Welcome to our coverage of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Here you will find features, news, podcasts, blogs and interviews for the world’s largest arts festival.
- Podcast: Is the Fringe a Simulacrum of Disneyland?
FringeReview’s Paul Levy is in conversation with venue creator J.D Henshaw, founder of Sweet Fest and comedy performer Mike Fallek about the question of whether festivals such as Edfringe are… Read more: Podcast: Is the Fringe a Simulacrum of Disneyland? - Fringe Wisdom: Publicity advice for first-timers at the Edinburgh Fringe
In this short video, FringeReview’s Paul Levy offers some practical advice about maximizing your chances of getting your show reviewed or covered by the media if you are bringing your… Read more: Fringe Wisdom: Publicity advice for first-timers at the Edinburgh Fringe - Podcast: Edinburgh Fringe focus: Ben Harrison on Grid Iron Theatre’s Mayflies
Grid Iron is a multi-award winning, Edinburgh based new writing theatre company.. They specialise in creating site-specific and location theatre although and also produce work for the stage. Grid Iron’s… Read more: Podcast: Edinburgh Fringe focus: Ben Harrison on Grid Iron Theatre’s Mayflies - Interview with Flora Novak – Providence
Flora Novak is a Hungarian actress and puppeteer based in Budapest. She premiered at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe with the object-puppetry show Providence, created and interpreted by her. The show… Read more: Interview with Flora Novak – Providence - Guest Article: Gregg Ostrin offers a first time Fringer’s guide to everything you need to know about performing at the Edinburgh Fringe, and surviving
Here are some Edinburgh Fringe fun facts… This year, I attended my first Edinburgh Fringe Festival and while I found the experienceexhilarating and unforgettable, I also came away with an… Read more: Guest Article: Gregg Ostrin offers a first time Fringer’s guide to everything you need to know about performing at the Edinburgh Fringe, and surviving - Solo Show Focus: Ned Arnold on Putting His Subject, and Himself, Under the Microscope
Ned Arnold is a stand-up comedian from New York City. In his Fringe debut, Seducing Your Professor: A Short Guide, he tells the story of dating his 46-year-old university professor… Read more: Solo Show Focus: Ned Arnold on Putting His Subject, and Himself, Under the Microscope - Edfringe Podcast Interview: A solo exporation of a unique aspect of The Great War
The Last Bantam is a solo play written and performed by Michael Hughes. It recounts the story of Patrick Michael Wolfe, an Irish teacher who serves with the Bantam battalions… Read more: Edfringe Podcast Interview: A solo exporation of a unique aspect of The Great War - Stop Press! Our second Outstanding Theatre Award goes to Delusions and Grandeur at Summerhall
Our second Outstanding Theatre Award has been presented to Karen Hall for her show at Delusions and Grandeur at Summerhall at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025. FringeReview editor Paul Levy presented… Read more: Stop Press! Our second Outstanding Theatre Award goes to Delusions and Grandeur at Summerhall - Ed Fringe Interview: Aaron Pang talks about subverting the story, with Erin Williamson
Fringe Reviewer Erin Williamson came out of Falling: A Disabled Love Story very excited and with lots to say about it. Thankfully Aaron Pang, the writer and performer, agreed to… Read more: Ed Fringe Interview: Aaron Pang talks about subverting the story, with Erin Williamson - Stop Press! Our first Outstanding Theatre Award of Edfringe 2025 goes to Refuse at AssemblyThe legendary FringeReview Oustanding Award was presented today to Refuse from Just Bcoz Productions. The award was presented by FringeReview editor Paul Levy at the show’s curtain call in Studio… Read more: Stop Press! Our first Outstanding Theatre Award of Edfringe 2025 goes to Refuse at Assembly
- Edfringe Guest Blog: Comedian Henry Churney has arrived!
