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Your favourite podcast for all things Edinburgh Fringe; with news, reviews, and classic interviews. Welcome to the Edinburgh Fringe Show.

This BAFTA-nominated podcast is a mix of news from the biggest arts festival in the world, with interviews and reviews from the world of comedy, theatre, and music; featuring over 1000 guests since we started coverage in 2005. Listen to all our shows online at edinburghfringe.thepodcastcorner.com. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or in your favourite podcast app, to never miss an episode.

27/08/2024

Some Final Thoughts On The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 after a month of podcasting from the capital. Trying to capture everything that happened is a task worthy of Hercules, so I hope that I’ve brought you a flavour of the Fringe during August.

The Fringe has always faced challenges from its first days to this year and beyond. Instead of an interview to close out August, I wanted to talk a little about our Fringe community and my hope that over the next year, we can all listen to everyone’s concerns and work on solutions that benefit everyone.

Let’s ensure that when we all return to Edinburgh in 2025, the Edinburgh Fringe is the best it can be.

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https://thepodcastcorner.com/2024/08/26/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2024-epilogue-some-final-thoughts-on-the-fringe/

26/08/2024

As we come to the end of week three, we sit down with Anthony Alderson, director of The Pleasance Theatre Trust.

We touch on several critical issues running one of the largest venues at the Edinburgh Fringe, including the continuing impact of COVID and the importance of government funding to the Fringe community and The Pleasance. Given the cost of the Fringe is on everyone’s minds, we talk about turnover, tickets, and artistic risk.

We also talk about the work of The Plesance to support and promote the arts at Edinburgh in August and throughout the rest of the year, including various Pleasance Futures projects and the ambition of creating sustainable touring for theatre in the UK.

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https://thepodcastcorner.com/2024/08/23/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2024-anthony-alderson-the-pleasance-theatre-trust/

25/08/2024

Tim Benzie joins us on the show today to talk about his two Fringe shows, “It’s A Mystery” and “Solve Along A Murder She Wrote”. Yes, he loves his cosy crime shows, but doesn’t everyone secretly love a mystery?

We start with the rules of detective fiction before our talk turns to Agatha Christie and Dame Angela Lansbury, how you can do a solve-along-a with a murder, and the advantages of having two shows at the Fringe where one is guaranteed to get the ticket sales.

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https://thepodcastcorner.com/2024/08/22/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2024-tim-benzie-solve-along-a-murder-she-wrote/

24/08/2024

Mark Dean Quinn joins me on the show today to do his best not to talk about his show ‘Oh No (That’s Not Your Cheese).’ He’s found the right level of fame, and doesn’t feel the need to go any further.

Nevertheless, we’ve lots to talk about, including the importance of the Free Fringe and how this can offer more artistic freedom, his work on the Edinburgh Fringe Performers’ Forum, and why he is ready to help people before they get to Edinburgh.

But does he eat cheese?
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23/08/2024

Juliet Cowan has an impressive CV of character roles in TV and film following her stand-up appearances, yet 2024 is her first hour of comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe. The delightfully titled show has Cown looking at the impact of the menopause and its reflection on the rush of hormones in her teenage life.

We talk about how stand-up was a way into an acting career and how that had to fit around family life, being recognised by different generations for different roles, and the challenge of having your children come and watch such a confessional show.

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22/08/2024

To open up week three, I speak to Nina Gilligan on her show Goldfish. We start with the classic observation of a Goldfish’s memory before exploring what that means to Nina and how it ties in with the show.

We also go into the importance of “the hour” at the Fringe, why it is well suited to Nina’s show, and how she could never be as vulnerable on the regular circuit as she can be in Edinburgh.

Like every interview, I never want to give up spoilers on any show, and it’s something I check with artists before we start. So, while there are no spoilers to the show, the show itself does touch on topics that may be triggering, and this interview is going to hint at.

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21/08/2024

Rachel Kaly is over from the US to bring their debut hour to the Fringe. Hospital Hour looks at Kaly’s many appointments and visits to the American healthcare system for psychological treatments.

We also talk about what the fringe means in general and Edinburgh specifically. How do you know when an hour is ready for the Fringe, and how does the show change throughout the month?

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15/08/2024

A fun conversation with Louise Atkinson today as we talk about her show She’s Got The Look. The press release provides my first question (to the light of morning DJs the world over), but we go into more topics on the business and art of being a comic.

How can you make comedy accessible to everyone? How does Edinburgh fit into the United Kingdom’s festival circuit, and why is the Fringe one of the biggest routes into comedy? And if it’s all about rhythm, what beat does Louise work to?

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14/08/2024

Today, I speak to Natasha Pearl Hansen. Following her breakout hour and comedy special retelling the moment she cancelled the wedding and turned it into a recording session for a live show, Natasha returns to the Fringe with The Right Amount of Wrong.

