Here is your daily guide to the biggest arts festival in the world, as Edinburgh’s Fringe closes out its first weekend.
Sunday’s choices include a live outing for Kaye Adams’ podcast, an offbeat comedy about grief and corporate nonsense, and a rare Fringe appearance from Simon Amstell.
Kaye Adams – How To Be 60!
Former BBC presenter, Kaye Adams, and co-host Karen Mackenzie bring their podcast How To Be 60 to the Fringe for the final date of a short three-show run.
Apparently the pair are still working out how to navigate life at 60, with their live show promising the same candid chat, comic mishaps and “absolutely no scenes of a sexual nature” as the podcast. A very Sunday-afternoon Fringe choice.
Gilded Balloon at the Museum, Auditorium, 2.45pm, Sunday 9 August. Information and tickets
Surreally Good
For the day’s comedy pick, Scott Turnbull brings his eccentric “Edutainment Officer” to Summerhall.
The one-man sketch show combines lo-fi animation, storytelling and a distinctly strange corporate world, as its unreliable narrator tries to hold himself together while grief and real life push in. It is much more offbeat than a standard stand-up hour—and a nice left-field choice for anyone who fancies something genuinely different.
Summerhall, Former Women’s Locker Room, 5.20pm, 7–31 August, excluding 17 and 24 August. Information and tickets
Simon Amstell: I Love It Here
Comedian and broadcaster Simon Amstell brings his acclaimed new stand-up show to Edinburgh for its final Fringe performance.
Following a sold-out five-week London run, I Love It Here is billed as Amstell at his funniest, most personal and most searching—making it a big-name comedy choice to round off the first weekend.
Underbelly, McEwan Hall, 7pm, Sunday 9 August. Information and tickets
Find full listings and tickets at edfringe.com
And. bonus…go to Pleasance for a range of shows. Stand in the middle and turn around – there are shows all around you and there is bound to be at least one with tickets available.
