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Alison Spittle: Edinburgh Fringe 2018 interview
Alison Spittle interview.
Laugh Out London, 26th July 2018Zoe Lyons: 10 things that make me laugh
Zoe Lyons writes a piece for us ahead of her new show Entry Level Human at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Zoe Lyons, Female First, 26th July 2018Nick Mohammed - the greatest showman
"I might learn to tightrope walk next"
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 26th July 2018Fringe Q&As: Gareth Brierley
Gareth Brierley on The Last Straw, a darkly comic take on fake news.
Linda Howard, The Herald, 26th July 2018Fringe Q&As: Gingzilla
Gingzilla on an outrageous journey of self discovery punctuated by Broadway-ready singing.
Linda Howard, The Herald, 26th July 2018Fringe Q&As: Morna Young
Morna Young on her show, Aye, Elvis, starring River City's Joyce Falconer.
Linda Howard, The Herald, 26th July 2018An interview with Lewis Doherty
A member of the hilarious Laughing Stock is doing something on their own this Fringe; it was imperative that the Mumble found out what was going on...
The Mumble, 26th July 2018I talk to: Heidi Regan
She began doing stand up in 2015, won So You Think You're Funny? in 2016 and BBC New Comedy Award in 2017, so if anyone should be performing at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe it's Heidi Regan.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 26th July 2018Lucy Pearman: Fruit Loop, interview
Funny Women editor Kate Stone talked to Lucy about Fruit Loop, clowning and going solo...
Kate Stone, Funny Women, 26th July 2018Jake Lambert: Edinburgh Fringe 2018 interview
Jake Lambert interview.
Laugh Out London, 26th July 2018Leo Kearse: the Edinburgh interviews 2018
Leo Kearse interview.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 26th July 2018Charlie Partridge: the Edinburgh interviews 2018
Charlie Partridge interview.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 26th July 2018David McIver: the Edinburgh interviews 2018
David McIver interview.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 26th July 2018Best comedy podcasts at this year's Fringe
Catch live recordings of Sofie Hagen Tries Something, The Bugle, Reasons to be Cheerful, The Guilty Feminist and more.
Jay Richardson, The List, 26th July 201810 things that make me laugh by Glenn Moore
Glenn Moore writes a piece for us ahead of his new show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Glenn Moore, Female First, 26th July 2018Festival favourites: Jess Robinson
We chat to our Festival Favourite Jess Robinson ahead of her performance at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Jonathan Trew, Edinburgh Festivals, 26th July 2018Underground Railroad Game "race is its own performance"
The history of slavery rubs up against liberal white guilt as Underground Railroad Game slips into the Traverse.
Lyn Gardner, Edinburgh Festivals, 26th July 2018Festival favourites: Brett Goldstein
We chat to our Festival Favourite Brett Goldstein ahead of this year's Fringe.
Jonathan Trew, Edinburgh Festivals, 26th July 2018Festival favourites: Lou Sanders
We chat to our Festival Favourite Lou Sanders ahead of her performance at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Kate Copstick, Edinburgh Festivals, 26th July 2018Award winners: Terry Alderton
We chat to Award Winner Terry Alderton ahead of their performance at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Chiara Margiotta, Edinburgh Festivals, 26th July 2018Maureen Lipman "I'm about to get the shock of my life"
Maureen Lipman is singing, dancing and laughing her way back to the Fringe 50 years on with her own cabaret revue.
Edinburgh Festivals, 26th July 2018All the cabaret and drag acts you HAVE to see
You'll find charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent in abundance amongst the stars of this year's drag and cabaret extravaganzas...
Chiara Margiotta, Edinburgh Festivals, 26th July 2018A very special book club
Telling the story of Edinburgh's pioneering LGBT bookshop, Love Song to Lavender Menace reminds us that humane spaces have to be created and nurtured.
Kate Wyver, Fest Mag, 26th July 2018Focus on: Skin a Cat
A play about a psychosexual condition which makes sex painful for some women - it's a hoot, as Natasha Tripney finds out.
Natasha Tripney, Fest Mag, 26th July 2018Holy jokes
A Catholic, an Orthodox Jew and a Sufi walk into a gig. No, really. Jay Richardson explores an unusually spiritual perspective on making people laugh.
