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Michael Kunze interview
Award-winning actor, writer, director and improviser Michael Kunze is back at the Fringe, performing as Hollywood film superstar Mitch Cooney: an enigma, a bullshitter and an idiot.
Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 12th August 2024Louise Leigh: When Fringe Doesn't Get Off To A 'Fly(er)ing' Start...
What happens when you get to the Fringe to perform and one vital item does not turn up...as in the flyers! Well comedian Louise Leigh had this happen to her this year and today we let her take over the reigns of writing to talk about it and why it is such a big issue when you have a show to promote!
Louise Leigh, Phoenix Remix, 12th August 2024Gay sheep and gaslighting: 10 of the funniest jokes from the Edinburgh fringe 2024
Enjoy a good one-liner? Here are some of the best rib-ticklers from the annual comedy extravaganza.
The Guardian, 12th August 2024Israelis told to leave festival show by Reginald D Hunter, who labelled Israel 'abusive'
Reginald D Hunter turned on two audience members at the Edinburgh Fringe offended during his show.
Craig Simpson, The Telegraph, 12th August 2024
Jack Whitehall becomes one of Britain's richest comedians
Comedian Jack Whitehall is making a mint from funny business - with his fortune up £2million in just a year.
The bumper earnings take him within touching distance of the UK's best-paid comedians.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 12th August 2024Emergency Surgery For John Tothill
John and his appendix have today made the difficult and painful decision to separate.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th August 2024The truth about life as a privileged comedian: 'I knew if it all went wrong I could call my parents'
Stand-up Olga Koch, whose dad was once the deputy prime minister of Russia, is weighing in on the debate about class and wealth in the industry in an unusual way - by addressing it head-on.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 12th August 2024Edinburgh Fringe comedian was lured into cult aged 13 after being 'love bombed'
Spring Day has come to the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 to share her story for the first time: of how she was sucked into a fundamentalist Christian cult in Missouri at the age of 13, and stayed there for the next 13 years of her life.
Kitty Chrisp, Metro, 12th August 2024Videos
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Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics
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The Unbelievable Truth
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