Thought you had a tumultuous pandemic? Wait till you read this!
Comedian Katharyn Henson on her wild year and love of the Fringe
19/08/2021 … New York comic Katharyn Henson returns to the Fringe today with her show Ew Girl, You Nasty.
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Thu 19 August 2021
Tue 17 August 2021
'I did a gig in a van to a Norwegian family'
Sam Lake recalls a weird Fringe gig as he returns to Edinburgh
17/08/2021 … Sam Lake is a former winner of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year award, who also set up the comedy night Joy Multiplication with fellow…
© BBC/Channel X/Chris Harris Who were the lead characters in Detectorists?
Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz... with a sport and leisure theme
17/08/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Sat 14 August 2021
It's the same Kurupt FM crew... but on a bigger scale
Steve Stamp and Asim Chaudhry on the People Just Do Nothing movie Big In Japan
14/08/2021 … Steve Stamp and Asim Chaudhry starred as drug casualty DJ Steves and band manager Chabuddy G - the latter loosely based on Chaudhry’s own wheeler-dealer father…
Will there be more People Just Do Nothing? Never say never
Allan 'Seapa' Mustafa and Hugo Chegwin speak about the new Kurupt FM movie
14/08/2021 … Allan 'Seapa' Mustafa and Hugo Chegwin starred as MC Grindah and DJ Beats in five series of People Just Do Nothing, the BBC mockumentary about Kurupt FM,…
Fri 13 August 2021
This show reveals something profound about me
Simon Evans on his return to the Fringe
13/08/2021 … Simon Evans is one of the most established names at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Thu 12 August 2021
I came on stage to the puppy death orchestra
Q&A with Fringe comedian Laura McMahon
12/08/2021 … Laura McMahon is a former winner of the Edinburgh TV Festival's New Talent Award, while as a stand-up has worked with the Soho Theatre.
Wed 11 August 2021
I love the Fringe... you get to perform for people who love comedy
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd celebrates the return of the festival
11/08/2021 … Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, as seen on BBC Scotland's Up For It and The Comedy Underground, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a new work-in-progress show,…