Jay Richardson, Fest Mag, 26th July 2018Hot young things
Joanna Trainor's picked out some of the emerging companies that you need to check out this year.
Joanna Trainor, Fest Mag, 26th July 2018Keep it classy
A skim through the programme reveals remarkably few working-class comics. Marissa Burgess talks to Sian Davies and Lee Kyle, who are trying to change all that.
Marissa Burgess, Fest Mag, 26th July 201810 things I learned from my first Fringe
Nominated for best newcomer in 2017 and back again this year with Peachy, Lauren Pattison shares her wisdom.
Lauren Pattison, Fest Mag, 26th July 2018Focus on: Suzi Ruffell
Becca Moody speaks to Suzi Ruffell about human rights, late-night anxieties and Fringe aspirations.
Becca Moody, Fest Mag, 26th July 2018Focus on: Beth Vyse
Anyone who has witnessed Olive Hands, the alter ego of Beth Vyse, knows she's unfit to be a mother. Well, too late. Beth has a baby, and Olive isn't afraid to use him.
Jay Richardson, Fest Mag, 26th July 2018Our picks from the Adelaide Fringe
In case you hadn't heard, Fest launched in Australia in February of this year. Here's a roundup of our top reviewed shows at the Adelaide Fringe coming to Edinburgh - it was all about the comedy and cabaret this year.
Fest Mag, 26th July 2018Focus on: Natalie Palamides
Last year's Best Newcomer is back with a new show, only this time she's a man. Paul Fleckney finds a performer still unafraid to break a few eggs.
Paul Fleckney, Fest Mag, 26th July 2018Barry Ferns: sociable climber?
A true Fringe stalwart, Barry Ferns now has his own comedy club down south. But as he tells Si Hawkins, he's not done with Edinburgh just yet.
Si Hawkins, Fest Mag, 26th July 2018'I gave myself a year to find a husband'
Some people give themselves a year to get fit, some a year to find a new job or a new home. But a Perth comedian gave herself a 365-day deadline to find a husband.
Debbie Jackson, BBC, 26th July 2018Great Yorkshire Fringe review: Notflix
Yes, you read that correctly. Notflix is not Netflix, but is about movies. And musicals. And improvisation.
Maxine Gordon, The York Press, 26th July 2018Maureen Lipman: Really up for it
Maureen Lipman is back at Edinburgh Fringe after 50 years - and she's "bricking it"
Rosa Doherty, The Jewish Chronicle, 26th July 2018BWW Q&A- Where Does The Love Go?
BWW catches up with Zach Zucker, Viggo Venn and Jonny Woolley about bringing Where Does The Love Go to the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 26th July 2018BWW Q&A- Willy
BWW catches up with William Andrews about bringing Willy to the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 26th July 2018Preview - Chris Turner
Chris Turner has had a good year... so far in 2018 he has got married, been doing pilates three times a week and he also saw an old woman throw something into a bin from far away.
Lucy Samson, Deadline News, 26th July 2018Preview - Trump the Musical
The cast of Boris the Musical are returning to the Fringe this year with their sequel show, Trump the musical.
Lucy Samson, Deadline News, 26th July 2018Preview - Ada Campe
New act of the Year (NATYS) winner 2018, Ada Campe and the psychic duck promises to be a show about wonderful women, strange encounters and a fairground mystery that occurred on the Welsh coast many moons ago, all told with the aid of "the world's only psychic duck".
Lucy Samson, Deadline News, 26th July 2018Preview - Gary Tro
Recently returned from a critically acclaimed tour of Australia, Idoit is the new stand-up comedy show from Gary Tro.
Lucy Samson, Deadline News, 26th July 2018Preview - Live Before You Die
Writer, broadcaster and artist Byron Vincent attempted suicide whilst trying to make a show about happiness.
Lucy Samson, Deadline News, 26th July 2018Interview with Pierre Novellie
Pierre Novellie talks to Voice about his upcoming EdFringe show - a satire show for those without a team.
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 26th July 2018Interview with Sisters
Voice talks to one half of the sketch duo Sisters about their upcoming EdFringe show.
