‘They’re dumb – but I want to win’: comedians tell of the highs and lows of the Edinburgh fringe awards
Edinburgh festival 2024: find the funny with these 20 comedy shows
January 2024
Stamptown review – late-night comedy cabaret is a helter-skelter delight
Across 75 haywire minutes, Zach Zucker’s variety show features fire-breathing, copious nudity and superb performances from acts including Natalie Palamides
December 2020
Nate: A One Man Show review – outrageous and electrifying comedy
Natalie Palamides’s drag king show remains both raucous and subtle, as it explores grey areas around consent
September 2020
The Boss of It All review – whimsical Lars von Trier workplace comedy
This larky Zoom-era adaptation of the director’s film about white-collar leadership is full of improv-style gusto
June 2020
Lockdown culture
Stamptown Comedy Night review – flying the flag for leftfield comedy
Live cabaret becomes alternative sketch show as the Stamptown gang make merry with Zoom-era laughs
November 2018
What happens when a man performs a woman's drag show about consent?
The funniest thing
Natalie Palamides: ‘I’ve had two perms. I regret neither. Fuzzy hair's gr8’
August 2018
Young women are smashing it at Edinburgh as the #MeToo legacy kicks in
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Natalie Palamides review – big, uneasy laughs in fearless Time's Up comedy
July 2018
Can you do comedy about rape? Natalie Palamides thinks so
All the fun of the fringe: the best comedy to see in Edinburgh, part two
August 2017
Edinburgh festival fringe comedy award shared for first time