In the final Edinburgh Fringe preview podcast, The Recs' editor Steve Coats-Dennis chats to the cast and creatives of the eagerly-anticipated Footballers' Wives The Musical:

(from 01:00) composer and lyricist Kath Gotts

(from 23:00) Ceili O'Connor as Tayna Turner

(from 30:15) Matt Beveridge as Jason Turner

(from 35:35) India Chadwick and Tom Bowen as Chardonnay Lane and Kyle Pascoe

(from 41:03) Leesa Tulley and Oliver Evans as Donna and Ian Walmsley

(from 48:50) Gillian Kirkpatrick as Nurse Dunkley

and (from 54:15) legendary choreographer Dame Arlene Phillips

In the fifth of The Recs' Edinburgh Fringe Specials, we chat to some of the purveyors of humour at the EdFringe 2025.

The episode features

(from 01:15) Kieran Hodgson tells us about his new solo show Voice of America, about appearing in the big-budget Hollywood superhero movie, The Flash, his first two Edinburgh solo shows that the internet forgot, the new Two Doors Down Christmas Special and arousing The Recs' suspicion in Father Brown.

(from 37:05) Freddie Walker and Sean Wareing of Fishing4Chips chat to us about their Fringe follow-up to Recs' favourite Burning Down The Horse. This year, their light-immersion-comedy takes us to 79AD and Pompeii for It's Gonna Blow.

(from 50:50) and Fringe comedy newcomer Leo Mahr tells us about performing in Edinburgh at the world's biggest arts festival for the very first time.

In the fourth of The Recs' Edinburgh Fringe Specials, Steve Coats-Dennis chats to some of the leading queer performers at the EdFringe 2025.

The episode features

(from 01:06) Bryan Safi, star of star of ABC's 9-1-1 and co-host / co-creator of the podcast Attitudes!, chatting about his debut Fringe solo show, Are You Mad at Me?? - and about cooking with Mariah Carey. No really!

(from 23:35) Awkward Productions, purveyors of queer joy in shows such as Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story and Gwyneth Goes Skiing, discussing their new show, The Fit Prince - and getting married at this year's Fringe for real!

(from 40:45) Ryan Stewart telling us about their drag character Goody Prostate and their intriguing new show, Kinder.