EP62 - Post Edinburgh Fringe 2017 Analysis. - a podcast by Simon Caine

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The Edinburgh Fringe is a fickle place and comedians (as well as all other types of performers) use everything at their disposal to stack the deck in their favour. From PRs to giant posters I got a panel of comedy industry experts together to discuss what works, what doesn't and bust myths about the Fringe.


The panel consisted of - 


  • Steve Bennett (@stevechortle) - Founder of Chortle.com (@chortle), the Chortle awards and head reviewer at Chortle.
  • Bruce Dessau (@brucedes) - Founder of BeyondTheJoke.co.uk and head comedy reviewer at the London Evening Standard.
  • Copstick - head comedy reviewer at the Scotsman and on the judging panel for the Malcolm Hardee Awards.
  • John Fleming (@thejohnfleming) - Founder of the Malcolm Hardee Awards.
  • Hils Jago (@hilsjago) - Founder of the Amused Moose Comedy Club (@amusedmoose) and the Laugh Off Awards.
  • Barry Ferns (@barryferns) - Founder of Angel Comedy Club (@angelcomedy), the Barry Awards, Fringe veteran and comedian.
  • And me (Simon Caine - Comedian, writer, podcaster @thismademecool)


Here's a few highlights of what we talked about during the pod... 

 


  • What are the reviewers links between the outside of Edinburgh circuit and Edinburgh?
  • Is it hard / impossible to get reviews on the Free Fringe?
  • Why were the reviewers “bored” at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe?
  • Is variety dead at the Fringe? Have the agendas / middle men / PRs and marketing efforts of some ruined creativity in Edinburgh?
  • Are PRs needed any more? Do they help get reviews?


AND MORE!


This podcast would be useful to anyone interested in doing a comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe, progressing on the comedy circuit, how competition help your career even if you don't win and comedy fans after a behind the scenes look at the Fringe.


You can stream the podcast here (with show notes) - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/PostEdinburghFringe2016Panel

Or get it on iTunes here - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937


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Thanks,

Si

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Please check out my other podcast - The Audio Time Capsule. In each episode a guest comes on, leaves 20 questions, then a year later comes back on and answers them. I then edit it so they're talking to their past self.


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