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 26th July 2018Ten shows with animal-themed titles
Because this seems as good a way to select some random shows as any...
Chortle, 26th July 2018Kwame Asante interview
Medic and comic aims to strike the right tone about material on weight issues.
Marissa Burgess, The List, 26th July 2018Juliette Burton: interview
Juliette Burton is accentuating the positive for a limited run of her sell-out 2017 show at the Fringe this year.
Marissa Burgess, The List, 26th July 2018Worms get the last laugh in Lucy Pearman's Fringe show
Working Girl meets The Hungry Caterpillar in the Best Newcomer nominee's latest 'weird' Fringe hour.
Arusa Qureshi, The List, 26th July 2018Dapper Laughs fiance pregnant with second child
Comedian's fiancée Shelley Rae is pregnant with their second child.
Kate Thomas, Daily Mail, 26th July 2018You have to be joking? David McIver
David McIver interview.
Short Com, 26th July 2018Preview - Thrones! The Musical Parody
Following three total sell-out years Thrones! The musical is back, and updated with new deaths and sexcapades.
Lucy Samson, Deadline News, 26th July 2018Preview - Match
Match is a one-woman, interactive comedy show about dating and finding the perfect match.
Lucy Samson, Deadline News, 26th July 2018Edinburgh Fringe 2018: the 25 funniest jokes
This August, hundreds of stand-ups are descending on Edinburgh for the world's largest comedy festival. We asked a few rising talents to share the sharpest quips from their new shows, and these are 25 of the best.
The Telegraph, 26th July 2018Interview: rarely asked questions - Catherine Bohart
Catherine Bohart's debut stand up show Immaculate will be at the Pleasance Courtyard - Bunker 2 at 4.15pm for the month of August.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th July 2018Interview: rarely asked questions - Scott Bennett
Scott Bennett: Leap Year is at Just The Tonic Mash House from August 2 - 26.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th July 2018Interview: rarely asked questions - Sara Barron
Sara Barron: For Worse is at Just the Tonic at The Tron from August 2 - 26.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th July 2018Performers on sex and comedy
Jack Barry, Brett Goldstein and sketch duo Norris & Parker discuss relationships, from threesomes to fornicating with the devil.
Ben Venables, The Skinny, 26th July 2018Fringe 2018 - Luke Wright, Poet Laureate
With a new Poet Laureate due to be announced in 2019 Wrighty's chucking his hat in the ring.
The Edinburgh Reporter, 26th July 2018Fringe 2018 - NewsRevue
A Fringe institution, NewsRevue returns to Edinburgh with 100% new content and an exciting new cast in an entirely new show offering a round-up of this year's news. Do you remember all those heinous headlines?!
Chloe Nelkin, The Edinburgh Reporter, 26th July 2018Fringe 2018 - The Journey
The exciting world premiere of The Journey, written and directed by critically acclaimed stand-up comedian Stuart Laws comes to Pleasance this summer.
Chloe Nelkin, The Edinburgh Reporter, 26th July 2018Fringe 2018 - My Kind of Michael
Very funny exploration of the rise and fall of Nick Cassenbaum's hero, Michael Barrymore.
The Edinburgh Reporter, 26th July 2018Marjolein Robertson on standing up for Shetland
From Shetland to Edinburgh via Amsterdam and New York, stand-up Marjolein Robertson has plenty of tales to tell.
Jay Richardson, The Skinny, 26th July 2018TV & radio
6:30pm30 min
Obsessions
Series 1, Episode 2Joe Lycett is joined by Janice Connolly and Nick Owen. This week's VOP is Spice Girls collector Liz West.
10pm60 min
John Bishop In Conversation With...
Series 4, Episode 4 - Katherine RyanJohn Bishop sits down with Canadian-Irish comedian and presenter Katherine Ryan. Katherine reveals how she coped with being a single mum just as her comedy career took flight as well as reminiscing on growing up in a small Canadian town and being diagnosed with Lupus.
10pm50 min
Keith Lemon: Coming In America
Episode 4Having packed off his family, Keith decides what he really needs is his entourage of UK mates around him to help him crack America. Meanwhile, Keith's agent finally lands him a gig hosting his own late-night talk show in front of a studio audience.
10:30pm15 min
