Edinburgh Festival

Comedian, writer and actor Lucy Frederick blogs for Broadway World about bringing Big Fat Wedding to the Fringe, writing a comedy show with a positive message and how her performances resonate with different audiences.

Writer and performer Jenna Fincken blogs for Broadway World about premiering Ruckus at the Fringe. She details how she has sensitively created work which deals with real people’s experiences, self-care for her audiences and how theatre challenges social narratives.

Chortle’s Best Newcomer Nominee Patrick Spicer blogs for Broadway World about bringing Who’s This All Of A Sudden? to Edinburgh, his heightened emotions, lying about your sexual conquests and why honesty is always the best policy.

Writer Justin Elizabeth Sayre blogs for Broadway World about bringing Lottie Plachett Took A Hatchet to the Fringe, writing a play based on a true crime and the process of turning research and facts into a new and comedic storyline

Kylie Brakeman blogs for Broadway World about bringing her character comedy Linda Hollywood’s Big Hollywood Night to the Fringe, how she creates her characters and why she’s given Linda her very own show

Guest Blog: Jordan Gray brings effervescent new comedy show to the Fringe

Comedian Marcia Belsky blogs for Broadway World about bringing Man and Woman (with comedy partner Jake Cornell) to a new audience in their Edinburgh Fringe debut. Here, she tells us about how writing a two-hander is a different skill to penning a stand-up show and what it’s like working so closely with Jake.

Kathy Maniura and Derek Mitchell of ‘Horseplay’ blog for Broadway World about bringing Bareback to the Fringe, the way they create their absurdist sketches and the effect the pandemic had on their talking vagina character.

Katie Pritchard discusses Disco and it’s influence on her writing.

BWW catches up with Jon Culshaw to chat about bringing Flying High- Les Dawson to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with Séayoncé to chat about bringing Res-Erection to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Musical comic Grant Busé blogs for Broadway World about bringing SentiMENTAL to the Fringe and the joys and pitfalls of nostalgia for both himself, and his audiences.

BWW catches up with the team behind The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much to chat about bringing the show to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with writer and performer Jason Brownlee to chat about bringing Today I Killed My Very First Bird to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with Elf Lyons to chat about bringing Raven to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with the team behind Assume People Like You to chat about bringing the show to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with the team behind A Bee Story to chat about bringing the show to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Professional Drummer,  entertainer and one half of Fills Monkey, Sebastien Rambaud, writes for Broadway World about rhythm as a universal language and theatrical device.

Musician and comedian Emily Wilson blogs for Broadway World about bringing Fixed to the Fringe and why she performs stand-up, sings original songs and plays old footage all in one hour as she goes behind the scenes of the world’s most famous reality TV show.

Eli Matthewson discusses what happened when he tried to write a show with no gay jokes.

Crybabies discuss returning to the stage after an unexpected hiatus in live performance.

BWW catches up with Bella Hull to chat about bringing Babycakes to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

​​​​​​​Plymouth Laureate of Words Laura Horton blogs for Broadway World about exposing her real-life addiction on the stage, the stigma around it and translating her issues into a funny, honest yet dark performance piece. 

As seen regularly on Mock the Week, comedian Alasdair blogs for Broadway World about how going viral has changed his writing as well as his live shows and the impact of studying film on his career so far.

BWW caught up with Graeme Leake to chat about bringing SAVED to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.