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Get ready for Edinburgh Fringe 2026!🥳🎉If you're new here, Fringe, the biggest arts festival in the world, is legendary for launching comedy stars…but it’s also legendary for completely draining your bank account. But the good news is we're doing the heavy lifting (and the walking) for you. 🤫 We’ve scouted the absolute best rising comics and we're streaming the festival's hottest shows straight to your screen. This August, get ready for pure, unfiltered, front-row Fringe brilliance from the comfort of your couch. Oh, and obviously you guys will be the first to know about the lineup...coming soon! Any predictions/wishes/desires/dreams? 🤗 Welcome to Ask a Comedian - our little corner of the NextUp community for getting closer to the people who do the mindblowing, and surprisingly full-on job of making people laugh. 🎭This channel is a place to drop questions for comedians about anything comedy. From writing and finding ideas, prep and pre-show routines, nerves and confidence, gigs that went great (and gigs that didn’t) to touring, crowd work, heckles, bombing, you name it! Ask what you’re curious about, whether you’re a comedy nerd, a casual watcher, or someone who performs. Keep it respectful (obvs!)How it works: We’ll post when we're meeting up with a comedian to film their special or chatting with them, you leave your questions in the comments and we’ll pick 3–5 to put to them, and share the answers back here. 🎤

Kai A.

in 📺 whats-on

October 05

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What's on this week? 😁

Hello hello! Another week, more livestreams coming your way. Here's what's on...

🎤Roast Battle Scotland: The show that turns smack talk into an art form! Roast Battle Edinburgh puts comedians head-to-head in a battle of verbal onslaughts. Not for the faint-hearted, each battler has five roast jokes to defeat their opponent. This weeks Roastmaster is Eva Peroni.

🎤Comedy Knockout: Live from Backyard Comedy Club, Comedy Knockout is a comedy competition where 12 new acts go head to head with their best comedy material – and the audience votes who goes through each round until the end. Let the funniest win!

🎤The Bill Murray: Live from Angel Comedy, this comedy night showcases the best talent in the UK and beyond. Lots of their regulars have gone on to appear on Live at the Apollo, on panel shows like Mock The Week or have their own specials on Netflix. It's a friendly place where you get to see tomorrow's stars just before they break big.

P.S. I've been checking Backyard Comedy's and Angel Comedy's websites for their lineups, but they're yet to be announced. 🫶

Kai A.

in 🗣️ the-pub

October 01

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Throwback Fringe Pics!

Yup, we've been doing this for a while now. Here's some pics from 2013 (which, if you can believe it, was 13 years ago??! Help!)

Recognise any familiar faces? 😁

Kai A.

in 📺 whats-on

September 30

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Catch-Up: The Bill Murray 🤩

If you didn't have time last week to watch this livestream, it's available on catch-up until 2 October 2026. Enjoy NextUppers!

Kai A.

in 🔬 show-discussions

September 29

You'll only being able to answer this poll if you've watched right to the end of Rosco McClelland's special, How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (And if you haven't, go to the 54:35 mark 😉)

Team Flaky

33 %

Team Oopy Goopy

67 %

6 votes

Kai A.

in 🔬 show-discussions

September 28

• Edited (Sep 28, 2026)

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Can Dish it Out But Can't Take It

Hal is back with a brand-new tour for 2026 with a show that promises to stick it to ‘The Man’, as long as ‘The Man’ doesn’t stick it back to him. With his trademark hard-hitting ‘take no prisoners’ comedy (this is what Hal told me to write!!!), he will be hilariously pontificating on subjects like middle-aged dating, social media, the insanity of modern politics and the fact that his daughters love him but don’t respect him. He believes that, after you’ve seen the show, you’ll feel exactly the same way.

What's on this week?! 😁

NextUppers! Hey! There's no livestreams scheduled for this week, so if you haven't already, I would highly suggest watching Hal Cruttenden's latest special. Check it out here! 💃

Paul F.

in 🔬 show-discussions

September 27

Loving rewind. Getting streaming issues every so often, not sure if just me?

Not caught all shows but stand out new find for me has been Sam Eley.

Robert W.

in 🏦 support-and-alerts

September 25

Hello. Adam Flood's Rewind stream has the same audio sync issue at the end as the livestream did. Any chance you can fix it? Happens around 46'50

Karen D.

in 📣 club-updates

September 25

Being asked to pay for the rewind stream?!

Kai A.

in 📺 whats-on

September 25

Happy Rewind Weekend! 😍

Yaaaay! Who is the first comedian you're watching? (Don't forget all 5 of 'The Big Shows' are also available) Personally I'm heading straight to Felicity Ward! 🤣

Kai A.

in 📺 whats-on

September 24

Who's watching the livestream tonight?! Lineup for Bill Murray is Zoe Brownstone, Michael Akadiri, Celine Kuklowsky, Oliver Moore and Neil O'Rourke!

ME!!!!!!!! 🎉

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