My Edinburgh festival
A behind-the-scenes account of life as a performer at the Edinburgh festival
My Edinburgh: Nish Kumar – It's a party. I'm a factory of good times
With few other skills other than building Lego, the comedian is a pushover for extra gigs. Besides, this is a city that values kebabs, he tells Nosheen Iqbal
My Edinburgh: Nat Luurtsema – eyeball ulcers at a Mark Watson show
The comic and writer may have ended up in A&E four years running, but she'd never go anywhere but Edinburgh in August
My Edinburgh: Tom Wrigglesworth on all the things that have made him cry
My Edinburgh: Zoe Lyons – spending too much time with chickens
My Edinburgh: Alistair McGowan – tethering Placido Domingo with chains
Nosheen Iqbal: The impressionist talks about his typical festival experience, and explains why it is like Wimbledon for performers
My Edinburgh: Josh Widdicombe on why his food rots
The comedian tells us about the festival's best party and bemoans what to do when someone pees on your flyer
My Edinburgh: Christian O'Connell
The radio host talks about great pubs, rubbish ghost tours, missing all the cool parties and getting a flyer for his own show
My Edinburgh: Bridget Christie – on Arthur's Seat with a blanket and cattle
My Edinburgh: Julian Clary – in a graveyard with Fanny the Wonder Dog
Edinburgh festival diary: 'Sorry if I punched someone'
Susan Calman: In my last column I'm rounding up the highlights, lowlights and strangest bits of this year's festival – or those I can recall
Edinburgh festival diary: 'Hello, I'm Mary and I'm a secretary in your office'
I use my down-time to join office workers and pretend I work with them. It's great to bond over stationery, says Susan Calman
Edinburgh festival diary: 'God feels threatened by my amazing show'
When it comes to self-promoting tweets, there's a fine line between wit and desperation, writes Susan Calman
Edinburgh festival diary: 'He punched me in the back so I chased him'
No one was coming to see my first fringe show and this boy was the human embodiment of a two-star review
Edinburgh festival diary: 'Doing standup and kids' TV takes a bit of juggling'
Susan Calman: If you're a kids' TV presenter fans may come up to you at any time – even when you're being a foul-mouthed drunk in a bar
Susan Calman's Edinburgh festival diary
Comedian Susan Calman is delivering daily dispatches about life as a fringe performer. Today, she wonders if working on death row has helped her deal with tough crowds
Edinburgh festival diary: 'Insomnia can have serious festival side effects'
Susan Calman: Having too much time on your hands could see you – the horror – hanging out with other comedians
Susan Calman's Edinburgh festival diary
Comedian Susan Calman will be delivering daily dispatches about life as a performer at the fringe. Today she asks: how drunk is too drunk for a comedy show?
Susan Calman's Edinburgh festival diary
Comedian Susan Calman will be delivering daily dispatches about life as a performer at the fringe. Today, she says if you think the Olympics is competitive, you should see Edinburgh in August
Susan Calman's Edinburgh festival diary
Comedian Susan Calman will be delivering daily dispatches about life as a performer at the fringe. Today, she asks how comics should draw attention to their shows. By being nice, perhaps?
Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh
This is my final column and I've been thinking about my festival highs and lows
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