live now to our reporter who is there, courtney bembridge. reporter who is there, courtney bembridge-, . , , bembridge. hello. i get all the best “is, don't bembridge. hello. i get all the best gigs. don't i? _ bembridge. hello. i get all the best gigs, don't i? thousands— bembridge. hello. i get all the best gigs, don't i? thousands of- gigs, don't i? thousands of performers, hundreds of locations. everywhere you can fit the microphone is being turned into a stage you're at the fringe. england and son is a play that is being put on for this first week of the fringe. i have the right here, at edwards, and star of the show, comedian mark thomas. you are a festival stalwart. how is this year compared to previous years? what is great is the festival is getting back on its feet again properly. last year if that ticket was punch—drunk. there are lots of problems with the festival, but there are lots of brilliant things about the festival. what i love about the festival. what i love about the festival. what i love about the place as you can go and see a bit of performance art, then a bit of

courtney bembridge, festival fringe. courtney bembridge, thank festivalfringe.ican continent and the coup that took place last week in niger. over 90 may have seen the news that the airspace over niger was closed following an announcement by the so—called national council for the safeguard of the homeland. this is essentially the coup leaders. at the time they said that faced with the threat of intervention that is becoming clearer through preparation from a neighbouring country, didn't give specific which country, niger's airspace is closed as of today. there has been reaction to this. early on it was italy's foreign minister who said the only way out of this is a diplomatic one and i hope the ultimatum of the economic community of african states which expired last night will be extended today, monday. we are hearing from the german defence ministry spokesperson who said that there renewed flight ban in niger is a setback for us. the economic community of african states hoping that the president would be reinstated but the coup leaders have ignored that complet

and i am courtney bembridge, live at the edinburgh festival fringe and i am courtney bembridge, liveh festivalfringe as it reaches its final weekend. we'll be meeting one of the acts performing here. —— edinburgh festival fringe. hello. we're starting this hour with breaking news — us officials say three marines have been killed in a military aircraft crash in northern australia. 23 people were on board osprey military craft, which was taking part in exercises near the remote melville island,

and i am courtney bembridge, live at the edinburgh festival fringe and i am courtney bembridge, livethe edinburgh festivalfringe as it reaches its final weekend. we'll be meeting one of the acts performing here. —— edinburgh festival fringe. hello. we're starting this hour with breaking news — us officials say three marines have been killed in a military aircraft crash in northern australia. 23 people were on board osprey military craft, which was taking part in exercises near the remote melville island, off the coast of darwin, in the northern territory. five marines have been transported to darwin in a serious condition. australian prime minister anthony albanese gave this update, a little earlier. the initial reports suggest that the incident involves just us defence force personnel, that there are no members of the australian defence force involved in this incident. our focus as a government and as a department of defence is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this difficult time. live now to sydney, we can speak to phil

courtney bembridge there at the edinburgh fringe.icially confirmed that the wagner mercenary boss, yevgeny prigozhin, was among those who died when their plane crashed on wednesday. authorities said genetic tests had established that the identities of all ten people on board the private jet matched the names on the passenger list. the exact circumstances behind the crash between moscow and st petersburg remain unclear. president vladimir putin had already passed on his condolences to mr prigozhin�*s family, describing him as a talented person who had made serious mistakes. the mercenary leader had led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tension with russian commanders over the war in ukraine. he'd since relocated to belarus. and just over a month later he has died in this plane crash, and according to authorities, that has now been confirmed that he has died. genetic testing has taken place. you can read more about that on our website or on the app. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. just a few days

it's the closing weekend of the festival — and our reporter courtney bembridge has been catching—up with my next guests are from western australia, a very special place in the world. georgia deguara is with me from yuck circus. tell me about what your show is. yeah, we're so excited to be here back at edinburgh fringe, here at the assembly george square gardens. 0ur show is an all—female circus company, so we've got high—flying acrobatics, rippercomedy and yeah, just all tied together to celebrate the strong women on stage. and we're seeing some of the strong women behind you. tell me about the name yuck, where did that come from? yeah, so this is our original show and the things that we talked about were things that we thought were really relevant and important to us at the time. so the "yuck" things like periods and catcalling and binge drinking, you know, things that are a part of growing up as a woman. and so we take those ideas and those topics and we kind of make fun of them. you know, proper australian larrikin humour. you probably know what i mean by that, a bit cheeky. i happen

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge, who is there. what have you got? i've got something very _ what have you got? i've got something very special - what have you got? i've got something very specialjust| what have you got? i've got i something very specialjust for what have you got? i've got - something very specialjust for you. something very special just for you. i have louis pearl with me and i'm in a giant bubble. i need to stay still. he is working, this is the amazing bubble man, he was working hard to encase me in a bubble. he has so much more to show us. you been doing it for 1h years, selling out crowds because of these skills. it is true. i wasn't selling out crowds — it is true. i wasn't selling out crowds at _ it is true. i wasn't selling out crowds at the beginning. i started 40 years— crowds at the beginning. i started 40 years ago, as a toy inventor. i will put _ 40 years ago, as a toy inventor. i will put you — 40 years ago, as a toy inventor. i will put you in a bubble one more limo _ will put you in a bubble one more limo that — will

