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Features
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'I definitely said that line to my nanny growing up'
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Comedy became the place where I could manufacture affiliation.
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Can we talk about the cobblestones?
James Trickey is performing his solo show Split at the Pleasance Courtyard…
Edinburgh Fringe Reviews
18:30 PLEASANCE DOME
Monday August 17: Stuart Goldsmith, Frankie McNair, Gutter, Mad Ron, Alan Francis, Acid's Reign, Ben McPherson, Adam Pickard, Bob Koomen, Brandon Lemon, Molly Sharpe , MC Kate ButchTuesday August 18: Rob Kemp’s Beatlesjuice, Paul Hilleard, Emma Holland, Fuccbois, Charlie Vero-Martin, Oliver Tabor: Magical Maestrom Hannah Platt, Bone Man. Lucas Jefcoate, Amy Brown Carver, Kathy Rivett, MC Kate Butch
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Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Tom Little in His Comfort Zone
PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
from 19:20 - 20:20
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Peter Kay Live
The O2
Friday 21st Aug from 20:00Book now
Coming Soon
Churchill's Urinal
Pleasance @ EICC
Sunday 23rd Aug from 20:30 - 21:40
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Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
Tunbridge Wells Trinity Theatre
Friday 13th Nov from 19:30Book now
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Joseph Morpurgo: Highlander 70
Soho Theatre
Thursday 1st Oct from 19:00 - 20:00
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Alasdair Beckett-King: King of Crumbs
Southampton The Attic
Thursday 19th Nov from 19:45Book now
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Punching Up
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Videos
Mexican/Venezuelan-American clown Maya Ricote urges adoring fans to ‘look at my body’ in this musical number from her debut Edinburgh Fringe show.
Ay Am! – a satire on female hypersexuality and the telenovelas she used to star in – is on at Pleasance Courtyard at 22:40 during the festival.
It was recorded at Chortle's Fast Fringe – which 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.
Maya Ricote's sexy song
From her Edinburgh Fringe debut Ay Am!
David Hoare at Chortle's Fast Fringe
Musical comedian
Trailer for The Paper series 2
Coming to Sky next month
My Muslim dad banned me from singing on stage - but I did it anyway
Hajar Woodland at Chortle's Fast Fringe