Will this be the new Live At The Apollo?
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Kevin Bridges hits the road again
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Frank Skinner's latest stand-up special hits screens
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Seventh series for Sorry I Didn’t Know
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Aisling Bea joins Starman film
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Leicester mayor: We WILL have a comedy festival next year
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Jessica Fostekew to host Infinite Monkey Cage
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Amanda Knox: Don't try to shame a wronged woman into silence
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Rosie Jones: When I fell in public, 40 people stepped over me – and two kicked me
Rosie Jones has told of how she was ignored – and even kicked – after…
James Acaster's band The Wow! Scenario releases its first single
James Acaster has released the first single with his band The Wow! Scenario…
Meredith's Kercher sister demands Amanda Knox Fringe show be banned
The sister of murdered student Meredith Kercher is demanding Amanda Knox –…
Leicester Comedy Festival firm goes bust
The company that runs the Leicester Comedy Festival has gone bust – meaning…
Wellington Paranormal rises from the dead
New Zealand mockumentary Wellington Paranormal is to return after a five-year absence,…
Tour news
Features
'My kind of catastrophe...'
As they return to the Edinburgh Fringe, Otto & Astrid Rot – ‘Berlin’s…
How to flyer
I recently did a stint flying at the West Berkshire Comedy Festival. It brought back…
'He comes up with stuff on the spot that most comedians would kill to have as routines'
Peep Show British sitcoms are fantastic and there are so many I want to put in…
I never thought I could be queer AND a parent
A hip wine bar in the east of Amsterdam. I am on a second date with a lovely man,…
I preferred it when the Fringe was more haphazard
Ian Stone is at the Edinburgh Fringe performing his show The Pleb’s Pow Wow…
I miss the internet's old days, when you were a person not a brand
I’ve done some pretty embarrassing things to get attention – and, shockingly,…
Edinburgh Fringe Reviews
18:30 PLEASANCE DOME
Sunday August 9: Alan Francis, Hasan Al-Habib, Flabba, John Robertson, Mad Ron, Fanny Bleach , Omar Badawy, Katie Pritchard, Eryn Tett, Hamish Lloyd Barnes, Abby Govindan, Will Davies, MC Kate ButchMonday August 10: Tom Ballard, Milo Edwards, Cabbage The Clown, Alfie Dundas,The Sundaes, Jack Ansett, Efdé & Efdé, Big Tobacco’s Pinocchio, Sam Serrano, Alex La, James Regal, Brendan Scannell, MC Amy Matthews Book Now
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Tez Ilyas: Tez Things I Hate About You (Work in Progress)
Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
from 17:45 - 18:45
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Jordan Brookes: The Part of You That's Always Screaming
Birmingham Glee Club
Saturday 7th Nov from 20:00Book now
Coming Soon
The Comedy Store Players
Comedy Store
Sunday 16th Aug from 19:30
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Peter Kay Live
The O2
Friday 21st Aug from 20:00Book now
Gig of the day
Simon Amstell: I Love It Here
Underbelly McEwan Hall
from 19:00
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Tez Ilyas: Tez Things I Hate About You
Chester Alexander's
Sunday 18th Oct from 19:00Book now
Other news
Edinburgh Comedy Award appoints a new executive director
The Edinburgh Comedy Award has a new ‘executive…
The 'biggest prize in comedy' returns for 2026
Voting opens tomorrow for NextUp’s Biggest Award…
Billy Connolly exhibition to open in Glasgow
An exhibition about the life of Sir Billy Connolly is to be held in Glasgow next…
ISH Awards to be worth £16,000
The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have confirmed a record £16,000.01 prize fund…
Kevin Bridges has signed with powerhouse American agents CAA. The move comes…
Aunty Donna's production firm makes its first film
The production company set up by Australian comedy troupe Aunty Donna is making…
Punching Up
Punchlines on the rail lines
In what’s an occasional Fringe tradition, comedians have performed on an Edinburgh-bound train to mark the start of the festival North East-based Lee…
Oh Jesus, why have you forsaken me?
A comedian is hoping to find Jesus at this year’s…
So there are these three odd Irish priests on an island...
Eagle-eyed viewers might spot something familiar about…
Mo Gilligan: I was trailed by six cop cars and a helicopter
Mo Gilligan has told of the moment he was tailed…
Videos
Here’s comedian Rosalie Minnitt revving her Regency-era gentlewoman Clementine for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
She boasts of her bassoon proficiency, updates us on her sickly sister, and how she remains resolutely unwed.
Her Fringe show, Clementine 2, is on at Pleasance Courtyard at 15:35
Chortle's Fast Fringe is on at Pleasance Dome at 18:30 daily. Tickets here.
Filming by NextUp, which is streaming shows to subscribers this Fringe. Sign up here.
Rosalie Minnitt as Clementine
At Chortle's Fast Fringe
Rory Marshall at Chortle's Fast Fringe
Extract from his Edinburgh Fringe show
Paul Hilleard at Chortle's Fast Fringe
2024 BBC New Comedy Award winner
Leo Hincks at Chortle's Fast Fringe
Edinburgh debutant on the oppressive demands of a three-minute…