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EdFringe Talk: Gogo Boots Go
"Don't get me wrong, it's exhausting, and the come down post-Fringe is like no other. But it's so worth it."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 15th July 2024EdFringe Talk: Murder, She Didn't Write
"Fast forward a few years and it's just so exciting for us to be celebrating this 10th-fringe milestone and to be playing in our biggest venue yet."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 15th July 2024On the Mic Picks: John Tothill
The pièce de résistance of John's period of chaos involves an uncomfortably close brush with death after he contracted malaria - on purpose - to raise money to come to Edinburgh. See what we've done?
On The Mic, 15th July 2024Funny At The Fringe - 6 Steps To Success From The "Award Winning" Dave Chawner
"Last year I won an award who's title felt like a back-handed compliment. It was 'The Best Ongoing Comedian Of The Year'. I couldn't help that felt more like an attendance award, rather than a comedy accolade. That led me to thinking about my career and what I am doing with my life...so, y'know, I took it well! I'm a cynical person, and I think cynicism is useful, but I worry I've become too cynical. But, what is too cynical?"
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 15th July 2024In Conversation with: Sam Ipema
Sam Ipema's dark comedy explores the struggles of processing such a diagnosis at an early age, when most people are still figuring out who they are and what they want to do with their lives.
A Young(ish) Perspective, 15th July 2024Edinburgh Fringe 2024 preview
The 2024 Edinburgh Fringe is fast approaching running from the 2nd-26th August 2024.
Theatre, Films and Art reviews, 15th July 2024Interview with comedian Will Owen
"People should feel empowered to talk about their experience of taking time off work to see Loose Women get recorded on a weekday, and I hope my show helps them realise they can."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 15th July 2024Interview with comedian and writer John Meagher
"When I sit at a desk I start thinking that maybe instead of writing I should just repeatedly smash my own head into the wooden top as that'd be more fun than being locked up in this self-imposed detention."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 15th July 2024Interview with comedian Sarina Freda
"Yes there are awards and opportunities to be had, but this is not a competition. We can all help uplift each other and we can all benefit. I can't wait for all the freaks I'm going to meet. It's going to be a big big party."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 15th July 2024Interview with Lizzy Skrzypiec, artistic director of Degrees of Error and director of Murder, She Didn't Write
"I think it's impossible to have so many talented people in the same room having a good time and not have something great come from it. Keep it silly. Make it a safe space to fail and laugh off the stuff that doesn't work."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 15th July 2024Interview with comedian Vlad Ilich
"I write on paper, and in the language of my childhood, as comedy is all about bringing out the inner child."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 15th July 2024Musicals At The Fringe - A Jaffa Cake Musical
A Jaffa Cake Musical is based on the real life 1991 tribunal which saw McVitie's face off against the Tax Man to prove that a Jaffa Cake is in fact a cake rather than a biscuit.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 15th July 2024Edinburgh residents offered discounted Fringe tickets for more than 130 Gilded Balloon shows at just £6
Edinburgh Fringe venue Gilded Balloon has launched a brand new Postcode Pals scheme, offering local residents thousands of discounted tickets for some of the Festival's biggest and best shows.
Kevin Quinn, Edinburgh Evening News, 15th July 2024Edinburgh Fringe: 10 theatre shows for comedy fans
We start our traditional series of round-ups of just some of the shows heading to the Edinburgh Fringe with these offerings in the theatre section of the programme that comedy fans might want to know about...
Chortle, 15th July 2024New edition of mental health guide for Edinburgh Fringe workers
Almost 90 per cent of performers report issues at the festival.
Chortle, 15th July 2024
How we made People Just Do Nothing
"It took us two years to do five episodes. When we posted them on YouTube, a few students watched it. Then we got an email from the producer who had made The Office."
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 15th July 2024Runi Talwar: 5 Secret Techniques To INSTANTLY Increase Your Luck
Find out how he got so lucky here, with these five handy tips.
Runi Talwar, LMAOnaise, 15th July 2024Improv At The Fringe - The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show
"It's a quick-fire family friendly improvised sketch show in the style of Whose Line Is It Anyway?."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 15th July 2024Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 - Pop Off Michelangelo!
Looking forward to a big premiere of their new show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Pop Off, Michelangelo! brings plenty of pop and colour to Corr Blimey!
Corr Blimey, 15th July 202412 rising stars of comedy to see at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024
Heading to the Fringe? These 12 rising stars are well worth seeking out.
Nooruddean Choudry, Rolling Stone, 15th July 2024Amy Mason's 10 simple ideas for coming out as a queer woman
Amy Mason brings her show Free Mason to Edinburgh Fringe, where she talks all about coming out in her late 30s. She's full of wisdom on how YOU could do the same!
Amy Mason, LMAOnaise, 15th July 2024Alexis Gay interview
Unprofessional sees a comedian's dream achieved at Edinburgh Fringe
The Herald, 15th July 2024Funny At The Fringe - The Best Man Show
"The Best Man Show is an interactive and darkly hilarious wedding reception where comedian Mark Vigeant plays the Groom's brother Paul, who has been asked to give the toast at an untraditional polyamorous commitment ceremony."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 15th July 2024Edinburgh Interview: Isabel Renner on Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl
"I hope anyone who has ever felt shy feels so seen by Wyld Woman."
Greg Stewart, Theatre Weekly, 15th July 2024
Ken Dodd's wife says she chats to him daily - despite him being dead six years
The widow of British comedian Sir Ken Dodd says she still chats to her husband every single day even though the funnyman has been dead for six years after passing away at his home aged 90.
Peter Robertson, Daily Star, 15th July 2024Kingston Comedian Of The Year review
Surely the only final anyone cared about yesterday was the Crack Comedy club's inaugural new act competition.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th July 2024Edinburgh Fringe 2024 Preview - Part One
The first post offering tips on what to see this summer - don't worry, more to follow...
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th July 2024Videos
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Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics
Series 10, Episode 2 - HesiodNatalie stands up for the prize-winning Greek poet, cataloguer of gods, and author of a flatpack wagon manual: Hesiod.
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Mark Steel's In Town
Series 13, Episode 4 - Stoke-on-TrentThis week, Mark is visiting the town of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire - or rather the six towns that make up the entire area.
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