Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghA Peruvian boy has a sexual awakening in a show about religion, patriarchy and homophobia, featuring sweet and smutty songs with a Latin twist The image of Jesus…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghNa-keisha Pebody captures the roiling uncertainty of growing up in a show with upbeat music and audience interaction Chardaye Brown is a 17-year-old Leicester g…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA man picks up a dead stranger's lanyard and gets sucked into a sinister corporate world in Bunkum Ensemble's unsettling play On the way to an interview for a j…
As Jena Friedman, Michelle Wolf and Sam Jay perform at the fringe, they discuss the threats to freedom of speech in the era of Donald Trump In April, comedian Jena Friedman had a strange en…
The Hive, Monkey Barrel, EdinburghIn a precise performance, Hull delivers sharp punchlines, surreal diversions and a dose of the occult Exactly how fine was the "fine" relationship at the he…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghThe tricksy standup uses AI to create his own episode of the long-running interview series on which he's never been invited The Comedian's Comedian podcast, in which…
Monkey Barrel, EdinburghAmusing vignettes about arrogant consultants and undignified poos keep things light as Phillips documents a harrowing hospital experience Expectations and reality don…
An undead club manager, sperm donor shenanigans and the pitfalls of trying to work with AI " just a few of the themes of this year's hottest tickets Kent-Walters, winner of best newcomer at …
The comic was all set to make her debut at the Edinburgh fringe. Then, with hours to go, she had a medical emergency. The former dancer explains how it all fed into her new standup show 'M…
Molly McGuiness is treating audiences to a buffet, sketch troupe Simple Town bring fast-paced fun and Jessica Barton plays Mary Floppins … Here are half a dozen essential acts at the festi…
Playhouse East, LondonLily Sinko rages, writhes, provokes and teases her way through the horrifying life story of her storyteller with cartoonish abandon Magdalena appears from the dark, per…
Nish Kumar among comedians warning that rising costs could stop university revues visiting the festival 'I don't have any family connections in comedy or television, my leg up was that I wen…
Park theatre, LondonOlive was happy to probe strangers about their mortality " but struggles to face her own 'It's weird we don't talk about it," declares journalist Olive, the alter-ego of …
Greenwich Theatre, LondonExpanding her Edinburgh hit, Eleanor Hill replicates her Instagrammed mental health crisis and confronts the destructive compulsion to broadcast it all online Social…
The central London institution champions new talent, amplifies LGBTQ+ voices and always takes risks. With a new outpost opening in Walthamstow, artists discuss how the West End venue is not …
Soho theatre, LondonUK-specific jokes land well as Sloan shapes the energy in a packed room with a slightly incoherent show held together by her charisma Dulcé Sloan, a seven-year veteran …
From dancers breaking bones to camera crews forced to take terrible risks, stage and screen jobs can be hugely hazardous, says a scathing new report. We meet workers who feel 'disposable' " …
Her one-woman show Main Character Energy has been a long time coming, with the writer-performer trying drag, standup and clowning to find her funny voice. 'You have to put yourself in the li…
Soho theatre, LondonAnnette's stage presence shines in a show full of vivid observations, campy asides and nostalgic pop culture Amy Annette is the sort of woman who'd rather drop her phone …
Featuring moshpits and acrobatics, the comic's wildly physical brand of standup leaves audiences buzzing for hours. Now he's taking his Edinburgh award-winning set on tour " if he can get t…
A second Donald Trump presidency may be darker than the first, but his victory has unleashed the creative energies of satirists and standups "When Trump first won, there was almost a novelt…
The Yorkshire-born standups's surreal take on a working men's club has bagged him comedy awards and a BBC radio pilot. But even as he dreams of a Mrs Merton-style talkshow, he's still insist…
Performers who staged work at Summerhall have not been paid as firm that runs site challenges corporation tax claim Artists and theatre companies who staged work at the major Edinburgh fring…
She won comedy's top award, reinvented the romcom and now hosts Junior Taskmaster. So why does the New Zealand comic need Buddhist podcasts to get through the day? Rose Matafeo is bad at end…
Their Miss Fortunate show " which takes in bipolar disorder, financial ruin and a shocking scamming in Thailand " will 'take the charge paddles to the chest' of a comedy career that began wi…