Festival
Interview: Lazy Susan
Nominated for Best Newcomer at last year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards, the sketch duo are back with new show, Double Act. We had questions for them…
How To Have A Frugal Fringe
Enjoying August in Edinburgh doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Kerry Teakle explains how to have a frugal Fringe.
Fringe Preview: Gilded Balloon
Celebrate 30 years of the Gilded Balloon with a pearl of a programme
Interview: Milla Jackson
Written during the 1980s AIDS pandemic, As Is is revived at Bedlam Theatre this August. Director Milla Jackson explains to Ken Wilson why now is the time to bring it back.
Interview: Ben Norris
UK poetry slam champion Ben Norris hitchhiked his way round the country on a journey to discover his Dad’s past. He told us about the show that came from it…
Interview: Garrett Millerick
Bringing his show A Selection of Things I’ve Said To Taxi Drivers to Underbelly, Millerick gave us the low-down on how to do taxi chat. Note: show may contain un-taxi things.
Interview: Penny Ashton
A distant relation of Darcy, Penny Ashton talks to us about her Austen parody, Promise and Promiscuity.
Fringe Preview: The Stand
The Stand is Edinburgh’s year-round comedy home, but really comes into its own in August
Fringe Preview: Laughing Horse
Laughing Horse’s Fringe programme has more shows that anyone can binge on in the three week run.
Interview: Danish Bagpipe Comedian
Claus Reiss is Danish, plays the bagpipes and does comedy. But we need to know more…
Interview: Bob Slayer
The Fringe legend and promo master talked buses, business and big ideas over a pint with our man Phil Bolger…
Interview: Caroline Horton
We talk to the talented theatre maker who is in Edinburgh this year with two very different and imaginative shows.
Interview: Monica Salvi
Italian performer sings for her sanity in her solo show, Mad Women In My Attic, at Just Festival
Fringe Preview: Sweet Venues
At the Fringe since 2010, and now with a permanent base in Dundee, Sweet Venues are back at Grassmarket in August. We look at their programme.
Fringe Preview: C Venues
With six venues across the city, C Venues offer a diversity of settings and entertainment this Fringe.
Why I’m Not Coming To Edinburgh
Not every comedian can or wants to come to Edinburgh for the Fringe. Marc Lucero explains why he isn’t bothering.
Fringe Preview: Scottish Storytelling Centre
Storytelling isn’t all that’s on at the spoken word’s HQ this Fringe
Interview: Jena Friedman
Dark with a bit of sugar, Jena Friedman comes to Edinburgh for her Festival Fringe debut.
Interview: Rosie Holt
Comedian and writer Rosie Holt, winner of The Sitcom Trails 2013, tells us about making a comedy name for yourself at the Fringe.
Interview: Cornermen
The backroom men of boxing are the focus of a new play at Pleasance Courtyard this Fringe. We talk to writer Oli Forsyth.