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Fringe 2024: Rarely Asked Questions - Hannah Platt
Introducing award-winning stand-up comedian Hannah Platt, who makes her Edinburgh Fringe debut with her show Defence Mechanism.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th August 2024
Piglets review
Every single joke's a misfire in this criminally unfunny police comedy.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 5th August 2024Hannah Gadsby: "The Edinburgh fringe might make your dreams come true - or it will give you scurvy"
Tooth pain, lost cash and lots of crying - the award-winning comic has had a difficult relationship with the fringe. So why come back for more?
Hannah Gadsby, The Guardian, 5th August 2024Three performers who sound cold
Three performers who sound cold at the Edinburgh Festival 2024.
Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 5th August 2024Three stand-up comedy debuts
Three stand-up comedy debuts at the Edinburgh Festival 2024...
Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 5th August 2024Ed Night picks his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
"No one was as good as tapping into the national consciousness as Caroline Aherne."
Chortle, 5th August 2024Edy Hurst interview
Edy Hurst's new show is called Edy Hurst's Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself and is currently at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We caught up with him to find out more.
Ed Fortune, Starburst Magazine, 5th August 2024In Conversation With Marc Burrows
Based on his award-winning book of the same name, Marc is keeping the spirit of the beloved author very much alive and will be performing at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.
Tabitha James, A Young(ish) Perspective, 5th August 2024Could AI Take Over the Fringe?
How intelligent is artificial intelligence?
Teddy Jamieson, Entertainment Now, 5th August 2024My Festival: Natalie Palamides
The American comic tells us all about the vast enigma of how art can be interpreted, having a 'bougie' sauna in her living room, and hanging out in Edinburgh with 'all the clown freaks'.
The Scotsman, 5th August 2024Eleanor Morton interview
Eleanor Morton is a Scottish comedian and writer who lives in Edinburgh and makes internet videos as well as doing stand-up.
Ed Fortune, Starburst Magazine, 5th August 2024
Gavin & Stacey star 'terrified' over script secrets
Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page has said she has seen the script for the show's final episode - but is worried about giving the game away.
Ryan Leston, BBC, 5th August 2024Fringe performer gutted as only one person turns up - and it's by accident
Mel Owen, 29, was set to take to the stage for the first performance of her show Chunky Monkey and later took to social media after only person showed up to the performance.
Cara Blackhall, Edinburgh Live, 5th August 2024Joe Kent-Walters on his 'scary' working men's club alter ego Frankie Monroe
Huddersfield native Joe Kent-Walters discusses the inspiration behind his award-winning comedy character Frankie Monroe, the benefits of training as a clown in France, and working as a garden centre Father Christmas.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 5th August 2024Tom Ballard on the best and worst of Edinburgh
"Love the Fringe, hate the brutal, capitalist logics of it."
Chortle, 5th August 2024My Festival: Georgie Carroll
The former nurse turned comedian on transforming "guffawing hospital staff room banter" into stand-up, unusual baby births, and why she never reads reviews.
The Scotsman, 5th August 2024My Festival: Alison Larkin
The writer/comedian on love, loss, hope and receiving inspirational advice from Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The Scotsman, 5th August 2024
John Bishop inundated with support after sharing heartbreaking loss of beloved pet
John Bishop received an inundation of touching messages on Monday after he announced that his family's pet dog had passed away.
Phoebe Tatham, Hello Magazine, 5th August 2024
Filming of Bridget Jones 4 in chaos after bats halt production in the Lake District
I'm told that when star Renee Zellweger and the team headed to film in Keswick, in the Lake District, there was a right to-do from local bat experts about the impact the production would have on the mammals' population.
Ellie Henman, The Sun, 5th August 2024Videos
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