This section of the site is a blog section for performers at this years Edinburgh Fringe. Detailing how they’re getting on with preparing their show and sharing production tips.
At first these articles will be irregular, building up to the Fringe in August when hopefully posts will get added daily from different contributors.
The performers will be from different genres and have varying levels of experience. The one thing they will all have in common is that during the month of August they will be located within the same square mile. Detailing the highs and low of performing everyday in a city which will see 6 million people visit it during the month.
The published articles so far are listed below.
If you’d like to contribute to this section please get in touch.
The Free Festival doesn’t kick off until tomorrow, yet already the Facebook updates are coming in. The Twitter ones may be too, but since I joined Tweetdeck, I’ve been less inclined to read Twitter like I used to. Perhaps I should fix that. The point is this – people are in Edinburgh, some shows are…
The Fringe was a rough ride for Eric, he broke his ankle at a preview show in Exeter, he was nearly arrested at Waverley station upon arrival in Edinburgh for swearing at a train guard who wouldn’t let him retrieve his child’s push chair and he spent the entire month living on a camp site…
This year was Ashley’s 9th fringe. He kept a blog before arriving in Edinburgh one of which his guide to flyering has been read widely. In the first of a series of interviews with acts from this year he gives his thoughts and opinions. What are you overall feelings about the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival?…
I’ll assume you’re already familiar with the story of Cockgate being as there was some great pieces in the media and it was all over twitter (just search #cockgate). If not this piece basically explains it. Firstly just for the record I am the one who coined the term “ghost cock”. The fact that term…
@theianfox thinking of going up next fringe Ian & just read your blog. Great read, looking forward 2 your view on this years fringe. — Peter McCole (@PeterMcCole) August 28, 2011 I spotted this on twitter a few days ago before and thought I’d spend some time putting my thoughts about this years fringe when…
Comedians from around the fringe who have come out in support of Kunt and the Gang. Including:- Stewart Lee, Robin Ince, Simon Donald, Kate Copstick, Frank Sanazi, Phil Kay, Charlie Chuck, Seymour Mace, Wendy Wason, Martin Mor, Lloyd Langford, Vladimir Mactavish, Wil Hodgson, James Dowdeswell, Steve Day and Ro Campbell All Photos by Alex Petty shot…
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011. The most talked about event of Fringe 2011 is cockgate. Kunt and the Gang‘s £10 worth of stickers has seen him threatened by comedians, alleged talk of legal action and workers from Edinburgh Council telling him they spent all last week pulling off over a hundred c*cks. You can read the…
Last blog post before going to Edinburgh, so here’s one last bit of advice. I got this advice from working with the owner of this blog site – Mr Ian Fox. Since I joined The Great Big Comedy Picnic in 2005, there’s always been a “run in CD”. This is a single mix of music…
When I started this blog, I was writing from the comfort of not being due at the Fringe for many days to come. Things have now changed. I’ve got 2 more nights at home and then I’m heading up to Scotland. I’m finding my days quite difficult to get through and my attention span and…
It’s true. You get to Edinburgh thinking you’re a perfectly normal, rational, non-insecure individual, and then all of a sudden there’s a frenzy of reviews and you end up in the corner of a room beating yourself up over something someone said/wrote/felt. Surely it shouldn’t matter? With comedy, of course, the most important reaction is…
Well, I have now met the best audience member ever! I think she doesn’t quite beat the room full of women in Camden, many years ago, who chanted my name as I left the stage. However, as individuals go – she is all of my top ten! Why, you ask? Well, at one point in…
Well, as ever, fitting in time for a blog is a challenge with a fringe going on, but I have a moment, as my little girl is debating colours with granny (she calls them all yellow, but doesn’t actually like yellow. Daughter, this is, not granny. Granny likes all colours and is spot-on accurate on…
How to Produce a Fringe Show 