Pleasance Dome, EdinburghHelm's first new show since 2013 combines humour and emotional intimacy, directly addressing his depression Nick Helm was doing mental health comedy before it got tr…
This year's Edinburgh fringe was full of wokeness jokes from liberal standups as well as a host of conservative comedians who punch down Has there been a rise in rightwing comedy? Or just mo…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghThe comedy duo " who don't do things by half " send themselves up as they attempt to reassemble their teenage band for one longed-for final gig 'I don't do things by…
Assembly George Square Studios, EdinburghIn a wistful show with playful paradoxes, the comic ruminates on the little round face on our wrists and what it means 'Did the people who set time g…
Assembly Roxy, EdinburghAs politicised as each of its predecessors but the musical comics also explore the ineffable mysteries of life 'As of right now, we're no longer political." That's t…
Brookes has won the biggest prize in live comedy, with Catherine Cohen named best newcomer and Jessica Brough recognised for her Fringe of Colour project The Edinburgh Comedy award has found…
Gilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghThe Australian standup's show is stuffed with arbitrary observations " and some of the funniest moments on the fringe Absurdism-gone-haywire won the 2015 Edin…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe comic lets rip " if only a bit " for a fine hour of standup about new parenthood and his fogeyish tendencies The only thing holding Ivo Graham back in previ…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe comic relives playground traumas in an attempt to make sense of his stunted emotions in this award-nominated show It's a common complaint among comedians t…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghStrangers' junk items give a semblance of structure to the latest by this gloriously skittish man-child who revels in the inane Spencer Jones's new show is set …
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Sordidly silly sketches including a semi-clothed standoff, a gory childbirth and an appearance by Satan bring the house down with their delinquent humour We wa…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe Bristolian standup's blunt good sense is deployed to optimal effect in taking fashionable feminism in the Instagram age to task After several shows in which…
London Hughes and Jessica Fostekew are among the comics on the shortlist of nine nominees, while Catherine Cohen is up for best newcomer The shortlist for the biggest prize in live comedy, …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghMcNicholas throws down a heavyweight hour of standup and storytelling about his champion grandad Terry Downes Terry Downes was world middleweight boxing champio…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghA Romanov raised by wolves meets a struggling Lancashire boy in a memoir dipped in glamour and pulsating to powerpop There's a well-travelled road from boy- or g…
Caught between self-love and neurosis, Cohen has taken Edinburgh by storm with a musical show that plays up to her generation's stereotypes. She's even got a song called Look At Me ... 'The…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghMatthew Greenhough's buzzy one-man show clashes comedy, factionalism and jazz trumpet into a plea for tolerance between the echo chambers Are we "trapped in sep…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh In a thoughtful sophomore fringe show, the standup reflects on her relationship with a fellow comic Sarah Keyworth's 2018 fringe show " which secured her a bes…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghSounds and samples are tailored to the hack comic's every comment, punchline and flirtatious wink in this fun character show The hack comic is such a mainstay of…
The Hive, EdinburghA hallucinogenic trip through the desert provides the basis for a standup show teeming with ideas but lacking true cohesion Desiree Burch is out of the traps at a gallop i…
The Caves, EdinburghThe comic turns his childhood trauma into a warm and deeply reflective show laced with jet-back humour An iron law of Edinburgh shows is that your trauma is your big reve…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBrookes delivers one of the coups of this year's fringe with this deconstruction of a standup set, in which you never know what he'll do next 'In all sincerity …
Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh The standup rails against old-fashioned ideals of femininity, the diet industry and society's policing of women's bodies. It's strong stuff. Who decides what'…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghWhen the billed act fails to materialise, front-of-house staff played by sketch duo Goodbear fill in " and prove themselves more than capable The audience has assemb…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWang is back with a new no-messing, harder-nosed attitude, along with excellent jokes including some choice one-liners Phil Wang made a little piece of fringe h…