Thursday – Day 5 of my Edinburgh Fringe. Today started with a catch up with some of the team from Fringe Review. It was great to meet up with them… Read more: Edfringe Guest Blog: Comedian Henry Churney has arrived! - Mychelle Colleary on developing her solo show Ambitious Underachiever in advance of its second Edinburgh outing
Kate Saffin caught up with Mychelle Colleary on the eve of her departure for Edinburgh 2025. They talked last year about Mychelle’s first experience of developing a solo auto biographical… Read more: Mychelle Colleary on developing her solo show Ambitious Underachiever in advance of its second Edinburgh outing - Mental Health at the Fringe: In conversation with the artists
In this two-part podcast conversation, FringeReview editor Paul Levy asks two questions: What are the challenges and approchaes to bringing shows themed on mental health to the Fringe? This is… Read more: Mental Health at the Fringe: In conversation with the artists - Fringe Storytelling focus: Kate Barry on making and performing Kate, Allie, and the ’86 Mets
From a Crichton Street bench next to Appleton Tower, Kate Barry speaks to Erin Williamson about her show Kate, Allie and the ’86 Mets (running at Gilded Balloon @ Appleton… Read more: Fringe Storytelling focus: Kate Barry on making and performing Kate, Allie, and the ’86 Mets - Casey Jay Andrews talks about creating The Quiet Earth Beneath with Jo Tomalin
Casey Jay Andrews is an award-winning writer and performer – with an impressive design portfolio. Casey talks about creating and performing shows at Edinburgh Fringe including her latest show The… Read more: Casey Jay Andrews talks about creating The Quiet Earth Beneath with Jo Tomalin - Sam Critchlow and Beckett Gray talk about devising and Imprints with Jo Tomalin
Sam Critchlow and Beckett Gray are performers and devisers from The Palimpsest Project, a company producing, devising and performing Imprints at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2025. They talk with Jo… Read more: Sam Critchlow and Beckett Gray talk about devising and Imprints with Jo Tomalin - Edfringe Guest Blog: Letters to Joan: A Second Chance at a Grandfather
Two years ago, I went to a Shakespeare festival in the mountains of Oregon. I didn’t expect to meet someone who would become a scene partner, a confidant, and—somehow—a second… Read more: Edfringe Guest Blog: Letters to Joan: A Second Chance at a Grandfather - For all the (many) Tom Lehrer fans at Edfringe2025
I first encountered Tom Lehrer songs… aged about eight or nine. I have two older brothers, who were both fans. I think we had them on reels, to be played… Read more: For all the (many) Tom Lehrer fans at Edfringe2025 - Edfringe Interview: Philosophy, Absurdist Theatre and Two Experiment in Theatre at the Fringe
Producer Yixuan Yang and Writer Roland-Reynolds chatted to Paul Levy about their two shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. “Abhorrent Little Scrotum” is a show by Fragen Network at Edinburgh Fringe… Read more: Edfringe Interview: Philosophy, Absurdist Theatre and Two Experiment in Theatre at the Fringe - Edfringe comedy focus: An interview with Steve Vertigo about the murmuration of starlings, AI, and a fringe comedy show
Steve Vertigo is a comedian and storyteller from Manchester, now based in London. He used to be a rave DJ and taught computer games design before starting comedy. He performs… Read more: Edfringe comedy focus: An interview with Steve Vertigo about the murmuration of starlings, AI, and a fringe comedy show - Guillaume Pigé and Alex Judd from Theatre Re talk with Jo Tomalin about creating The Nature of Forgetting
Guillaume Pigé, director and actor, and Alex Judd, musician talk about Theatre Re, creating shows and The Nature of Forgetting with Jo Tomalin at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “Following more… Read more: Guillaume Pigé and Alex Judd from Theatre Re talk with Jo Tomalin about creating The Nature of Forgetting - Interview with Kim: Supporting Artists at Edinburgh Fringe
ARTIST Workshop – Supporting Fringe Performers is a 45-minute support workshop running daily at 3:15 PM from August 11-17 at C Alto venue, conveniently located just off the Royal Mile.… Read more: Interview with Kim: Supporting Artists at Edinburgh Fringe - Solo Show Focus: The Lost Priest on Taking a Leap of Faith
