Edinburgh Fringe comedy reviews 2026
All 212 shows seen at this year's festival
31/08/2026 … All 212 comedy shows Chortle reviewed at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe (plus a dozen more seen in Melbourne) Bebe Cave: Swoon Celia…
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Mon 31 August 2026
Sun 30 August 2026
© Netflix Review: Stamptown Netflix special
Jay Richardson on the cult favourite's mainstream outing
30/08/2026 … How do you retain the chaotic spirit and upstart cultishness of a show like Stamptown when it lands on the world's biggest streaming platform? That's…
Fri 28 August 2026
Inside the making of Saturday Night Live UK
Cast and crew talk about the process
28/08/2026 … Saturday Night Live UK ditches two sketches each week just hours before broadcast.
Tue 25 August 2026
© Matt Crockett / Channel 4 A pub is a great place for communities to bond
Joe Lycett celebrates the British boozer
25/08/2026 … As comedian Joe Lycett prepares to present his latest Channel 4 show, coming live from his own pub, he speaks about the need to celebrate and support the locals…
Mon 24 August 2026
Watch all the finalists in the 2026 Chortle Student Comedy Awards
24/08/2026 … Here are all the performances from the final of this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award Edinburgh law student Eva Peroni was crowned winner – the…
Wed 19 August 2026
© BBC/Objective Fiction Which defunct confectionery did Matt Berry advertise?
19/08/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 17 August 2026
There is a Mitchell and Webb sketch about everything
Musical comedian Tasmin Sarkany picks her coemdy favourites
17/08/2026 … In writing this I have realised that the thing I value most in comedy is elegance.
Sun 16 August 2026
© Andrew Pugsley The things I do for the grater good...
Adam Meggido on the ups and downs of the Edinbugrh Fringe
16/08/2026 … Back at Edinburgh as part of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Adam Meggido talks about what he can't get enough of at the festival; recalls his most…