Former film student Danny Ward worked on the movie as an assistant to designer Jon Hutman, and he kicks off his show with a deliberately shoddy low-budget video recap of the perennial Christmas ...

Like many adolescents, Jessica Durand used fan fiction to explore her nascent sexuality. In her case, that involved inserting herself into Downton Abbey as a humble maid called Peggy, working for the ...

The film – Palestine’s official entry to the 2025 Academy Awards – is being released in the UK by Glasgow-based Cosmic Cat, who say it ‘fuses documentary, fiction, black comedy and animation to create ...

But Mad Rod, the much underrated creation of Steve Lee, does bring the jokes, with wordplay aplenty as he introduces the sort of games he supposedly played in prison to while away the hours. No ...

But Loser Lion Party Bus certainly lives up to its ‘high octane’ billing, and as an absurdist clown, LA-based Priess is a commanding performer generating a lot of positivity and energy – despite ...

The hour also encompasses how the comic was inspired by Olivia Newton John's Xanadu, first heard on an album of female artists when she was seven years old, the difficulty of explaining Mr Blobby to ...

Joe da Costa has been crowned the first Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of The Year, scooping a £1,000 prize The competition followed a knockout format for stand-ups performing sets rather than being based ...

It’s hard to believe this is Toussaint Douglass ’s Fringe debut. He’s already got a decent chunk of TV credits to his name and has been acclaimed on the circuit for aeons – having been nominated for ...

Gareth Mutch has taken the set-up for his sixth solo show right off the rack of ready-to-use premises. Entering his 30s, he can’t help but compare his life as an unsettled, poverty-stricken, childless ...

Sam Nicoresti has won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for the best show on the Fringe, becoming the first trans comedian to take the accolade.

Having swelled his reputation with his band The Cosmique Perfectión and the release of a visual concept album recently, Jazz Emu appears at the height of his powers, opening portentously with an ...