The Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2024 – and the winners are…
The 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Award winners are:
The Don and Eleanor Taffner Best Comedy Show
Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster
The DLT ...
Fringe 2024 – The Daughters of Róisín ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Barefoot in a long white nightdress, Aoibh Johnson stands alone on stage. As she walks around the room she begins to recite.
But as...
Fringe 2024 – Davro talks about his toughest gig
Comedian Bobby Davro has told an audience in Edinburgh how one of his toughest ever gigs was for Rangers fans when he turned up...
Fringe 2024 – Tit(s) for Tat ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Are we watching a play? A therapy session? A play within a play?
Tit(s) for Tat opens with Rosie (Katie Suitor, who's also the show's...
Fringe 2024 -Twonkey’s Basket Weaving in Peru ⭐⭐⭐
The Fringe is often associated with weird and wonderful shows with small audiences, in small back rooms.
Twonkey's Basket Weaving in Peru was such...
Fringe 2024 – The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Alphas, Betas and...
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas is a series of talks taking place monthly at The Stand. During Fringe 2024, however, we’re getting a bumper...
Fringe 2024 – The Eagle is Candid wins Spirit of the...
David Eagle has won another award for his Edinburgh Fringe show The Eagle is Candid.
Mervyn Stutter’s annual Spirit of the Fringe award was announced...
Surgeons Quarter sets the pace at 2024 Fringe
Sustainability, gin and comfort food take centre stage
As the end of the Fringe approaches, one of Edinburgh’s most historic hospitality venues reflects on what’s...
Fringe 2024 – Wankernomics: As Per My Last Email ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Imagine if Jesus had a Linkedin profile. How would he big himself up? "Mind reader, life coach, wellness evangelist", perhaps?
These thoughts and others on...
Fringe 2024 – Winners of The Popcorn Writing Awards announced
The joint winners of the 2024 Popcorn Writing Awards are VL by Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair, and Weather Girl by Brian Watkins.
The £6,500...
Fringe 2024 – Look who you missed at Fringe at Prestonfield
The Fringe has spread out to Prestonfield House where there is a star-studded line up for one week only.
Last night it was stand-up...
Fringe 2024 – The Kate Bush Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The early music of Kate Bush has a dreamlike quality to it that is hard to replicate but Hannah Richards handles these complex songs...
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2024 – the shortlists…
The Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced their shortlists for this year's prizes. These will awarded at a ceremony on Saturday hosted by Richard Osman...
Fringe 2024 – Singing I’m No A Billie She’s A Tim...
I first reviewed Des Dillon's male version of this play back in 2005 starring Celtic fan Simon Weir as Rangers supporter Billy.
At the...
Fringe 2024 – Ute Lemper ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ute Lemper (61) was Sally Bowles in the Paris production of Cabaret and Velma Kelly in the 90s revival of Chicago.
This performance is...
Fringe 2024 – Josh Glanc: Family Man ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Fringe can take its toll. Performers start to drop out of shows with so called "Fringe Flu", while Fringe goers are drained by...
Fringe 2024 – Louis Katz – Bountiful ⭐⭐⭐
Jetting in from New York and performing in front of 14 punters on the Free Fringe may not quite match the high of getting...
Fringe 2024 – I Ran With the Gang – on the...
Well known actor Alun Armstrong was travelling on the Lumo train to Edinburgh when he discovered that the Fringe had already come to him....
Fringe 2024 – The Spilling Cup ⭐⭐⭐⭐
It’s 2024. We can talk about anything now, can’t we?
Well yes and no. There are still some things that people don’t really discuss –...
Fringe 2024 – what’s it like taking part?
It is quite easy to be a member of a Fringe audience. Buy a ticket and turn up.
Even if the show is not...
Fringe 2024 – In Conversation with Terry Christian
"Yesterday we had the Mayor of Greater Manchester in this room. Today we’ve got its king."
Neil Findlay is joking of course. Or maybe not....
Fringe 2024 – Matt Winning: Solastalgia (Work in Progress) ⭐⭐⭐
Why are you here? This was a question asked in the queue, as a slight uncertainty hung over the show.
This question is also...
Shortlists announced for The List Festival Awards 2024
The shortlists have been announced for the List Festival Awards 2024 presented in partnership with Johnnie Walker Princes Street.
These recognise many different disciplines...
Review: The Ghost of White Hart Lane: A game of two...
THERE are people of a certain vintage that remember John White playing for Spurs. There was added poignancy with the audience at this Edinburgh...
Fringe 2024 – Our Little Secret The 23andMe Musical ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The story of Noam Tomaschoff, an only child from Toronto who discovers at the age of 31 that he has more than 30 half-siblings,...
Fringe 2024 – After the Levoyah ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Jeremy Corbyn's tumultuous reign as the left-wing leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020 caused palpitations in much of British Jewry.
On...
Fringe 2024 – In Defiance of Gravity ⭐⭐⭐
Shortly before the Russian Revolution, the west London market boy-cum-mystic Ezra Montefiore was elevated into the orbit of the country's aristocracy after meeting Prince...
Fringe 2024 – Brown Women Comedy ⭐⭐⭐⭐
This show is much better than its venue might suggest. After a last minute scramble by Shyaire Ganglani and Daizy Maan to bring the...
Fringe 2024 – U&Dave’s Joke of the Fringe is announced
U&Dave have chosen their Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024 from a shortlist chosen by a panel of UK comedy critics and a public...
Fringe 2024 – The C Word ⭐⭐
There are some Fringe shows that appeal to all ages. It doesn’t matter if they’re performed by young or older people; their message comes...
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