Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh There is crackling chemistry between Zofia Zerphy and Rhiannon Bell while their washing gets done but this play remains a puzzleNames go missing like lost socks in this laundry-based, amnesia-laced romcom. With crack…
Continue ReadingGilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghWith charisma and craft, the Australian standup discusses childhood sexual abuse in a show with a healing qualityIf fringe audiences know Frankie McNair’s work at all, it’s as a purveyor of vaporously insubstantial nonse…
Continue ReadingSummerhall, EdinburghJessica Aszkenasy rages and wrestles with daddy issues in a show that combines feminist analysis with outrageous humour and tendernessAfter the 2025 debut of her breast-forward stage persona Titclown, Jessica Aszkenasy’s second gru…
Continue ReadingA growing wave of Palestinian performers are using comedy to tell their stories of occupation, exile and warThe war in Gaza is a topic many avoid discussing, let alone joke about. But for Palestinian comedians, humour has become an essential tool for k…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup is on sparkling form as she mines a lifetime of baffling and alarming experiences for a smart, purposeful and very funny hourSophie Duker is done with men. She swears it. And, in her fourth hour, Hot Beef Injec…
Continue ReadingChurch Hill theatre, EdinburghAt the Edinburgh international festival, Olivier Rannou’s lone cowboy encounters desert dangers in a mix of clowning, mime and visual trickeryThe lone ranger at the centre of Olivier Rannou’s family-friendly western initia…
Continue ReadingFrom big-name standups to dance performances and experimental plays, here are our picks for an excellent festival‘If you’d done that in the 90s, you’d be torn to shreds!’: comedy icons share their survival tips with Edinburgh first-timersExplore the re…
Continue ReadingThe standup on bad gigs at motorway service station hotels, her nan’s reviews and the pressure to be ‘prize pig’ at the Edinburgh fringeWho did you admire when you were starting out?I loved Lee Evans because of how he ran around on stage. I want to be …
Continue ReadingFrom returning comedy award winner Sam Nicoresti to Flo & Joan’s cheeky One Man Musical, these are surefire standouts at the fringeEdinburgh festival 2026 reviewsIt may contain a brief moment of actual tree-hugging but this bracing solo show by Bry…
Continue ReadingThis late-night escapade became a word-of-mouth festival favourite. The show’s creators discuss the method behind its madness – and why you’ll laugh without knowing whyDeep within the cavernous Banshee Labyrinth in Edinburgh’s Cowgate, robed monks stan…
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