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  • Katie Norris, as Mother Succubus, sits regally while a man bows over her lap

    Katie Norris: Mother Succubus review – gothic comic enters a wickedly funny new era

    Norris swaps her larger-than-life Farm Fatale persona for something more autobiographical in this easygoing musical comedy
  • Comedian Dom McGovern performs on stage holding a microphone

    Dom McGovern: Prize Hog review – a sharp standup who is sure to go stellar

  • Pandora stands atop a mound of gold-painted dancers, arms raised triumphantly overhead

    Mere Mortals review – a dazzling, maddening ballet for the AI age

  • A bearded man in a headscarf sits in a vehicle, holding an orange fuel container

    The Bridge review – a funny, furious odyssey through occupation

  • In "When Prophecy Fails," four actors in vintage clothing raise their arms amid falling snow effects

    When Prophecy Fails review – gripping dive into a doomsday cult

  • Omar Badawy.

    Omar Badawy: Guided Detour review – dizzying tales of decision paralysis

  • Actors from Underground Monk Show embrace and laugh together in dark robes on stage

    Underground Monk Show review – hysterical visions enrobed in mystery

  • Comedian Chris Cantrill laughs while speaking into a microphone on stage

    Fourth time lucky as Chris Cantrill’s spoof whodunnit wins Edinburgh comedy award 2026

  • In The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey, a masked woman with a torch stands behind a seated man

    The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey review – time stands still at 3.43am in fringe fairytale

  • Chris Cantrill: Rewilding review – a rural whodunnit told with midlife mirth

  • Roll up, tumble down! The show that imagines the US as a collapsing circus – in pictures

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  • Comedian Spencer Jones in a fur-hooded coat holds a snarling dog wearing matching glasses and fur hood

    Spencer Jones: Dogs review – barking comic sniffs out community through canines

  • Tom Towelling.

    Tom Towelling Teaches You to Knit review – quirky yarns and a pop quiz in maths

  • Li Jin Hao, with dark wavy hair, wears a black shirt, looking to the side against a blue background

    Li Jin Hao: Falling from a Moon review – comedy’s Mr Nostalgia is now the man of the moment

  • Clown Show performers in costume onstage under a circus tent, one on stilts

    Clown Show review – after 250 years, the American dream explodes over one anarchic night

  • BBCSSO/Runnicles review – resplendent recounting of Mahler’s fratricidal fairytale

  • Fairytales pending: the fringe musicals hoping to live happily ever after

  • Marty Gleeson: Dog Ear review – hangdog standup with an unexpected request for Santa

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    Freddie Meredith: Need a Light? review – one hilarious hour of cringe

  • Actor George Williams sits in an armchair wearing a tartan dressing gown and holding up a half-eaten biscuit, in a performance of Owl at Home.

    Owl at Home review – this Edinburgh fringe hoot is a wise choice for children

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