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Rhiannon Shaw interviews the small French child who’s moved into her house
Rhiannon Shaw sits down to chat with Caroline [Surname Unknown], the French exchange student who never went home and now has a starring role in Rhiannon’s show Wedding Night. The results are riveting.
Schalk Bezuidenhout: Where to sleep in Edinburgh (when you have no accommodation)
It is only a matter of time before accommodation at Edinburgh Fringe becomes so unaffordable that a flat or room will be out of the question. Here is Schalk Bezuidenhout’s top 10 places to sleep for the month
Benjamin Alborough’s Interactive game for you, the Edinburgh Fringe Tsar
Benjamin Alborough, connoisseur of interactive comedy, has created this interactive roll-a-dice game for you, the reigning monarch of the Fringe, to decide how you will spend your day (and money).
Matt Hutchinson’s Fantasy Fringe: At home, fun and not entirely uphill
Matt Hutchinson has some wild dreams about Edinburgh Fringe being fun, affordable AND not exhausting? This may actually be the most unreasonable scenario yet…
Kathy Maniura: The Fantasy Fringe of 3 staple Fringe objects
If anyone has the clearest vision of the future Fringe, it’s the veterans who’ve been there, year in, year out. Kathy Maniura presents the Fantasy Fringe of 3 staple Fringe objects
John Tothill: The Crete Festival Fringe
John Tothill has uncontroversially been given £300m by the Fringe Society. Unrelated, he’s booked a holiday to Greece in the middle of August and decided to channel £300m into moving the Fringe to Greece.
10 changes to make Edinburgh Fringe Troll-friendly
You might not always see them but you’re never more than two metres away from a Troll. In a bid to make it more Troll friendly, the Edinburgh Fringe has implemented these changes.
‘6:30pm, tell Russell Howard he’s smelly’: Alex Franklin’s super chill Fringe
Alex Franklin is chill. Because they’re so chill, they’re going to have a perfect Fringe. Follow this schedule to the minute every single day for your very own entirely chill Fringe.
Lachlan Werner: 7 Hot Ghoul Boss Hexes from Brew The Witch
Lachlan and Brew the witch are making their debut together. As a witch, Brew just knows things, so she’s got a list of tips for being the ultimate Fringe ghoul boss
Lorna Rose Treen: My Talentless Nephew's Fringe Festival
Lorna Rose Treen is an extremely talented character comedian. Unfortunately the talent doesn’t run in the family, because Lorna’s nephew has none of it. But for some reason, he’s decided to hold his own Fringe at his parents’ house.
Elf & Duffy: What if everyone at Edinburgh Fringe mimed and gestured?
Elf and Duffy are bringing their show Heist to the Fringe. Duffy signs, Elf doesn’t. Elf speaks, Duffy doesn’t. In this piece, Duffy imagines what the Fringe would be like if everyone mimed.
Kuan-wen Huang’s Everything Everywhere All At Once Edinburgh Fringe
How do you make the most of everything happening at Edinburgh Fringe? Kuan-wen Huang teams up with all his different multiverse selves to get the absolute best out of the fest.
Laura Ramoso’s German Mother Takes Over her Edinburgh Fringe Interview
The Daily Mail conducted an interview with Laura Ramoso’s German Mother about her daughter’s Edinburgh Fringe show. The interview never made it to print, so we scooped it up and published it ourselves.
Charlie Vero-Martin and Mr Basketcase’s Edinburgh Crossword
Have a go at Charlie Vero-Martin and Mr Basketcase’s Edinburgh crossword
Freya Parker: How to Stay Healthy and Cheeky at the Fringe
The rumours are true: Freya Parker is a cheeky little guy. And she has some tips on how to make this Fringe the cheekiest Fringe possible.
Larry Owens’ Diva Dinner Party With Stars of Old Broadway
Larry Owens imagines a world where Julie Garland, Elaine Stritch and Barbra Streisand watch his Edinburgh Fringe show…
‘A day at the Fringe is heaven; a year is hell’: Adam Flood’s Groundhog Fringe
Adam Flood is stuck in a loop, doing the same show every single day for a whole month — what is this fresh hell? It’s Groundhog Fringe, and he’s determined to nosedive every single time.
Rosalie Minnitt: Every show the Succession characters would do at Edinburgh Fringe
This summer, join Succession’s brightest starlets as they head up to the ultimate narcissist’s playground, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, for their much anticipated debut hours. By Rosalie Minnitt.
Butt vacuums and zero gravity: At the Space Fringe with Zoe Brownstone
Zoe Brownstone has taken a show up into space because that’s what everyone is doing. Join her in the Moon Room for an hour of jokes about the end of the world, because what’s funnier than impending doom?
Simon David’s 10 Tips For A Fantastic Edinburgh Fringe!
Proud, gay comedian, Simon David provides his positive 10 step guide for anyone bringing a show to the world’s best arts festival