The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2025 – Rebecca Perry – Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl
Ten years ago, a single-hander show turned up at the Fringe… Rebecca Perry with ‘Confessions Of A Redheaded Coffeshop Girl’, which starts as “what if a coffeeshop with David Attenborough?” A hook that brought you in, before the performance and the piece delightfully dragged you further… a further that included an interview on this podcast.
Ten years later, Rebecca is back at the Fringe, and ten years later, Rebecca is back on the podcast.
What is the impact of a critically acclaimed show at the Fringe on a career? Why bring a show back? And how much of a personal show can remain the same after a decade of growth and performance?
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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2025 – Sutara Gayle – The Legends Of Them
One of the delights of the Fringe is learning something new. Theatre is the great educator, hiding it within music, within moments, and sometimes even with mime.
For me, the life and work of Sutara Gayle is one of those moments. She was a pioneering female deejay on London’s infamous reggae scene in the 1980s, which earned her a first record contract; she lived through personal tragedy that sparked the Brixton Uprising, and her work with the LGBTQAI+ community, especially within the Afro-Caribbean community, is rightly celebrated.
She is bringing some of her life to the Fringe in The Legends of Them, a unique theatrical, shared spiritual experience. An ethralling force, I spoke to her ahead of the show arriving in Edinburgh.
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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2025 – Sarah Bowles – The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards
One of the key returns for many acts and troupes from the Fringe is to come away with an award. There’s an insane amount of competition to win one, but they can set the tone of your career for the following years.
But what does it take to manage and run one of the awards?
The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards started in the years after Covid-19, and brought a fresh look at the comedy scene across the Fringe. With over 700 shows to see, it’s a vast undertaking to see, to judge, and to decide. On the four awards - best show, best newcomer, best tech, and panel prize
I decided to find out more, and spoke to ISH’s Sarah Bowles.
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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2025 – Julien Salvia and Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal – World’s Greatest Lover
There are so many puns available to me from today's show. “The World’s Greatest Lover” is a new musical debuting at the Fringe, but with international ambitions beyond Pleasance One.
Writers Julien Salvia and Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal bring the titular lovers from the annals of history. Romeo, Casanova, Cyrano de Bergerac, the Marquis de Sade and MC Saint Valentine to the Fringe stage. Not only is this a closer look at five different types of love, it’s also a chance for some great new pop standards.
Julien and Ludo, on a rather long-distance call from Australia, talk about how they cho
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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2025 – Ryan Stewart and Tiah Bullock – Kinder
Kinder is an excellent example of a show taking risks at the Fringe, both for the production and the audience.
There are hints on what to expect on paper - a story of a Drag Queen preparing a “comedy roast” but finding out with an hour to go, it’s actually a booking for a children’s story time show. In that short liminal space, there is some theatrical magic that lifts the story to something powerful, reflective, and vitally important.
It’s the Fringe at its best. I caught up with the team behind the show - producer and performer Ryan Stewart and director Tiah Bullock to find out more.
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