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Jonny Pelham is newly single and ready to talk about it.  Pelham is relaxed and easy going as he takes to the stage in The Hive, which he describes as smelling of ‘piss’. An immediate crowd pleaser. ...

Brett Blake isn’t too sure about the title of his Edinburgh show. In Australia, where it was shortlisted for the Melbourne Comedy Prize, it was called Little Turd. Here the show has...

Carl Donnelly approaches the stage with a natural swagger, yet his stories are nothing of the sort. In between “Do you know what I mean’s” “man’s” and “innit’s”, Carl goes into excruciating...

The show starts in darkness, with a beautiful rendition of the space odyssey theme song, a torch and Josie’s wildest extinct mammal drawings. After a concussion in January that put Josie in...

Strolling onto the stage with an energetic intro, Desiree Burch matches that energy with everybody in the room for the entire show. Loud, fast-talking and analytical rants about her life in her...

Dolled up in drag with a small cast who all take multiple roles, this parody of the hit sitcom from Australia, “Kath&Kim” is filled with flashbacks to 2020. Nostalgic or not so,...

Jo Caulfield is a very funny woman who has been delighting Fringe audiences for years with her gag-filled shows full of righteous indignation. Now a proud resident of Leith, she tells Entertainment...

Miriam Margolyes hoots with laughter when I suggest she is an icon. “An acorn, maybe” she suggests. “I am glad and grateful that when I come onstage I get a cheer. I...

Suddenly it seems like it’s 1995 again. Pulp have a new record out, Suede are lined up to play Radio 2 in the Park next month, Chris Evans is on the radio...