Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

Edinburgh Fringe Podcast Your favourite podcast for all things Edinburgh Fringe; with news, reviews, and classic interviews. Welcome to the Edinburgh Fringe Show.

This BAFTA-nominated podcast is a mix of news from the biggest arts festival in the world, with interviews and reviews from the world of comedy, theatre, and music; featuring over 1000 guests since we started coverage in 2005. Listen to all our shows online at edinburghfringe.thepodcastcorner.com. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or in your favourite podcast app, to never miss an episode.

What if Cabaret, disaster movie, philosophy, and Geri Halliwell? You get Apocalypse Cabaret: Songs for the End of the Wo...
13/08/2025

What if Cabaret, disaster movie, philosophy, and Geri Halliwell? You get Apocalypse Cabaret: Songs for the End of the World!

To learn more about this one-woman cabaret show, I talk with Scout Durwood as she brings this dark delight to the Edinburgh Fringe. With a mix of original songs, standards and a dash of existentialism, we’ve got a lot of ground to cover.

This is Durwood’s first play, which means balancing between sticking to the page and performing for a live audience, and why cabaret thrives with restricted budgets. There’s also the small matter of some of the comparisons in the press release… why Bette Midler?

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https://thepodcastcorner.com/2025/08/06/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2025-scout-durwood-apocalypse-cabaret-songs-for-the-end-of-the-world/

One of the delights of the Edinburgh Fringe is finding something that’s just a single step to the side of your average s...
13/08/2025

One of the delights of the Edinburgh Fringe is finding something that’s just a single step to the side of your average show. It’s in those little side streets where you can find something spectacular.

Kit Loyd is on one of those side streets. He’s brought Frenzy to the Fringe, a delightful and engaging mix of comedy, physical theatre, and mime. It’s also his first full hour at the Fringe.

I sat down with Kit to talk about bringing a debut show to Edinburgh, his expectations, and how he discovered that his forte is mime and physicality.

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https://thepodcastcorner.com/2025/08/05/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2025-kit-loyd-frenzy/

Today’s guest is Saaniya Abbas. From the UAE comedy scene, she is the first local comic to officially debut a solo show ...
13/08/2025

Today’s guest is Saaniya Abbas. From the UAE comedy scene, she is the first local comic to officially debut a solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe this August.

How do you go from a sheltered upbringing in New Delhi to a sometimes controversial comedy career? We talk about Sanniya’s background and her first steps in comedy, before finding wider acclaim and turning a hobby into a profession.

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https://thepodcastcorner.com/2025/08/04/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2025-saaniya-abbas-hellarious/

Some will know him from the dim and distant past as Barry Ferns. Edinburgh Fringe historians will know him as Lionel Rit...
13/08/2025

Some will know him from the dim and distant past as Barry Ferns. Edinburgh Fringe historians will know him as Lionel Ritchie. Others in the comedy scene of 2025 will know him, once more, as Barry Ferns.

And there you have the premise for his Fringe show, My Seven Years As Lionel Ritchie. This strong narrative hour charts the highs and lows of being a professional comic at the Fringe, the lead up to the shows, the many years of “this year is the one”, the debt, the bankruptcy, and the return to the scene.

We touch on many of these subjects in today’s interview to give you a flavour of what all performers face at the Fringe, as well as putting Barry’s work at Angel Comedy and The Bill Murray into context.

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https://thepodcastcorner.com/2025/08/01/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2025-barry-ferns-my-seven-years-as-lionel-ritchie/

This week’s Fringe preview takes in not only a Fringe show, but the evolution of social media storytelling itself.Grace ...
13/08/2025

This week’s Fringe preview takes in not only a Fringe show, but the evolution of social media storytelling itself.

Grace Helbig and I start by talking about he early days of content creation on the internet… I started podcasting with the Fringe Show in 2005 while Grace started during the first flush of YouTube in 2006.

That starts us down a path of online personae, presenting yourself, and the grind of content… which was then disrupted with Grace’s diagnosis of breast cancer. Her Fringe show, “Let Me Get This Off My Chest,” is about the journey from that point, and taking it while in the public eye.

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https://thepodcastcorner.com/2025/07/25/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2025-grace-helbig-let-me-get-this-off-my-chest/

As we head through July, we’ll be bringing you preview interviews that help set the scene for the Edinburgh Festival Fri...
05/08/2025

As we head through July, we’ll be bringing you preview interviews that help set the scene for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. That could be the history of the Fringe, how traditional and online media impact the arts, the future of the Festival in Edinburgh, and the impact it can have.

