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From Chic's 'free cow' to the perils of free-range chicken ... the funniest gags so far from this year's standups
Steff Todd: My new boyfriend told me he's got my face as his wallpaper, whic…
From comedy about carveries to clean-eating rants, food is a huge theme at this year's festival fringe. The Guardian's restaurant critic gets stuck in
At Valvona & Crolla, a venerable Ed…
Plan your schedule with our roundup of top shows, ordered by start time. This page will be updated daily throughout the festival
BoutSummerhall, 10.20am, until 25 AugustAn exploration of bro…
Is the fringe ready for the brash standup who used to get paid in nachos and chicken wings? We meet one half of 2 Dope Queens as she fills her shoes with sweat
What does Phoebe Robinson want…
Summerhall, EdinburghBritish sign language interpretation adds energy to a dreary show in which doppelganger radio hosts mock an echo chamber of debate
Grey suits, grey hair, grey static. In…
Traverse, EdinburghMale psychotherapists feel the heat in pantomimic telling of a true story about the voyeuristic exploitation of a female patient's private disclosures
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Pleasance Dome, EdinburghWarping the conventions of theatre, this exhilarating play lays waste to the sky-high expense of the festival of which it is a part
At once a love letter and a massi…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghPolitics and family tensions fuel a precision-engineered debut show that fuses the mundane with the terrifying to smart effect
Janine Harouni's dilemma is that …
For performers, the fringe is a delirium-inducing month of nonstop work. They get just one day off throughout August " so they have to use it wisely…
I love my show and when you have a day…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghSociety's 'follow your dreams' mantra is pulled apart in a poignant show that tackles race, class and brotherly love
Is standup the perfect meritocracy? That's …
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghA group of friends have their worldviews picked apart by a seductive stranger in Jonathan Caren's well-acted drama
Stag parties are where masculinity supposedly …
Sadler's Wells, LondonYoung dancers, a reworked score and dynamic choreography bring blasts of rhythm, energy and feeling to the tale of star-cross'd lovers
Kissing till your lips are red ra…
Church Hill theatre, EdinburghThe 1927 company became darlings of the festival scene after their first fringe outing, but this showcase of traditional tales lacks urgency
When the Margate co…
Edinburgh Playhouse; Royal Opera House, LondonHelen Pickett's inspired new reworking of an American classic is a keeper. And the Bolshoi's comic turns on a collective farm prove irresistible…
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonAndrew Lloyd Webber's musical is so often staged it's tough to make it fresh, but Jamie Lloyd and co rise to the challenge
Apparently there are 250 babi…
King's theatre; Lyceum, Edinburgh; Minerva, ChichesterEnglish settlers terrorise Indigenous Australians in an unflinching production from Sydney; the aftermath of a homophobic killing is exp…
Underbelly, Cowgate, EdinburghThis slight drama, in which a woman sifts through old possessions and memories, leaves so much unsaid one wonders if there is any meaning at all
The premise of …
From the big stage to a dripping cave and someone's front room, performers run the gamut from light to darkIt was a sticky, stormy and rain-soaked first week at the Edinburgh fringe, but nev…
Underbelly, Cowgate, EdinburghThe National Youth Theatre's dynamic and maximalist meditation on social media puts the Facebook CEO on trial " and makes him tap dance
In a recent New Yorker c…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghRaucous and rude, the standup provides a whirlwind tour of her sexual history and blows past all objections with the G-force gusto of her performance
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Assembly George Square Gardens, EdinburghIn this intimate show backed by a live harp, the effortlessly charming comedian expounds on platonic, brotherly and romantic love
At one end of St P…
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe Australian absurdist lays waste to standup convention with glee and skill " but is she too clever for her own good?
No gimmicks, promises Zoë Coombs Mar…
Leith theatre, EdinburghThe performance poet absorbs all of the uncertainty and anger of our times, and pours it into ferocious, apocalyptic music that both wounds and heals
Rarely can a roo…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghDael Orlandersmith transforms into her characters, dispassionately inhabiting their reactions to the shooting of black teen Michael Brown by a white policeman
Dael…
I was told a man had been masturbating during my show. I've since heard of two other performers it has happened to. Isn't comedy meant to be a space where we can safely express ourselves?
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