Chris Mackrell

Robyn Perkins has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe with her new show 'Mating Selection’ We met with Robyn to chat about the show, honesty and the trials of audience interaction.Robyn is playing at Underbelly, Bristo Square at 17:50 for tickets visit edfringe.com

Matt Price has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe with his new show 'Broken Hooters and Geezers with Shooters' We met with Matt to chat about the show and his incendiary start to this years festival.Matt is playing at Underbelly, Bristo Square at 18:50 for tickets visit edfringe.com

★★★★Pleasance, Courtyard | 18:30 | £10/9 |After taking a year off Rhys James has returned to Edinburgh with his new show ‘Snitch’ Loosely based around an invite to speak at his old school, Rhys gets the packed Pleasance Above laughing immediately. On the day I was in his opening bit was mainly about how soaked we all were from the storm raging outside. Rhys’s willingness to point out his own […]

Just These Please have returned to the Edinburgh Fringe with their brand new show ‘Suitable’ we caught up with Philippa Carson and William Sebag-Montefiore to ask about how the festival has been going so far.Just These Please: Suitable is on at Gilded Balloon every day at 12:15. To book visit edfringe.com. To find out more about them you can visit their site.

★★★★★Pleasance, Dome | 21:40 | £9.50/8.50 |When I heard GoodBear were coming back to the Fringe I was excited, but also worried they wouldn’t be as good as I remembered. Luckily I was able to diguard any worries at the door. ‘Dugal’ is not as dark as some of their previous shows but is still as smart, witty and well thought through. Those previously initiated into the GoodBear fan club will […]

★★★★★Gilded Balloon, Tieviot| 12:15 | £9/8 |At lunchtime during August you’ll normally find me somewhere trying to get a cheap sandwich meal deal that I can devour. It takes the promise of something special for me to break my routine (and ignore my rumbling stomach) Thankfully ‘Just These Please’ was well worth it.The sketch quartet open at Gilded Balloon promising 25 hilarious sketches in 55 minutes and they deliver. They […]

★★★Gilded Balloon, Patter House | 14:45 | £8.50/7.50 |Ally is in the final hour of his 20s and desperate to have one last party night before he becomes 30, his long term boyfriend Zach is not up for it, and the resulting conflict brings up more than you’d expect.What at first begins as one of those catty arguments that if you overheard at a bar or cafe you’d be guiltily […]

Following the release of their album 'The Songs of John Martyn' in May, British soul, jazz and R&B singer Sarah Jane Morris and Tony Remy have brought a live tribute show ‘Sweet Little Mystery’ to the Edinburgh Fringe featuring never seen before live footage plus interviews with John Martyn's friends and family. We spoke with Sarah Jane plus director Mark Thomas about the show.You can catch ‘Sweet Little Mystery’ until the […]

After a busy launch day Anthony Alderson Director of The Pleasance chatted with Black Diamond FM about the 2019 Fringe and the venue's 35 year history in Edinburgh. For details of the shows at this years festival and to book tickets vist www.pleasance.co.uk