Li Jin Hao: “Falling From A Moon” at Edinburgh Fringe 2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Best Newcomer nominee in 2024, Li Jin Hao just released a version of that show (“Swimming in a Submarine”) on YouTube earlier this summer. During this hour, he jokes about how Show Business only rewards pi…

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Shane Torres: “Skinned Knees” at Edinburgh Fringe 2026

⭐⭐⭐½ This is one of those 3½-star shows that’ll earn more stars as Torres gets deeper into Fringe. It’s not not a dead parents show. But Torres, a stand-up whose TV credits include performances on both Conan and The Lat…

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Keeley Hazell: “Everyone’s Seen My Tits” at Edinburgh Fringe 2026

⭐⭐⭐½ Lads of a certain age know who Keeley Hazell is. As her show’s title (based on her 2025 memoir) lays out, Keeley was a topless Page 3 model for The Sun tabloid in the late 2000s, and a cover model several times over for …

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Omar Badawy: “Guided Detour” at Edinburgh Fringe 2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Egyptian-born, Cambridge-raised, Omar Badawy is a writer for SNL UK who’s full of LOLs such as this zinger: “Bringing an Arab Christian to your parents is like bringing Prince Andrew a 12-year-old … whiskey….

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Freya Parker: “An Hour Of Decay!” at Edinburgh Fringe 2026

⭐⭐⭐½ As half of the sketch-duo Lazy Susan, Freya Parker received a Best Newcomer nomination at the Fringe in 2014. Since then, Parker has popped up all over BBC Radio, as well as onscreen in big movies such as Jurassic World: Domin…

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Episode #503: Chloe Radcliffe

Chloe Radcliffe is a comedian and actress most recently seen on the big screen playing a comedian and magician opposite Will Arnett and Bradley Cooper in the film, Is This Thing On? Radcliffe is based in New York City but came up out of the Twin Cities…

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“Stamptown” at Edinburgh Fringe 2026

⭐⭐⭐½ A three-ring circus confined to one ring and no rules makes Stamptown one of those unique spectacles that’ll either make you shake with laughter or merely shake your head. Sometimes both in the course of the same set pie…

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Guy Branum: “Be Fruitful” at Edinburgh Fringe 2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐½ “Beautiful things don’t come out of my mouth. They come into it.”  That’s how Guy Branum cheekily explains why he doesn’t sing, despite being a gay man over 40. And yet, if he’s not going to…

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Frankie McNair: “Huge Ass Mindset” at Edinburgh Fringe 2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Do you suffer from low self-esteem? “Not after tonight! We’re fixing it!” Frankie McNair is a star! Or she’s living proof of the success of following her own mindset, living life as if she has a huge ass. The Aus…

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Hannah Byczkowski: “Killer” at Edinburgh Fringe 2026

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ½ stars While she may have had a morbid fascination with the Titanic as a child, particularly with the bodies of the victims, and while she has more than a few fans of her ghost podcast turning up, this show isn’t as much abo…

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