Where are the comics breaking through at the Fringe?
14/08/2024 … My first time performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival was in 2013.
Wed 14 August 2024
Pete Heat: Bogus
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … Comedy magician Pete Heat is back at the festival, appropriately in one of the hottest rooms of the Fringe, which can't be doing wonders for our appreciation…
Who might win the biggest award in comedy 2024?
14/08/2024 … The long list for the literal biggest prize in comedy – a 2m inflatable trophy – has been announced.
Paul McDaniel: Butter Beans
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … There’s a touch of Ardal O’Hanlon to Paul McDaniel’s comedy, a quietly-spoken Irishman (though from the North rather than the South),…
Joshua Robertson: Enable Me
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … Joshua Robertson’s sweet and often filthy show is billed as kind of a confessional, purporting to 'explore the ups and downs of being a disabled dad'…
If there was an obligatory reading list for stand-ups, this should be top of the list
German-based Libyan comic Mustafa Algiyadi picks his Perfect Playlist
14/08/2024 … German-based Libyan stand-up, Mustafa Algiyadi – who’s currently performing his Edinburgh Fringe debut – picks his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites Shahad…
Louis Katz: Bountiful
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … Obviously an intelligent guy, Louis Katz’s Fringe debut is a pushback against dumbing down, primarily in the reduction of every complex issue to an us-versus-them…
Having a tough Fringe? Remember all the reasons to enjoy it
Vix Leyton has some hard-won advice for fellow comedians
14/08/2024 … It’s gone by so fast that it feels unbelievable that I’m now approaching my fourth fringe as a performer.