The Lost Priest came to Edinburgh intentionally as a work in progress, in many ways. The young writer/performer had Edinburgh on his radar for years, but needed a project. The… Read more: Solo Show Focus: The Lost Priest on Taking a Leap of Faith - The safest show at the Fringe for danger addicts: An interview with safety anarchist Don Parman
Canadian safert expert Don Parman has brought probably the most unique event at the Fringe. It’s a training session and they cover different ways to safe your life on or… Read more: The safest show at the Fringe for danger addicts: An interview with safety anarchist Don Parman - Clown Marcel Cole on creating Charlie Chaplin
Australian performer Marcel Cole talks to Kate Saffin about discovering Charlie Chaplin and how that led to him finding a different outlet for his early training as a dancer. He… Read more: Clown Marcel Cole on creating Charlie Chaplin - The Lolita Apologies on Bringing Feminist Theatre to Edinburgh
The Lolita Apologies is a two-person play in which a young woman confronts a rotating cast of men about their complicity in perpetuating the mistold story of Lolita. Danielle Solof… Read more: The Lolita Apologies on Bringing Feminist Theatre to Edinburgh - Edinburgh Book Fringe focus: Lighthouse Bookshop on the ALT book fringe programme
In this interview, Mairi Oliver from Lighthouse Bookshop on West Nicholson Street talks to Erin Williamson about creating and curating the free Book Fringe (from Lighthouse, Argonaut and Typewronger bookshops)… Read more: Edinburgh Book Fringe focus: Lighthouse Bookshop on the ALT book fringe programme - Prague Fringe at Edfringe: Director Steve Gove celebrates 30 years at Edinburgh and the joys of Prague
Prague Fringe is an annual independent theatre festival held in Prague, Czech Republic, founded by Steve Gove. Originally from Scotland, Gove moved to Prague in the late 1990s and launched the… Read more: Prague Fringe at Edfringe: Director Steve Gove celebrates 30 years at Edinburgh and the joys of Prague - Edfringe Solo Storytelling Focus: Ghosts that still roam the earth and the aftermath of profound loss
Gimme a Sign! is a solo storytelling comedy performed by Bailey Swilley at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. Running from August 1 to 23 (excluding August 10 and 17), the show is… Read more: Edfringe Solo Storytelling Focus: Ghosts that still roam the earth and the aftermath of profound loss - Mitch Benn shares how Tom Lehrer’s songs have inspired him
As part of exploring the three shows featuring the songs of Tom Lehrer at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, Kate Saffin hears from Mitch Benn about discovering Lehrer’s songs as a… Read more: Mitch Benn shares how Tom Lehrer’s songs have inspired him - Edfringe Theatre Focus: Love Letters and an evolving fringe show: Samantha Streit on Letters to Joan
Letters to Joan is a theatre show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 that tells a story spanning decades through discovered love letters. Set partly in 1956 Brooklyn, it follows an aspiring… Read more: Edfringe Theatre Focus: Love Letters and an evolving fringe show: Samantha Streit on Letters to Joan - Environmental Theatre Maker Tom Bailey talks with Jo Tomalin about Mechanimal and Wild Thing!
About Wild Thing! “A gloriously stupid show of bad animal impressions and a wildly playful nature safari. How do you do an Uglyface Scorpionfish? What’s a Darth Vader Giant Pill… Read more: Environmental Theatre Maker Tom Bailey talks with Jo Tomalin about Mechanimal and Wild Thing! - Edfringe Guest Blog: Letters to Joan: First Week at Fringe – A Thousand Little Moments
I landed in Edinburgh with my director and jumped straight into a press event—no time to breathe, just straight into Fringe life. I saw our flyers for the first time,… Read more: Edfringe Guest Blog: Letters to Joan: First Week at Fringe – A Thousand Little Moments - Edfringe Focus: OCD shows at the Fringe: Two show makers share their views and experiences
In this mini-panel conversation Bibi Couceiro and Tana Sirois talked to Paul Levy about OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) at the Fringe, reflected in their personal journeys and their shows at… Read more: Edfringe Focus: OCD shows at the Fringe: Two show makers share their views and experiences - 10 Things You Can Take Home From An Edinburgh Fringe Run
