Having a tough Fringe? Remember all the reasons to enjoy it
Vix Leyton has some hard-won advice for fellow comedians
14/08/2024 … It’s gone by so fast that it feels unbelievable that I’m now approaching my fourth fringe as a performer.
2024 Opinions
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Wed 14 August 2024
Tue 13 August 2024
A Fringe show with a message? That's just not enough...
Sid Singh calls for bucket change to help finance real change
13/08/2024 … The first time I ever actually watched a proper hour show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival: I was absolutely not ready.
Mon 12 August 2024
© Rebecca Need-Menear Is the internet making comedy more cultish?
Finlay Christie on the unusual relationship between comics and their online fans
12/08/2024 … Another article about the future of digital comedy?! How many times do comedians need to boast that they can ‘bypass industry gatekeepers’? Relax.
Sun 11 August 2024
So, Where Are The Asians?
Sam See on why so few comics from South East Asia come to the EdinburghF ringe
11/08/2024 … I've been asked this every Fringe since 2019: where are the Asians? Now, what they mean by this isn’t ‘where are the Asian acts’, there…
Sat 10 August 2024
Why comedians have to be entrepreneurs
Any good stand-up is 'brandable', says Natasha Pearl Hansen
10/08/2024 … I always had a unique mentality when it came to building my career, and a big catalyst to that was a comment from one of my earliest improv directors at Second…
Fri 09 August 2024
How to build a social media fanbase
Anna Akana has some advice for fellow comedians
09/08/2024 … If you asked me circa 2015 how to create viral content, I would have had a definitive answer about how to pair a provocative, clickbait title with a colourful, close-up…
Thu 08 August 2024
How I've struggled to fit in, starting stand-up as a middle-aged woman
Jo Prendergast sees people like her in the audience - but not the green rooms - of comedy clubs
08/08/2024 … The DJ was pumping out the tunes and I was busting out some sick dance moves at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival after party.
Wed 07 August 2024
An audience of one? I love that
Kevin James Doyle on the intimacy of gigs on Zoom or people's homes
07/08/2024 … I started doing stand-up 14 years ago and if you had told me then that some of my most memorable shows would be in a friend's living room and on Zoom, I would…