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.
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Fri 18 August 2023
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.
'The yearn for regular bin days is real'
Ed Patrick on the highs and lows of the Edinburgh Fringe
16/08/2023 … Comedian Ed Patrick is at the Edinburgh Fringe with his show Catch Your Breath, about being an NHS anaesthetist and more, which is on at The Stand’s New Town…
Tue 15 August 2023
This is the best thing ever made – even better than vaccines
Ted Hill picks his comedy favourites
15/08/2023 … Ted Hill is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with Ted Hill Tries and Fails to Fix Climate Change, at Assembly George Square at 2.
How I spaffed away my Edinburgh Fringe debut
Marjolein Robertson on the best and worst of the festival
15/08/2023 … Shetlands-born comedian Marjolein Robertson is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with her new stand-up show Marj, at Stand 1 at 5pm.