Sophie Duker: interview

Sophie Duker is your Venus, she's your fire, your desire. Or is she?

Have you ever been too shy to speak to a hero you met?

Fringe comedians answer another of Richard Herring's Emergency Questions.

The Scotsman critics' best comedy shows to see

This is a comprehensive list of the best comedy shows at this year's Fringe so that your time and money really is all but guaranteed to pay dividends in belly laughs, groans and fits of giggles.

Edinburgh festival 2019: the shows we recommend

Plan your schedule with our roundup of top shows, ordered by start time.

Does sex with a robot count as cheating on your partner

Comics answer the quintessential Emergency Question from Richard Herring.

Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2019: best newcomer predictions

New sponsor, new comedy! Digital TV channel Dave is sponsoring the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for the first time this year. So they, as well as the rest of us hungry humour vampires, must be on the look out for new comedy blood.

The best quick-fire jokes

What is your favourite anagram?

Another from Richard Herring's stock of Emergency Questions.

Is stand-up too woke and ruining things for audiences?

At this year's Fringe, the battle lines are drawn between shows defending the comedian's right to offend and less divisive offerings.

Our top ten picks of Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Picking which shows to see at The Edinburgh Fringe can be very overwhelming, so we've chosen our Top Ten Picks of the Fringe 2019 to help you out! You're welcome.

If your house was on fire, what would you leave behind?

(or even surreptitiously throw into the flames when no one was looking?)

A guide to female comedians at the Fringe

Here at To Do List, we actively seek funny female comedians in a world still dominated by straight, white men!

Fringe 2019: 12 best comedy shows

Here for the lols? From buzzy newcomers to stand-up giants, these are the best comedy shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2019.

If you had to sex with an animal, which one & why?

Today's Emergency Question.

Funny women picks of the Edinburgh Fringe

Get ready for quite the scroll down for this one, we've gone through the Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme, flicked past the pages and pages and pages of white-men-looking-baffled (t-shirt optional this year) and selected some shows we think you should see if you are heading up to Edinburgh this year...

Fringe 2019: The best comedy shows to see at this year

Would you look at that? It's August and that means one big thing: Edinburgh Fringe.

50 unmissable shows at the 2019 Fringe

We've picked out 50 - yes, fifty - of the offbeat, less mainstream offerings from this years jumbo Edinburgh Fringe line-up. Also, look out for our reviews article once the festival kicks off!

Fringe: 9 of the best laugh-out-loud female comedians

Edinburgh plays host to the Fringe Festival once more this August, but which female comedians should you go and see? Here are nine of the acts Stylist is most excited about.

Meet the best new comics at the Fringe

From Ben Affleck angst to valley-girl cabaret, the fresh generation of standups and character acts performing at Edinburgh.

Sophie Duker on wokeness and her creative babies

Sophie Duker is already making waves in the comedy world with appearances on Mock the Week and Frankie Boyle's New World Order, as well as running an infamous People of Colour comedy night. This August she embarks on her debut hour.

Comedy picks

Jay Richardson selects the very very best from across the comedy programme.

Interview: Sophie Duker on Venus

Sophie Duker interview.

Sophie Duker interview

Sophie Duker chats about 'birthing' her first solo show, Venus, where she faces down the Western world's complicated history with bodies of colour.

Fringe 10x10: The BAME game

Ten black and minority ethnic British comedians.

The women set to dominate the Fringe this year

I've just been going through the Edinburgh Fringe brochure looking for potential Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning shows and this year, more than ever, I think the list could be dominated by women.

Interview with Sophie Duker

"Edinburgh Fringe gets into your bones, you breathe it in every morning and shit it out at night. It's beautiful and exhausting and all-encompassing and unique."

Sophie Duker interview

"If you persist in doing comedy that punches down, you're basically a garbage person"

Punchline's top Fringe shows 2019

A selection of top shows.

Sophie Duker interview

The actor, writer and standup on the things that make her laugh the most.

Impertinent questions for Sophie Duker

Sophie Duker interview.

Fringe: 32 must-see Edinburgh shows

The Edinburgh Fringe is just around the corner and that means two things: performers everywhere are having nervous breakdowns trying to get their shows ready in time, and we're awash with previews telling us who and what to go and see.

Fringe 2019: The best comedy shows to see

If you've seen the Edinburgh Fringe line-up or held the hefty programme in your hand, it's easy to be overwhelmed, but fear not.

8 of the most exciting debuts at Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Take note now, before you struggle to get tickets.

Fringe 2019: 50 theatre, comedy and dance shows to see

50 different shows to see.