We asked some of the people who are performing shows at the Edinburgh Fringe what the worst thing they've ever done at a festival is. Brace yourself for some of these answers....
Californian stand-up Kate Berlant has a string of enviable TV credits: but why do people think she's a character act? And why does she think she's psychic? And what does the future hold for her Edinburgh Fringe debut?
Chris Read and Danny O'Hara - who together are improv duo Bendy House - talk to us about their new Edinburgh show and their thoughts on how improvisation as an art form is growing.
We asked some of the comedians at the Fringe, 'If you had a gun with one bullet in it, what would you do?'... We thought this was a smart question, but comedy duo The Pin have undermined it.
Matt Green is not going to Edinburgh this year (he's performing in Camden instead). In this article he offers his top tips for comedians who are in Scotland this August.
We talk to actor Garry Starr who, having been fired from the Royal Shakespeare Company, is now trying to perform every single genre of theatre in under 60 minutes.
Millennials are having less sex than their parents apparently. New Zealand's "little gay rock star" Eli Matthewson is now at the Edinburgh Festival with his call to arms for the sexless youth...
The BBC has launched Late Night Laugh, a show aimed at smart speaker users. The show will be "celebrating the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a quick blast of comedy every night of the festival".
Crushing put-downs. Rik Mayall's poetry. Heckler-punching: Nick Revell regales us with some memorable peaks and troughs, as his latest Edinburgh run kicks off.
