Category: Fringe

How Should I Cover The Fringe With The New Web Tools?

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With the Edinburgh Fringe fast approaching, I’m thinking about the best way to cover the Fringe with the newest web tools. Naturally the core product is still the podcast – with a daily 30 minute show from August 7th through till August 31st available through this podcast / RSS feed (or via iTunes), along with the weekly preview shows I’m currently running. The question is what else to do? The rise of Twitter is the obvious tool to consider using (especially after the success of my Eurovision coverage), but the Fringe isn’t a mass shared experience as the song contest

Nica Burns, the Eddies and the Edinburgh Fringe

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Better known in times past as the Perriers, and the If.comedy Award, the Edinburgh Comedy Awards (likely to be labelled The Eddies from here on in by the press) is one of many awards at the Fringe, but is probably the one that gets the most mainstream media coverage. Back in 2006 I spoke to Nica Burns about the organisation of the Awards, how it all works, and some of her memories of the Fringe. The more detailed discussions about sponsorship I’ve edited out here (that bit is  out of date!) but otherwise the Comedy Awards continue in 2009, and

Hitler on the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

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One of the delights of the Fringe (and the Fringe Podcast) is finding small acts that go on to greater success, and Paul Webster, who I spoke to in 2007 (and is today’s Best of the Fringe Podcast) wrote and performed his own one-man show, Hitler Alone. It returns to the Fringe for a third year, and gives me the perfect reason to repeat my interview with him, that was recorded in one of the many side streets just off The Royal Mile If you’d like to see Paul Webster performing Hitler Alone this year (it runs from the 12to

iTunes Reviews of The Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

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In the run up to August 7th and the start of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, I’m getting the word out about this years Fringe podcast in a variety of ways that only the internet can. So, taking a leaf out of all the good podcasters promotional playbooks, I’m reaching out to the magazines and newspapers, the websites and blog, and also asking people who’ve listened to the show to jump over to iTunes and leave a review. Visit the Edinburgh Fringe Show on iTunes, or subscribe with the regular RSS feed.

The Best of the Fringe Podcast: Mitch Benn

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Continuing to showcase some of the interviews from previous Edinburgh Fringe years, this week I turn to a familiar voice for listeners to Radio 4’s The Now Show… Mitch Benn. Before you listen, it is worth pointing out that Mitch and I knew each other when we were both at Edinburgh University, so this interview from 2006 does have a hint of Stadler and Waldorf about it as we reminisce, but Mitch talks a lot about what the Fringe means on the stand-up circuit, from entertaining audiences to promoting yourself. The Fringe is, essentially, a great big trade show, and

The Best Of The Fringe Podcast: Four Poofs and a Piano

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As mentioned yesterday, I’m going to be repackaging some of the older interview from the Edinburgh Fringe podcasts in the run up to the 2009 Fringe starting on August 7th. The first interview from the archives are three singers who, with a fourth member who was lost around Leith Docks on the day, make up the house band on Friday night with Jonathan Ross… it’s Four Poofs and a Piano. It goes without saying that you won’t be able to buy any tickets for their 2006 show and still see them, but consider this and the rest of the “Best