Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Print Interviews
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Drag Queen Wine Tasting
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 24th, 2022Performers: Vanity von Glow and Beth Brickenden Show: Drag Queen Wine Tasting Venue: Mono Restaurant Time: Noon Dates: 4th – 28th August (not 15) Link: Vanity von Glow’s Profile Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show – A drag queen and sommelier walk into a bar… and turn wine tasting on its head! We will […]
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Sarah Mills
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 24th, 2022Performer: Sarah Mills Show: Badass Venue: Pleasance Courtyard Time: 2:05pm Dates: 3rd – 29th August (except 15th) Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show! Hello, I’m Sarah Mills. I’m a disabled writer, performer and content creator from Stevenage. I am bringing my show BADASS […]
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Not Angry, Just Disappointed!
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 24th, 2022Show: Not Angry, Just Disappointed! Venue: Laughing Horse @ 32 Below (little cellar) Time: 5:30pm Dates: 4th to 11th August Photograph: Kendra Borgen Links: Website Twitter Instagram Facebook Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. Our show is all about our experiences of parenting. What child hasn’t heard the immortal phrase […]
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Nancy Clench
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 24th, 2022Show: Nancy Clench: If Your Symptoms Aren’t Life Threatening, Please Hold! Venue: Just The Tonic Nucleus Time: 9.30pm Dates: 4th – 28th August (except 15th) Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, The show charts Nancy’s journey from quitting drag at the start of the […]
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How to Be a Better Human
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 24th, 2022Show: How to Be a Better Human Venue: Summerhall, Red Lecture Theatre Time: 6pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (not 15th,22nd) Photographer: Tom Woollard Links: Instagram Website Twitter YouTube Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, How to Be a Better Human. How to Be a Better Human is a spoken […]
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One Bite Only
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: One Bite Only Venue: Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters (The Wee Room) Time: 6.15pm Dates: 4th-28th August (not 16th) Photographer: Jimi Longmuir Links: Instagram Twitter Website Facebook Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. One Bite Only is a show about love. Well sort of. Attempts at love, often failed attempts. It’s about the different types […]
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Blue Badge Bunch
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: Blue Badge Bunch Host: Benny Shakes, with co-hosts Kate Lovelock and Mark Nicholas Venue: Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Time: 11.30am Dates: 3rd-15th August 2022 Photographer: Liam Keown Links: Instagram Twitter Facebook Website Hi Benny Shakes! Please tell me about the show that you’re hosting, Blue Badge Bunch. My show is all about disability awareness, showing families […]
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Pearly Gates: A Kafkaesque Romcom in Heaven
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Performer: Calum Macleod Title of Show: Pearly Gates: A Kafkaesque Romcom in Heaven Venue: TheSpaceUK Dates and Times: 15th-20th, 11.25pm, TheSpace on the Mile, 21th-24th, 12.50pm, TheSpace on Niddry St., 27th, 4.55pm, theSpace on Niddry St. Photographer: Oliver Layzell Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. Recently deceased Sam has always got by on loveable […]
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Yasmine Day
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: Yasmine Day: Songs in the Key of Me Venue: PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms Time: 7.40pm Dates: 6th – 28th August (Not Tuesdays) Photographer: Rebecca Need-Menear Links: Instagram Twitter Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show… Firstly, I should introduce myself! I am Yasmine Day, International and world renowned pop diva. You […]
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Reuben Kaye
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: The Butch is Back Venue: Assembly Rooms – Check Point Time: 9:30pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (not Monday or Tuesday) Photographer: Jax Moussa Links: Instagram Twitter Website Facebook TikTok Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. How about I tell you about me instead. They call me the Ferrari of […]
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Paul Savage
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: Paul Savage: Well Groomed Venue: PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canon’s Gait Time: 4.30pm Dates: 6th – 27th August (not 17th) Photographer: Khandie Khisses Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show I don’t know about you, but I had a weird 2020, what with the old global pandemic. £15k of […]
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Ryan Wingfield
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: Ryan Wingfield: Trophy Husband Venue: Just the Tonic at the Grass Market, the Little Kirk Time: 7:20pm Dates: 4th -28th August (Not the 15th) Photographer: Andrew Perry Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, I’ve been performing comedy professionally for almost two decades, but when […]
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Olives and Blowjobs
