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Edinburgh Fringe 2025: Rarely Asked Questions - Alex Stringer
Introducing rising star Alex Stringer, who makes her Edinburgh Fringe debut this year with her show Happy Hour.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd July 2025
Steve Coogan: "Keir Starmer makes me admire Thatcher - at least she had a point of view"
The actor, screenwriter, and producer talks about the new series of his Alan Partridge podcast, a shift in focus for The Trip with Rob Brydon - and what Partridge would do about the rise of Reform.
Tom Nicholson, i Newspaper, 2nd July 2025Funny At The Fringe - interview - Candace Bryan: MILF (Mom I'd Like to Find)
"Whaddup! I'm a comedian, top shagger, champagne socialist, birdwatcher, medium-functioning stoner, who loves dancing and is terrible with money. Unfortunately, I'm American. Fortunately, I now live in London."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 2nd July 2025EdFringe Talk: Talking Bottom LIVE
"There is nowhere like the Edinburgh Fringe anywhere else on earth. As lovers of British comedy it's always been hallowed ground, especially as it's where our heroes Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson started out back in the late 70s."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 2nd July 2025The Edinburgh Fringe gig even the performer won't be at...
It's not unheard-of to have no one in the audience for an Edinburgh Fringe performance - but one show at next month's festival will have no one on stage either. For musical comedian Ashley Frieze has booked himself a slot and advertised it in the programme - but deliberately won't be showing up to perform.
Chortle, 2nd July 2025Edinburgh fringe 2025: the best theatre and comedy we've already reviewed
The festival has plenty of returning heroes, from Nina Conti to Nick Mohammed. Here are 10 shows our critics praised.
The Guardian, 2nd July 2025The Last Laugh review
Spot-on performances in a clever, beautifully observed and perfectly constructed play. A brilliant mix of poignancy and laugh out loud humour.
Everything Theatre, 2nd July 2025Life with Lubna Kerr: "Comedy was my calling, I loved to make people laugh as a child"
Scottish comedian Lubna Kerr on growing up in Glasgow, her favourite place in Scotland, and what people can expect from her Edinburgh Festival Fringe show this year.
Ellie Forbes, Scottish Field, 2nd July 2025A Fringe Quickie (#97) with 'Soft Animal'
How will the audience remember you the morning after? "They will remember me as a loveable rogue who they once shared a whirlwind romance with in Paris."
W J Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 2nd July 2025Funny At The Fringe - interview - Courtney Buchner: I Wrote This Show Last Night
Hello! I am Courtney Buchner, I'm a South African born, British-bred comedian, writer, actor and content creator.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 2nd July 2025Rosie Jones and Sally Phillips play Comic Relief Edinburgh Fringe gig
Taking place at the prestigious Assembly Hall at 8pmon Monday 18 August, Rosie will be joined by some of the UK's brightest, boldest and award-winning comedy names for an unpredictable and undeniably funny stand-up show in the Scottish capital.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd July 2025Edinburgh 2025: Alex Berr Q&A
How To Kill A Mouse runs at Edfringe 31 July - 24 August.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 2nd July 2025A Fringe Quickie (#98) with 'Big'
How will the audience remember you the morning after? "Wow that comedy girly with the fantastic ass and truthfilled eyes sure put a lot of jokes into her trauma dump. I hope she thrives."
W J Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 2nd July 2025A Fringe Quickie (#99) with 'Alex Stringer: Happy Hour'
If your show walked into a bar, what would it order? "A Diet Coke! Refreshing, reliable & a Fringe diary staple!"
W J Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 2nd July 2025In conversation with Aaron Wood
One of the UK's fastest rising stars, with a string of sell-out shows under his belt, and with over 100 million views online, the award-winning Aaron Wood comes to the Fringe with his highly anticipated debut hour, More To Life. We sat down with Aaron to discuss his upcoming performance.
A Young(ish) Perspective, 2nd July 2025
Tim Minchin: Songs The World Will Never Hear review
Two decades at the top of his game, and Tim Minchin still exudes the air of a man who can't quite believe his luck. It's an infectious, celebratory attitude that quashes his fears that this retrospective-of-sorts might veer towards the self-indulgent.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd July 2025
Taskmaster is a perfect summer show (and the funniest thing in decades)
In the wrong hands, this would be a series of minor acts of cruelty. In the right ones, it's a series of minor acts of cruelty that happen to be hilarious.
USA Today, 2nd July 2025Holly Spillar: "There's something violently whimsical about me"
What do improv singalongs, minimum-wage shifts and a £250 loop pedal have in common? They're the raw materials behind Holly Spillar's Tall Child, her fiercely funny, deeply personal hour coming to Edinburgh Fringe. She tells us about her journey to date.
Holly Spillar, Square Mile, 2nd July 2025A Fringe Quickie (#101) with 'Candace Bryan: MILF (Mom I'd Like to Find)'
What's the temperature of your show? "34 degrees. Not because that's the ideal scrotal temperature for healthy sperm production. For a completely different reason."
W J Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 2nd July 2025
Gavin & Stacey house inhabited by Doris up for sale
The mid-terrace property in Trinity Street in seaside town Barry, South Wales, is on the market for £220,000 and is said to be "brimming with warmth, personality and seaside charm".
Alex West, The Sun, 2nd July 2025Interview: Becky Umbers
"I think we are told by all sorts of people to hide our weirdness away". We chat to NZ comedian Becky Umbers about her debut Fringe show, Put that Cat Back in the Bag.
Kevin Ibbotson-Wight, The Wee Review, 2nd July 2025Interview: A Digital Pint with... Jessie Nixon, on Impressing the Girls, Gays, and Theys
She's claiming that if you're mentally ill, a lapsed catholic, queer, occasionally distraught, too smart for your own good or have ever cried in a changing room: then this is the show for you.
Jake Mace, Binge Fringe, 2nd July 2025Videos
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6:30pm30 min
Laura Smyth: Your Mum
Episode 2 - Jess Fostekew and Bobby MairJess Fostekew tells us about getting busted in her secondary school 'orgy', her mum's strong opinions on condoms and why her mum firmly believes her grandson is Mozart. Bobby Mair shares some of his adopted mum's wildest fibs and outrageous ploys, before telling the unbelievable account of how he discovered his birth mother and what happened when she passed away.
11pm15 min
Michael Spicer: No Room
Series 2, Episode 10 - Spiritual Enlightenment Down a WellHere's Sir Brampton Alderley-Lancett-Pepperington, First Earl of Fettsbury and Second Earl of Bottling-Upon-Pottling to talk about changes to the benefits system.