© Jennie Scott Newsrevue producer Emma Taylor on the crisis in the ecosystem
04/08/2026 … As the long-running topical comedy sketch show NewsRevue returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, its producer offers a troubling state-of-the-industry assessment.
As she heads to the Edinburgh Fringe, musical comedian Amelia Hamilton picks her Perfect Playlist
04/08/2026 … Looking at this list, there is a theme.
© Forever Edinburgh (edinburgh.org)/CC BY-SA 2.0 04/08/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Comic likens the scenes to Grand Theft Auto
04/08/2026 … Mo Gilligan has told of the moment he was tailed by six police cars and a helicopter - likening it to Grand Theft Auto scene.
Our monthly round up of new and favourite podcasts
04/08/2026 … The Fringe is now but one sweaty sleep away, and I can’t possibly have you go all the way to Edinburgh (assuming it isn’t on your doorstep) without suggesting…
Garrett Millerick on whether large language models will ruin comedy
04/08/2026 … Back at the beginning of the year I commissioned a company to make an AI version of me, feed it all the stand-up I’ve generated in a 15-year career and see…
Character comedy from the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe
04/08/2026 … Character comedian Jonathan Oldfield is the first man to visit every Zizzi’s in the UK, and here answers all the questions you could possibly want about the…
Tom Short on the best and worst of Edinburgh
03/08/2026 … As comedian Tom Short returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, he talks about what he can't get enough of at the festival; recalls his most embarrassing Edinburgh…
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