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Performer: Ollie Maddigan Show: Olives and Blowjobs Venue The Space Triplex “Studio” Time: Times vary Dates: 6th to 28th August (not 14th, 21st) Photographer: Bobby K Stallwood Links: Instagram Twitter Tickets Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show: Olives and Blowjobs chronicles the tragic and comedic memories inspired from my childhood, detailing […]
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*not even* Remotely Funny
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: *not even* Remotely Funny Venue: Greenside Infirmary St. The Ivy Theatre Time: 7:30pm Dates: 5th-13th August Photographer: Felix Wright/Hannah McEwen Links: Instagram Twitter Facebook Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show: Set in a grimy student flatshare where the dishes are never done and the TV is never turned off, *not even* […]
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Mike Glazer and Julian Stern
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Performers: Mike Glazer and Julian Stern Show: Absolute Friendship! Venue: Edinburgh Little Theatre RSE Welcome West Time: 9pm Dates: 5th – 29th Aug Photographer: Lauren Hurt Links: Instagram Facebook TikTok Hi Mike. Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Absolute Friendship! Emmy-nominated comedian Mike Glazer (me) has performed for HBO, Comedy Central, Food Network, SXSW, BuzzFeed, […]
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Melissa Cole
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: Mo-to-the-oncle Performer: Melissa Cole Venue: Fringe Online Time: On Demand Dates: 5-29 August 2022 Links: Instagram Twitter Website Facebook TikTok Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Mo-to-the-oncle is a solo show about a teen boy in New York City who is forced to wear a […]
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Joey Rinaldi
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: Potty Training with Joey Rinaldi Venue: Greenside @Infirmary Street – Olive Studio Time: 5.30pm Dates: 5th – 27th August (not 14, 21) Photographer: Mike Bryke Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Potty Training with Joey Rinaldi is my solo show about a near death penis injury […]
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Edy Hurst
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: Edy Hurst’s Comedy Version of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of H.G. Wells’ Literary Version (Via Orson Welles’ Radio Version and Steven Spielberg’s Film Version) of the War of the Worlds Venue: Just the Tonic @ the Mash House Time: 10.40pm Dates: 16th – 23rd August Photographer: Edy Hurst© Links: Profile and Social […]
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Maryellen
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Performer: Maryellen Show: Call Me Me Venue: Zoo Playground Time: 5:45 pm Dates: 21st – 28th August Photographers: Keegan Joyce & Artemis Ioannides Links: TikTok YouTube Trailer Instagram Website Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show I’m obsessed with my show, in a good way, as in, I’m still […]
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Caitlin Cook
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall Venue: Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Time: 5:45pm Dates: 3th-29th August (not 17) Photographer: Mindy Tucker Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show: The Writing on the Stall is a one-woman bathroom stall graffiti musical, literally set in a dive bar […]
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Morecambe
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: Morecambe Venue: theSpaceTriplex – Studio Time: 3.10pm Dates: 5th – 13th August Photographer: Bridget Hickish Links: Twitter Company Tickets Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show “If I made you laugh, all well and good. If I made you care, even better” – Eric Morecambe Morecambe is a […]
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Human Fountains
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Show: Human Fountains Venue C Arts | C Venues | C Aquila Time: 7:20pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August Links: Instagram Twitter Website TikTok YouTube Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. Grab your umbrellas, and prepare for an incredibly wet and wild comedy ride. […]
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All-American Snack Attack
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 21st, 2022Performers: Mark Henely and Ben Miller Show: All-American Snack Attack Venue: Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, Upstairs Time: 1.30pm Dates: 18th – 28th Aug (not 20th, 21st, 23rd, 24th) Photographer: Bobby Sheehan Links: Instagram TikTok Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, All-American Snack Attack is a compilation comedy show that is also […]
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Oxford Imps
First published in On the Mic - Wednesday, July 20th, 2022Show: The Oxford Imps Venue: Gilded Balloon – Patter Hoose Time: 1:40pm Dates: 3rd-28th August (not 17th) Photographer: Mihir Sheth Links: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. The Oxford Imps have exploded back onto the comedy scene after the Covid hiatus, and we’re back at the Fringe having […]
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Andrew White
First published in On the Mic - Wednesday, July 20th, 2022Show: Andrew White (But Not in a Gay Way) Venue: Just the Tonic at The Caves / Just the Wee One Time: 6:50pm Dates: 4th – 28th August (not 15th) Photographer: Karla Gowett Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, But Not in a Gay […]
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