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there.ia. georgia, tell us about your show. we from western australia. georgia, tell us about your show.- from western australia. georgia, tell us about your show. we are so excited to be _ tell us about your show. we are so excited to be here _ tell us about your show. we are so excited to be here back— tell us about your show. we are so excited to be here back at - tell us about your show. we are so excited to be here back at the - excited to be here back at the edinburgh fringe. we are an all—female circus company, so we have got comedy and acrobatics, and we are all together on stage. tell us about the _ we are all together on stage. tell us about the name yuck circus, where does that come from? the us about the name yuck circus, where does that come from?— does that come from? the things that we talked about _ does that come from? the things that we talked about all— does that come from? the things that we talked about all the _ does that come from? the things that we talked about all t

the event's grown from a handful of performances to a sprawling extravanganza. 0ur reporter courtney bembridge been speaking to performers. this is yes—ya—yebo! from south africa, an amazing group we've just been rehearsing. they are absolutely incredible. and i've got two people here ready to tell us all about it. so, many of this group had never been on an aeroplane before and they arrived here in edinburgh to quite the spectacle. what was that like? exciting. great. 0verjoyed. very dramatic, i love it. you're already in character. and sylvester, can you tell us? this show is a celebration of the 12 languages in south africa. tell us about how this show came about. obviously, this show has been put together by a charity which believes in inspiring confidence, finding your voice, finding your rhythm and finding your authentic self. so through the show, we've managed to celebrate our culture and our 12 official languages. well, i think we should probably see the celebration of culture. let's take it away. will you get into position? let's have a look at what you guys put on for us. amazing! we

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there. courtney, looks quite fun behind you.nd ou. , ., ., ., courtney, looks quite fun behind you. yes, today we are at the circus hub. i you. yes, today we are at the circus hub- i have — you. yes, today we are at the circus hub. i have members— you. yes, today we are at the circus hub. i have members of— you. yes, today we are at the circus hub. i have members of the - you. yes, today we are at the circus hub. i have members of the seven i hub. i have members of the seven fingers with me. you can see hula hooping, this is nick oh to tell us more about what the show entails. it is a contemporary circus show presenting here every night in the circus_ presenting here every night in the circus hub~ — presenting here every night in the circus hub. it tells a story of romeo _ circus hub. it tells a story of romeo and juliet through acrobatics. it's a fun_ romeo and juliet through acrobatics. it's a fun show, it's really immersive and interactive also because — immersive and interactive also because we split up the audience into tea

among them is our reporter courtney bembridge. hi, how�*s it going? hi, how's it going?t time meeting - hi, how's it going? we have been| having a great time meeting some hi, how's it going? we have been . having a great time meeting some of the 3500 acts performing here during the 3500 acts performing here during the month of august. my guest is robin grainger. last year on his opening night there was only one person in the audience, he was told this moments before he had to get onto stage and decided to do the show anyway. the rest is history. he has shot to superstardom, is selling out shows this year around talking about that experience. welcome to bbc news, how have you found this fringe? it�*s bbc news, how have you found this frinae? �* , , bbc news, how have you found this frinae? h , ., , bbc news, how have you found this frinae? v , . , ,, ., , fringe? it's been really fun. shows have been really _ fringe? it's been really fun. shows have been really busy, _ fringe? it's been really fun. shows have been really busy, the - fringe? it's been really fun. shows. ha

with me is our reporter courtney bembridge. how is the rescue operation going?n the pictures we just so we can see that the army has sent a couple of helicopters to the area but the rotor blades from the helicopters could disrupt the cables, so it is precarious, we can see the images now, it is hanging on its side, the cable car, it is an open cable car which means that the doors on each side, there is nothing to stop people falling out, which is adding to the risk, and the fact that there are children on board. we have heard from one of the men on board, he is 20 years old, and he has been in contact with some of our colleagues working on this story and he has said that there are eight people on board, that most of them are children aged between 15 and 20, and he said, sorry, there are also children aged 10—15, he said that one of them is a student who is 16 years old and has a heart condition. so, when we see some of those images and we saw the soldier, we have got some still images of the soldier being lowered to the area from the helicopter, there is some qu

