily fluids. Then they broke up – and made it more explicit. Meet the duo behind HotterThe pants arrived today. They’re bright pink with the word HOTTER emblazoned on them in red letters. “W…
Continue ReadingThey were a couple doing a performance about women, sex and bodily fluids. Then they broke up – and made it more explicit. Meet the duo behind HotterThe pants arrived today. They’re bright pink with the word HOTTER emblazoned on them in red letters. “W…
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