Chris Forbes on bringing Christmas, comedy and tragedy to the Edinburgh Fringe

SCOTTISH comedian Chris Forbes is bringing Christmas to the Edinburgh Fringe this August with a deeply personal new show exploring family, loss and finding humour in tragedy.

As the festival brings thousands of shows to the Scottish city, there’s also plenty of merriment out on the streets.

"Based on how it has been presented and promoted, I find it puzzling that a tragedy is being used as a draw for a comedy show."

AMANDA Knox’s ex-boyfriend has hit out at her controversial Edinburgh Fringe show. Raffaele Sollecito, 42, was wrongfully convicted alongside Knox for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, before being acquitted. He has since joined the line of critics blasting his ex’s show Cartwheel - running for ele

It’s febrile Fringe season again: a time of frantic lists and spreadsheets, and that panicked sense you might not be able to catch all the essential shows. To make life easier, I have compiled a list of the 11 shows that I – an academic specialising in humour and comedy – am most excited about this year in Edinburgh. I

Festival organisers defend show after criticism from sister of Meredith Kercher, Knox’s murdered former flatmate The Edinburgh festival fringe said it was “not afraid of controversy” after calls to cancel a sold-out show by Amanda Knox, who was falsely imprisoned for the 2007 murder of her flatmate Meredith Kercher in

It is a city set to welcome millions of visitors for one of the world's largest cultural festivals, while also boasting some of Scotland's most famous landmarks.