Edinburgh Festivals

WITHIN SECONDS the hairs were standing up on the back of my neck, and barely a couple of minutes into...

TALK ABOUT being late to the party. Rightly described as a Fringe legend, this is Simon’s fortieth year treading the...

MY FIRST impression of Darryl J. Carrington was that I desperately wanted his classic, chocolate-brown Adidas tracksuit. My lasting impression...

In 2013 American radio DJ Dayna Steele had her life thrown upside down when her mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s....

Is this the most carbonated comedy at the Fringe this year? Probably. Because Mexican-American comedian Lara Ricote unleashes more fizz...

The Irish comedian Aidan Greene has a stammer. It’s noticeable but not debilitating (at least onstage; he tells us it’s...

No show has more audience involvement than Showstopper, and no one likes to be the centre of attention more than...

Does Cameron Crowe’s 1989 romantic comedy Say Anything have much traction in 2026? Does its hero, American rebel kickboxer Lloyd...

Silent clown Darryl Carrington has two shows at the Fringe - Tennish - for adults and Out of the Box,...

Ed Night wastes no time establishing his tone. He walks on stage with a crutch from an accident that happened weeks before the fringe started,...