1+ week, 5+ day ago   (80+ words) Our continually updated round-up of all the four and five star shows seen by our writing team Crybabies: The ScaringElf Lyons is The Woman on the EdgeJoseph Morpurgo: Highlander 70Milo Edwards: CatamaranSam Eley is Basil Crumbwick: Soul Sewage Acid’s Reign Fanny…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (258+ words) festmag.com Stunning execution turns San Francisco Ballet’s simple concept into something enthrallingly beautiful Hardly a moment goes by during the 70 minutes of choreographer Aszure Barton and the San Francisco Ballet’s Mere Mortals where you don’t find yourself amazed at…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (134+ words) Studied haplessness makes for a brilliant, satirical, physical comedy from Geoff Sobelle and co. A graduate from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to the Edinburgh International Festival, for which he’s produced the previous big hits Home and Food, Sobelle brings a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (504+ words) Alex Franklin discusses her stand-up and musical comedy show Kiss Me x, all about kissing and dating Honestly I got a review for an early work-in-progress version of the show that described it as ‘a pure ray of sunshine’ which…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (825+ words) Comedian Finlay Christie discusses his latest show Champagne Casanova To be honest, I don’t really want to tell people what to expect. I always think that answer sounds a bit artificial. If you’d like to know what my stand-up is…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (89+ words) Kate Dehnert’s emotional show explores the fall-out from a ten-year relationship In a culture that’s joyfully embracing the ‘unhinged’, there’s no shortage at this year’s Fringe of radically open comedies featuring performers seeming to be right on the brink. Of…...

4+ week, 13+ hour ago   (327+ words) Cult favourite Joseph Morpurgo on his first solo Fringe show in almost a decade There are moments when Joseph Morpurgo regrets not being a stand-up, capable of simply plucking routines from his acclaimed but painstakingly intricate comedy shows, touring with…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (563+ words) Fay Guiffo talks to us about Arcana, her debut show which comes to the Fringe as part of the Made in Scotland showcase Born in France, Fay Guiffo is a French Cameroonian musician, performer and author-director based in Edinburgh. Arcana…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (232+ words) festmag.com Rob Copland: ONE (more please) Rob Copland grapples with professional woes and becoming a father in his latest show Rob Copland didn’t want to be at this year’s festival he huffs. Coming hard upon his daughter being born…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (406+ words) Comedian Rob Preston answers our Edinburgh Fringe Q&A in typically tongue in cheek fashion No sorry my mistake, that’s a 1 star review of the 2007 film Wild Hogs. The show is directed by Dan Bishop. We met at a support…...