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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2026 – Darryl J – Tennish

Season 22

Episode 8

00:24:14

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 Edinburgh Fringe Show 2026 – Thom Tuck – The Wolf Of Poyais

August 12, 2026

Episode 7

00:25:21

“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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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2025 – Sarah Bowles – The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards

August 19, 2025

Season 21

Episode 15

00:18:41

One of the key returns for many acts and troupes from the Fringe is to come away with an award. There’s an insane amount of competition to win one, but they can set the tone of your career for the following years.

But what does it take to manage and run one of the awards?

The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards started in the years after Covid-19, and brought a fresh look at the comedy scene across the Fringe. With over 700 shows to see, it’s a vast undertaking to see, to judge, and to decide. On the four awards – best show, best newcomer, best tech, and panel prize

I decided to find out more, and spoke to ISH’s Sarah Bowles.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2025 – Jay Saunders and Nick Cheng – Project Comedy

August 12, 2025

Season 21

Episode 11

0:31:00

Jay Saunders and Nick Cheng are from Project Comedy; a part of Project Recce, which helps Military Veterans and Service Leavers to move from military service to civilian employment.

As they describe it, “military humour is more than just entertainment—it’s a survival tool. It forges camaraderie, boosts morale, and keeps teams strong in the toughest conditions. Now, through Project COMEDY, veterans can harness that same power of humour to improve their well-being, master new skills, and stand out in civilian careers.”

This is the first year that the Project Comedy team has brought shows to Edinburgh. The Fringe can offer more, so I listen to Jay and Nick as they talk about the power of healing that the Fringe can offer, how the Fringe can help introduce the Project to a broader audience, and how this will help build the project for the future.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2025 – Narin Oz – Inner Child(ish)

August 11, 2025

Season 21

Episode 10

00:18:01

As week 2 starts here in Edinburgh, let’s welcome Narin Oz to the pod. Returning to the Fringe with her fourth show, Inner Child(ish) sees Oz looking to reconnect with her titular inner child … through the medium of the Tom Hanks motion picture Castaway.

Her inner child misbehaves, breaks rules, and flips reality around. Behind all this is Narin learning to live in a world of neurotypical people surrounding her neurodiversity. Why live in reality when you can skip over, under, around, and through it?

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2025 – Kit Loyd – Frenzy

August 5, 2025

Season 21

Episode 6

00:21:48

One of the delights of the Edinburgh Fringe is finding something that’s just a single step to the side of your average show. It’s in those little side streets where you can find something spectacular.

Kit Loyd is on one of those side streets. He’s brought Frenzy to the Fringe, a delightful and engaging mix of comedy, physical theatre, and mime. It’s also his first full hour at the Fringe.

I sat down with Kit to talk about bringing a debut show to Edinburgh, his expectations, and how he discovered that his forte is mime and physicality.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2025 – Saaniya Abbas – Hellarious

August 4, 2025

Season 21

Episode 5

00:20:18

Today’s guest is Saaniya Abbas. From the UAE comedy scene, she is the first local comic to officially debut a solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe this August.

How do you go from a sheltered upbringing in New Delhi to a sometimes controversial comedy career? We talk about Sanniya’s background and her first steps in comedy, before finding wider acclaim and turning a hobby into a profession.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2025 – Barry Ferns – My Seven Years As Lionel Ritchie

August 1, 2025

Season 21

Episode 4

00:27:57

Some will know him from the dim and distant past as Barry Ferns. Edinburgh Fringe historians will know him as Lionel Ritchie. Others in the comedy scene of 2025 will know him, once more, as Barry Ferns.

And there you have the premise for his Fringe show, My Seven Years As Lionel Ritchie. This strong narrative hour charts the highs and lows of being a professional comic at the Fringe, the lead up to the shows, the many years of “this year is the one”, the debt, the bankruptcy, and the return to the scene.

We touch on many of these subjects in today’s interview to give you a flavour of what all performers face at the Fringe, as well as putting Barry’s work at Angel Comedy and The Bill Murray into context.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Anthony Alderson, The Pleasance Theatre Trust

August 23, 2024

Season 20

Episode 19

00:32:48

As we come to the end of week three, we sit down with Anthony Alderson, director of The Pleaseance Theatre Trust.

We touch on several critical issues running one of the largest venues at the Edinburgh Fringe, including the continuing impact of COVID and the importance of government funding to the Fringe community and The Pleasance. Given the cost of the Fringe is on everyone’s minds, we talk about turnover, tickets, and artistic risk.

We also talk about the work of The Plesance to support and promote the arts at Edinburgh in August and throughout the rest of the year, including various Pleasance Futures projects and the ambition of creating sustainable touring for theatre in the UK.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Tim Benzie, Solve Along A Murder She Wrote

August 22, 2024

Season 20

Episode 18

00:24:29

Tim Benzie joins us on the show today to talk about his two Fringe shows, “It’s A Mystery” and “Solve Along A Murder She Wrote”. Yes, he loves his cosy crime shows, but doesn’t everyone secretly love a mystery?

We start with the rules of detective fiction before our talk turns to Agatha Christie and Dame Angela Lansbury, how you can do a solve-along-a with a murder, and the advantages of having two shows at the Fringe where one is guaranteed to get the ticket sales.

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