Press clippings
Fringe Best Free Shows 2024: Here are 11 must-see free shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Here are 11 of the free shows that have caught our eye this year.
David Hepburn, The Scotsman, 22nd July 2024Trevor Lock: The Medicine We All Need
Trevor is not really a stand up comic. He sits down quite a lot. Plus he is way too philosophically bent.
Kate Copstick, Entertainment Now, 8th August 20237 Questions with Trevor Lock
"What if I become suddenly rich and famous overnight?!"
Heathen Jest, 4th August 2023Trevor Lock: The most interesting person in the room
I've been doing comedy long enough to know that very often the most interesting person in the room at a comedy show isn't the comedian.
Trevor Lock, Entertainment Now, 13th August 2022Edinburgh Fringe 2022: The comedy lineup so far
Here's a small fraction of some of the comedy coming up at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Jamie Dunn, The Skinny, 24th July 2022Fringe comedy: Use it or lose it
Fringe comedy has been Disneyfied this year, but its spirit is still there if you know where to look.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 3rd August 2021Stewart Lee's 2018 Edinburgh Fringe picks
Stewart Lee is not performing at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival, but via his newsletter he made some suggestions of people he thinks you should see this August.
British Comedy Guide, 16th July 2018Laugh Out London's Edinburgh Fringe comedy awards 2017
It's that time again. The fringe is almost over. The pubs of Edinburgh can go back to being pubs, Lee Nelson's face can stop blocking the view of Edinburgh Castle and the Edinburgh recycling plant will be busy turning flyers into mulch. So without further a do lets give out the least prestigious awards of the year, the Laugh Out London Comedy awards (or the LOLies)...
Laugh Out London, 25th August 2017Kate Copstick's diary: size doesn't matter
I was chatting with Simon Munnery about small audiences - not that he is an expert on that. He told me Eugene Cheese of the Chuckle Club would cancel if there were fewer than 30 in the audience. Unbelievable now.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 13th August 2017Defining the Norm winners announced
Will Franken reveals the winners of the first-ever Defining the Norm Awards.
Will Franken, Spiked, 31st August 2016