Category: Q&A
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Q&A: Fanny Bleach
Performer Fanny Bleach discusses Leigh Bowery, arts funding, and The Nearly Naked Show
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Q&A: Eleanor Morton
Eleanor Morton discusses her latest stand-up show, The Mermaid, which explores coming of age
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Alice Fraser
Alice Fraser discusses Oh Man!, her stand-up show exploring masculinity and the manosphere
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Marty Gleeson
BBC New Comedy Award finalist Marty Gleeson talks us through their Fringe show Dog Ear
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Alex Franklin
Alex Franklin discusses her stand-up and musical comedy show Kiss Me x, all about kissing and dating
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Q&A: Finlay Christie
Comedian Finlay Christie discusses his latest show Champagne Casanova
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Pete Belcher
Pete Belcher discusses Noted, the new show from his art and entertainment collective The Back Pack
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Fay Guiffo
Fay Guiffo talks to us about Arcana, her debut show which comes to the Fringe as part of the Made in Scotland showcase
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Em Humble
BAFTA-longlisted comedian, Em Humble unpacks her new character comedy show inspired by Arthurian legend
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Hayley Earlam
Award-winning choreographer Hayley Earlam discusses her new show Brrr
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: not for glory
Charlotte Mclean, Jack Anderson and Malin Lewis discuss their rebellious work of dance-theatre
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Marc Brew on Boys Don’t Dance
Award-winning dancer and choreographer Marc Brew on his latest show Boys Don’t Dance
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Nelly Kelly
Drag artist Nelly Kelly on their timely, mischievous and political new work Transmission
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Emanuele Aldrovandi
Italian playwright, screenwriter and director Emanuele Aldrovandi discusses his new participatory theatre work coming to the Fringe
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Sid Singh
Comedian Sid Singh discusses his new show Love Bombing, about his date with a stalker
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Isabelle Barbier
Isabelle Barbier discusses Rip Her to Shreds, her witchy exploration of girlhood and female rage
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Mark McAuley
As he brings a new adaptation of Gogol’s Diary of a Mad Man to the Fringe, Mark McAuley discusses mental health and modern loneliness
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Mario Adrion
Comedian, content creator and former model Mario Adrion discusses his Zoolander-meets-Baby-Reindeer debut show
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Mike Wozniak
Mike Wozniak, the comedian seen on Taskmaster and heard on the Three Bean Salad podcast, answers our Fringe Q&A
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Charlotte Merriam
Charlotte Merriam discusses her new show Sad Bride, the wedding industrial complex, and comphet
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Li Jin Hao
After his breakthrough hour Swimming In A Submarine debuted in 2024, the comedian returns with Falling From a Moon
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Molly-Rose Treves and Gabriel Fogarty-Graveson
The Dream Machine cast members Molly-Rose Treves and Gabriel Fogarty-Graveson talk improv and their picks of the Fringe
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Hadsan Mohamud
Writer and performer Hadsan Mohamud discusses her play CRUSH: a teen love story set in an eating disorder clinic
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Maria Bartholdi
Ahead of Endometriosis: The Musical’s Fringe run, co-creator Maria Bartholdi discusses women’s health and the US political landscape
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Farah Saleh
Farah Saleh’s Balfour Reparations examines the UK’s colonial legacy in Palestine, using a mix of speculative choreography and Afrofuturism
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Sutara Gayle (Hackney Showroom)
Powered by high-octane musical numbers, The Legends of Them chronicles Sutara Gayle’s singular, extraordinary life. She answers a few of our questions
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Lucy McIlgorm
Lucy McIlgorm, one of the stars of Refuse, gives us the rundown on the drama inspired by real stories from Ukraine and shortlisted for BBC Radio 4
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Natasha Gilmore (Barrowland Ballet)
Natasha Gilmore, Artistic Director of Barrowland Ballet, presents two shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year – Chunky Jewellery and Wee Man
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Sam Kissajukian
In 2021, Sam Kissajukian quit stand-up to become a painter. Four years later, he tells us about his new show 300 Paintings
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: SERAFINE1369
IV (4) by SERAFINE1369 – part of the Here and Now showcase – considers cycles, time, divination and decomposition through dance and choreographed performance
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Frazier Bailey
The Strangewife director answers our questions on the debut production of the play, with its Yorgos Lanthimos-style blend of gallows humour and drama
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Ad Infinitum
George Mann and Ramesh Meyyappan, co-creators of Ad Infinitum’s Last Rites, answer our questions about the show, which is part of the Here & Now Showcase
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Alex Reynolds
In the Land of Eagles sees playwright Alex Reynolds take inspiration from her relationship with her grandfather, whose native Albania backdrops her Edinburgh debut
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Eleanor Higgins
Two girls from opposite worlds are fated to meet in Eleanor Higgins’ powerful theatre piece set in the Noughties queer scene. She answers a few of our questions
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: World’s Greatest Lover
The creative team behind the musical World’s Greatest Lover come together to answer our burning questions
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Rose Coogan
Ros + Bud is the heartfelt and heartbreaking tale of transitioning in Northern Ireland. We put some questions to its creator Rose Coogan
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Hayley Edwards
Hayley Edwards describes their debut Edinburgh show as ‘Fleabag but about Crohn’s Disease’. We speak to them about their path from hapless drama graduate to critical acclaim in their home country of Australia
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Suzy Crothers
Northern Irish actor and playwright Suzy Crothers tells us about Troubled, ‘a tale of love, death, and division – told with tea and biscuits’
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Saeed Hani (Hani Dance)
The story of Romulus and Remus provides the springboard for Hani Dance’s enchanting production of Inlet, an immersive performance from Luxembourg
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: David Ian
David Ian’s viral crowdwork clips have him wondering ‘Am I Mean?’. We speak to the comedian about the show
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Lewis Ian Bray (Cartoonopolis)
Cartoonopolis, the hit one-man show from Lewis Ian Bray, is back after a decade. He talks to us about the new-and-improved production
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Jessie Nixon
The self-professed ‘mentally ill, lapsed Catholic’ comedian is putting it all out there in her confessional stand-up hour
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Ismael Loutfi
A stand-up for 15 years, Ismael Loutfi is doing something he’s never done before with Heavenly Baba: A deeper, more complex hour-long reflection on his roots
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Toby Thompson
Toby Thompson tells us about his stage adaptation of The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved family classic
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Michael Elsener
The award-winning Swiss comic brings his off-beat stand-up to the Fringe for the first time. He answers a few of our burning questions
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Patrick McPherson
One half of sketch duo Pear, Patrick McPherson returns to the Fringe with a solo horror play about a man travelling to a Welsh village to scatter his father’s ashes
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Laura Benanti
The Tony Award-winner tells us all about her comedy show which contends with her people-pleasing personality
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Sam Jay
The American comedian and writer chats ahead of her Fringe debut
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Tom Bailey (Mechanimal)
Tom Bailey, one half of Mechanimal, answers questions about their new show Wild Thing!, a sequel to 2019’s Vigil
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Jules Chan
Jules Chan tells us about his work of autobiographical diaspora fiction: a solo show about a Filipino boy growing up in Britain
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Ozzy Algar
Speed Queen is a carnival of dark, subversive comedy steeped in folk horror and set on the Isle of Wight. Its creator, Ozzy Algar, answers a few questions about their debut show
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Edinburgh Fringe Q&A: Alison Spittle
The Irish comedian and podcaster tells us her top tips for the festival season, and why the male loneliness epidemic is her muse