I'm invisible in Edinburgh
Cally Beaton says she's being overlooked because she's a 50-year-old woman
15/08/2019 … I did my first gig at the behest of Joan Rivers; I was 45, she was 81.
2019 Opinions
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Thu 15 August 2019
Wed 14 August 2019
Laughs in translation
Daliso Chaponda on negotiating the cultural differences of doing comedy around the world
14/08/2019 … Get off the plane, then tedious immigration.
Mon 12 August 2019
What comedians can do to improve mental health
Both their own and their audience's
12/08/2019 … ⬛BY SAMANTHA PRESSDEE Yesterday it was reported that Jeremy Kyle is set to make a TV comeback after his show was taken off air this year, following…
Sun 11 August 2019
Spare a thought for the Fringe's underappreciated techs
Says former crew member Helen Bauer
11/08/2019 … In 2009, I went to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time, I was 18 years old and had just finished college with a C in general studies and an E in economics, but…
Thu 08 August 2019
Comedy now values confessions as much as punchlines
...and that's great, says Sam Morrison
08/08/2019 … Last year, Netflix released The Comedy Lineup featuring 12 of the most interesting and unique up-and-comers doing 15 minutes.
Wed 07 August 2019
The Fringe isn't what it used to be? So what!
Filippo Spreafico says there are still plenty of ways to work in the periphery
07/08/2019 … Each year I arrive at a Fringe Festival, be it in Europe or Australia, I hear the tired leitmotifs: ‘This year’s Fringe is getting more and more mainstream’,…
Tue 06 August 2019
Too much?
06/08/2019 … When I turned 28, I had never had an orgasm.
Sun 04 August 2019
Why can't TV capture the spirit of the Fringe?
04/08/2019 … In 1997, the band I was the frontman for, Dawn Of The Replicants, appeared on the BBC Two TV show Edinburgh Nights with Mark Lamarr, We closed the show with our…