Fringe chair quits
'It's time for some fresh thinking'
18/08/2012 … Baroness Elizabeth Smith has stepped down as chair of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society after 17 years, saying: ‘It is time for some fresh thinking.
2012 Archives
Sat 18 August 2012
Secrets of The Loft
Steve Shanyaski breaks his 'no drinking' rule
18/08/2012 … When I loaded up my car to breaking point, the day of my arrival in Edinburgh – D-day – I had all the rules in place in my mind needed to survive a month at…
'It’s a lesson in cringe comedy'
Barbershopera chose their favourite moments
18/08/2012 … DAVID LUFF: PRODUCERGroundhog DayFor me, the top comedy film of all time is Groundhog Day, the superb Harold Ramis movie with Bill Murray at his most sardonic and…
Andrew O’Neill: Fringe 2012
18/08/2012 … Distraction: the curse of every self-employed person, especially, it seems, the comedian.
Charmian Hughes: Fringe 2012
18/08/2012 … Somehow, I thought the apocalypse would be better organised than this.
Ryan Withers: Fringe 2012
18/08/2012 … Ryan Withers has been something of a beneath-the-radar magnet for lovers of weird – if rough-and-ready – comedy at the Melbourne Comedy Festival over the past…
Pappy's: Last Show Ever!
18/08/2012 … With this spectacular return to form, Pappy’s have set the bar for sketch comedy this Fringe.