It’s late, it’s live and it’s 50 years ago! Welcome to everything you’ve ever wanted – catch phrases, cue cards, a smiling host with an obnoxious collar and a clever woman confined to a zone.

Watch comedy scripts come to life on stage. We pull back the curtain on TV development, with original scripts performed by the Fringe's top comedians.

Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee Glenn Moore reads out a torrent of new, untested jokes from his notepads to see what works.

Mike Rice returns to the Fringe to test out new rotten ideas, stories and jokes. The material will touch on subjects ranging from adventures in Africa to dodgy medical procedures.

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee returns to Fringe to work on his brand-new show. 'Imagine Robin Williams but Australian' (New York Times). 'An extraordinary talent' **** (Scotsman). 'Joyfully subversive' **** (List). **** (Guardian). A work-in-progress show from one of Australia's 'most exciting talents' **** (Sydney Morning Herald).

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Catherine Bohart returns to the Fringe to build a brand-new show about her birthright – all-encompassing, generational worry. But it's a laugh!

Tiff Stevenson brings you a WIP about luck, boobs, war and entropy. A chimera of half ideas, funny jokes and physicality.

Following a sold-out 2024 tour, acclaimed stand-up and online sensation Morgan Rees is back with previews of his hugely anticipated brand-new show. A stand-up show about the trials and errors of falling in love and keeping the spark alive, the spiral-inducing limbo of awaiting a diagnosis, and the experience of being a white Welsh valley boy integrating into a proud Gujarati family.

Join the triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated top lad Cantrill for a twisted tale of community, justice and mushrooms. Former city slicker Chris finally found peace in the countryside and was happy to see out his days whittling, until a heinous act of vandalism drew him back into the fray... Writer on SNL UK (Sky). Co-creator of Icklewick FM (BBC Radio 4).

All quiet on the frontal lobe. This is the latest offering from Bella Hull. As seen on Have I Got News For You (BBC One), The Last Leg (Channel 4). Writer for SNL UK. 'Beautifully wrought... a joy to watch' **** (Guardian). 'Hugely entertaining' **** (Evening Standard). British Comedy Guide Next Big Thing Award nominee, Chortle Award Best Show nominee.