In the Hot Seat: Richard Gadd

If you missed last year’s Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Richard Gadd, here is your chance to see it. Close your eyes and picture Edinburgh. What do you see? The meadows. Green, wet grass. Giant billboards everywhere. Oh, and it’s raining. Always fucking raining. What is the last thing that made you snort with laughter? I

In the Hot Seat: Carmen Lynch

One of Amy Schumer’s absolute favourite comedians is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe for the very first time! Close your eyes and picture Edinburgh. What do you see?  I see Arthur’s Seat, but I’m standing at the bottom. I need to work on my visualizations. What is the last thing that made you snort with

In the Hot Seat: Carl Donnelly

One of our longstanding favourites, make sure you see Carl performing “The Nutter on the Bus” on an actual bus… Close your eyes and picture Edinburgh. What do you see? That’s a good question. The opening question to about 90% of Q&As is “What made you become a comedian”. I love Edinburgh. Not just the

In the Hot Seat: Tiernan Douieb

Close your eyes and picture Edinburgh. What do you see? Beautiful cobbled streets, Arthur’s Seat and the Castle looming over them with sheer presence. And me not being able to really look at any of that because I’m trying to dodge being flyered for a drunk version of a play about alcoholism while not getting

In the Hot Seat: Charlie Baker

Punchline favourite Charlie Baker returns with another cracker of a show Close your eyes and picture Edinburgh. What do you see? I first performed at the festival as an 11 year old and it had a major effect on me. I did a show at The George Square Theatre and if I close my eyes

In the Hot Seat: Tom Ward

Next up, it’s Tom Ward! Close your eyes and picture Edinburgh. What do you see? Noise, street performers, cobbles, young posh faces shouting about 5 stars, me hunched outside a café trying not to turn to vapour What is the last thing that made you snort with laughter? Cardinal Burns live, doing their Mancunian drug

In the Hot Seat: Dane Baptiste

We can’t wait to see Dane’s show this year. But until then, we have asked him some questions to keep us going… Close your eyes and picture Edinburgh. What do you see? A Royal Mile of cobblestones lined with the hopeful, the curious and the desperate. And Predator for some reason. What is the last

In the Hot Seat: David Trent

It’s two weeks until the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe! In the run up to the most exciting event on the planet, we will be asking our favourite acts some searching questions. Who better to start with than one of our all- time favourites, the mighty David Trent. Close your eyes and picture Edinburgh. What do you

Punchline’s 2017 Fringe Recommendations

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Last year we recommended Richard Gadd and Larry Dean who went onto win the Edinburgh Comedy Award and Amused Moose Award… This year is set to be a belter. As ever, these are our shows we already know we´ll love, and we will continue to recommend shows