2015 Edinburgh Fringe

Comedy at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival

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2015 features

Best reviewed Edinburgh Fringe shows 2015

Monday 7th September 2015

We analysed over 5000 reviews from the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe festival to determine the best reviewed shows. Nish Kumar, Alex Edelman, Felicity Ward, James Acaster and Bridget Christie were amongst the comedians the press loved.

Inaugural FringePig Ham Fist prize winners announced

Tuesday 1st September 2015

BCG's report from the FringePig awards ceremony at the Edinburgh Festival, an event which named the worst reviews at the 2015 festival.

Spencer Jones wins Comedians Choice Awards 2015

Tuesday 1st September 2015

Spencer Jones has won the Best Show and Best Performer categories in The Barry Awards (UK) 2015, aka The Comedians Choice Awards.

Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2015 winners

Saturday 29th August 2015

Sam Simmons, Sofie Hagen and the Gilded Balloon have won this year's prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Awards, sponsored by Foster's.

2015 Malcolm Hardee Award winners announced

Saturday 29th August 2015

Michael Brunström, Matt Roper and Laurence Owen were the winners of this year's increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Awards.

Si Hawkins' Fringe Diary 2015, Part 2

Saturday 29th August 2015

Si Hawkins discusses how 2015 was the year to see well-known comics in free venues, plus he reports back from a number of shows, including the offerings from Mae Martin and Tez Ilyas.

These bank note flyers are a little bit genius

Saturday 29th August 2015

Bruce Fummey and Bronston Jones have come up with a clever way to market their shows - make their flyers look like money left on the floor.

Video: Jack Whitehall surprises Luke McQueen on stage

Friday 28th August 2015

Luke McQueen's Fringe show is all about how he was in a double act with Jack Whitehall, but it went wrong. Here's the moment Jack Whitehall surprises him on stage.

Si Hawkins' Fringe Diary 2015, Part 1

Friday 28th August 2015

Si Hawkins discusses the shows from Phil Nichol, Bridget Christie, Sofie Hagen, Freestival, Daphna Baram, Brendan Murphy and Stephen Carlin.

Henry Maynard: Peak Clown

Friday 28th August 2015

Henry Maynard, of Flabbergast Theatre, discusses clowning - is it a fad, a cyclical trend or here to stay... and why?

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