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Interviews, short stories, tips & advice, quizzes, games, manifestos, opinions, all of it nonsense.
Chris Weir: The Worst Gays in History, Revealed
Chris Weir is debuting at the Edinburgh Fringe with Well Flung. While we believe that no queer person has ever done a single thing wrong in all of history, Chris disagrees and has compiled a list of the worst gays ever.
Mustafa Algiyadi: A front row seat to the Judgement Day budget cuts
Mustafa Algiyadi is debuting at Edinburgh Fringe this year with Almost Legal Alien. Here, he gives us unique behind-the-scenes access beyond the pearly gates as austerity hits the heavens.
Will Owen: Picking the Strictly Come Dancing line-up at Edinburgh Fringe
Will Owen is making his debut at Edinburgh Fringe with Like, Nobody’s Watching. Will has compiled a guide to casting Strictly Come Dancing from the Edinburgh Fringe pool.
Chelsea Birkby: Are you an oversharer? Take the quiz!
Chelsea Birkby is back at Edinburgh Fringe with her show This is Life, Cheeky Cheeky. And she’s created a cheeky quiz for you to work out how mentally ill you are!
Martin Angolo’s top 5 audience interactions (...or, what not to say to a comedian)
Martin Angolo is bringing his show Idiot Wind to the Edinburgh Fringe. We’re all for audience interaction, but maybe just not in any of these ways…
Ruby Carr: The 10 weirdest things I have found on eBay
Ruby Carr is making her Edinburgh Fringe debut with her show eBae. In the course of her online travels, she’s seen some weird stuff for sale and shares the top 10 strangest eBay finds with us!
Katie Green: How to make your life like the Bachelorette
Katie Green is making her Edinburgh Fringe debut with ¡Ay Mija! Here, she gives us the scoop on how to make your life into the ultimate dating show.
Is Kate Cheka the new messiah?
Kate Cheka is making her debut at Edinburgh Fringe with her show, The Messiah Comes. But is the messiah actually her…?
Dan Wye’s top 5 Edinburgh dating tips
Dan Wye is back at Edinburgh Fringe. These are their top five surprisingly useful Fringe dating tips (Dan: “the only time I will be giving just the tip”).
Amy Mason’s 10 simple ideas for coming out as a queer woman
Amy Mason brings her show Free Mason to Edinburgh Fringe, where she talks all about coming out in her late 30s. She’s full of wisdom on how YOU could do the same!
Runi Talwar: 5 Secret Techniques To INSTANTLY Increase Your Luck
Runi Talwar is making his Edinburgh Fringe debut. Find out how he got to be so lucky here, with these five handy tips!
Kiran Saggu: 10 jobs men hate when women have
Kiran Saggu is making her Edinburgh Fringe debut with her show Slacks. As a woman, she has a job and while that is frankly un-chic in this day and age, it is sometimes unavoidable. She’s compiled a list of the jobs you — a woman — should avoid if you want a man.
Bella Humphries: The Ultimate Playlist for Hormonal Girlies!
Bella Humphries is bringing her debut show Square Peg to Edinburgh Fringe. She’s noticed the month-long festival shares some similarities with the menstrual cycle and has a foolproof plan for dealing with it!
Stevie Martin: What REALLY goes on behind the scenes of a preview
Stevie Martin is bringing her show, clout, to Edinburgh Fringe. Here, she reveals what’s actually happening at a comedy show preview
2 Muslim 2 Furious: Aisha Amanduri and Hasan Al-Habib spill their innermost thoughts
Aisha Amanduri and Hasan Al-Habib are bringing their split-bill 2 Muslim 2 Furious to Edinburgh Fringe. Here, they reveal their innermost thoughts as they vaguely try to date each other.
Zoë Coombs Marr’s Guide to Gossip
Zoë Coombs Marr is bringing her show Every Single Thing In My Whole Entire Life to the Edinburgh Fringe. Here, she tells us why gossip is so important and how to do it properly!
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Why our All Killa No Filla podcast has the best fans
For ten years now, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Rachel Fairburn have been hosting true crime comedy podcast, All Killa No Filla. The fans, ‘Legends’, have grown to their thousands. Kiri tells us why they’re the best fans around
(some of) LMAOnaise’s favourite comedy shows of 2023
A round up of some of LMAOnaise’s favourite comedy shows of 2023
Beer mats: Stuart Laws’ ode to the silent protectors
Stuart Laws is attempting to break the world record for number of beer mats flipped and caught in a minute. The current record stands at 74. Laws is going to hit 75. He has three attempts. Can he deliver? We asked him to tell us about the phenomenon of beer mat flipping and exactly what it means to him.
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.