Edinburgh festival 2018
Hands off my anecdote! The couple who mine their love-life for laughs
When you and your partner are both standups, mining your private life for jokes is a competitive business. But are there any limits? Sarah Keyworth and Catherine Bohart reveal all
Paul Fleckney
22, Jan, 2019 @4:08 PM
Top 10 comedy shows of 2018
We had volcanic eruptions from Nish Kumar, open-heart anguish from Jessie Cave and cold lasagne from James Acaster. But no one could beat the wild blazing brilliance of Flight of the Conchords
Brian Logan
18, Dec, 2018 @6:00 AM
Making an entrance: five of the UK's best young theatre companies
From dreams of destruction to alien encounters, these fledging companies are making impressive experimental work
Kate Wyver
10, Oct, 2018 @5:00 AM
'My testicle was so big, you could play it like a bongo'
Michael Patrick’s youth was blighted by a bizarre testicular condition and the death of his father. They provided the perfect material for his moving and wincingly funny one-man show
Chris Wiegand
06, Sep, 2018 @5:00 AM
Race is still a touchy subject at the Edinburgh fringe
As the only brown person in the room at The Glang Show, I couldn’t shake a sense of otherness when a quip turned sour
Nick Ahad
28, Aug, 2018 @2:32 PM
Joke's over: why standups should refresh the tired 'Edinburgh show'
The classic Edinburgh comedy show lasts an hour, with a strong narrative component and an inevitable ‘sad bit’. But this rigid template is stifling creativity
Paul Fleckney
28, Aug, 2018 @5:00 AM
Edinburgh festival fringe companies back 'bed tax' after another record year
Promoters say they could support levy to fund arts and tourism as they hail bumper ticket sales
Severin Carrell Scotland editor
27, Aug, 2018 @4:59 PM
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Harding review – joyous and radiant Mahler
In the international festival’s closing concert, Daniel Harding explored the light and shade of Mahler’s huge eighth symphony in an unforced and uplifting reading
Rowena Smith
27, Aug, 2018 @2:33 PM
Olga Koch review – from Russia with love and oligarchs
In a spirited Edinburgh debut, the daughter of a former deputy PM of Russia tells her father’s fascinating story
Brian Logan
27, Aug, 2018 @11:22 AM
Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse review – tomboy tales and top-notch jokes
The LGBTQ+ standup twists gender into new shapes in a fringe debut that feels like a great intro to a fresh comic personality
Brian Logan
27, Aug, 2018 @9:37 AM
La Cenerentola review – Cinderella has a ball with exuberant panto kitsch
Stefan Herheim’s Lyon Opera production is hyperactively camp – even the conductor has a cameo – but the singing is warm and rich
Rowena Smith
26, Aug, 2018 @9:57 AM
The week in theatre: The Prisoner; The End of Eddy – review
Peter Brook’s meditation on justice is imprisoned by its own virtues, while Édouard Louis’s powerful teenage memoir translates vividly to the stage
Susannah Clapp
26, Aug, 2018 @7:00 AM
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