Meet Chortle's Edinburgh Fringe Hotshots
Five acts we tip for big things...
04/08/2026 … Meet this year’s Chortle Hotshots – Edinburgh Fringe debutants this website picked for big things (and a little financial help) following a series of…
2026 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Tue 04 August 2026
© Rebecca Need-Menear Our Edinburgh whinge? Old people
Sketch trio Crybabies on the best and worst of the festival
04/08/2026 … As they return to Edinburgh with their new show The Scaring, comedy sketch trio Crybabies – Michael Clarke, James Gault and Ed Jones – talk about…
Bo Burnham's Inside is one of the most impressive pieces of comedy I've ever seen
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 How much do you know about old Edinburgh Fringe shows?
04/08/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
This podcast's an absolute gem of originality and peculiarity
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…
Mon 03 August 2026
Some of the most exciting Fringe performers don't have huge budgets... just an idea they couldn't stop thinking about
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…
© Hudson Hughes Nothing will ever surpass the comedic genius of Shrek 2
Edinburgh Fringe comedian Zoe Wohlfeld shares her comedy favourites
03/08/2026 … I thought this was going to be a lot harder than it was, but it was actually pretty easy to choose these beauties.
Sun 02 August 2026
'We were fighting while cutting out a review saying "the joy is real"
Married musical double act Couplet on the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
02/08/2026 … As they prepare to return to the Edinburgh Fringe, married couple Marnina Schon and Micah O'Konis – aka the musical double act Couplet – …