Culture

11 July 2017

Nilaja Sun Discusses Her New Show 'Pike St.'

Writer/performer Nilaja Sun discusses her acclaimed new one-woman show Pike ST. in which she gets into the mind, body and idiosyncrasies of various characters involved in the story of a ...
11 July 2017

Otto And Astrid Discuss Their New Show Eurosmash!

German Europop siblings Otto and Astrid Rot of band Die Roten Punkte talk about their new show Eurosmash! and the highs and lows of working with your family. By Astrid ...
11 July 2017

John Robertson Discusses His New Show 'The Dark Room'

John Robertson talks about his real-life video game comedy show The Dark Room and how this year, after six years of sell out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, he’s adapting ...
11 July 2017

Yolanda Mercy Reveals The Inspiration For Her New Show 'Quarter Life Crisis'

Quarter Life Crisis came about last year when my cousin was getting married, my friend told me she was pregnant and I was trying to find ways to cheat the ...

11 July 2017

Jonny Pelham Discusses His New Show 'Just Shout Louder'

Jonny Pelham’s new stand up show ‘Just Shout Louder’ will be at the Gilded Balloon Balcony for the month of August so we asked him some quick fire questions to ...
10 July 2017

Joe Sutherland Discusses His New Show 'Model/Actress'

Joe Sutherland’s debut stand up show ‘Model/Actress’ will be at the Pleasance Courtyard – for the month of August so we caught up with him to find out a bit more about ...
9 July 2017

A Day In The Life Of Louise Reay

My memories from last year’s Edinburgh are dominated by me flyering under the bridge on Cowgate like the troll from The Three Billy Goats Gruff and  performing in a dark, ...
8 July 2017

Tessa Coates Discusses The Inspiration For Her New Show 'Primates'

This is sort of two questions; what inspired me to write this show and what on earth possessed me to perform a one-woman show in the first place. The first ...
7 July 2017

Twayna Mayne Discusses Her New Show 'Black Girl'

Twayna Mayne’s new stand up show ‘Black Girl’ will be at the Pleasance Courtyard – This for the month of August so we caught up with her to talk about ...

7 July 2017

Tom Ward Diccusses His New Show 'Love Machine'

Tom Ward’s new stand up show ‘Love Machine’ will be at the Just The Tonic @ The Tron for the month of August so we caught up with him for ...
7 July 2017

Tom Houghton Discusses His New Show 'Class Half Empty'

Tom Houghton’s new stand up show ‘Class Half Empty’ will be at the Gilded Balloon Wee Room for the month of August so we caught up with him to talk ...
7 July 2017

Tiff Stevenson Discusses Her New Show 'Bombshell'

Tiff Stevenson’s new stand up show ‘Bombshell’ will be at the Gilded Balloon Sportsman’s for the month of August so we caught up with her to find out what we ...
7 July 2017

Stoph Demetriou Discusses His New Show 'The Dunning-Kruger Effect'

Stoph Demetriou is stepping out from behind the scenes as comedian Richard Gadd’s director to debut his new show The Dunning-Kruger Effect about people who are too stupid to realise ...
7 July 2017

Matthew Floyd Jones Discusses His New Show 'Richard Carpenter Is Close To You'

Matthew Floyd Jones is used to feeling a little left out the spotlight as the keyboard player for musical duo Frisky and Mannish. He talks about his new show Richard ...
7 July 2017

Conor Drum Discusses His New Show 'All My Friends Are Dead'

Conor Drum called his show All My Friends Are Dead after all his best friends married and left him the only lonely singleton. He discusses his new show and why ...
7 July 2017

Maddy Anholt Discusses Her New Show 'Herselves'

Comedy is just one feather in Maddy Anholt’s cap. She discusses her new show Herselves and talks about being a female entrepreneur and holding her own in a male-dominated industry. I had ...
7 July 2017

Rachel Briscoe Discusses 'Lists For The End Of The World'

Lists For The End Of The World is a show composed entirely from lists that are crowdsourced from their audience, who nightly reveal on scraps of paper, lists of everything ...
7 July 2017

Max Dickins Discusses His New Play 'The Man On The Moor'

Max Dickins discusses his play The Man On The Moor - inspired by the discovery of the body of an elderly man on Saddleworth Moor in 2015 which prompted a ...
7 July 2017

Evelyn Mok Reveals One Of Her Worst Moments On Stage

The other month, I was at a comedy night in central London. I was booked to close the first act, going on as fourth. As the night started, you could ...
6 July 2017

Sophie Thompson Discusses Her Show 'Losers'

Sophie Thompson talks about her show Losers, which explores the depths reality TV contestants will go for fame, and looks at the top lessons we can learn from some of ...

6 July 2017

Stuart Black Discusses His New Show 'It’s The End Of The World As We Know It'

Stuart Black discusses his new show It’s The End Of The World As We Know It, which brings him back to the festival for the twelfth time. As it turns ...
6 July 2017

Rebecca Humphries Discusses Her New Show 'Prom Kween'

Prom Kween is at Underbelly, Cowgate (Belly Dancer) August 3 - 27 so we caught up with Rebecca Humphries to find out what we can expect.  ‘Prom Kween’ takes elements of satire, ...
6 July 2017

Jess Robinson Discusses Her New Show 'Unravelled'

Please tell us about your brand of comedy.   My brand of comedy? I guess it's feel good, huge fun and sometimes a little bit off the wall. I'm an impressionist ...
5 July 2017

Review: La Cage Aux Folles, Liverpool Empire Theatre

I love the film adaptation of the original 1978 Franco-Italian version- The Birdcage, so I was really excited to see La Cage Aux Folles last night at the Liverpool Empire ...