Dima Watermelon: Ukrainian Dream
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … Ukrainian comedian Dima Watermelon likens my presence to review his show in the dying days of the Fringe to Britain’s military aid to his homeland –…
Mon 26 August 2024
Don't take the Fringe for granted
Festival chief's warning despite 2.6m ticket sales
26/08/2024 … Edinburgh Fringe boss Shona McCarthy has warned that the festival should not be taken for granted as it was announced that around 2.
Mark Thomas: Gaffa Tapes
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … Last year, Mark Thomas won plaudits for starring in England And Son, a play written specially for him.
Aaron Twitchen: Himbo
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … Despite its rather catch-all refrain that this is a show about love, it's perhaps more accurate to say that Aaron Twitchen's return to the Fringe for the…
Selena Mersey: Madonna/Whore
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … Selena Mersey has a made a literal song and dance about her feminist dilemma in this musical comedy/burlesque hybrid.
Thom Tuck: Times Vary
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … If you’re only watching Fringe shows in proper rooms with walls and a ceiling, you’re doing it wrong.
More venues drop Reginald D Hunter
Continued fallout from antisemitism storm
26/08/2024 … More venues have cancelled Reginald D Hunter gigs after his run-in with hecklers at the Edinburgh Fringe sparked an antisemitism storm.
Stuart Laws as Michael Caine saying 'never'
Extract from his Edinburgh Fringe show
26/08/2024 … Here’s an extract from Stuart Laws’s one-off Edinburgh Fringe show in which he played Michael Caine saying ‘never’ for an hour.