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Comedy at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival

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2024 features

Best-reviewed Edinburgh Fringe shows 2024

Monday 9th September 2024

Matt Forde and Nina Conti were the best-reviewed comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024.

Noah Price's Edinburgh Fringe diary

Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Noah Price reports back from his trip to the Edinburgh Fringe. Shows from the likes of Daliso Chaponda, Holly Stars and SJ Wyatt kept him distracted from the pains of staying in a tent.

Bronwyn Kuss / Frank Sanazi / Til Fletcher - Bobby Carroll's Edinburgh Fringe Diary

Sunday 25th August 2024

Bobby winds down on the Fringe with a few pints, a fantastic Australian debut and a classic 'Austrian' parody act.

Kemah Bob / One Man Arnie / Mark Simmons - Bobby Carroll's Edinburgh Fringe Diary

Saturday 24th August 2024

A dazzling debut! A tribute to a beloved action hero! An award-winning joke! Therapy! So many flavours of comedy in the Old Town... Let's party!

Si Hawkins' Edinburgh Fringe 2024: Going Off-Piste, with Gwyneth, Ivo and Co

Friday 23rd August 2024

To really get the best out of the Edinburgh Fringe, it's best to mix it up a bit, break up the stand-up with some weirder or worthier stuff; after all, comedy here comes in many sizes.

Jo Caulfield, Lauren Pattison, Huge Davies, Amy Gledhill - Mark Muldoon's Fringe Diary

Friday 23rd August 2024

In his final Edinburgh Fringe roundup for this year, Mark Muldoon checks in on 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Amy Gledhill and the formidable Jo Caulfield, plus Lauren Pattison, Huge Davies, Mat Ewins, Lil Wenker, John Tothill and the 'Taskmaster-adjacent' challenge show Burnout Paradise.

Phil Ellis / Ralph Brown / Mark Thomas - Bobby Carroll's Fringe Diary

Friday 23rd August 2024

What a fantastic festival it has been this year! Very few duds, everyone thriving. Bobby relishes another day out and about in the city centre. War! Gunmen! Nutters!

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees, Ania Magliano, Ivo Graham's Comedian DJ Battles - Mark Muldoon's Fringe Diary

Thursday 22nd August 2024

Mark Muldoon's penultimate Edinburgh Fringe dispatch of the year, featuring Ania Magliano, Garrett Millerick, Sam Lake, Kemah Bob, Dan Rath, Molly Brenner, Tobias Finlay-Fraser as Virtuoso and BBC New Comedy Award winner Dan Tiernan.

Rachel Fairburn / Seymour Mace / Sid Singh - Bobby Carroll's Fringe Diary

Thursday 22nd August 2024

Rachel Fairburn kills and will kill again. Seymour Mace is a legacy daftie. Human Rights lawyer Sid Singh offers a rebuttal to a Fringe hit from last year.

What Fringe artists can learn from screen comedy

Thursday 22nd August 2024

Actress and writer Charlotte Anne-Tilley considers the popularity of the mockumentary television format and what it could offer live comedy.

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