How to make money and get noticed at the Edinburgh Fringe
Comedian and ISH comedy award founder Nathan Cassidy
02/06/2025 … So how do you make money and get noticed at the Fringe? Let’s answer the first one, you need to spend less than you make.
2025 Opinions
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Mon 02 June 2025
Wed 28 May 2025
© Karla Gowlett Comedians need to organise
Liz Guterbock on how vulnerable artists can combat exploitation
28/05/2025 … Live comedy is in a perilous state.
Tue 27 May 2025
Britain is funnier. Deal with it, America
Fred McAlpine flies the flag...
27/05/2025 … Let’s get one thing out of the way: British comedy is the best comedy in the world.
Fri 02 May 2025
© 2025 Home Box Office, Inc Hacks is a compelling look at women's precarious place in the entertainment industry
02/05/2025 … The comedy-drama Hacks has returned for a solid fourth season that continues to be both funny and perceptive.
Thu 17 April 2025
© NBC My four-part guide to making sure the British SNL isn't a flop
Part one, the sketches. By Lorcan Mullan
17/04/2025 … It should come as no surprise that Sky announcing a British version of the 50-year American institution Saturday Night Live was greeted with the usual ‘American…
Sat 12 April 2025
We have the talent to make the British SNL the greatest comedy show in the world
...but only if we don't try to be a carbon copy of the original, says Burt Williamson
12/04/2025 … So, the American late-night TV juggernaut, Saturday Night Live is coming to the UK.
Wed 02 April 2025
How to design an Edinburgh Fringe poster
By comedian and designer William Stone
02/04/2025 … We all know as performers that no matter how good, original, and groundbreaking your show is, it doesn't matter if no one comes to see it.
Thu 06 March 2025
Getting a talent visa is no joke
06/03/2025 … My friends and I are all job-stealing immigrants.