As week one shows leave and new shows arrive, let’s look at the things you might be taking home from the world’s largest arts festival. Money Debt Reviews Fidget toys… Read more: 10 Things You Can Take Home From An Edinburgh Fringe Run - Solo Show Focus: From Sidelines to Centerstage – Sophia Wolbrom on Can’t Find My Way Home
Sophia Wolbrom has come to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the last nine years, but this is the first year she’s bringing her own work and putting herself on stage.… Read more: Solo Show Focus: From Sidelines to Centerstage – Sophia Wolbrom on Can’t Find My Way Home - From Prison to Performance: Sam Rowe on a unique Edinburgh Fringe show
Insiders is a theatre show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 presented by Bethany Christian Trust’s Creative Expressions programme. The play offers insight into life inside prison and the challenges faced by… Read more: From Prison to Performance: Sam Rowe on a unique Edinburgh Fringe show - Edfringe Focus: Silent Rocco’s Untold Stories and an exploration of modern mime
Untold Stories – Modern Mime Tales is a 45-minute solo mime show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. Silent Rocco performs without words, transforming the stage into a dreamlike space where emotions… Read more: Edfringe Focus: Silent Rocco’s Untold Stories and an exploration of modern mime - The only shadow puppetry show at the Fringe? Harley Brook Walker on Not My Grandmother’s Daughter
Harley Brooke Walker presents Not My Grandmother’s Daughter at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. This solo show runs from July 30 to August 24 at the Gilded Balloon, Appleton Tower (Eve venue), with performances… Read more: The only shadow puppetry show at the Fringe? Harley Brook Walker on Not My Grandmother’s Daughter - Life Stories: Frances Mercanti-Anthony on Edfringe solo show Frances Floats
Frances Floats is a one-person theatre piece written and performed by Frances Mercanti-Anthony, a Broadway actor, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. The story follows her move from suburban New Jersey… Read more: Life Stories: Frances Mercanti-Anthony on Edfringe solo show Frances Floats - Jerzy Zon director of Poland’s Teatro KTO and Karolina Bondaronek talk to Jo Tomalin about Peregrinus at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Peregrinus is an intriguing and impactful mask theatre piece that addresses what happens when we are told what to do and when to do it. Jerzy Zon, Co-founder and director… Read more: Jerzy Zon director of Poland’s Teatro KTO and Karolina Bondaronek talk to Jo Tomalin about Peregrinus at Edinburgh Fringe 2025 - Solo Show Focus: Bringing a Refreshed Show Back for a Second Run- Sharon Em on I Know A Guy
In 2024, comedian/storyteller Sharon Em’s one hour piece I Know a Guy was listed as a “Hidden Gem” by FringeReview. In this interview we catch up and find out what… Read more: Solo Show Focus: Bringing a Refreshed Show Back for a Second Run- Sharon Em on I Know A Guy - Solo Show Focus: Unpacking History and Current Affairs with Sandra Laub of Picking Up Stones: An American Jew Wakes Up to a Nightmare
How does one write and perform a solo piece about one of the most fiery topics in global affairs? In this interview I sit down with Sandra Laub, writer and… Read more: Solo Show Focus: Unpacking History and Current Affairs with Sandra Laub of Picking Up Stones: An American Jew Wakes Up to a Nightmare - Liz Carr talks to Kate Saffin about her career spanning stand up, TV, film and theatre
Liz Carr is now best known as a television, film and theatre actor; however back in 2005 she was a stand up comediain and one of the line up in… Read more: Liz Carr talks to Kate Saffin about her career spanning stand up, TV, film and theatre - Abnormally Funny People celebrate 20 years since their first show at the Fringe
Abnormally Funny People (AFP on the tee shirts and baseball caps) promises stand-up, stories and sketches, Improvisation and music with famous people and brilliant emerging talent. Disability comedy at its… Read more: Abnormally Funny People celebrate 20 years since their first show at the Fringe - Edfringe Solo show focus: Telling your own story: Briyah Paley on Psych Ward Pyjamas