It looks at life after that not-wedding day, finding the joy and the win in the day, and the journey that followed. We talk about that, but also the challenge of transferring US comedy to the UK, how to name a show so it can be easily pitched and flyered, and (of course) the weather.

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12/08/2024

Vyte Garriga's Paper Swans is a mesmerising and thought-provoking piece of absurdist theatre that is picking up critical acclaim in the media covering the Edinburgh Fringe, and offering an emotionally complex hour for the audience.

We talk about moving from Lithuania to the UK and London and why RADA felt like the only option for Vyte to further her career. From there, she talks about her academic studies and why she was hungry to be on stage, both individually and as part of a theatre company. Finally, we talk about the writing process and the challenges presented by the repeating motif in Paper Swans and the challenge if offers the audience.

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09/08/2024

Archie Henderson joins me today. He’s the creative mind behind Jazz Emu a flamboyant singer with illusions of grandeur, as Emu looks to climb the dizzying pole of stardom. The show at the Fringe is a brash mix of musical fun, intense moments, and the drive to succeed in front of royalty.

We talk about the influences of music and style behind Jazz Emu and how the audience interaction of a comic can apply to what is essentially a piece of musical theatre. How that changes depending on the venue Henderson and the full band are playing in, and why the Government’s lockdown campaign is a key part of Emu’s story.

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08/08/2024

Joining me on the Fringe podcast today is Julie Flower, who has a story that looks at “love, memories and the stories our clothes have to tell.” In Grandma's Shop, she brings the true-life story of her Grnadma’s counter-culture second-hand shop in Sheffield to the Fringe, we talk about the trailblazing nature of her relative, investigating your own family for personal and professional reasons, and subverting expectations.

There might be a few cats involved as well.

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07/08/2024

Bebe Cave joins me today for the big interview. She’s been a regular at the Fringe since she debuted in 2012 in a two-hander show with her sister, but this year is her first solo show. ‘The Screen Test’ is a period piece set in the Golden Age of Hollywood, but it talks about the industry demands of today, as well as a near-century ago in Hollywood.

We also talk about the delights of the heroines of the screwball comedy, finding the confidence to go out on stage, and the importance of family support when you work in the Arts.

Follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your favourite podcast app, to never miss an episode. Or listen on the website. https://thepodcastcorner.com/2024/08/07/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2024-bebe-cave-the-screen-test/

06/08/2024

Today’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe interview is with Finlay Christie, a comic who has found success on the stage and online, with sell-out shows at the fringe and a popular YouTube channel that can bring hundreds of thousands of viewers to his material. His show ‘I Deserve This’ sees the 19-year-old question his success and how he balances the different needs of comedy for the online and offline worlds.

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02/08/2024

It’s time for our final preview of the Edinburgh Fringe as Ewan Spence talks to Darrell Martin, owner of Just The Tonic.

We talk about Just The Tonic starting at the Edinburgh Fringe with the Big Value Comedy Showcase before moving into venue management. JTT operate a number of different ticket options, from ‘Free Fringe’ to full-price ticketing. Which choices are best for which artists, and does Darrell have a preference?

The cost of the Fringe is also discussed with a particular focus on the cost of accommodation and the impact of local and national legislation on the delicate balance the Fringe needs to survive.

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27/07/2024

For our second podcast preview of the Edinburgh Fringe, Ewan Spence talks to Julie Lærkholm, the Community Engagement Officer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.

We discuss two key ticketing projects: Fringe Days Out, which works with local groups and organisations, and the Community Ticketing Initiative, which distributes tickets from artists, companies, and venues to the local community.

We also discuss how the Fringe Society supports performers and venues to make their shows more accessible through captioning, audio descriptions, and BSL interpreters.

The Fringe Society is just one part of the Fringe—venues and performers will all have their own approaches to making shows and venues as accessible as possible, but this is a great discussion about how the Society promotes and encourages accessibility across the Fringe.

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19/07/2024

The first 'regular' episode of this year's Edinburgh Fringe Show podcast is live! Over the next few weekends during July, we’re going to bring you some interviews that talk about the wider power of the Edinburgh Fringe and its importance to the creative economy.

In our first preview show, Ewan Spence meets Chris Grace to talk about his new solo show ‘Sardines (A Comedy About Death)’, how fringe theatre continues to be important to his career, and why the Edinburgh Fringe is such a magical time of year.

Follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your favourite podcast app, to never miss an episode. Or listen on the website... https://thepodcastcorner.com/2024/07/19/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2024-chris-grace-sardines-a-comedy-about-death/

12/07/2024

With August and the Edinburgh Fringe approaching, Ewan Spence opens up the season with our prologue to set the scene, and to listen to our traditional opening song from Daniel Cainer.

You can follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast app to never miss an episode. You can also listen on the website.

https://thepodcastcorner.com/2024/07/12/the-edinburgh-fringe-show-2024-prologue/

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