What do you think about comedy awards?
06/08/2023 … For a while, it looked as if the Edinburgh Comedy Awards might not take place this year… What do you think about comedy awards? Ambivalent Anu Vaidyanathan:…
2023 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Sun 06 August 2023
Sat 05 August 2023
'Most stand-ups do their best work when they're young'
Mamoun Elagab shares his comedy favourites
05/08/2023 … Mamoun Elagab brings his debut stand-up show to the Edinburgh Fringe next week, performing Why I Love White People at Pleasance Courtyard at 6.
This SNL sketch is hands-down the kids' favourite
Jay Lafferty picks her Perfect Playlist
05/08/2023 … Jay Lafferty is performing her latest stand-up show Bahookie at the Gilded Balloon Teviot at 6.
I've no embarrassing Fringe memories... it’s a playground free from shame
Juliette Burton on the best and worst of the festival
05/08/2023 … Juliette Burton is back on the Fringe with No Brainer, all about mental health, which she performs at 7.
Can we increase access to the Fringe without making costs rise too?
We asked Edinburgh comedians about the supply-and-demand pressures
05/08/2023 … Encouraging more people to perform at the Fringe will increase demand on accommodation, which is already at crisis point, and won't get cheaper if more performers…
Fri 04 August 2023
Suzi Ruffell's show made me unashamed of growing up poor
Tom Mayhew picks his comedy favourites
04/08/2023 … As stand-up Tom Mayhew returns to the Fringe with his new show about working-class dreams and how annoying capitalism is, he shares his Perfect Playlist…
The worst fear is reviewers. The other worst fear is not having any reviewers
Myq Kaplan on the highs and lows of the Edinburgh Fringe
04/08/2023 … American comedian Myq Kaplan is at Edinburgh Fringe with his stand-up show ImPerfect at Underbelly Bristo Squareat 19:45.
What moves can be made to increase diversity at the Fringe?
04/08/2023 … The Edinburgh Fringe is dominated by the white and the middle-class.