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Edinburgh Fringe Round Up - Week One

The 2025 Fringe sees comedians explore their bodies rather than their brains

Evening Standard

Best of the fest: 10 of the best shows to catch at this year’s Edinburgh fringe

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

The Guardian - UK

You’re definitely having a laugh! Six hot comedy debuts at Edinburgh fringe 2025

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 festival

The Guardian - UK

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Fringe gigs and media coverage 'harder for trans people to get', comic says

TRANS comedians have had less coverage in the media and struggled to book shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, it has been claimed ...

The National (Scotland)

‘My family were horrified’: comedian Sophie Zucker on her hilarious cousin-kissing funeral musical

A writer on The Daily Show who has been compared to Barbra Streisand, the New York comic has an unashamedly attention-seeking show at the Edinburgh fringe

The Guardian - UK

Mervyn Stutter: ‘If landlords stay greedy, they will kill the Edinburgh festival’

The comedian, songwriter and actor on how Scotland’s annual arts jamboree has evolved, loathing corporate gigs and his Pick of the Fringe turning 30

The Guardian - UK

Top comics rally around tearful actor who had one person show up to her Edinburgh Fringe show

Georgie Grier completed her one-woman play anyway

Evening Standard

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Jason Manford consoles tearful Edinburgh Fringe actor after one person turns up to her show

Actor Georgie Grier was gutted after no one turned up to her one-woman play

The Independent UK

Jason Manford and Dara Ó Briain console Edinburgh Fringe actor after only one person attends show

Actor Georgie Grier made the honest admission on X

The Independent UK

Comedians offer support to actor after only one person attends Edinburgh show

Comedians Dara O Briain and Jason Manford offered comfort to actor Georgie Grier.

The Independent UK

A bot walks into a bar … Edinburgh fringe performers use AI to write jokes

All aspects of artificial intelligence will get the comic treatment at this summer’s festival

The Guardian - UK

Sam Campbell once joked about killing me – but the Aussie comedian’s Edinburgh win is well-deserved

The baby-faced oddball has gone from performing to tiny audiences to winning live comedy’s most coveted prize, the Edinburgh festival fringe comedy award

The Guardian - AU

Meet the TikTok comedians taking over this year’s Edinburgh Fringe

A new wave of comedy stars has built big followings on TikTok – and now they’re heading to Edinburgh. Isobel Lewis meets the acts making the leap from the For You page to the Fringe

The Independent UK

Post-Brexit visa rules a ‘disaster’ for arts, says Edinburgh festival director

Fergus Linehan calls for visa-free travel for British artists to solve logistical problems of touring

The Guardian - UK

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