BCG Daily Saturday 6th August 2022

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Fringe 2022: 10 comedy shows you shouldn't miss

More picks from this year's festival, including Jordan Brookes, The Delightful Sausage, plus dance from Circa and theatre.

Rachel Aroesti, Rachael Healy and Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian, 6th August 2022

Politics loom larger than ever at Edinburgh fringe

Scandals, an outgoing PM and a Tory leadership race - comics seeking material are spoilt for choice.

Miranda Bryant, The Guardian, 6th August 2022

Eleanor Morton interview

Eleanor Morton on Fringe 2022 show, being a woman online and climbing Schiehallion.

Craig Meighan, The National (Scotland), 6th August 2022

Edinburgh Fringe is in a crisis

From a lack of accommodation to a booking app that never launched, the festival has some big problems it needs to address if it wants to survive another 75 years.

Veronica Lee, i Newspaper, 6th August 2022

I discovered Dad was a mafia hitman -- and wrote a comedy show about it

The American comedian Anthony DeVito has turned a shocking revelation about his father into a show at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 6th August 2022

Fringe: Former Leicester pub landlord set for comedy gigs

Alex Hylton will be among 3,000 artists performing at the prestigious festival in the Scottish capital in August.

Tom Oakley, BBC, 6th August 2022

Sophie Duker flies her 'Hag' flag high at the Fringe

The comedian returns to Edinburgh with a new stand-up show that chooses its own label.

Janet Christie, The Scotsman, 6th August 2022

Omid Djalili - Hopeful: The Autobiography. Omid Djalili. Copyright: BBC

How comedians at Edinburgh Fringe are coping with cancel culture

Reginald D Hunter, Omid Djalili, Simon Brodkin, and other top comedians spoke from Edinburgh Fringe about how they're coping with cancel culture.

Katie Spencer, Sky News, 6th August 2022

Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Emma (Nicola Walker), Ian (Sean Bean)

Sean Bean: 'I'm a romantic... otherwise I wouldn't have kept getting married'

The actor's latest TV drama Marriage is all about a long-term relationship. He talks about what it's like to play a husband of 27 years - when he's been married five times in real life.

The Times, 6th August 2022

Terry Gilliam: How I was squished by cancel culture

In his first interview since The Old Vic axed his musical, the director and former Python gives his side of the story on transgender rights, black lesbians and #MeToo.

The Times, 6th August 2022

Fringe: Seventies comedians find an audience from beyond the grave

There are new shows about Charlie Williams, Les Dawson and Eric Morecambe.

Mike Wade, The Times, 6th August 2022

Emmy Blotnick picks her comedy favourites

'We are all just lawnmowers doing loop-de-loops in the wind'

Emmy Blotnick, Chortle, 6th August 2022

Mock The Week. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Dara O Briain

Mock The Week fans launch petition to bring 'beloved' show back

Devastated Mock The Week fans have launched a petition and urged others to sign, in the hope of bringing their 'beloved' show back.

Meghna Amin, Metro, 6th August 2022

Tall stories: performers on their wildest Edinburgh moments

Stand-up in a swimming pool, naked tractor driving, heart attacks, heckles, walkouts, rain and an onstage marriage proposal - as the fringe turns 75, this year's performers on the memories that make the festival unique.

Tim Key, Sindhu Vee, Jayde Adams, Flo & Joan, Arthur Smith, Reginald D Hunter, Paul Foot, Tim Crouch, Nina Conti, Simon Munnery, Bilal Zafar, Lou Sanders, Matt Forde, Fascinating Aïda, La Clique, The Guardian, 6th August 2022

Dara O Briain: Mock The Week was never part of the culture wars. We only fought for laughs

If there's one lesson I draw looking back on it all, it's this: people have taken our nonsense waaaayyyy too seriously.

Dara O Briain, The Guardian, 6th August 2022

Nish Kumar interview

"The Tory leadership race is like choosing from the menu of an all-shit restaurant".

Anna Bonet, i Newspaper, 6th August 2022

I made a name for myself with 'sex-positive' comedy. Then I was raped on a night out. Would my openness be used against me?

I've never held back when it comes to talking about sex. But after an attack while on holiday in Las Vegas, going to the police didn't feel like an option.

Grace Campbell, The Guardian, 6th August 2022

Rob Auton: The Crowd Show interview

I arranged a chat to find out more about this year's show, and some other things.

Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 6th August 2022

Meantime by Frankie Boyle review

The controversial comedian goes heavy on one-liners and sharp observations in a debut novel that is all about the writer's voice.

Tanya Sweeney, The Independent (Ireland), 6th August 2022

Interview with comedian Tony Law

Tony Law talks to Voice about his new show, A Now Begin in Again, up to Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August.

Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 6th August 2022

Interview with comedian and animator Alasdair Beckett-King

"I'm not convinced that 'cancel culture' is sufficiently coherent a concept that an exemption from it could reasonably be sought."

Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 6th August 2022

Interview with comedian Tom Lucy

"Do it but only do it when you think you really have a good show. It's too stressful and expensive to do it if you're not really bringing something worthwhile."

Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 6th August 2022

Emergency Questions: Have you ever had a near-death experience?

Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.

Chortle, 6th August 2022

Comedy Reviewer #edfringe top tips & hot picks 2022

Here's a collection of top shows and up and coming talent at this year's edfringe.

@ComedyReviewer, 6th August 2022

Amy Gledhill: I am desperate to prove it wasn't a fluke

I once caught the end of my friend's show through a window in a door. It was going so badly he was just laid on the floor in silence.

Entertainment Now, 6th August 2022

Hal Cruttenden interview

There are great nights and there are awful nights.

Kate Copstick, Entertainment Now, 6th August 2022

Image shows from L to R: Tom Sandham, Ben McFarland

What good is sitting alone in your room....

Cabaret on the Fringe has come a long way since The Lady Boys of Bangkok first wowed an Edinburgh audience over twenty years ago with their glamorous variety show.

Fiona Shepherd, Entertainment Now, 6th August 2022

Fringe Q&A: Roisin Crowley Linton

The comedian, poet and burlesque performer speaks about her new show Medusa, working for the NHS and what the future might hold.

Arusa Qureshi, Fest Mag, 6th August 2022

EdFringe talk: Jake Farrell: Sky

"I've learned it's not much fun working at your kitchen table all day and not seeing your mates so I am pleased with our restored freedoms."