our news reporter courtney bembridge updated us a little earlier from the festival.ty. this is the havana street party. they've made it all the way here from havana to have fun with us today. can you tell us about the act? what are you bringing to fringe? we're bringing the heat from havana, from the streets, the music, the dance, me and all my friends just here to share all and the type of dance that you do. describe it to us. street dance, salsa, timba, reggaeton. and with my friends, we're doing some collabs from other cultures too, like afrobeats, reggaeton from puerto rico. it's a mix. hip hop. amazing. well, i think it's probably best if you show us what you can do. we've got a couple of people here. this is hugh and this is lois. and they want to learn some of your moves. so if you show us and show the camera, if you stand here. yeah, give us a demo to the camera here. and now some roomba steps to the side. to the side. let me see your arms moving. one, two, three. you are watching bbc news. this is havana street party. live from cuba. they've come here and th

courtney bembridge is in edinburghfor us. hello, courtney. what more can you tell us about this? festival, 3500 shows. there is music, circus, theatre, adults dressed as pigeons, everything for everyone and there are hundreds of venues, everywhere you can fit a microphone and some chairs has been turned into a venue in edinburgh but there are four major venue produces here known as the big four, one of those is assembly and we are going to speak with the artistic director now. huge festival, assemblies one of the oldest venue produces, can you tell us about the impact of your work here and just how big it is? assembly started in 1981, from the assembly rooms which you can see behind us which was the first big venue and now we run 26 theatres around edinburgh during the festival and put on about 200 shows, so in scale assembly would normally play to about 500,000 people, equivalent to about 500,000 people, equivalent to the size of wimbledon's live audience and probably bigger than glastonbury. you audience and probably bigger than glastonbury-— glastonbury. you can imagine assemb

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there. up as i go along, i make these performers do their thing. we are here today at the circus hub. i have someone with me to talk to our next act, a female only immersive circus act described as being under a blanket fort. i will let her explore what that means. i a blanket fort. i will let her explore what that means. i wish i was called _ explore what that means. i wish i was called or— explore what that means. i wish i was called or brave _ explore what that means. i wish i was called or brave space - explore what that means. i wish i was called or brave space and - explore what that means. i wish i was called or brave space and wei was called or brave space and we built a _ was called or brave space and we built a giant blanket fort with the audience — built a giant blanket fort with the audience. the show is all about building — audience. the show is all about building trust between the audience and the _ building trust between the audience and the performers and amongst the performe

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge, who is there.have just been rehearsing. they are incredible. i have two people here ready to tell us all about it. many of this group hadn't been on an aeroplane before and they arrived in edinburgh at two quite the spectacle. what was that like? exciting. great. overjoyed. very dramatic, i love it. sylvester, this show is a celebration of the 12 languages in south africa. how did the show come about? tt languages in south africa. how did the show come about?— languages in south africa. how did the show come about? it has been put toaether the show come about? it has been put to . ether b the show come about? it has been put together by a — the show come about? it has been put together by a charity _ the show come about? it has been put together by a charity which _ the show come about? it has been put together by a charity which believes i together by a charity which believes in inspiring — together by a charity which believes in inspiring confidence, _ together by a charity which believes in insp

courtney bembridge has been speaking to one performer about his personaljourney to the french.ts that will be performing during the month of august. i have paul fulton erin kilkenny fletcher who wrote the show app dissolve. tell me what it is about. show app dissolve. tell me what it is about-— it is about. the show is all about how _ it is about. the show is all about how i _ it is about. the show is all about how i used - it is about. the show is all about how i used to - it is about. the show is all about howl used to suffer it is about. the show is all- about howl used to suffer with about how i used to suffer with cerebral depression for nearly 30 years —— terrible depression. and on march 20 last year a total unaffected event occurred that you would my depression, and it is a funny show, a comedy show, but also an uplifting show. it is such a difficult _ also an uplifting show. it is such a difficult subject - such a difficult subject matter. how do you and, by all accounts, hilarious. how do you balance those two things? we wrote the _ balance tho5e two thing5? - wrote t

it's the closing weekend of the festival — and our reporter courtney bembridge has been catching—up with next guest comes all the way from iceland. how did i go with the pronunciation there? i did have to practice quite a few times. now, your show i managed to see. absolutely incredible. you're reading your diaries from spanning tens of years. decades. yeah, tens of years. and it's also a musical, tell me a little bit about the show. i've seen it, but tell everyone else about the show. yeah, it's basically based on my diaries, as you said, from when i was a kid, teenager, a young man, and newer diaries as well. and it's a reckoning with my history of coming out as a gay man in iceland and being brought up in a very heteronormative, patriarchal society. and yeah, and kind of like how i basically had a nervous breakdown writing the show and learning why that happened to me. it's a very emotional show. it's one of those ones where i laughed, i cried. i walked out feeling lighter, but also heavier in a way. there's so much that you fit in, and i guess it's a universal experience as people lo

