Philipp Kostelecky: How it started... how it's going
A status report on comic's first Fringe
19/08/2023 … We asked some Edinburgh Fringe debutants about their expectations of the festival before it kicked off.
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Sat 19 August 2023
Fri 18 August 2023
We love that DIY punk spirit!
Sketch duo Egg – aka Anna Leong Brophy and Emily Lloyd-Saini – choose their comedy favourites
18/08/2023 … Sketch comedy duo Egg – aka Anna Leong Brophy and Emily Lloyd-Saini – are performing their new show Absolutely Fine at 4.
The curse of the flyers
Anesti Danelis shares his best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
18/08/2023 … Musical stand-up Anesti Danelis is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with This Show Will Change Your Life, on at Underbelly, Bristo Square at 3.
Matty Hutson: How it started, how it's going
Musical comedian gives us a status report on his first Fringe
18/08/2023 … We asked some Edinburgh Fringe debutants about their expectations of the festival before it kicked off.
Thu 17 August 2023
'I wish I was in the middle of that drum rock sandwich'
Otto & Astrid pick their comedy favourites
17/08/2023 … Berlin art rock stars Otto & Astrid are back at the Fringe with their Joint Solo Project.
'We used to celebrate Christmas at the end of the Fringe'
Kieran Hodgson on the best and worst of the festival
17/08/2023 … Kieran Hodgson - star of Two Doors Down and Channel 4’s Prince Andrew musical is back in Edinburgh with Big In Scotland, his stand-up show about moving from…
Michael Parkinson's best interviews with comedians
As legendary chat show host dies at 88
17/08/2023 … Michael Parkinson, the chat show host who did so much to launch and promote comedians – most notably giving Billy Connolly his big break – has died at…
Wed 16 August 2023
© Ollie Craig If you feel free to fail, you can achieve anything
Alexander Bennett chooses his comedy favourites
16/08/2023 … Alexander Bennett is at the Edinburgh Fringe performing his stand-up show I Can’t Stand The Man, Myself at Gilded Balloon at The Patter Hoose at 9pm.