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Fringe review 2026 – Sophie Garrad: A Period Drama ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
THEY say doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results, is the definition of madness, but what happens when authority figures...
Fringe 2026: Nate Kitch: Replica ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Real tension in a comedy show can derail it, or inspire a performer to produce something special.
In the case of Nate Kitch's Replica,...
F1 experts to take part in Food and Drink Academy events
Comedians and Formula 1 experts will take part in various events at the Edinburgh Food and Drink Academy (EFDA) in August, as well as...
Fringe 2025 – Gianmarco Soresi: The Drama King Tour ⭐⭐⭐⭐
As the Fringe nears its end, choosing shows on the basis of the length of their queues can be a quick way to deal...
Fringe 2025 – Ahir Shah: Work in Progress ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ahir Shah has become an established Fringe performer. After a series of nominations, he finally won the main Comedy Award in 2023. On the...
Fringe 2025 – Ismael Loutfi: Heavenly Baba! ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ismael Loufti produced a dynamic and engaging performance, exploring the difficulties (and rewards) of growing up as a devout Muslim - and then becoming...
Fringe 2024 – Markus Birdman: We Are All in the Gutter, but Some of...
Birdman: We Are All in the Gutter, but Some of Us Are Looking at the Gutter
In comedy shows, it's soon clear whether the performer...
Fringe 2024: Polishing Shakespeare⭐⭐⭐⭐
Janet is a writer with student debts. Miss Branch directs a theatre that’s struggling for funds.
Enter Grant, e-commerce billionaire and the friendly face of...
Fringe 2024: In the Lady Garden ⭐⭐⭐
Alice is in a police station cell. She’s 69 years old and she’s mortified. Before we find out what she’s supposed to have done,...
Fringe 2024 – Slow Burn ⭐⭐⭐
Yas’s boyfriend Chad is gaslighting her. He’s not replying to her messages and he’s turned his Snapchat location off.
Life isn’t going how she’d...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Antonio! ★★★★
‘Liberate yourself from the gender binary and celebrate queer joy!’ screams the flyer. And a celebration is exactly what Antonio! provides.
This show is...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – The Only Punk Rocker in the Village ★★★★
If you remember the 1970s you will love this show. And if you don’t, you’ll probably love it anyway because it’s hilarious.
In a hugely...
Umbilical Brothers strike a chord with Fringe audiences ★★★★
The Umbilical Brothers: The Distraction is a misnomer for in this hour-long madcap maelstrom there is little chance of being distracted from what is...
Babbling since a baby, Gyles just won’t stop talking ★★★★
Gyles Brandreth is that annoying geezer on in the background of my mother’s telly when I go visit her.
And queuing for his Gyles Brandreth...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Robin Ince: Weapons of Empathy★★★★★
Robin Ince has endeared himself to me before his show even starts.
First he hands out cards and asks us all to write down any...
Fringe hit comedian comes to The Brunton
After his critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe show, Thunderjab 3, Midlothian-based, Scottish comedian and writer, Eric Davidson, brings his unique style of humour to The Brunton...
Big Wowie! Burns Night Comedy Ceilidh – reserve free tickets now
BIG WOWIE! BURNS NIGHT COMEDY CEILIDHMonday 25 January 20218pm – 10pm GMT FREE
Admission is free. Donations are welcome and will support the artists and...
Book Review: Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Vampire Menace
We first met Ms Shona McMonagle in Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar, Edinburgh author Olga Wojtas’s debut novel.
Shona, now a librarian in Morningside, that...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 REVIEW Timandra Harkness: Take a Risk ★★★★
Taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe is a risky business, one that typically involves throwing thousands of pounds to the wind and seeing...
Edinburgh Fringe 2019: Kurl Up and Dye****
There are many serious, literary, insightful productions at the Fringe, but sometimes, after a long day, all you want is good undemanding entertainment. In Kurl...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 – Footnotes & Phrases
Lewys Holt brings two companion shows, performed on alternate days, to Summerhall’s Anatomy Theatre for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019.
Footnotes is a dance/ theatre comedic...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 – A Migrant’s Son
Frank Ford Award Winner 2019 Adelaide Fringe - A MIGRANT’S SON by MICHAELA BURGER
“A FAR-REACHING GENERATIONAL STORY THAT CROSSES DIVIDES, IGNITES MEMORIES AND PULLS...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 – Mandy Muden: Is Not The Invisible Woman
The magnificent, multi-award winning Mandy Muden is bringing a brand new show packed with mind blowing magic and camp comedy to this year’s Edinburgh...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 – The Trial
Tieta comes home to a small, conservative Brazilian village in search of justice – the audience will be the jury.
Part stand-up, part gig, part...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 – The John Rowe Show
The sofa is beige but John Rowe is anything but – and the Aussie entertainer is bringing his much-loved chat show to the Edinburgh...
Speaking to Angela Barnes ahead of appearance at The Stand next week
By Veronica Lee
Her new show is called Rose-Tinted, which suggests Angela Barnes is a glass-half-full kind of woman. Yet the stand-up, while being bright...
At The Stand on Sunday – Glenn Wool
Award-winning Canadian comic Glenn Wool is back on the road with a show dedicated to his funniest and finest punchlines and will appear at...
‘9 to 5: The Musical’ – Edinburgh University Footlights
Edinburgh University Footlights opens tonight at The Pleasance
In 1963 the Equal Pay Act was passed in the United States.
The UK had to wait until 1970 to see its...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW – Amy Annette: What Women Want ****
What Women Want could be many things – a question posed by Freud, a 2000 film starring Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson or a...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW – Bryony Twydle: Flamingo ****
After attending the Fringe previously as part of five-piece sketch group The Jest, character comic Bryony Twydle makes an accomplished solo Fringe debut with...
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