2015 Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe features 2015
Paul Ricketts performs in Edinburgh toilets
Wednesday 26th August 2015
Paul Ricketts organised a gig in the 'big four' venues... in their toilets, to protest about their hiring costs. He ended up getting kicked out of two of them by security. See the video here.
NewsRevue: How To Keep The Spark Alive...
Wednesday 26th August 2015
Tara Newton-Wordsworth, the director of satirical Fringe show NewsRevue 2015, discusses how the format has kept things fresh for 36 years now.
Video: Neil Henry proposes on stage
Wednesday 26th August 2015
Watch the moment that comic magician Neil Henry proposes to his girlfriend on stage via a trick.
Video: Stage invasion stops Lee Nelson gig
Wednesday 26th August 2015
Watch the moment comedian The Wee Man gives serial stage invader Lee Nelson a taste of his own medicine.
Video: Andy Field wins Chortle Student Comedy Award 2015
Wednesday 26th August 2015
Watch the winning set from the Chortle Student Comedy Awards 2015. Andy Field was the triumphant comedian.
Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominees 2015
Wednesday 26th August 2015
The shortlists for the prestigious Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2015 Best Show and Best Newcomer categories.
Malcolm Hardee Award nominees 2015
Tuesday 25th August 2015
The nominees for the 2015 Malcolm Hardee Awards have been announced. The awards are set up to recognise comic originality at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Top 10 jokes at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015
Tuesday 25th August 2015
A joke about mobile phones, written by comedian Darren Walsh, has been named the best joke of the 2015 Edinburgh Festival in Dave's Joke Of The Fringe competition. Read the top 10 here.
At the Fringe: Mark Thomas
Monday 24th August 2015
Si Hawkins meets the activist comic Mark Thomas in a clandestine Edinburgh bar to talk about his new show, Trespass, plus Corbyn, comedy, theatre, and his Fringe recommendations.
Richard Gadd wins Amused Moose Comedy Award 2015
Monday 24th August 2015
Richard Gadd has been named the winner of The Amused Moose Comedy Award 2015, for his Edinburgh Fringe show Waiting For Gaddot.
Amused Moose Comedy Awards Top 10 revealed
Friday 21st August 2015
Abbie Murphy, Alistair Barrie, Ian Smith, Jess Robinson, John Hastings, Markus Birdman, Richard Gadd, Scott Bennett, Stephen Bailey and Stuart Goldsmith are the Amused Moose Comedy Awards 2015 finalists.
Expect The Unexporcupine wins 2015 Comedy Poster Award
Tuesday 18th August 2015
Michael Stranney and Olaf Falafel have won the Edinburgh Comedy Poster Awards 2015 prize for the marketing for their show Expect The Unexporcupine.
Darren Walsh puns on names of 180+ Fringe comedians
Wednesday 12th August 2015
Darren Walsh has created puns for over 180 of the comedians performing at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe. Have a read of them here...
The Wrestling 2015 - Preview Videos
Wednesday 12th August 2015
Preview videos for the 2015 comedy wrestling battle due to take place on the 18th August at the Edinburgh Fringe. Contestants include Joe Lycett and Aisling Bea.
George Lewis wins Amused Moose Laugh Off Final 2015
Monday 10th August 2015
Up-and-coming stand-up George Lewis has been named as the winner of the 2015 Amused Moose Laugh Off competition.
How does Abigoliah Schamaun have so many good reviews already?
Sunday 9th August 2015
The festival has only just started, but somehow Abigoliah Schamaun's posters are already plastered with good reviews. Mmm...
Nick Revell: Celebrity, Spirit Guide, Role Model...
Sunday 9th August 2015
Nick Revell - role model, trend-setter and first true demi-God of the cyber era - introduces his new brand.
An interview with Bucket
Saturday 8th August 2015
There's a new character comedy duo on the block, but their connection is anything but new. Lucy Wood finds out more about Bucket...
Meet the Amused Moose Laugh Off Finalists
Saturday 8th August 2015
The 9 comedians involved in Amused Moose Comedy's Laugh Off Final introduce themselves in this interview feature.
Charlie Baker - 7 things not to do if you're a friend or family member
Saturday 8th August 2015
Charlie Baker offers up a list of seven things you shouldn't do if you're the friend or family member of a performer.