Psych Ward Pyjamas is a solo show by writer and performer Briyah Paley. Paul Levy chatted to Briyah about this eclectic work and very personal the story that drives it.… Read more: Edfringe Solo show focus: Telling your own story: Briyah Paley on Psych Ward Pyjamas - Solo show focus: Sam Blythe on playing Hamlet in a very personal Edfringe show
Actor Sam Blythe is in two shows at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe. In this interview with Paul Levy, he talks primarily about his solo show, a very personal version of… Read more: Solo show focus: Sam Blythe on playing Hamlet in a very personal Edfringe show - Clare Simpson’s Political Show Choices for the Edinburgh Fringe
With the world in a particularly volatile state and politics in flux, political theatre makers don’t have a shortage of material to choose from. From geopolitics and conflicts around the… Read more: Clare Simpson’s Political Show Choices for the Edinburgh Fringe - Art at the Fringe! Painter Benet Haughton talks to Jo Tomalin about his Pop-up Gallery at Edfringe 2025
Fringe festivals often offer other arts events and exhibitions in the town among the multitude of shows and performances. At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 there are official categories for… Read more: Art at the Fringe! Painter Benet Haughton talks to Jo Tomalin about his Pop-up Gallery at Edfringe 2025 - Edfringe Theatre Focus: Writer and actor Kaya Bucholc on Mary’s Daughters
Mary’s Daughters is a feminist ghost story performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025. It tells the story of three women: Mary Wollstonecraft, an 18th-century intellectual and mother of feminism;… Read more: Edfringe Theatre Focus: Writer and actor Kaya Bucholc on Mary’s Daughters - Edfringe Guest Blog: Letters to Joan: From New York to Edinburgh
Letters to Joan has been my baby for the past three years. Since January, preparing to bring it to the Edinburgh Fringe has consumed my life, every second, every morsel… Read more: Edfringe Guest Blog: Letters to Joan: From New York to Edinburgh - Edfringe Solo Theatre Focus: Trish Lyons and Marshall Cordell on Buzz
FringeReview’s Kate Saffin describes Hidden Gem show Buzz as “a tale of survival told with gentle humour, introspection, and clarity.” Buzz is a solo performance created and performed by Trish… Read more: Edfringe Solo Theatre Focus: Trish Lyons and Marshall Cordell on Buzz - From Wall Street to Edfringe: An interview with solo performer Quaz Degraft
In the Black is Quaz Degraft’s solo theatre show at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025. Here is the lowdown from the Fringe programme: “Every wolf starts as a cub… some just… Read more: From Wall Street to Edfringe: An interview with solo performer Quaz Degraft - Edfringe Music Focus Around the World on a Piano with Hermane
“Dutch composer/pianist Hermane composes beautiful songs with intricate harmonies. Before settling in Andalusia, he spent thirty years in Latin America, USA, Asia and Africa, soaking up the traditional music of… Read more: Edfringe Music Focus Around the World on a Piano with Hermane - Coco Cottam (writer) and Lydia Free (director) of Lovelock Productions talk about their take on creating a modern retelling of a true 18th century crime
Coco Cottam (writer) and Lydia Free (director) of Lovelock Productions talk to Kate Saffin about how they came to meet, work they have created and then, in more detail, their… Read more: Coco Cottam (writer) and Lydia Free (director) of Lovelock Productions talk about their take on creating a modern retelling of a true 18th century crime - Edfringe Interview: Actor George Miller talking about Some Masterchef Sh*t
Joanna Matthews asks George Miller one of the actors from Some Masterchef Sh*t about this dark queer comedy which is at Greenside Venues. It’s a two hander written by Liam… Read more: Edfringe Interview: Actor George Miller talking about Some Masterchef Sh*t - Caspar Phillipson talks about developing Late Night Lehrer and his first Fringe
Caspar Phillipson is a talented Danish musician who discovered Tom Lehrer during lockdown – although he was already well known in Denmark – began to play with Lehrers songs and… Read more: Caspar Phillipson talks about developing Late Night Lehrer and his first Fringe - Writer/performer Jasmine Thien talking about her show I Dream in Colour
