Fringe venue evacuated as fire breaks out
Comic Connor Burns abandons show a few minutes in
17/08/2024 … Connor Burns had to abandon his Edinburgh Fringe show last night when a fire broke out in the venue.
Sat 17 August 2024
Dolly Diamond: Que Sera Sera
17/08/2024 … Australian comedy cabaret act Dolly Diamond offers her rather blunt talking version of Que Sera Sera at Chortle’s Fast Fringe.
Comics to take part in experimental West End play
They only see the script when they arrive on stage
17/08/2024 … Richard Gadd, Nick Mohammed, John Bishop and Sally Phillips are among the comics taking part in an experimental West End play.
Fri 16 August 2024
Juliet Cowan: F*ck Off and Leave Me Alone
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2024 … Juliet Cowan tries to tackle structural sexism and the insecurities society instils in young women in this scrappy show, but doesn’t have the tools to do it…
Rob Duncan: The Basement Child
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2024 … Former collaborators for the now stratospheric Julia Masli, The Duncan Brothers are receding into darkness a little this year.
The moral? Trust no one...
Milo Edwards on the best and worst of the Fringe
16/08/2024 … Milo Edwards is at the Edinburgh Fringe performing his show How Revolting! Sorry to Offend at Monkey Barrel at 5.
Chris Turner: Childish
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2024 … Chris Turner always wanted to be a musician or a comedian, and he’s got the paperwork to prove it.
Rhiannon Jenkins: Good Girl
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2024 … This is an interesting but unsuccessful variation on the sex clown trope from Rhiannon Jenkins, a Boston-based actor, writer and producer of theatre.