Laura Ramoso: Frances
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
15/08/2023 … Laura Ramoso is a stunningly talented comic performer with squillions of adoring followers on social media, where she’s known for sharp character sketches…
2023 Archives
Tue 15 August 2023
Eden Sher: How it started, how it's going
Visiting American comic gives us a status report on her first Fringe
15/08/2023 … We asked some Edinburgh Fringe debutants about their expectations of the festival before it kicked off.
Edinburgh Fringe producer Lydia Mason dies at 40
The 'Vice-Admiral' of the Free Festival
15/08/2023 … Edinburgh Fringe producer Lydia Mason has died unexpectedly at the age of 40.
Ginny Hogan: Regression
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
15/08/2023 … She’s a maths buff, but data-scientist stand-up Ginny Horgan’s got her sums wrong in extrapolating what seems like a perfectly serviceable comedy…
Matt Forde: Inside No. 10
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
15/08/2023 … At last, a confident performer delivering an hour jam-packed with laughs and barely a pause to breathe.
How much do you know about the film Airplane!
As the comedy turns 43, try our Tuesday trivia quiz
15/08/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Jaz Mattu Emerges
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
15/08/2023 … Jaz Mattu says his debut is ‘about me getting into stand-up and working out who I am’, which is not the most alluring premise, not least because you…
One Room Sleep One Night
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
15/08/2023 … Grant Lancaster has fallen into a classic trap for actors in the construction of this one-man show.