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Not to go all Carrie Bradshaw on you (am I dating myself?) but the inspiration of my new show comes from love. Or rather, a crush. A war we’ve all ...

Mike Bubbins’s new stand up show ‘Retrosexual Male’ will be at the Assembly George Square 4 for the month of August so we caught up with him to talk about ...

After seven years of being single in LA, I finally met someone I connect with. So what if he lives in London? Dating in LA was hard, it is not ...

Micky P Kerr’s comedy show  ‘Lay-z’ will be at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the Just The Tonic Caves Wee One for the month of August so we caught up ...

Good Girl was born in the audience of a Bridget Christie show. I looked at this brilliant, furious, articulate woman raging emotionally about the state of the nation and I ...

Michael Stranney’s Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Welcome To Ballybeg’ will be at the Pleasance Courtyard – Below for the month of August so we caught up with him to talk about ...

I took a personality test earlier this year to find out if I was an introvert or an extrovert. My results came back negative…  I’m neither introvert nor extrovert. Apparently, ...

“I’ve gone Viral” there was a time when your mother really didn’t want to hear that. Now my mother beams and informs my cousins at funerals (the only time they ...

It all started at our 40 minute show at last year’s Fringe. We were fairly new to the game, playing what we think must have been an abandoned office (bits ...

My show Summer Camp is inspired by real life true events.  When I was 19 I worked on a kids camp in Pennsylvania, USA for 6 weeks.  I had zero ...

Growing up with social media is a blessing and a curse, all wrapped up in a complicated bow of empowerment and insecurity and finished off with a Valencia filter. #LuckyGirl! ...

Olaf Falafel presents The Marmosets Of My Mind at The City Café so we caught up with him for a quick Q and A.  Please tell us about your brand of ...

Rachel Parris is bringing her brand new hour Keynote to the Edinburgh Fringe this year so she wrote a piece for us on giving speeches to celebrate.  Use humour. If ...

Working with your best friend can be difficult. Fraught with battles over workload, time management and who makes the tea. But the founding and only members of Next Best Thing, ...

MARKUS BIRDMAN’s new comedy show ‘Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea’ will be at the Laughing Horse Br 50 for the month of August so we caught up ...

I live in a tiny bedroom that consists of mostly mattress, or as my boyfriend calls it, my “life raft” because I keep so much on it just so I ...

Larry Dean’s new stand up show ‘Fandan’ will be at the Monkey Barrel Basement for the month of August so we caught up with him to find out what we can expect.  ...

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows is at Assembly George Square Gardens throughout the Edinburgh Festival Fringe so we caught up with her for a little Q and A.  Please ...

I always hated the idea of a “one-woman show”. Just the term, “one-woman show” made me cringe and feel embarrassed for any woman who would dare to get on a ...

Kae Kurd’s Edinburgh Festival show ‘Kurd Your Enthusiasm’ will be at the Pleasance Courtyard Bunker 2 for the month of August so we caught up with him to talk about ...

JOAN is a drag king play about Joan of Arc. It’s a properly fun, sharp retelling of the Joan of Arc legend, set in medieval France-via-Bolton nightclub. Joan made history ...

I wrote a play that takes place mostly inside a whale and required at least five actors doubling, I showed it to Lucy Wray (Director, friend, all round rock) who ...

Walk of Shame is a show I wrote when I first got sober back in 2014, it’s a show about the extremes I go to in life and where it ...

Geoff Norcott's 'Right-Leaning But Well-Meaning' is at Underbelly George Square in August so we caught up with him for a little Q and A.  Please tell us about your brand of ...