Joanna Matthews talks to Jasmine Thien writer/performer about her semi-autobiographical show I Dream in Colour. Jasmine is visually impaired and talks here about creating a show, and the barriers she… Read more: Writer/performer Jasmine Thien talking about her show I Dream in Colour - Physical Theatre at Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Jo Tomalin’s thoughts…Physical theatre is an exciting and evolving theatre genre that focuses more on physicality than words – although words as well as gestures, physical characterization or stylisation of movement in part of all of a… Read more: Physical Theatre at Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Jo Tomalin’s thoughts…
- Guest Blog: Gwen Coburn asks: Why ‘Be Funnier’ is Just ‘Smile More’ with a Microphone
Guest blogger, Gwen Coburn shares her latest EdFringe reflections… There’s this moment in my show when the jokes stop working. Like, completely stop. The audience shifts in their seats, the… Read more: Guest Blog: Gwen Coburn asks: Why ‘Be Funnier’ is Just ‘Smile More’ with a Microphone - Edfringe Theatre Focus: Writer and actor Ian Tucker-Bell on the Outstanding rated Locusts
Locusts is a play staged at the Edinburgh Fringe that focuses on the lived experience of gay conversion therapy within the context of an evangelical church. The drama follows Stephen,… Read more: Edfringe Theatre Focus: Writer and actor Ian Tucker-Bell on the Outstanding rated Locusts - Edfringe Interview: Kylie Westerbeck and David Calvitto on I See You Watching
Blind Faith Theatre’s I See You Watching is “a provocative, darkly playful exploration of control, performance and rebellion. It is written by John Clancy and the script evolved out of… Read more: Edfringe Interview: Kylie Westerbeck and David Calvitto on I See You Watching - Is there a quintessential international joke? Edfringe stand-up comedy with Mike Blaha
Playing at Greenside, we are invited to “Join Mike on his global travels in search of the world’s best joke. On the way, have a good laugh with him as… Read more: Is there a quintessential international joke? Edfringe stand-up comedy with Mike Blaha - Solo Theatre on Identity: Cyrus Deboo on There’s Something Seriously Wrong With Cyrus
This solo play is billed thus: “A heartfelt and uplifting one-man show about an Indian-Persian gay man navigating the complexities of his identity. Born to immigrant parents, Cyrus takes audiences… Read more: Solo Theatre on Identity: Cyrus Deboo on There’s Something Seriously Wrong With Cyrus - Edinburgh Fringe Interview: Living on the Moon: In Conversation with Molly McFadden
Molly McFadden is a theatre artist and performer known for her solo show “Living on the Moon” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. She holds an MFA from Florida State… Read more: Edinburgh Fringe Interview: Living on the Moon: In Conversation with Molly McFadden - Edfringe House of Oz Focus: An Interview with Madelaine Nunn about Flick
Flick is a solo theatrical work presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, within the House of Oz program. The show runs from 31 July to 25 August at Summerhall… Read more: Edfringe House of Oz Focus: An Interview with Madelaine Nunn about Flick - Edfringe Youth Theatre Focus: Get Thee to this Audio File!
Alex Norcott, Drama Teacher at Denny High School near Falkirk, has gathered a cast drawn from Denny and other local High Schools to take to the Fringe. His play, Get Thee… Read more: Edfringe Youth Theatre Focus: Get Thee to this Audio File! - Who is reviewing at the Edinburgh Fringe?
In this regularly updated list, we share all of the sources we can find for show and event reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe… If you would like your web site,… Read more: Who is reviewing at the Edinburgh Fringe? - Edfringe Comedy Focus: Comedian, Nick Cheng on Project Comedy
Nick Cheng is a Comedian, Project Comedy Ambassador and Spitfire Comedy Booker. In this interview he talks about two shows at the Fringe that really showcase the important work that… Read more: Edfringe Comedy Focus: Comedian, Nick Cheng on Project Comedy - Solo shows to seek out
Long time FringeReviewer reviewer, Kate Saffin, trawls the previews for some early solo theatre Fringe suggestions Here’s my recommendations for some solo shows across different genres and several venues based… Read more: Solo shows to seek out - In Conversation With Lucy Watson of ‘Level Up!’