In our first preview, Ewan Spence meets Henry Naylor to talk about his new solo show ‘Monstering The Rocketman,’ a timely drama about press values through the lens of Elton John and his libel case against The Sun in the 1980s.

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https://thepodcastcorner.com/2025/07/18/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2025-henry-naylor-monstering-the-rocketman/

Some Final Thoughts On The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 after a month of podcasting from the capital. Trying to capture everyth...
27/08/2024

Some Final Thoughts On The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 after a month of podcasting from the capital. Trying to capture everything that happened is a task worthy of Hercules, so I hope that I’ve brought you a flavour of the Fringe during August.

The Fringe has always faced challenges from its first days to this year and beyond. Instead of an interview to close out August, I wanted to talk a little about our Fringe community and my hope that over the next year, we can all listen to everyone’s concerns and work on solutions that benefit everyone.

Let’s ensure that when we all return to Edinburgh in 2025, the Edinburgh Fringe is the best it can be.

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https://thepodcastcorner.com/2024/08/26/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2024-epilogue-some-final-thoughts-on-the-fringe/

As we come to the end of week three, we sit down with Anthony Alderson, director of The Pleasance Theatre Trust.We touch...
26/08/2024

As we come to the end of week three, we sit down with Anthony Alderson, director of The Pleasance Theatre Trust.

We touch on several critical issues running one of the largest venues at the Edinburgh Fringe, including the continuing impact of COVID and the importance of government funding to the Fringe community and The Pleasance. Given the cost of the Fringe is on everyone’s minds, we talk about turnover, tickets, and artistic risk.

We also talk about the work of The Plesance to support and promote the arts at Edinburgh in August and throughout the rest of the year, including various Pleasance Futures projects and the ambition of creating sustainable touring for theatre in the UK.

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https://thepodcastcorner.com/2024/08/23/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2024-anthony-alderson-the-pleasance-theatre-trust/

Tim Benzie joins us on the show today to talk about his two Fringe shows, “It’s A Mystery” and “Solve Along A Murder She...
25/08/2024

Tim Benzie joins us on the show today to talk about his two Fringe shows, “It’s A Mystery” and “Solve Along A Murder She Wrote”. Yes, he loves his cosy crime shows, but doesn’t everyone secretly love a mystery?

We start with the rules of detective fiction before our talk turns to Agatha Christie and Dame Angela Lansbury, how you can do a solve-along-a with a murder, and the advantages of having two shows at the Fringe where one is guaranteed to get the ticket sales.

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https://thepodcastcorner.com/2024/08/22/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2024-tim-benzie-solve-along-a-murder-she-wrote/

Mark Dean Quinn joins me on the show today to do his best not to talk about his show ‘Oh No (That’s Not Your Cheese).’ H...
24/08/2024

Mark Dean Quinn joins me on the show today to do his best not to talk about his show ‘Oh No (That’s Not Your Cheese).’ He’s found the right level of fame, and doesn’t feel the need to go any further.

Nevertheless, we’ve lots to talk about, including the importance of the Free Fringe and how this can offer more artistic freedom, his work on the Edinburgh Fringe Performers’ Forum, and why he is ready to help people before they get to Edinburgh.

But does he eat cheese?
Follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your favourite podcast app, to never miss an episode. Or listen on the website... https://thepodcastcorner.com/2024/08/21/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2024-mark-dean-quinn-oh-no-thats-not-your-cheese/

Juliet Cowan has an impressive CV of character roles in TV and film following her stand-up appearances, yet 2024 is her ...
23/08/2024

Juliet Cowan has an impressive CV of character roles in TV and film following her stand-up appearances, yet 2024 is her first hour of comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe. The delightfully titled show has Cown looking at the impact of the menopause and its reflection on the rush of hormones in her teenage life.

We talk about how stand-up was a way into an acting career and how that had to fit around family life, being recognised by different generations for different roles, and the challenge of having your children come and watch such a confessional show.

Follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your favourite podcast app, to never miss an episode. Or listen on the website... https://thepodcastcorner.com/2024/08/20/edinburgh-fringe-show-2024-juliet-cowan-fck-off-and-leave-me-alone/

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