Reading Time: 2 minutesOlaf Falafel is perhaps best known for regular appearances on ‘Best Jokes of the Fringe’ lists, fusing intelligent construction with a delightful surrealism.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s a brilliant premise at the heart of Kirsty Mann: Corpse: a couple buy a suspiciously cheap old house, only to discover that the previous occupant may not have quite left it behind.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is difficult to say what really haunted Dylan Howells’ childhood bathroom, but he brings it straight into the venue for ‘Forget About Me’.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRosie Jones has her audience under her spell the instant she enters the room. A glint in her eye and glee on her face, we anticipate she is about to exercise her trademark mischief, and we are not disappointed.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat happens when 19 Gaullier trained clowns walk into a bar? A playful mix of chaos and comedy, if this immersive revival of William Sayoran’s The Time Of Your Life is anything to go by.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFractured opens with a brain-damaged teenager being cross-examined, mixing up her words under scrutiny.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAufguss is a guided sauna ceremony developed in Central Europe. It literally translates to “infusion” or “a pouring over” in German and features an Aufgussmeister, or sauna master, using essential oil-infused balls of ice, repeatedly pouring water on the heated stones of the sauna stove, and then circulating the scented steam with choreographed towel movements.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat I Talk About When I Run About Talking is a polished hour of stand-up built around therapy, mental health, mortality and the prospect of facing down death.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFilm Noir Frog returns to the Fringe after an initial run in 2024, bringing with it a knowingly silly, high-energy take on the classic film noir.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJoseph Morpurgo returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his first solo show in a decade, having previewed his return last year with a revival of his hit show Soothing Sounds for Baby at Soho Theatre.