In the new comedy musical Level Up!, three friends are accidentally uploaded into a video game, each of them prioritizing different objectives in order to survive. We asked writer Lucy… Read more: In Conversation With Lucy Watson of ‘Level Up!’ - Drag Queen Writer Eddie Jen talks about creating a first show at Edinburgh Fringe 2025 with Jo Tomalin
Theatrical storyteller Eddie Jen from San Francisco talks with Jo Tomalin about creating a first ever show and performing it at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Passionate about writing, Jen creates,… Read more: Drag Queen Writer Eddie Jen talks about creating a first show at Edinburgh Fringe 2025 with Jo Tomalin - Efringe Interview: Meeting the co-writer and performer of Life Would Be Pretty Dull Without Sex, Raves and MDMA
Performer Bex Wall co-wrote new theatre piece Life Would Be Pretty Dull Without Sex, Raves and MDMA with Asante Gregory. She chatted to Paul Levy about how the show came… Read more: Efringe Interview: Meeting the co-writer and performer of Life Would Be Pretty Dull Without Sex, Raves and MDMA - New Writing Edfringe Interview: Rob Thompson on Piano Smashers
Rob Thompson talks about Piano Smashers which plays at theSpaceUk. Fresh from an award-winning run at Brighton Fringe 225, Piano Smashers is “a new play by Rupert Page and Rob… Read more: New Writing Edfringe Interview: Rob Thompson on Piano Smashers - Podcast Interview: A Work-In-Progress show at the Edinburgh Fringe
Danielle Solof is back at the Fringe with a work-in-progress solo show Freedom Camp, after success with The Balls of Philadelphia in 2024. “Danielle is breaking up with the United… Read more: Podcast Interview: A Work-In-Progress show at the Edinburgh Fringe - WATCH: Good wishes from FringeReview for a satisfying and successful Edinburgh Fringe
In this short video, Paul Levy from FringeReview wishes you all an enjoyable and fulfilling Edinburgh Fringe 2025. Whether you are a performer or a punter, the FringeReview team hope… Read more: WATCH: Good wishes from FringeReview for a satisfying and successful Edinburgh Fringe - Richard’s FringeView – 25
Preparation ! Sitting in my back garden, in the soft light of the early evening, I contemplate August in Edinburgh, asking myself how will I cope? This year will be… Read more: Richard’s FringeView – 25 - Paul T. Davies previews LGBTQ+ shows to look out for at the Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe festivals have always provided space for diversity to be heard, and Edinburgh has been no exception. Whilst it feels there are less LGBTQ+ productions this year, there is a… Read more: Paul T. Davies previews LGBTQ+ shows to look out for at the Edinburgh Fringe - Guest Blog: Henry Churney: Epstein Theatre Saturday 26th July
A night to remember for everyone!!! As founder of ‘Laugh For Life Comedy’ I was proud of all my participants from the course; Frank, Carmel, jeff, Andrea, Sue, Robbie, Ruth… Read more: Guest Blog: Henry Churney: Epstein Theatre Saturday 26th July - Guest Blog: Gwen Coburn: The Tiny Details That Make a Fringe Show Special
The Tiny Details That Make a Fringe Show Special (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Craft Store) A week before my Edinburgh Fringe debut, I’m sitting… Read more: Guest Blog: Gwen Coburn: The Tiny Details That Make a Fringe Show Special - WATCH: An audience guide to seeing shows on a budget at the Edinburgh Fringe
There are quite a few different ways to get to see shows at the end of the fringe when you are on the budget, from special offers to freebies. Attending… Read more: WATCH: An audience guide to seeing shows on a budget at the Edinburgh Fringe - Edinburgh Fringe Interview: Award-winning storyteller Stephen Smith on enduring horror
One Man Poe: One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven and One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum are both stand-alone shows at… Read more: Edinburgh Fringe Interview: Award-winning storyteller Stephen Smith on enduring horror - Podcast: Should you allow reviewers in to your preview shows?
With shorter runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, the question of whether fringe show makers can offered to miss a day for a preview show with press nights happending later is… Read more: Podcast: Should you allow reviewers in to your preview shows? - Edinburgh Fringe interview: A very personal story rooted in comedy and theatre: Meeting James Barr
Comedy performer James Barr brings James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum) to the Edinburgh Fringe 2025. Paul Levy talked with James about the… Read more: Edinburgh Fringe interview: A very personal story rooted in comedy and theatre: Meeting James Barr - Health and Wellbeing Focus: Dealing with the pre-fringe panic, worries and the downer
