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We all know who David Baddiel is, so we won’t waste too many words introducing him. His writing credits go way back to satirical puppet-show Spitting I... Read more »

London-born Sophie Duker has described herself as a ‘triple-threat’ minority: a Black, queer woman living in post-Brexit Britain. She’s als... Read more »

Supporting the arts always requires a bit of effort – whether it’s taking a chance on a new piece of theatre or paying for your pornography. Come... Read more »

Rose Matafeo collected the Edinburgh Comedy Award for her show Horndog which ran at Pleasance Courtyard.  The ceremony was presented at Dovecot Studios... Read more »

Inside No. 9's Live Halloween Special Laughter and fear are not so far apart in your brain. Both are triggered when we encounter the unknown: the former in ... Read more »

Hitmen, it would appear, do not favour indie cafes and trendy bars as interview locations. The underpass walls are covered in hastily-scrawled graffiti in vi... Read more »

Book-lovers of Scotland, why just read? Advanced capabilities and an open app-publishing market means that there is a veritable cornucopia of apps out there ... Read more »

Transforming Edinburgh into the world’s biggest performing arts festival is not only a work of genius, but also a question of ‘how will all this ... Read more »

The eponymous hero of The Double Life of Malcolm Drinkwater [★★★☆☆] is keen to explain that killing is harder on the mind than it is on the body, and he seem... Read more »

So, you’ve got someone you fancy. Good for you. And you don’t normally do Valentine’s Day because, as we all know, it commemorates the deat... Read more »

Edinburgh in August can be a daunting prospect, so we've put together a guide to surviving the madness, and staying fed, rested and entertained along the way... Read more »

Hector vs the Future is a new darkly surreal podcast from James Hamilton about the curmudgeonly proprietor of the Obsoleteum – a museum of the obsolete... Read more »

Empty chairs are a rare thing at a Max and Ivan show, and this has been the case since their Fringe debut way back in 2010. If music be the food of love, the... Read more »

In a great piece of alternative comedy featuring lo-fi props aplenty, Siân and Zoë’s Luxury Cruise through the Horrifying Vacuum of Space [★... Read more »

It’s a very welcoming and mild-mannered sketch show that looks at the miseries of the well-to-do middle-classes, but a clever one that takes these brie... Read more »

It all started with the Bayeux Tapestry. “On one of the borders there’s an embroidery of a woman, who is staring out at the viewer in this very p... Read more »

A completely self-assured and confident character, President Obonjo draws us into his show with the national anthem of Lafta Republic, an African nation whos... Read more »

We’re told early in the set of Conor Drum's All My Friends are Dead that the “dead” in the title really means Married. Drum has reache... Read more »

When you leverage a personal tragedy into sympathetic laughter over a one-hour arc, it’s sometimes known as a 'Dead Dad Show'. You talk about how your ... Read more »

After a few years’ writing and performing with five-star comedy troupe Oyster Eyes, Demetriou is no stranger to the Fringe or to live comedy. Last year... Read more »

With a cast comprising a New York neuroscientist and a Canadian freestyle rapper, Off the Top [★★★★☆] falls comfortably into the 'miscellaneous' categor... Read more »

At base we are all nothing but mammals, but we’ve learned to pretend that we’re not. Through thousands of years of development in our customs, no... Read more »

BBC Radio Scotland’s hit panel show Breaking the News launched its third series to a packed crowd at Edinburgh’s Summerhall. Episode one saw hos... Read more »

Comedians talking about serial killers: All Killa No Filla Many podcasts seem to spring from a pair of people just having interesting conversations, and All... Read more »

From midday on Tuesday (25 Apr), 2015 Edinburgh Newcomer Award winner Sofie Hagen, and comedian-slash-novelist Mark Watson, are to embark on a marathon live-... Read more »

By turns fantastical and sincere, Welsh-born Jenny Collier brings a new hour of stand-up to the Fringe that explores growing up, dating, looking after your b... Read more »

As a child of the 80s, Kiri Pritchard-McLean is in a generation obsessed with doing the right thing and having enough money to do it. When it comes to having... Read more »

Not content with simply telling jokes, Douglas Walker has brought an hour of comedy to the Fringe full of slow-burners and exceptional wordplay. Zuschauer is... Read more »

With new show Netflix 'n' Steel, South London’s Elliot Steel brings his generation's views to the Fringe Elliot Steel’s show title is almost a p... Read more »

Edinburgh is not a big city, and we are closely-packed inside it. Throw in visitors attending six summer festivals within the space of a month, go to a bar, ... Read more »