Sound move
Russell Kane switches Fringe venue over acoustic problems
18/08/2012 … Russell Kane has quit his Edinburgh Fringe venue after complaining about noise problems.
2012 Archives
Sat 18 August 2012
Hugh Grant barred from Fringe venue
Bouncers turn him away from stand-up show
18/08/2012 … Hugh Grant was turned away from a comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe last night – thanks to overzealous bouncers.
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.
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.