'Her sketches are like tiny documentaries'
Ellie Ross's comedy favourites
07/08/2026 … Ellie Ross is at the Edinburgh Fringe with Mrs Gary Breath, a theatrical comedy show about wedding culture and the pressure to get married.
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Fri 07 August 2026
Thu 06 August 2026
Save us from the entitled posh students!
Brennan Reece on the best and the worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
06/08/2026 … As he returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, Brennan Reece talks about what he can't get enough of at the festival; recalls his most embarrassing Edinburgh experience…
'Jordan Brookes is so good at creating surprisingly profound moments out of the grotesque'
The Perfect Playlist of Edinburgh Fringe comedian Caitriona Dowden'
06/08/2026 … As she returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, Caitriona Dowden picks her comedy favourites… John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme I discovered Radio 4…
Wed 05 August 2026
Ed Davey fell alseep in our Fringe show
Comedian Alex Kitson on the best and the worst of the Edinburgh festival
05/08/2026 … As he returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, Alex Kitson, talks about what he can't get enough of at the festival; recalls his most embarrassing Edinburgh experience…
No plot, no dignity, just badly-dubbed carnage
Cecily Hitchcock picks her Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
05/08/2026 … I have never once loved something the ‘correct’ amount.
Tue 04 August 2026
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…
© 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.