Comedy is changing, but the Fringe will always survive
Comedian Steve Day considers the end of another festival
27/08/2018 … This year's Edinburgh Fringe has been the best I've ever had.
2018 Opinions
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Mon 27 August 2018
Wed 22 August 2018
Hannah Gadsby can’t tell me what to do
Sid Singh on Nanette’s true impact on comedy
22/08/2018 … With the insane pace at which news is consumed and then flies past us these days, you can be forgiven for forgetting this, but thousands of years ago back in June,…
Tue 21 August 2018
‘How can somewhere so busy feel so lonely?’
Cerys Nelmes on the strains of the Edinburgh Fringe
21/08/2018 … ‘How can somewhere so busy feel so lonely?’ This was my first observation after attending my first ever Edinburgh in 2011.
Mon 20 August 2018
Jokes of the Fringe: An alternative list
Tony Kinsella's personal top ten
20/08/2018 … After Dave named their Top 10 Jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe this morning, Tony Kinsella comes up with an alternative list.
Sun 19 August 2018
© Rebecca Need-Menear How the Golden Girls and Margaret Cho made me a comic
Jake Howie on his comedy roots
19/08/2018 … It’s time for me to finally admit it, I never really found Jerry Seinfeld that funny.
Sat 18 August 2018
I can do anything
...at least when it comes to the Fringe, says Brennan Reece
18/08/2018 … You probably are reading this because you saw the title and thought, who is this little cocky so and so, professing he can do anything.
Fri 17 August 2018
How the Fringe came to be 'better than Christmas' for kids
Laurence Clark on how the festival got child-friendly
17/08/2018 … When I first started doing the Fringe it was not a particularly child-friendly environment.
Wed 15 August 2018
Why nobody’s coming to your Fringe show
Steffan Alun has some tips for fellow comedians
15/08/2018 … Halfway though the Fringe, and we’re seeing some incredible shows in enormous rooms, filled to the brim with excited festival-goers.