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The Guardian
3 hours ago
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- The Guardian
Bad dates and bath bombs: 10 of the funniest jokes from the Edinburgh fringe 2025
Olaf Falafel: We named our children War and Peace – it's a long story. Andrew Doherty: At my lowest, I was kicked out of the museum for being inappropriate with Michelangelo's David. I'd hit rock bottom. Bella Hull: I just got a personal trainer. She's horrible to me but my body goal is a thicker skin. Rob Auton: Everyone is worried about AI. I'm more concerned with what the other vowels are up to. Ian Smith: People who say bath bombs are relaxing have clearly never tried to carry one home in the rain. Amelia Hamilton: I love getting Latin chat-up lines. I carpe every DM. Sikisa: This spider has been in my house so long, it should pay half the wifi. As a web developer, it can afford to. Chris Grace: I went on a date with a matador but there were too many red flags. Candace Bryan: America is like my ex-boyfriend. Our relationship was toxic, when I left everyone called me brave, and now every morning I pull up social media to see how ugly he's getting. Rajiv Karia: I'm not nostalgic but I used to be. Those were the days. All our Edinburgh festival reviews
The Guardian
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Bad dates and bath bombs: 10 of the funniest jokes from the Edinburgh fringe 2025
Olaf Falafel: We named our children War and Peace – it's a long story. Andrew Doherty: At my lowest, I was kicked out of the museum for being inappropriate with Michelangelo's David. I'd hit rock bottom. Bella Hull: I just got a personal trainer. She's horrible to me but my body goal is a thicker skin. Rob Auton: Everyone is worried about AI. I'm more concerned with what the other vowels are up to. Ian Smith: People who say bath bombs are relaxing have clearly never tried to carry one home in the rain. Amelia Hamilton: I love getting Latin chat-up lines. I carpe every DM. Sikisa: This spider has been in my house so long, it should pay half the wifi. As a web developer, it can afford to. Chris Grace: I went on a date with a matador but there were too many red flags. Candace Bryan: America is like my ex-boyfriend. Our relationship was toxic, when I left everyone called me brave, and now every morning I pull up social media to see how ugly he's getting. Rajiv Karia: I'm not nostalgic but I used to be. Those were the days. All our Edinburgh festival reviews
Telegraph
01-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
The funniest jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe 2025
August is the most exciting month on the comedy calendar. Over the coming weeks, comedians from around the world are making the pilgrimage to the Scottish capital to test out their new jokes at the largest arts festival on the planet, the Edinburgh Fringe. As a taster of the treats in store, we've asked a few Fringe-bound comics – including former Best Joke of the Fringe winner Olaf Falafel – to share with us the funniest one-liners they're telling in their new shows. Below is the Telegraph critics' pick of the bunch. We will be updating this list until the end of the Fringe (on Aug 25): if you are performing there, and think you might have a joke that can make our critics laugh, email it to fringejokes@ If you're not going to the festival, you can still get involved: click the buttons in the piece to vote for your favourites, or share your own original one-liners in the comments section below. Ian Smith People who say bath bombs are relaxing have clearly never tried to carry one home in the rain. Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty, Monkey Barrel Comedy (Monkey Barrel 1), July 29-Aug 24 (not Aug 13), 12.30pm
Scotsman
28-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Edinburgh Fringe 2025 Free Children's Shows: Here are 11 shows for the kids with completely free entry
August is fast approaching which means it's time to scour the Edinbugh Festival Fringe programme for the best shows to see. The physical programme has over 3,350 shows across 265 venues, meaning it can be a daunting task to work out what exactly you are going to see. It can be an expensive business too, with many shows at the bigger venues now costing over £20 for the first time - and that's doubly the case if you are booking tickets for the while family Luckily, there's a Fringe experience for all budgets, including hundred of free shows that just ask you to turn up early and queue to be sure of a seat - and that includes shows for kids. Of course, they're not necessarily entirely free - you'll be asked to check some money into a bucket (or increasingly make a contactless payment) on the way out, with £5-£10 being a ballpark figure for a show that you have enjoyed. Some shows also give you the opportunity to 'pay what you want' in advance to secure a seat. There are two main sources of free shows - the Free Festival and PBH's Free Fringe - both of which operated in similar ways and tend to take place in pubs around the Scottish Capital. Here are 11 that caught our eye. You can check out the programmes at the Free Festival's website here and PBH's Free Fringe here . Remember not all shows are included in the Fringe official programme. 1 . Olaf Falafel's Stupidest Super Stupid Show – New Improved Recipe The title says it all - Olaf Falafel's shows are very stupid in just the way that kids love. Expect plenty of jokes about bodily functions in the show billed as "comedy show comedians take their kids to". It's on at the Ballroom at Laughing Horse @ The Counting House at 11.30am most mornings from July 31-August 24. | Contributed Photo Sales 2 . A Magic Morning Tim the magician is performing a range of tricks sure to entertain the kids each morning at 11.10am from August 2-24 at the Little Plaza venue as part of the PBH Free Fringe. | Contributed Photo Sales 3 . The Buttons Show It may not be Christmas, but there's still some pantomime fun in Edinburgh this August courtery of The Buttons Show. It promised an hour of "amazing puppets, fabulous stories, dazzling magic and catchy Scottish singalong songs (including, of course, 'Oh Ye Canny Shove Yir Granny Aff The Bus'). It's all happening at noon each day at Murphy's from August 2-24. | Contributed Photo Sales 4 . CeilidhKids at the Fringe What better way to start a day at the Fringe with the wee ones than with a Scottish ceilidh. Taking place most mornings from July 31-August 24 at the Ballroom at the Counting House, this is the perfect introduction to Scottish country dancing for kids, with simplified versions of many old favourites. | Contributed Photo Sales
Scotsman
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
'Funniest joke of the Fringe' award scrapped from this year's festival
The award has run for 18 years Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... It has come under fire for relying on pun-heavy jokes and claims that winning gags have not always been original. Now, U&Dave's Funniest Joke Of The Fringe has been scrapped after 18 years, with the TV station behind the gong saying it is 'resting'. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad UKTV, which has run the contest every year since 2008, except during the pandemic, said it was 'incredibly proud' of the legacy of the award 'and the laughter it has inspired'. Last year's winner was comedian Mark Simmons, who scooped the award with the joke: 'I was going to sail around the globe in the world's smallest ship but I bottled it.' Previous winners have included Tim Vine, Olaf Falafal and Zoe Lyons, as well as Lorna Rose Treen, who became the first woman to pick up the award since 2008. UKTV added: 'As our commissioning focus evolves, we are taking the opportunity to reflect on how we continue to support comedy in the best way possible. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Comedian Olaf Falafel won the Dave Joke of the Fringe 2019 award. 'While we're resting the award this year, we remain committed to championing great comedy across U&Dave and beyond, and we'll always look for ways to bring laughter to audiences in exciting ways.' Comedian Olaf Falafel, who has won the award seven times, said the closure of the awards was 'sad', referencing one of his winning jokes. He said: 'From a personal point of view it's sad that an avenue for championing joke writing has closed, but as my dad used to say to me: ''Pints, gallons, litres,' which I think speaks volumes." In 2015, it was claimed the winning joke by Darren Walsh was 'stolen' from another comedian.
