2022 Edinburgh Fringe
Luke Rollason: Bowerbird
The best way to start your Fringe day... in fact, one of best shows at the festival full stop. Enter visual comedian Luke Rollason's unique world and give your eyeballs a real treat.
Welcome to the great indoors. This 'gut-bustingly funny' **** (List) bird-brained boy has been hoarding his best show yet and he's finally ready to give it away to a good home. Like visiting IKEA on acid, this is a psychedelic domestic breakdown that will make you totally rethink your mundane little life. Star of the upcoming Disney+ series Extraordinary. As seen on Channel 4's viral series The B@IT. 'Amazingly entertaining' ***** (EdFestMag.com). 'Pure, unbridled, laugh-out-loud silliness' **** (Chortle.co.uk). 'Bizarre, original and ridiculously fun' **** (VoiceMag.uk). 'Lean into this weirdness. Resistance is futile' **** (TheWeeReview.com).
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Edinburgh Fringe 2022: The Top Talent's Top Threes - Part 2
What were the best shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe? Here are some more top tips from the class of 2022.
British Comedy Guide, 1st September 2022Comedians' Choice Awards 2022 results
Rob Copland, Jordan Gray and Martin Willis are the winners of the Comedians' Choice Awards 2022, the Edinburgh Fringe-based awards which are determined by performers.
British Comedy Guide, 28th August 2022Emergency Question: What is your favourite cheese?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 21st August 2022Emergency Question: Which is the sexiest TV puppet?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians share their kinks...
Chortle, 18th August 2022Emergency Question: What is your most mundane encounter with a celebrity?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 16th August 2022To the Meadows and Beyond - Si Hawkins' Mid-Fringe Break
It's the traditional interval of the Fringe, and so Si Hawkins takes stock on what he's seen so far.
British Comedy Guide, 15th August 2022Emergency question: What's the worst thing you've eaten for a bet?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 14th August 2022Emergency Question: What's the worst experience you've ever had in a hotel?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 9th August 2022Luke Rollason on prop comedy
I thought I was a prop comedian. Turns out I'm a hoarder.
Luke Rollason, Chortle, 7th August 2022Emergency Question: What's the one legal thing you would make illegal?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 7th August 2022Opinion: On the radio, no one can hear you mime
Physical comedy star Luke Rollason writes about why stand-up shouldn't be the only form deemed award-worthy at the Fringe.
Luke Rollason, Fest Mag, 5th August 2022Emergency Question: When did you last have a meltdown?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 5th August 2022Emergency Question: What would you invent to make the world a better place?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 4th August 2022Emergency Question: What's the funniest thing that's ever happened to you at a funeral?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 2nd August 2022A digital pint with... Luke Rollason
The absurd prop comedian Luke Rollason wowed Binge Fringe Magazine with a Work-In-Progress version of his show back at the 2021 Edinburgh Fringe.
Jake Mace, Binge Fringe, 1st August 2022EdFringe talk: Luke Rollason: Bowerbird
"I've been building this show with audiences since May 2021, including a stop at the reduced Edinburgh Fringe last year. My last pre-Fringe stop was at Buxton Fringe, where I was nominated for Best Comedy Show and won the award for Originality."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 1st August 2022Interview with physical comedian Luke Rollason
"There's a lack of diversity within alternative comedy, which I think is primarily down to its much smaller scale than more mainstream forms of comedy. If you scale down any industry, you get a microcosm of the same ratio, but it is far more blatant in a much smaller pool of talent."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 1st August 2022The 20 best jokes and funniest one-liners from the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Stand-up comedians share their funniest gags ahead of the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The Telegraph, 25th July 2022Edinburgh Fringe 2022: The comedy lineup so far
Here's a small fraction of some of the comedy coming up at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Jamie Dunn, The Skinny, 24th July 2022Luke Rollason interview
Bowerbird is an absurd ode to the Great Indoors.
On The Mic, 23rd June 2022Edinburgh 2022: Luke Rollason Q&A
BWW catches up with Luke Rollason to chat about bringing Bowerbird to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 21st June 2022Performances
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 4th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 5th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 6th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 7th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 8th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 9th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 11th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 12th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 13th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 14th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 15th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 16th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 18th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 19th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 20th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 21st Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 22nd Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 23rd Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 24th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 25th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 26th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 27th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |
| 28th Aug 2022 | 12:30 | Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) (Hive 2) |