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How to make the Fringe inexpensive

Posted on August 17, 2011August 17, 2011 by Ewan Spence

Some of my thoughts on the cost of the Fringe over at Dale & Co: If you repeat a lie often enough, then people will start to believe it. Keep repeating it after that, and it becomes something that is accepted. And shortly after that, it becomes faith. So let me skewer one of the big myths of the Fringe. It does not cost thousands of pounds to put on a show at the Edinburgh Fringe. Like any endeavour, it is possible to spend tens of thousands of pounds so that you can stand in front of a few hundred

The Fringe by the numbers, for Thursday 4th August

Posted on August 5, 2011August 5, 2011 by Ewan Spence

Genetically engineered clones in a love song: 999,999 Transvestites falling off a stage: 1 Inches of rain falling in Edinburgh: 592. Christmas songs sung to the John Williams Star Wars score: 3. Factual errors about the Eurovision Song Contest by Mitch Benn: 37 Eurovision fans singing the 1982 UK Eurovision song “One Step Further” by Bardo outside The Stand after listening to Mitch’s song: 2 And that was Thursday at The Fringe!

The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2009 #5 – Guilder and Florin

Posted on August 11, 2009August 11, 2009 by Ewan Spence

Sam Hansford talks abotu running the Bedlam Theatre , home of the Edinburgh University Theatre Company throughout the rest of the year, and New York’s Rachel Sage joins the show for some chat, some song… and some chocolate.

The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2009 #1 – Voices of the Fringe

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Ewan Spence

What makes Edinburgh so special? I sit down to about this with Karen Coren (Gilded Balloon), Bruce Devlin (Devlin’s Daily), Nicola Hazelton (Bedlam) and David Ferrard (Folk Singer/Songwriter).