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The Skinny Changing the culture: a new normal for the Fringe? We catch up with Bilal Zafar, Eleanor Morton, Tom Mayhew, Chloe Petts and Sikisa about what the ‘new normal’ should be for future Edinburgh Fringe Festivals Feature by Yasmin Hackett | 07 Apr 2021 The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a sorely missed staple for many comics who look to build on, and in some cases establish their careers. It’s been off the cards since April 2020 but it feels, however tentatively, as though we could see its return this summer, even if it doesn’t look or feel quite the same.  Between F...

Station orders three stand-up specials with a focus on working-class upbringings Tom Mayhew, Jacob Hawley and George Fouracres are the latest comics to land stand-up specials for Radio 4 – all making reference to their working-class roots. Tom Mayhew is recording his show, Benefit Scum, next week. It’s an autobiographical half-hour about growing up working-class and his time on benefits.  The BBC says: ‘[It] takes a wry, sideways look at the prejudices that people have towards benefits claimants and turns those assumptions on their head.’ It has been adapted from his  an audio ada...