As the Edinburgh Fringe approaches, many performers and creators find themselves grappling with a blend of excitement and anxiety often dubbed the “pre-Fringe panic.” This period I find a bit… Read more: Health and Wellbeing Focus: Dealing with the pre-fringe panic, worries and the downer - Edinburgh Fringe Interview: Gwen Coburn on Comedy and Gender Violence
Sad Girl Songs is a musical comedy performed by Gwen Coburn at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025. The show combines humor with personal storytelling to examine issues related to gender violence,… Read more: Edinburgh Fringe Interview: Gwen Coburn on Comedy and Gender Violence - Edinburgh Fringe Guest Blog: Letters to Joan – The Journey Begins
Two years ago, I opened a box that would change my life. Inside were hundreds of love letters my grandparents wrote to each other the summer they met in 1956… Read more: Edinburgh Fringe Guest Blog: Letters to Joan – The Journey Begins - PODCAST: The state of the Edinburgh Fringe
Director of Sweet Venues and Sweet Productionsm J.D. Henshaw and FringeReview Editor reflect on Edfringe, past, present and future, its problematique and its possible virtues, in conversation at Durham Fringe… Read more: PODCAST: The state of the Edinburgh Fringe - Watch: FringeReview’s Edinburgh Fringe audience guide
Seeing Beyond the Familiar at Edinburgh Fringe 2025. FringeReview editor offers some tips and enjoying the freshest of the Fringe. The scale of the Edinburgh Fringe can obscure its most… Read more: Watch: FringeReview’s Edinburgh Fringe audience guide - The build up continues 19.7.25
As the build up continues to next weeks Epstein Theatre showcase I was in conversation this week with one of my trustees from my CIC “ Laugh For Life Comedy’… Read more: The build up continues 19.7.25 - Edfringe Focus: Bold Stories and Unfiltered Queerness: LGBTQ+ Theatre at theSpaceUK this Fringe
This Edinburgh Fringe, theSpaceUK presents a powerful range of LGBTQ+ theatre that is direct, imaginative and emotionally honest. These productions span science fiction, autobiographical monologue, satire, drag, poetry and puppetry.… Read more: Edfringe Focus: Bold Stories and Unfiltered Queerness: LGBTQ+ Theatre at theSpaceUK this Fringe - My top 10 Scottish Shows (plus a few extra) at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025
As we get closer and closer to Edinburgh and you are thinking of a patriotic cause – and yer Scottish – or you are looking to sample some performance or… Read more: My top 10 Scottish Shows (plus a few extra) at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 - My top 10 Youth shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 that is actualy 11…For me pure Youth Theatre is the one with no auditions and affordable fees or no fees at all. Targeted at bringing a democratic, eclectic and inclusive group together it… Read more: My top 10 Youth shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 that is actualy 11…
- On the road to Buxton 13.7.24 with the gang
Sunday 13th July 2025. Myself and the gang of 6 made our way on a very hot day to Buxton Fringe. A 7pm performance beckoned for 2 WIPs for the… Read more: On the road to Buxton 13.7.24 with the gang - Guest Blog: Henry Churney – Buxton Review 18.7.25BEHIND THE LAUGHTER & LIFE LESSONS OF A GRANDFATHER – Laugh For Life Comedy Last Sunday 13th July The gang of six and myself went for a day trip to Buxton… Read more: Guest Blog: Henry Churney – Buxton Review 18.7.25
- Guest Blog: Henry Churney: The Build up continues 18.7.25
The road to Edinburgh continues for the gang and more from the comedy course. On Saturday 26th July the famous Epstein Theatre in Liverpool is hosting ‘Laugh For Life Comedy… Read more: Guest Blog: Henry Churney: The Build up continues 18.7.25 - In Conversation with Amy Yeo of ‘Well Behaved Women’
After huge success at the 2023 Fringe with Crash and Burns, writer Amy Yeo returns to Gilded Balloon with Well Behaved Women, a play about three Victorian-era friends who ‘are… Read more: In Conversation with Amy Yeo of ‘Well Behaved Women’ - Edfringe Guest Blog: Henry Churney: Crowdfunding
https://greenlit.com/project/laugh-life-comedy My project laugh For Life Comedy is trying to raise funds for more individuals to go to other Fringes around the country. We especially want to get more next… Read more: Edfringe Guest Blog: Henry Churney: Crowdfunding - Edfringe Guest Blog: Henry Churney: Buxton and moreWith Edinburgh Fringe getting closer and if you live in the Buxton area then this show on Sunday Night at the Buxton Fringe at the amazing High Peaks Bookshop might… Read more: Edfringe Guest Blog: Henry Churney: Buxton and more
- Edfringe Guest Blog: Henry: A starting point
Hello. this is my first Edinburgh Fringe blog and I have so much to tell you! First I am a Liverpool (Scouse) Stand-Up Comedian , who now teaches stand -up… Read more: Edfringe Guest Blog: Henry: A starting point
