Bobby Carroll watches three acts with long established and heightened comedic voices (Simon Evans, Stuart Laws, Paul Foot) and questions whether sticking to what works should ever trump honesty and growth?
Jim Judges, the comedian behind the Health & Safety Expert comedy character Ian Crawford, presents his essential survival guide for visitors and performers braving the whirlwind of the Edinburgh Fringe.
The Fringe attracts some strange audiences and can lob some freaky set-ups that performers just have to muddle through; Bobby watches Frank Skinner, Mary O'Connell, Sigmund The Viking and Avital Ash battling against their spaces.
Bobby spends all day in Monkey Barrel 2 testing the oft quoted Fringe theory that "you can spend a whole day in the same room in Monkey Barrel and see nothing but bangers". No spoilers but Laura Davis and Liam Withnail both stand out.
Bobby gets distracted by some new laminates, witnesses two strong debuts with complex but potent identity politics and catches up on two more established acts who are pushing their comedic boundaries.
Vix Leyton is the host of panel game and podcast format The Comedy Arcade. As it begins a run at the Edinburgh Fringe, she shares some favourite experiences from past episodes.
With the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 starting up, we have some questions related to comedy at the festival. Don't worry if you've never been, you can have a good guess at many of them...
Every month our clandestine critic reveals the murky truths behind that infamous trade, and live comedy generally. This month: Oh f*ck, it's Edinburgh Fringe, 2023.
Martin Urbano is one of a range of big-name American comics making their UK debuts at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. We find out about his debut stand-up hour, Apology Comeback Tour.
Raising questions of sexuality, technology, femininity, artificial intelligence and society, comedy performer Courtney Pauroso is back from LA for another season at the Fringe, this year as robot Vanessa 5000.
Author and comedian Marc Burrows talks about his deep love for late novelist Sir Terry Pratchett and explains a little of his new live show celebrating Pratchett's works.
