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Edinburgh’s Niddry Street comes alive during the city’s annual Fringe festival. Like so many roads in the heart of the ...
A Jewish comedian who claimed he was axed by an Edinburgh Fringe venue over his views on Gaza has won the support of a ...
A Jewish comedian has been banned by an Edinburgh Fringe venue after they attended a vigil for the victims of the October 7 ...
Is the Edinburgh Fringe a Judenfrei zone now? With just a week to go before the Fringe kicks off, Jewish comedians are being ...
Two Jewish comedians have had shows cancelled by venues hosting the Edinburgh Fringe. Whistlebinkies told Rachel Creeger that ...
AN Edinburgh Fringe venue has rejected claims that it dropped a comedian’s show due to the fact that he is Jewish ...
Chortle readers believe Edinburgh Fringe venues were wrong to cancel Jewish comedian Philip Simon by a margin of three to one.
"The staff said, 'If you are attracting issues that need extra security, it puts everyone in the venue in danger,'" Creeger recounted.
In a world where comedy meets controversy, a Jewish comedian finds himself at the center of a storm. What happens when ...
Two Jewish comedians have claimed their shows have been cancelled on the Edinburgh Fringe this year because of “safety ...
Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon were set to perform at the Whistlebinkies venue, but were informed that their acts had been ...
Banshee Labyrinth last night axed Simon’s solo show Shall I Compere Thee in a Funny Way? after fellow PBH Free Fringe venue Whistlebinkies pulled the plug on a Jewish line-up show he was due to host ...