'This completely changed the way I think about making stuff'
Comedians share the best Fringe shows they've ever seen
30/07/2025 … We asked some comedians to tell us what was the best show they've ever seen at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Wed 30 July 2025
If you can’t be cringe at the world’s largest arts festival, where can you?
David Elms's Edinburgh Binge, Cringe and Whinge.
30/07/2025 … David Elms is at the Edinburgh Fringe performing his show David Elms Describes A Room at Pleasance Courtyard at 9.
Why I gave up working on a cure for cancer to get into comedy
Alex Berr on bringing her trauma to the Fringe
30/07/2025 … I entered university bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
Stuff your rules!
Forget etiquette and make comedy that's messy, inexplicable and human, says Parker Callahan
30/07/2025 … There’s this idea, perhaps you’ve heard of it, that in order to break the rules, you first have to learn them.
After Life is the perfect show
Tape Face picks his comedy favourites
30/07/2025 … Physical comedian Sam Wills is back at the Edinburgh Fringe celebrating 20 years of his mime-based Tape Face show, back at the festival where it all took off.
© John Stead Katherine Ryan gets into erotica
Comic to host comedy podcast of sexy stories
30/07/2025 … Katherine Ryan is to host the next series of a podcast in which two comedian guests write erotic stories about each other.
© Andy Hollingworth Rhod Gilbert and Patrick Monahan fund Fringe prizes
Cash prize for every ISH Edinburgh Comedy Award thanks to sponsors
30/07/2025 … Rhod Gilbert and Patrick Monahan have both stumped up prizes for this year’s ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Barry Ferns at Chortle's Fast Fringe
On previous festival experiences, meeting another Barry Ferns and getting an ADHD diagnosis
30/07/2025 … Here’s comedian Barry Ferns recalling the time he met another Barry Ferns.