Jamie Wolf wins Edinburgh comedy contest
Knockout contest held during Fringe
30/08/2026 … American comic Jamie Wolf has won the £1,500 Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year Competition.
2026 Archives
Sun 30 August 2026
Eryn Tett: Tasting Menu
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
30/08/2026 … The thing with creating a tasting menu is that it takes an awful lot of prep – and Eryn Tett spent rather too long setting up the premise of this show…
Amy Annette: Say What You Like About Me
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
30/08/2026 … Amy Annette’s third Fringe show is about beauty standards, and – surprise! – how she thinks they’re toxic.
Larry Dean: Hellbent
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
30/08/2026 … Larry Dean has written a love letter to his partner from the Black Country.
John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
30/08/2026 … ‘Ever feel like you've been cc-ed into your own life?’ With such typically exquisite phrase-making, John Kearns sums up his situation, finding…
Ethan & Gigi Present: The Movement
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
30/08/2026 … Fringe audiences can be asked to take on all manner of roles in the name of clowning – but this is the first time I’ve been asked to form part of…
Sam Nicoresti's the world No5 air guitarist
Comic performs at the championship in Finland
30/08/2026 … Sam Nicoresti has failed in her bid to become the world air guitar champion.
Wisard
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
30/08/2026 … Pan pipes and strange lights welcome us into the realm of the Wisard, aka Cuban-American clown Julian Hernandez.