The Edinburgh Fringe Show, with Ewan Spence

Aug 26 2024 50 ep. 21 mins 19

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Ewan Spence brings you an exciting guide to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with news, interviews, and reviews, from behind the scenes and on the stages around Scotland’s Capital City.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 Epilogue – Some Final Thoughts On The Fringe

Aug 26 2024 11 mins

And with that, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 comes to an end. 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 very first days through to this year and beyond. Instead of an interview to close out August, I wanted to talk a little abou

The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Anthony Alderson, The Pleasance Theatre Trust

Aug 23 2024 32 mins

As we come to the end of week three, we sit down with Anthony Alderson, director of The Pleaseance 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 min

The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Tim Benzie, Solve Along A Murder She Wrote

Aug 22 2024 24 mins

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 advant

The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Mark Dean Quinn, Oh No (That’s Not Your Cheese)

Aug 21 2024 23 mins

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, an

Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Juliet Cowan, F*ck Off and Leave Me Alone

Aug 20 2024 24 mins

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 Cowan 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 ha

The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Nina Gilligan, Goldfish

Aug 19 2024 21 mins

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 i

The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Rachel Kaly, Hospital Hour

Aug 16 2024 19 mins

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?

The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Louise Atkinson, She’s Got The Look

Aug 15 2024 22 mins

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

The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – John Meagher, Big Year

Aug 14 2024 20 mins

John Meagher joins me on the podcast today to discuss his life and Edinburgh Fringe debut. 8 years after starting on his performing career, he has an hour for the Fringe. Big Year is that show, and it's an opportunity for John to look back over his life, from an island off the coast of Ireland to his own home in England. We talk about his approach to writing material and why it ha

The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Natasha Pearl Hansen, The Right Amount of Wrong

Aug 13 2024 21 mins

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 t