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there. we've seen some we've seen some some we'vening today? the element we have international acts from across the globe and someone who is bringing the best of korea isjoining me right now. angela, tell me about this year's offering.— right now. angela, tell me about this year's offering. thank you for introducing _ this year's offering. thank you for introducing us. _ this year's offering. thank you for introducing us. we _ this year's offering. thank you for introducing us. we are _ this year's offering. thank you for introducing us. we are bringing i this year's offering. thank you for. introducing us. we are bringing the best korean work to the largest international festival in the city of edinburgh, so from 2015 and this yeari of edinburgh, so from 2015 and this year i brought them! this of edinburgh, so from 2015 and this year i brought them!— of edinburgh, so from 2015 and this year i brought them! this is key pop sensation, mixing _ year i brought them! this is key pop sensation, mixing k-pop_ year i brought them! this is k

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there. takeit take it away, courtney.cotland on guitar, and pre—kumar. how did the show, bad? she was touring scotland in 2017 as part of india's celebrations. we work together, i've been to india and we've done some small—scale things. we decided the dancers, it is like a miniature orchestra, and my learning from indian music. this miniature orchestra, and my learning from indian music.— from indian music. this is the world remiere. from indian music. this is the world premiere- how _ from indian music. this is the world premiere. how has _ from indian music. this is the world premiere. how has it _ from indian music. this is the world premiere. how has it been - from indian music. this is the world | premiere. how has it been received? the audience is wonderful. we've got about— the audience is wonderful. we've got about four— the audience is wonderful. we've got about four reviews, including a five star, _ about four reviews, including a five star, and _ about four reviews, including a five star, and lovely comments fr

with more on this, courtney bembridge is in our newsroom. just tell us what we know at the moment?nkie, i want to show you the latest pictures _ moment? frankie, i want to show you the latest pictures we _ moment? frankie, i want to show you the latest pictures we have _ moment? frankie, i want to show you the latest pictures we have of - moment? frankie, i want to show you the latest pictures we have of this - the latest pictures we have of this ongoing rescue, this is an army helicopter, it is a tricky rescue to pull off because of course the rotor blades of the helicopter can affect this delicate situation, the cable car here as you can see hanging just by one side. and many people on board, there are open sides to this cable car so it is not a confined cabin space and they are trying to reach, it is an area as you can see from these image that is very mountainous so it can only be reached by the helicopter but that is causing problems because of course the rotor blades and wind speeds in that area, too. i will show you this video as well, this has obviously brought quite a crow

i'm courtney bembridge, we're live at the edinburgh festival fringe, where we're setting up for somethingociation, luis rubiales, from all football—related activities. association, luis rubiales, from all the suspension applies to both national and international football.

globe have visited the scottish capital to witness the edinburgh festival fringe. 0ur reporter courtney bembridgerector, nica burns, to tell me all about the awards and their history. nica. hi, good afternoon. yeah, been a wonderful occasion and we have another three fantastic winners this year. so i think very, very happy. and this year has been absolutely outstanding. it's like... it's now two years after we've come back, post—covid, there's a sense of optimism, which has been fantastic. there's so much laughter and a complete diversity of shows. any kind of comedy funny bone that you might have, you'll find someone who will have actually hit it for you and have you rolling — literally rolling — in the aisles. having a look through that short list, there's an estonian clown, there's all sorts there. how do you go about picking these finalists, or how does the panel go about it? well, we literally see every single show that's eligible, which means playing the right dates as the main one. and we've seen about 560 shows — different shows — and paid 1,800 visits. so the marks keep coming in, the sh

let's hear from our reporter courtney bembridge, who is there.ound the world here at edinburgh festival fringe was to my next guest star from italy, they are the black blues brothers. below is here to tell me it is what it is about patella it's a topical show, it contains a lot of things because we have some funny comedies. same we have some funny comedies. some acrobatics as — we have some funny comedies. some acrobatics as well. _ we have some funny comedies. some acrobatics as well. it's _ we have some funny comedies. some acrobatics as well. it's very _ we have some funny comedies. some acrobatics as well. it's very fun - acrobatics as well. it's very fun and very nice to see. we acrobatics as well. it's very fun and very nice to see.— acrobatics as well. it's very fun and very nice to see. we are seeing some of the — and very nice to see. we are seeing some of the amazing acrobatics - some of the amazing acrobatics behind us. the blues brothers, tell us about the inspiration, do you love the film?— us about the inspiration, do you love the f

