Explore the world-renowned Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Ewan Spence through a mix of reviews, news, and interviews.
Welcome to the Edinburgh Fringe Show.
This BAFTA-nominated podcast is a mix of news from the biggest arts festival in the world, with interviews and reviews from the world of comedy, theatre, and music; featuring over 1000 guests since we started coverage in 2005.
Just as the Edinburgh Fringe went on hiatus in 2020, so did the Fringe podcast. The Fringe returned to a full roster for 2022, as did the podcast. Following the 2022 Fringe, we explored our extensive library of guests with a weekly showcase interview from the archives.
With Fringe 2026 here, the big show is back for Season 22, bringing you the best flavour of the Fringe that we have done for twenty years.
Listen to all our shows online at edinburghfringe.thepodcastcorner.com. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your favourite podcast app, to never miss an episode.
You can also listen to the Edinburgh Fringe Show’s weekend Omnibus edition throughout August on Radio Six International and its syndication partners worldwide (check listings for details). We’re also partnered with Lothian Life where the podcast will sit alongside reviews and features from around the Fringe.
In 2024, Bryn Woz decided that the way forward was to write smutty poetry. From that rhyming moment, she has workshopped, performed, and reimagined her show ‘Smut’, and the current iteration is now on stage and on show in Edinburgh. The premise of washed-up burlesque superstar Entendre Entendre inviting audiences to the launch of her memoir, the titular Smut, is a gateway to a very eventful hour.
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Burlesque dancer Saint Stella brings a forgotten star to the Edinburgh Fringe. Their show, ‘Louise, The Last Dance ’, looks at Louise Weber. Known in history as La Goulue, and once heralded as the Queen of Montmarte, she was put on a pedestal for the creation of the can-can and the face of the Moulin Rouge, before being torn down by male business interests.
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Silent clown Darryl J is bringing two shows to the Fringe; the first is ‘Out of the Box’ in the afternoon, and the second is Tennish, late at night. Both are clowning shows; the latter is about learning the violin, the former has a box full of adventures, ready to be opened by anyone in the audience. What’s in the chat box between us? How about making a performance like a Pixar movie, clowning around the world, and what street performers can bring to the stage?
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“The Wolf Of Pryais” sits at the heart of Thom Tuck’s Edinburgh Fringe this year. Tuck inhabits the role of Gregor MacGregor, the 19th-century Scottish adventurer who convinced hundreds of people to invest in, and in some cases emigrate to, a country that did not exist… the fictional Central American territory of ‘Poyais.’
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Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe this year are Marnina Schon and Micah O’Konis. ‘Folk Marry Kill’ is a folktale about sex, death, and the hard question of “how often should a married couple, you know… folk?” We talk about the delights of writing a follow-up show, why “kill your darlings” is something they still have to contend with, and coming back to the Fringe with a little more experience.
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Em Stroud has popped into the Fringe Show studio today to talk about her show Navigating Life, a look at “what happens when we stop trying to control everything and simply ‘be’.” Em and I talk about her KPI metrics of Fringe 2026, finding the money to perform in Edinburgh, and the all-encompassing challenge of deciding on the colour of crisps.
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Elizabeth McCoy and Ken Gerniglia join me to talk about returning to one of the first-ever stories and using it as a line to highlight the world around us in ‘Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical,’ their approach to writing a musical, and the quiet anticipation of herding the young cast around the capital.
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Lubna Kerr returns to the Fringe in “A Better Memory”, an exploration of AI replicas, false memories, and questioning the truth. Lubna, and writer Ihsan Kerr, join me on the podcast to talk about the show, their familial and creative relationship, and critiquing cutting-edge AI technology through art.
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Our previews for Fringe 2026 start with We start with Guy Masterson, an Edinburgh Fringe veteran of 32 years. In a wide-ranging conversation, we talk about the five shows he is working with in 2026, the importance of live theatre, why artists have to shoulder much of the risk, and why we all keep coming back to the Fringe.
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