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Bella Humphries: The Ultimate Playlist for Hormonal Girlies!
She's noticed the month-long festival shares some similarities with the menstrual cycle and has a foolproof plan for dealing with it!
Bella Humphries, LMAOnaise, 11th July 2024On the Mic Picks: Baby Wants Candy
Improv scaled up to the max.
On The Mic, 11th July 2024Funny At The Fringe - Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt
"My show is an absolute hoot."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 11th July 2024EdFringe Talk: We Forgive You, Patina Pataznik
"This is my third time at Edinburgh, because I have some kind of undiagnosed clinical obsession with the atmosphere."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 11th July 2024Edinburgh Interview: Bryony Byrne on Fan/Girl
"It's a show about football but it's also a coming of age story, from innocence to experience, and I wanted to bring that playfulness into the room to remind us of the children we used to be".
Greg Stewart, Theatre Weekly, 11th July 2024Funny At The Fringe - Nerine Skinner: The Exorcism of Liz Truss
"Back in 2022 I started doing parodies of Liz Truss. It was going really well and then 49 days later everything stopped!"
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 11th July 2024
Comedy club owners hit back after venues branded unclean
Nottingham's Just the Tonic Comedy Club has hit back after being named the second filthiest entertainment venue in the UK. A study of reviews left on TripAdvisor found that more than one in ten visitors mentioned "dirtiness" in their comments - leaving it second only to the Heaven nightclub in London. However, the analysis by online betting guide OLBG took no account of the age of the reviews - including the fact the club has moved location over the years.
Chortle, 11th July 2024
John Bishop divides fans as he announces he's rescheduling gig in order to watch the Euros final
John was due to put on a performance at The Civic Theatre in Wolverhampton at 8pm on Sunday, as part of his Back At It tour - the same time the highly-anticipated football match will kick off.
Madison Burgess, Daily Mail, 11th July 2024Dream Gig: Alex Franklin
Stand-up Alex Franklin gives a super meta Dream Gig for July, shedding light on her unusual comedy beginnings.
Alex Franklin, The Skinny, 11th July 2024Fringe Quickies: 119 - BI-TOPIA
"This show is MADE for Edinburgh Fringe, it's fast-paced and comedic throughout, whilst also being thoughtful and exploring important themes around sexuality, identity and family."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 11th July 2024
Nina Conti's film Sunlight to premiere in Edinburgh
Nina Conti's directorial debut feature film Sunlight will have its world premiere at this year's relaunched Edinburgh International Film Festival, it has been announced.
Chortle, 11th July 2024Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 - 3HAMS
Writer, producer, and performer Mākena Miller had a chat with Corr Blimey about their upcoming show, 3HAMS, ahead of its Edinburgh Festival Fringe run.
Corr Blimey, 11th July 2024Fringe Quickies: 120 - Bella Humphries: Square Peg
"Everyone wants to feel like the show is just for them, so I always try and reference something happening in the room on that particular day."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 11th July 2024Kiran Saggu: 10 jobs men hate when women have
As a woman, she has a job and that is frankly un-chic in this day and age but sometimes unavoidable. To help the rest of us, she has compiled a list of the jobs you - a woman - should avoid if you want a man.
Kiran Saggu, LMAOnaise, 11th July 2024Funny At The Fringe - Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
"I had a lot of ideas about what I wanted my fringe debut to be so I picked all of them."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 11th July 2024Edinburgh Fringe preview: Outpatient
Harriet Madeley brings her first solo show Outpatient to the Edinburgh Fringe next month.
Louise Penn, LouReviews, 11th July 2024Unfiltered #11 - The reality of getting Fringe ready with Chris Grace
About nine months before the fringe, I think my show is absolutely brilliant. The problem is, I haven't written it yet.
Chris Grace, The Quintessential Review, 11th July 2024Maeve Press: "I was the 'shock' comedy of the night."
American comedian and actress Maeve Press is making her UK debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. this year. Here the New Yorker talks us through the most significant moments of her career.
Maeve Press, Square Mile, 11th July 2024Baby Reindeer reveals the shame and wonder of performing at the Edinburgh fringe
As a veteran of the festival, Richard Gadd captures the mix of heady promise and bleak reality that awaits another influx of acts this summer.
Georgie Wyatt, The Guardian, 11th July 2024Theatre At The Fringe - Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl
"The show follows a severely timid woman (the titular Shy Girl, of course) in her attempt to be seen as cool and sexually desirable despite the fact that her only friend (well, besides her densely populated imaginary clique) is her therapist who is actually a six year old who is actually just her babysitting client."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 11th July 2024
Painting owned by Stephen Fry's family that was slashed by Nazi border guard goes on show
An exhibition of art that Hitler tried to ban is to go on show at a Norfolk festival. The Holt Festival, in North Norfolk, is hosting a collection of works titled German Expressionists & The Third Reich, external from this weekend. It features paintings that were deemed "degenerate" by the Nazi dictator, and includes an artwork owned by Stephen Fry's mother, Marianne.
Andrew Turner, BBC, 11th July 2024
Jonathan Ross 'in talks about a BBC comeback' 16 years on from Andrew Sachs scandal
Talk show host Jonathan Ross is said to be in talks with the BBC about appearing on the rumoured celebrity edition of The Traitors, more than a decade since he left the broadcaster.
Joel Leaver, The Mirror, 11th July 2024Funny At The Fringe - Ruby Carr: eBae
"I'm obsessed with the thrill of an auction."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 11th July 2024Edinburgh Fringe Q&A - Katie Norris
"I still can't believe I get paid to make people laugh".
Ross Crae, The Sunday Post, 11th July 2024Edinburgh Fringe Q&A - Nic Sampson
"It often felt like an elaborate prank being allowed to work on Starstruck".
Ross Crae, The Sunday Post, 11th July 2024Six announces new tour Queens for dates into 2025
The ongoing, record-busting touring production of Six has revealed a new cohort of Queens joining from next month.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 11th July 2024Videos
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Paul Whitehouse's Sketch Show Years
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