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there.'s just been a couple of days. i feel like it's hard to believe it's just been a couple of days. ifeel like i've been around the world and back and i've been here for a year. we've met artists from cuba, south africa, iceland, manchester, from australia. we've got a spanish puppeteer in group, we havejust had such we've got a spanish puppeteer in group, we have just had such fun for that we've just met a ballet troupe from kyiv in ukraine. we really have had a taste of everything and this is only a small taste of the three matth us and shows that have been on offer at fringe festival and will be for the rest of august. at a bar is home to about 2 million tickets sold here. so edinburgh comes alive in the month of august for fringe festival. the french started as an fringe event. the international festival is happening at the same time. we are about to meet later in the days on women in kilts doing an ancient scottish tradition of back holding for them i can't wait to have ac and maybe

water has overwhelmed drainage systems and flooded roads. 0ur reporter courtney bembridge has more detailsain. let's look at a few areas in particular. los angeles, palm springs, death valley and las vegas in nevada. starting in la, these pictures were uploaded to snapchat, showing the hollywood hall of fame. you can see heavy rain there. another hollywood iconic location is universal studios, also affected by the storm. and this is palm springs, known normally for its hot and sunny weather. not now. california's governor said that in a single hour, palm springs received more rain than ever before. next we go to sheep canyon, just south of palms springs. you can see mudslides there and also mudslides in death valley, which is normally known for extreme temperatures. the desert has been hit by very heavy rain and flooding there too. we have also seen flooding in victorville, and residents there said they watched the floodwaters get higher and higher before making the tough decision to leave their properties. let's have a listen to what they said. all that started within an hour or two and i

has announced its winners for best newcomer, panels prize and best comedy show. 0ur reporter courtney bembridges. we are here at the edinburgh festival fringe comedy awards. we're here at the edinburgh festival fringe comedy awards, described as the oscars for comedy, and i have two winners with me — ahir shah and urooj ashfaq. now, they won, respectively, best show and best newcomer, and we will hear some of their secrets. i'll start with you, ahir. tell me about your show. it is about your family? yes, my show is called ends, and it is the story of the last 60 years of the british indian community in this country, with specific reference to my grandparents, my nanny—mum, my light specific reference to my grandparents, my nanny—mum, my late nanaji, and talking about... trying to just pull back from just seeing things through the narrow, blinkered lens of an individual life, and try to look at how progress might occur generationally, and it's considerably funnier than it sounds. you said that it was about generational sacrifice, and i saw you making a phone call as you went up to accept your re

featuring performers from across the globe, with more than 3,500 shows this year. 0ur reporter courtney bembridgelfringe. i have the amazing mario maker and the magician, because he makes all of them himself. this magician, because he makes all of them himself.— them himself. this is marcel the robot monkey. _ them himself. this is marcel the robot monkey. he _ them himself. this is marcel the robot monkey. he is _ them himself. this is marcel the robot monkey. he is sound - them himself. this is marcel the - robot monkey. he is sound activated, so when the audience applauds, he claps his chest. i built robotics that you magic for kids and we are here in edinburgh for the month and we have an amazing fun interactive show. ., ., ., , .,~ we have an amazing fun interactive show. ., ., ., show. how long does it take you for exam - le show. how long does it take you for example to — show. how long does it take you for example to make _ show. how long does it take you for example to make marcel? - show. how long does it take you for example to make marcel? it - show. how long does it take you for exam

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there. what's going on? tell is more.t gone six o'clock here which means it is happy hour and i have a very special bartender here, bill, whose birthday it is today, he turning 1m. he is working hard, though, not taking any breaks in to your to tell me more about the show that bill is the star of isjohn. tell me about this. the that bill is the star of is john. tell me about this.— that bill is the star of is john. tell me about this. the show is about bill— tell me about this. the show is about bill who _ tell me about this. the show is about bill who is _ tell me about this. the show is about bill who is turning - tell me about this. the show is about bill who is turning 44 - tell me about this. the show is| about bill who is turning 44 and tell me about this. the show is - about bill who is turning 44 and he is throwing — about bill who is turning 44 and he is throwing his own birthday party that he _ is throwing his own birthday party that he is— is throwing his own birthday party that he is very excited for, he has p

our reporter courtney bembridge is there. what madness do you have for us today?r us toda ? y , , ,., today? my next guest is so energetic- _ today? my next guest is so energetic. he _ today? my next guest is so energetic. he had - today? my next guest is so energetic. he had come i today? my next guest is so energetic. he had come all today? my next guest is so i energetic. he had come all the today? my next guest is so - energetic. he had come all the way from perth. he is also a hypnotist and i was in his audience the other day and i was on stage and i was hypnotised. tell me about your show? it is an 80s themed comedy hypnotist it is an 805 themed comedy hypnotist show _ it is an 805 themed comedy hypnotist show i_ it is an 805 themed comedy hypnotist show. i have taken the theme of the 5how. i have taken the theme of the ridiculous— show. i have taken the theme of the ridiculous decade that was the 805, the music, — ridiculous decade that was the 805, the music, the movies, jammed it into a _ the music, the movies, jammed it into a fun — the music, the movies

