'I wanted to quit comedy... then it all turned around'
Grace Mulvey on the best and the worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
07/08/2025 … Grace Mulvey is presenting her show about loss, Did You Hear We're All Going To Die?, at Assembly George Square at 2.
2025 Features
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Thu 07 August 2025
At last! The funny women I'd been waiting for
Tamar Broadbent shares her comedy favourites
07/08/2025 … Tamar Broadbent is at the Edinburgh Fringe with her musical comedy show Plus One about new motherhood – her first festival with her baby in tow.
Wed 06 August 2025
'Shooting Stars is phenomenal in every aspect'
Edinburgh Fringe performer Max Fulham picks his comedy favourites
06/08/2025 … Comedy ventriloquist Max Fulham makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut this year with his Pleasance show Full of Ham.
'Catherine Tate made one of the best sketch shows ever'
Edinburgh Fringe comedian Kate Dolan picks her comedy favourites
06/08/2025 … Comedian Kate Dolan is at the Edinburgh Fringe with her second hour-long show, The Critic, in which she has to share the stage with her inner monologue.
Tue 05 August 2025
'The Fringe is a parallel universe where being a magician is perfectly reasonable...'
Ben Hart on the best and the worst of the festival
05/08/2025 … Magician Ben Hart is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with his new show, The Remarkable Ben Hart.
What is the name of Joe Wilkinson's postman character in After Life?
05/08/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
The trauma-dump as high art
John Tothill picks his comedy favourites
05/08/2025 … John Tothill is back at the Edinburgh Fringe – a year after his appendix burst while he was on stage at the festival.