Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
[audio:http://archive.org/download/TPC_Fringe2012_11/tpc_fringe2012_13082012_11.mp3] With The Group Theatre of Helsinki (Continuou Growth), Svenska Teatern (My Elevator Days), Nish Kumar (Who is Nish Kumar), Simon Egerton (Fag Ends and Families), and Mikelangelo (The Balkan Elvis). More at the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast and The Stage. Follow via RSS or in iTunes.
[audio:http://archive.org/download/tpc_fringe2012_09/tpc_fringe2012_11082012_09.mp3] With Mat Ricardo (Vaudeville Schmuck, Voodoo Varietes), Des McLean (I, Tommy), Alistair Barrie (Urban Fogey, Coaltion), and the Lyric Theatre Belfast (Molly Wobbly’s Tit Factory).  More at the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast and The Stage. Follow via RSS or in iTunes.
[audio:http://archive.org/download/tpc_fringe2012_08/tpc_fringe2012_10082012_08.mp3] With Donnacadh O’Brain (Peep), David Trent (Spontaneous Comedian), Steven Banks (Billy The Mime), and Virginia Gay (Dirty Pretty Songs). More at the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast and The Stage. Follow via RSS or in iTunes.
[audio:http://archive.org/download/tpc_fringe2012_03/tpc_fringe2012_05082012_03.mp3] With Little Dog Productions (Punch), Tiffany Stevenson (Uncomfortably Numb), Mark Little (The Bullshit Artist), and Frank Sanazi (Das Vegas Night). More at the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast and The Stage. Follow via RSS or in iTunes.
And so August comes round once more on the calendar, and that means Edinburgh is about to be over-run by every single person who has ever appeared on a BBC Comedy Panel Quiz Show, everyone who wants to be on one, the quirky guests from QI… and the mainstream press forgets that Comedy only makes up one third of the programming at the Edinburgh Fringe. This will be the eighth year that my daily podcast from the Fringe will be running, and the seventh year that I am delighted to be working alongside The Stage to try and bring the
Steve Roe, via What’s On Stage: The general attitude of many producers I met there seemed to be looking at who had won awards at the end, going to see them, and then maybe arranging a meeting. This is so lazy it makes me feel physically sick. Again the self-selection process of who can afford the time and money to do the fringe for five years has already happened, and they can swoop in like vultures at the end of this process claiming they ‘discovered new talent’. Idiots.