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge. she is there now. how lucky am i?cky am i? at this beautiful venue and _ she is there now. how lucky am i? at this beautiful venue and have - she is there now. how lucky am i? at this beautiful venue and have with . this beautiful venue and have with me the director of the edinburgh international festival. nicola, a grammy award winner, brit award winner and also the first female and scottish director. quite a few firsts there and amazing accomplishments. how was this job? is the honour of a lifetime. you don't _ is the honour of a lifetime. you don't know_ is the honour of a lifetime. you don't know how it will feel until you do— don't know how it will feel until you do it — don't know how it will feel until you do it but now we are on the final_ you do it but now we are on the final day— you do it but now we are on the final day and genuinely, i don't want _ final day and genuinely, i don't want the — final day and genuinely, i don't want the festival to end. i don't even _ want the festival to end. i don't even fee

the event's grown from a handful of performances to a sprawling extravanganza. 0ur reporter — courtney bembridgecome over to you. i here at one of the many — courtney come over to you. i here at one of the many festival _ courtney come over to you. i here at one of the many festival venues - courtney come over to you. i here at one of the many festival venues at i one of the many festival venues at matawan. indigenous australian performance with us celebrating all things indigenous culture for the and he is here to tell me what the show is all about.— show is all about. thank you for havin: show is all about. thank you for having us. this _ show is all about. thank you for having us. this is _ show is all about. thank you for having us. this is a _ show is all about. thank you for having us. this is a show- show is all about. thank you for having us. this is a show called| having us. this is a show called common— having us. this is a show called common dissonance. it's about the way that_ common dissonance. it's about the way that we — common dissonance. it's about the way that we look at contem

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge, who is there. tell us a bit more. looks interesting.the hero of the story. tell me all about it. ., ., ., y hero of the story. tell me all about it. you follow my hero's “ourney, findin: it. you follow my hero's “ourney, finding her— it. you follow my hero's “ourney, finding her one i it. you follow my hero's “ourney, finding her one true _ it. you follow my hero's journey, finding her one true love. - it. you follow my hero's journey, finding her one true love. it's - it. you follow my hero's journey, finding her one true love. it's a l finding her one true love. it's a story we're all familiar with. unguided with the harry godmother. very harry. tells about your role. i want to ask about this headpiece. you mean my hair?— you mean my hair? sorry, your beautiful— you mean my hair? sorry, your beautiful hair! _ you mean my hair? sorry, your beautiful hair! i— you mean my hair? sorry, your beautiful hair! i am _ you mean my hair? sorry, your beautiful hair! i am the - you mean my hair? sorry, your beautiful hair! i am the hairy i beautif

let's hear from our reporter courtney bembridge, who is at the edinburgh fringe festival.ys of the edinburgh festival fringe and it's a time when awards are handed out and i have one winner with me, paulfoot, his show out and i have one winner with me, paul foot, his show one, joint winner at the ish awards. paulfoot, his show one, “oint winner at the ish awards. yes, i want jointly _ winner at the ish awards. yes, i want jointly with _ winner at the ish awards. yes, i want jointly with julie _ winner at the ish awards. yes, i want jointly with julie ashley, i winner at the ish awards. yes, i want jointly with julie ashley, a | wantjointly withjulie ashley, a hilarious clown, and it is a new award, basically. foryears there has only been one comedy award which has only been one comedy award which has had various names, i do not know what it is called nowadays but this one is called the ish because it is a kind of comedy award ish and also here because they do not have a sponsor. it's a brilliant award all run by volunteers who are independently going to see the shows and t

now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there.estival. you have someone with you who might be of interest to many people. exactly, i have irish comedian ed byrne stop he is going to tell us all about his show. it is attributed to mark twain. _ all about his show. it is attributed to mark twain. it _ all about his show. it is attributed to mark twain. it is _ all about his show. it is attributed to mark twain. it is the _ all about his show. it is attributed to mark twain. it is the idea - all about his show. it is attributed to mark twain. it is the idea that l to mark twain. it is the idea that humour— to mark twain. it is the idea that humour is — to mark twain. it is the idea that humour is supposed to be tragedy. i examine _ humour is supposed to be tragedy. i examine how big a tragedy is and how much _ examine how big a tragedy is and how much time _ examine how big a tragedy is and how much time has passed before it gets funny _ much time has passed before it gets funny i_ much time has passed before it gets funny. i start w

our reporter courtney bembridge is there. thousands of people come from around the world.ne if you came here wearing to go and the audience contained just one person. well, that happen to my guest robin granger. he persisted, there was not a moment where he denied he was going to go out on that stage. how was that experience? it going to go out on that stage. how was that experience?— was that experience? it was interesting. _ was that experience? it was interesting. it _ was that experience? it was interesting. it was - was that experience? it was - interesting. it was nerve-racking, interesting. it was nerve—racking, it was_ interesting. it was nerve—racking, it was exciting but it was ultimately good because i went ahead and did _ ultimately good because i went ahead and did the show and it snowballed, the show_ and did the show and it snowballed, the show started to sell out. performing to that one person has catapulted you. he ended up doing interviews for german media, around the world, after that. and us because of somebody who is waiting outside your show? shifter

