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Lewis Macleod plots Trump Fringe comedy

A Donald Trump impersonator is to stage a Fringe comedy-drama about efforts to thwart a takeover by the US President of a "once-glamorous Scottish hotel."

Lewis Macleod, who was nominated for a Scottish Comedy Award for his mimicry of the tycoon, will join forces with the leading impressionist Ronni Ancona to stage Just Checking In, which will be staged at the National Museum of Scotland in August.

Grace Campbell foreswears politics in Fringe gig

A year after launching a career as a stand-up, the daughter of Tony Blair's most trusted confidant, Alastair Campbell, will be at the Gilded Balloon with a show entitled Why I'm Never Going Into Politics.

Jay Lafferty's Brexit gag makes front page of NY Times

An extended gag about Britain's Brexit woes on the new BBC Scotland channel has ended up on the front page of the New York Times.

Edinburgh Stand sign up to staff safety campaign

A year-round comedy club has become the first major late-night venue in Edinburgh to sign up to a trade union campaign to ensure late-night workers get home safely.

C venue taken over by Gilded Balloon after pay row

Edinburgh University has stripped a controversial Fringe company of the right to use one of the biggest venues at the festival in the wake of accusations of exploitation of its staff.

Billy Connolly quitting touring creates opening

His trademark "Big Banana Boots" helped shoot him to fame in the mid-1970s. But now Billy Connolly has left even bigger boots to fill after deciding to call it a day from touring.

Karen Koren reveals she has been battling cancer

One of the best-known figures on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the last 30 years has revealed that she has been secretly battling cancer while programming one of its biggest venues.

Fringe 'Bad Boss Awards' will expose top offenders

Campaigners fighting the "exploitation" of workers at Edinburgh Festival Fringe venues are to stage their own alternative awards at the end of the month to highlights the worst offenders.

Free Fringe saved pioneer spirit of festival, says PBH

The founder of the "Free Fringe" says the entire festival would have become completely unaffordable for many performers and audiences by now without it.

When it comes to sequin-clad power pop, count me in

My first Wild Card Wednesday certainly lived up to its name, with what must be one of the most hilarious and uplifting responses to the #MeToo movement.