'Embarrassing Fringe memories flash before my eyes in a horrible montage'
Alasdair Beckett-King shares the best and worst of Edinburgh
29/07/2025 … Alasdair Beckett-King is back at the Edinburgh Fringe.
2025 Archives
Tue 29 July 2025
Pianist-comedian loses a finger just before the Fringe
Friz Frizzle's latest health woe
29/07/2025 … Comedians face all sorts of challenges on their way to the Edinburgh Fringe – but few are as drastic as Friz Frizzle’s story… because the piano-playing…
© Abi Skipp/CC BY-SA 2.0 Which anniversary is the Gilded Balloon celebrating this year?
Try our trivia quiz about the Edinburgh Fringe
29/07/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz.
The myth of making it
Success doesn't always look like you think it will, says Joe Sib
29/07/2025 … Let me start with this: I’ve performed in front of 20,000 people opening for Metallica, and I’ve performed in front of six people at a wine bar next…
James Corden and Ruth Jones announce Gavin & Stacey event
29/07/2025 … Ruth Jones and James Corden have announced an ‘in conversation’ with event about Gavin & Stacey.
© Stuart Hogben Comedy at Latitude 2025
29/07/2025 … Latitude remains the best outdoor festival for big-name live comedy, mitigating the effects of a daytime gig in a vast open-sided marquee with inevitable noise…
'This taught me how funny and absurd a piece can be while telling a beautifully human story'
Lachlan Werner picks his comedy favourites
29/07/2025 … Absurd comedy ventriloquist Lachlan Werner is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with his new show WonderTwunk, about the strongest boy in the world… Here he picks…
Tiff Stevenson on Chortle's Fast Fringe
Extract from her stand-up show Post-Coital
29/07/2025 … Here’s Edinburgh-bound stand-up Tiff Stevenson performing an extract from her festival show Post-Coital.