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there. hello. everything here. this show is described as pure chaos and we were lucky enough to see it. it's insane. two hours of sprawling entertainment based on punishment but i'm going to stop talking and let brian tell me more about it. hello. it means punishment or penalty— hello. it means punishment or penalty in _ hello. it means punishment or penalty injapanese and in our game show, _ penalty injapanese and in our game show. we _ penalty injapanese and in our game show, we have four comedy warriors come _ show, we have four comedy warriors come out _ show, we have four comedy warriors come out challenges and if they fail or dont— come out challenges and if they fail or don't make the audience laugh, they have — or don't make the audience laugh, they have to receive a jaw—dropping punishment. this is the punisher, the co-host _ punishment. this is the punisher, the co—host. what you have there? oh she wants _ the co—host. what you have there? oh she wants to— the co—host. what you have there

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge, who's there.l about wellness which is a message we need after a long fringe festival. what is the secret to looking this good this early on a sunday morning?— looking this good this early on a sunday morning? getting up very earl and sunday morning? getting up very early and having _ sunday morning? getting up very early and having a _ sunday morning? getting up very early and having a latte _ sunday morning? getting up very early and having a latte that - sunday morning? getting up very early and having a latte that has. early and having a latte that has been _ early and having a latte that has been paid — early and having a latte that has been paid for by licence payers! there _ been paid for by licence payers! there are — been paid for by licence payers! there are not many rolling news channels — there are not many rolling news channels i— there are not many rolling news channels i would get up for, but bbc is one _ channels i would get up for, but bbc is one of— channels i would get up for, bu

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge, who is there.ntry close to my heart. they are circa and they are performing this year. teiiii heart. they are circa and they are performing this year.— heart. they are circa and they are performing this year. tell me about the show. performing this year. tell me about the show it — performing this year. tell me about the show. it is _ performing this year. tell me about the show. it is a _ performing this year. tell me about the show. it is a nightclub - performing this year. tell me about the show. it is a nightclub infused l the show. it is a nightclub infused club, _ the show. it is a nightclub infused club, live — the show. it is a nightclub infused club, live dj and acrobatics. i'm a work_ club, live dj and acrobatics. i'm a work is _ club, live dj and acrobatics. i'm a work is based around acrobatics, so they do— work is based around acrobatics, so they do a _ work is based around acrobatics, so they do a variety of backs and fill it with _ they do a variety of backs and fill it with this— th

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there.lia's best jugglers, a different take on juggfing jugglers, a different take on juggling that you will have seen. tell me about the show. i am juggling that you will have seen. tell me about the show. i am sam and i are with escalade _ tell me about the show. i am sam and i are with escalade which _ tell me about the show. i am sam and i are with escalade which is _ tell me about the show. i am sam and i are with escalade which is all - i are with escalade which is all aboutjuggling but it focuses on the possibility of music and lighting in the context ofjuggling so it is really taking a fresh perspective i guess on the artform. we really taking a fresh perspective i guess on the artform.— really taking a fresh perspective i guess on the artform. we can see some of the _ guess on the artform. we can see some of the juggling _ guess on the artform. we can see some of the juggling year, - guess on the artform. we can see some of the juggling year, this i guess on the artform. we can see i

and our reporter courtney bembridge is there. courtney, what is the atmosphere like? is described — like? we are here at what is described as _ like? we are here at what is described as the _ like? we are here at what is described as the oscars - like? we are here at what is described as the oscars of. like? we are here at what is l described as the oscars of the comedy awards. it is the edinburgh festival fringe comedy awards and i am here with two of the winners, they have picked up the victoria would award here. this is a very special show they put on this year. this is danny and this is mark, they put on a show in honour of their friend who tragically died earlier this year after a car accident so to tell us a little bit more about the awards they have one and the show they managed to pull off, let's start with you danny.— they managed to pull off, let's start with you danny. gareth was a treat start with you danny. gareth was a great friend _ start with you danny. gareth was a great friend of _ start with you danny. gareth was a great friend of ours _ start with

let's hear from our reporter courtney bembridge, who is there.t guests are from italy, they are the black blues brothers. what is it about? ~ . . black blues brothers. what is it about? ~ ., ., black blues brothers. what is it about? ., ., , ., about? we are a topical show. it contains a _ about? we are a topical show. it contains a lot _ about? we are a topical show. it contains a lot of _ about? we are a topical show. it contains a lot of things - about? we are a topical show. it contains a lot of things that - about? we are a topical show. it contains a lot of things that are l contains a lot of things that are topicat — contains a lot of things that are topical. some love, some funny comedy, — topical. some love, some funny comedy, acrobatics. it's very fun and very— comedy, acrobatics. it's very fun and very nice to see. we comedy, acrobatics. it's very fun and very nice to see.— comedy, acrobatics. it's very fun and very nice to see. we are seeing some of the — and very nice to see. we are seeing some of the amazing _ and very nice to see.

