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Comic and medic Ed Patrick shares tips to keep you Fringe fit
13/08/2017 … In the final instalment of our guide to surviving the Edinburgh Fringe, comedian and doctor Ed Patrick offers tips on getting some physical exercise.
© Huw jennings Kwame Asante on getting some shut-eye
12/08/2017 … In the third of our series on surviving the Edinburgh Fringe, doctor and comedian Kwame Asante offers his tongue-in-cheek six-point guide to sleep at the festival:1.
Comedian and doctor Matt Hutchinson puts a dampener on the fun
11/08/2017 … In our continuing series of how to survive the Fringe, medic and comedian Matt Hutchinson tackles the burning issues in festival romance… If…
Comic and doctor Benji Waterstones shares some advice
10/08/2017 … Research suggests comedians are statistically more likely to kick the can earlier than average.
09/08/2017 … I'm doing my first hour at the Fringe this year, but I've also been a professional poker player for the last nine.
Amanda Miller on the power of her artform
08/08/2017 … Finding what’s funny about painful experiences is what helps me get through life.
...and does that add or subtract from the humour, asks Alice Fraser
07/08/2017 … Aren't you just meant to be funny? As a comedian, isn't that the whole point of it? There’s a strange parallel snobbery in comedy - where the ‘just…
Marcus Monroe says everyone shies away from saying what he is: a juggler
06/08/2017 … I am a professional juggler and that's destroying my career as a professional juggler.
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