© Jane Barlow / PA Images / Alamy All 212 shows seen at this year's festival
31/08/2026 … All 212 comedy shows Chortle reviewed at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe (plus a dozen more seen in Melbourne) Bebe Cave: Swoon Celia…
Giving Alex Horne a museum tour
31/08/2026 … Matt Lucas takes Alex Horne on a tour of the London Museum of Water and Steam to introduce him to Taskmaster viewers.
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
31/08/2026 … Matthew Gallagher rails against his venue’s description of him as a ‘joyous buffoon’, though it’s a persona he might do well to lean into.
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
31/08/2026 … This is a hard show to review, for objectively it is not the funniest nor most inventive offering on the Fringe – but those taking part are having so…
Current timing slammed as 'absolutely ludicrous'
31/08/2026 … One of the biggest Edinburgh Fringe venues has called for next year’s festival to be brought forward by a week after the final few days of this year’s…
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
31/08/2026 … Irish comedian Roger O’Sullivan talks of having a peasant mindset: the feeling that nothing good will ever happen to him, and if it does, it will eventually…
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
31/08/2026 … Some people live huge lives.
© Hector Cuamba Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
31/08/2026 … Full marks for ambition for Kate Smurthwaite, whose verbose title explains exactly what stupidly demanding challenge she set herself this festival.
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