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News nuggets, trivia and fun goings-on at the festival.

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Spank! to hold last ever performance

Thursday 25th August 2022

The Edinburgh Fringe's "outrageous" annual cabaret party Spank! has announced that it will not return after the 2022 festival.

Alex Franklin annoys park rangers with cash treasure hunt

Thursday 25th August 2022

To promote his Edinburgh Fringe show, Alex Franklin has hidden £500 somewhere in the city. Park rangers are getting annoyed with people digging holes.

Kate Barron interrupted by fire alarm

Sunday 21st August 2022

This time it was Kate Barron who had to finish her show outside due to a fire alarm.

Satirical play Exodus gets a rainbow review

Sunday 21st August 2022

Exodus, a satirical play about a Home Secretary aiming to become Prime Minister, has split the critics to the extent it's now had five, four, three, two and one star reviews.

Dave announces Edinburgh Comedy Awards broadcasts

Friday 19th August 2022

The Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards body has announced a range of programming and streams around this year's awards.

The Stand's cowboy backdrop snapped up by rival

Thursday 18th August 2022

When The Stand comedy venue auctioned off its iconic backdrop, it probably didn't expect a rival promoter to buy it and install it in his own club. But that is what happened.

Starship Improvise conclude their 17th August performance on the street

Fire alarm forces show onto street

Thursday 18th August 2022

In space, nobody can hear you scream... but they can hear the fire alarm that drove performer and punter alike onto the street.

Barry Ferns crowdfunding Fringe history book

Monday 15th August 2022

Comedian Barry Ferns has launched a crowdfunding initiative to gauge interest in a book telling the history of, and acting as a guide to, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Edinburgh's best flyerer

Monday 15th August 2022

Fringe performer Erin Hunter reckons she has a secret weapon in the form of "Edinburgh's best flyerer".

Fringe performer Vash Pernikar is having to camp in the wild

Saturday 13th August 2022

Having spent all his savings on a one-way train ticket to Edinburgh, Czech stand-up Vash Pernikar is now wild camping for the festival's duration... unless some people can help him get out of his tent via a crowdfunding drive.

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