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there. what have you got for us now?action. we have been broadcasting _ to see some action. we have been broadcasting for _ to see some action. we have been broadcasting for three _ to see some action. we have been broadcasting for three days - to see some action. we have been broadcasting for three days and i l to see some action. we have been l broadcasting for three days and i am feeling a little bit worse for wear but luckily i have got some doctors with me there are going to make me feel a little bit better. these are members of saint doctors hospital. hello, good to see you. it is such a pleasure _ hello, good to see you. it is such a pleasure to — hello, good to see you. it is such a pleasure to be here talking to you at london's edinburgh fringe. we are doctors _ at london's edinburgh fringe. we are doctors from saint doctors hospital and we _ doctors from saint doctors hospital and we have just come off a double so forgive _ and we have just come off a double so forgive us if we smell heroic. what _ so forgive u

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge, who is there. now we have two very special guests. 0ne have two very special guests. one from iceland and one from manchester. we will start the aunty ginger. mi; manchester. we will start the aunty auiner. y .,, manchester. we will start the aunty auiner. y , manchester. we will start the aunty auiner. g ,., , manchester. we will start the aunty auiner. g i, ., ginger. my “0b is at the -- my show is at the ginger. my job is at the -- my show is at the assembly _ ginger. my job is at the -- my show is at the assembly gardens. - ginger. my job is at the -- my show is at the assembly gardens. it's - ginger. my job is at the -- my show is at the assembly gardens. it's a i is at the assembly gardens. it's a really— is at the assembly gardens. it's a really funny show. there some education _ really funny show. there some education as well. i like to solve problems— education as well. i like to solve problems for people too. it's on now until the _ problems for people too. it's on now until the tenth. it

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there.gh expectations for you after watching you last do some acrobatics — after watching you last do some acrobatics yourself.— after watching you last do some acrobatics yourself. what if you got in store for — acrobatics yourself. what if you got in store for us? _ acrobatics yourself. what if you got in store for us? yes, _ acrobatics yourself. what if you got in store for us? yes, the _ acrobatics yourself. what if you got in store for us? yes, the key - acrobatics yourself. what if you got in store for us? yes, the key word | in store for us? yes, the key word there is high- _ in store for us? yes, the key word there is high. i _ in store for us? yes, the key word there is high. i got _ in store for us? yes, the key word there is high. i got high _ in store for us? yes, the key word there is high. i got high but - in store for us? yes, the key word | there is high. i got high but maybe not high enough for that one. we are at the circus hub today looking at all the offerings here and ou

than three and half thousand acts and attracts visitors from around the globe. 0ur reporter courtney bembridgeyou that now?— extraordinary acts without one of ou that now? ., mg q ~ �* you that now? how lucky my? we've been here all— you that now? how lucky my? we've been here all day _ you that now? how lucky my? we've been here all day meeting _ you that now? how lucky my? we've. been here all day meeting performers from around the world. their circus, dance, comedy, their silence shows, they are very loud shows. i'm going to introduce you to one brilliant show. 0riginally to introduce you to one brilliant show. originally from guinea but hailing from montreal tell us about your show. hailing from montreal tell us about yourshow. hi. hailing from montreal tell us about our show. , ., ., , ., your show. hi, everyone. that show is insired your show. hi, everyone. that show is inspired by _ your show. hi, everyone. that show is inspired by daily _ your show. hi, everyone. that show is inspired by daily life _ your show. hi, everyone. that show is inspired by daily life in _ your show. hi, every

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there.ing to meet as many of them as possible. this next axis from spain. we have eddie here to tell us about their show. they are an elderly couple. they have _ they are an elderly couple. they have been— they are an elderly couple. they have been living together for many years _ have been living together for many years and — have been living together for many years and they have fallen into a routine — years and they have fallen into a routine. suddenly doreen will start to have _ routine. suddenly doreen will start to have alzheimer's, and this fact will help— to have alzheimer's, and this fact will help them remember their love story, _ will help them remember their love story, rediscover each other again and their— story, rediscover each other again and their love for each other again. i and their love for each other again. i watched _ and their love for each other again. i watched this. i watch this clip while i was at work preparing for this deployment. i laughed, cried, and i was onl

live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there.ay, and film—maker. if we can start with you, michaela. tell me about what your show is? mr; tell me about what your show is? my show is a homage to my family, especially— show is a homage to my family, especially my father. my family migrated to greece —— from greece to australia _ migrated to greece —— from greece to australia i_ migrated to greece —— from greece to australia. i had an idea to write a story— australia. i had an idea to write a story about — australia. i had an idea to write a story about my father, wai started writing _ story about my father, wai started writing the — story about my father, wai started writing the show, i realise it is about— writing the show, i realise it is about my— writing the show, i realise it is about my ancestors and what they have given — about my ancestors and what they have given to my father in order for him to— have given to my father in order for him to become the person he is and in order— him to become the person he is and in order fo