Kevin Ibbotson-Wight
@weaklemondrink
Borders-born Edinburgh based worker/ writer/ runner/ sleeper. A good book, a good film, or a good show and I'm a very happy chap.
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Hudson Hughes
‘[It’s]… an unholy mash-up of Songs of Praise and Beetlejuice.’ Hudson Hughes tells us about his debut solo Fringe show, ‘At Your Service’
Jess Carrivick
‘It’s a Scrabble bag of all the things that I would do.’ Versatile comedian Jess Carrivick tells us about her Fringe show, ‘For Your Consideration’
Meka Mo
‘[W]hat really stuck with me was how sharp the British audiences were’. Queens comedian Meka Mo tells us about her Fringe full-length debut, ‘New York City Dreams’
Paul Hilleard
‘I guess Groggs are famously messy and so is my life.’ The Welsh comedian tell us about his debut Fringe show, ‘Grogg’
Zoe Wohlfeld
‘Did I mention that it’s also a comedy?’ We get an invatation to a ‘Dog Funeral’ courtesy of Zoe Wohlfeld
Sepideh Kaav
‘The title is partly a joke and partly the diagnosis.’ We speak to Sepideh Kaav about her debut Fringe show ‘1979: Persionality Disorder’
Rob Preston
‘I’ve curated my algorithm to be populated almost entirely by freaks’. Rob Preston tells us about his debut character comedy show, ‘Amazing Global Solutions’
Aarian Mehrabani
‘One of my favourite things to do is slaughter the sacred cows of what people feel can be joked about’. The comedian tells us about his debut stand-up hour, ‘How’s Your Head?’
Emma Crowley-Bennett
‘I tend to throw as much at the audience as I possibly can without dying’. We speak to the creator of alt-drag comedian Fanny Bleach about her debut solo Fringe show, ‘The Nearly Naked Show’
Sami Abu Wardeh
‘Hate is celebrated on the right and a taboo for the rest of us’. We talk to the comedian about his new Fringe show, ‘Sami Abu Wardeh Hates You’
Chris Forbes
‘There’s particular events in my life that are very easy to plot by going back to certain Christmases.’ The comedian tells us why he’s bringing a festive-themed show, ‘Father Christmas’, to the Fringe
Claire Wood
‘I think the manosphere is really only a very particular manifestation of misogyny,.’ We speak to the playwright about ‘SHINJUKU’ which debuts at the Fringe
Liv Rocklin
‘At its heart, it’s about loneliness and growing up’. We chat to Liv Rocklin about her debut Fringe show, ‘An American (Not) in Paris’
Jack MacGregor & Fraser Scott
‘What I’m always looking for are those hooks for an audience.’ We chat to the writer and director of new folk horror-inflected play ‘Prophets’
Daniel Wishes & Seri Yanai
‘This year we are not following the advice! It’s very scary.’ We chat to the duo behind new puppetry mystery show, ‘Book of Shadows’
Gabi Flares
‘I was grieving what had never happened.’ We speak to the Brazilian writer and performer about her one-woman show, ‘Deluge’
Power Ballad
John Carney plays a variation on his standard filmic theme of the power of music
Edinburgh Tradfest 2026 Full Programme Announced
The traditional music, folk film, and storytelling festival returns in May
