This week’s issue of The BBC’s Radio Times (UK TV and Radio listings magazine) lists The Edinburgh Fringe Podcast as one of its three podcst choices this week. With a circulation of over one million readers in the UK, that’s a lot of eyes seeing the podcast…
Even if you were there, you can;t have seen [...]

It might still be early days (ie about half way through week one), but the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast is the top ranked Edinburgh Fringe Podcast in iTunes. Currently sitting at number 24, I’m going to be very interested to see how high it climbs. For those of you looking for a one click subscription in [...]

Yes, as well as the first little prologue going up on The Podcast Network’s Edinburgh Fringe Show’s website (and RSS Feed) the buzz is building in other places as well. The Fringe Podcast comes but once a year, but covering an Arts Festival with over 250 venues (maybe the best part of 300 stages), for [...]

Tonight saw The Stage recognise excellence in four award categories. The winners are…
Best Actress
Caroline O’Connor - Over The Rainbow
Best Actor
Paul Sparkes - Finer Noble Gases
Best Solo Show
Daniel Kitson - C-90
Best Ensemble Cast
National Theatre of Scotland - Black Watch

Just in from the awards ceremony, the first Iffy/Eddie winenrs are…

Best Comedy Performer
Phil Nicol - The Naked Racists
Best Newcomer
Josie Long
Spirit of the Fringe
Mark Watson

More on this, and my reaction, in Monday’s Podcast.

As discussed in this morning’s podcast iwth NIca Burns, the shortlist for the IF.comeddies have been announced. They are:
Best Comedy Performance…

David O’Doherty Is My Name
Russell Howard: Wandering
Phil Nicol: The Naked Racist
Paul Sinha: Saint or Sinha?
We Are Klang: Klangbang

Best Newcomer…

Fat Tongue
Concert for La Vert: God’s Pottery
Andrew Lawrence: How To Butcher Your Loved Ones
Josie Long: Kindness and [...]

Visitors to http://www.edfringe.com/, the official Fringe website, will hopefully have discovered their brand new podcast section, where naturally The Podcast Netowrk’s podcast is featured. Now, if I can get a little attribution and a proper link back to this site I’ll be over the moon!

Thanks to Scotlan’s ban on smoking indoors in a public place, a number of Fringe shows and performers are being “reminded” by Edinburgh City Council that they’ll have to not smoke on stage, even if artistically it’s pretty key to the performance.
Which means one of my favourite shows last year “Bill Hicks: Slight Return” (and [...]

Suppose I’d better post them…

The shortlist for the Perrier Comedy Award 2005
Chris Addison - ‘Atomicity’
Dutch Elm Conservatoire ‘Conspiracy’
Jeremy Lion - ‘What’s The Time, Mr Lion’
Jason Manford - ‘Urban Legend’
Laura Solon - ‘Kopfrapers Syndrome: One Man and His Incredible Mind’
The nominations for Perrier Best Newcomer
Charlie Pickering ‘Betterman’
Mark Watson ‘50 Years Before Death’
Rhod Gilbert’s 1984
Tim Minchin ‘Darkside’
Toulson [...]

You reap what you sow? Perrier Judges are breaking ranks to let the world know that this years eligible candidates are all, well, crap. There’s a surprise. How do you expect to find innovate talent and new blood when this new blood would need to be prepared to loose close to £4,000 to put on [...]