'Comedy clubs are the purest place for our artform'
Thor Stenhaug picks his Perfect Playlist
28/07/2025 … Thor Stenhaug, a Norwegian comedian based in the UK, is making his Edinburgh Fringe debut this year with One Night Stand Baby.
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Mon 28 July 2025
Sun 27 July 2025
Uber-embarrassing!
Katie Norris shares the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
27/07/2025 … Katie Norris is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with her second solo show, Go West, Old Maid.
'Some of his jokes haven’t aged too well...'
Edinburgh Fringe stand-up Jamie MacDonald picks his comedy favourites
27/07/2025 … Jamie MacDonald is at the Edinburgh Fringe with his show Toxic Bastard about how as a white, middle-class, straight male he might expect people to consider him loathsome…
Sat 26 July 2025
© Alan Powdrill Never down a Tunnock’s teacake in one!
Olaf Falafel on the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
26/07/2025 … Comedian Olaf Falafel is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with two shows: one in the kids’ section, one in the main comedy section.
'It pokes fun at every stand-up who has ever performed'
Mark Forward picks his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
26/07/2025 … Edinburgh Fringe comedian Mark Forward picks his favourite comedy moments… Andy Daly from the Comedy Death-Ray Album The Comedy Death Ray album…
Fri 25 July 2025
Fringe whinge? The elderly...
Laura Davis on the best and worst of Edinburgh
25/07/2025 … Laura Davis is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with Despair Is Beneath Us, a show about 'love, courage, awe and heartache'.
© Lucas Carlini/Pexels My most anticipated Edinburgh Fringe shows of 2025
Tim Harding reveals his comedy tips
25/07/2025 … In a special edition of his diary, reviewer Tim Harding gives a personal rundown of the best comedy he's most looking forward to seeing at the Edinburgh Fringe,…
© Steve Ullathorne Victoria Wood let women be petty, brilliant, deluded and glorious, all at once
Ria Lina picks her Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
25/07/2025 … TV and radio regular Ria Lina – who’s performing her new stand-up show Riabellion at the Edinburgh Fringe – picks her favourite ever comedy…