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Save Our Souls: Why Theatre Is Good for You

23.04.2013
As theatres struggle to make ends meet, scientists reveal why supporting your local playhouse may do more than just boost the books.
Wannabe Comedians? If You're Planning to Go to Edinburgh...

Wannabe Comedians? If You're Planning to Go to Edinburgh...

13.03.2013
If you're starting out in comedy as a writer or performer, and you've never been to the Edinburgh Fringe, I have one piece of advice. It's...
Beethoven In A Spaceship? It Can Only Be The Edinburgh Festival...

Beethoven In A Spaceship? It Can Only Be The Edinburgh Festival...

13.03.2013
Arts lovers can hear Beethoven in a spaceship and see Leonardo da Vinci take centre stage with modern technology at this year's Edinburgh...
Michael Smiley: Making the Case for More Laughter Than Tears

Michael Smiley: Making the Case for More Laughter Than Tears

26.02.2013
He's a strange brew, at once funny, then turning on a dime, as serious as a prophet. Born in Belfast in 1963, Michael Smiley grew up in...
Irish YouTube Sensation Rubberbandits in Shock BBC Jimmy Savile Revelation

Irish YouTube Sensation Rubberbandits in Shock BBC Jimmy Savile Revelation

22.01.2013
I thought it would be jolly to chat to Rubberbandits for this blog, because I thought there might be a chance they would pay me money in...
Is 'Off' The New 'On' in the West End?

Is 'Off' The New 'On' in the West End?

11.01.2013
Here in London musical theatre lovers have been enjoying catching obscure musicals produced in small London playhouses. Such opportunities...
Drenching My Life and Work in Baths

Drenching My Life and Work in Baths

21.11.2012
Last week I was doing 70mph along the M1 in a bath. My hands were cold and my lips were blue-ening and I started to ruminate.

The Crisis in UK Comedy According to Outspoken Club Owner Noel Faulkner

15.11.2012
There has been a lot of talk in the last week of the UK live comedy business facing economic catastrophe. So I asked Noel Faulkner, owner...
Interview with Joyce McMillan - 'I Think it's a Pretty Ancient Profession - It's Not Quite Prostitution But it has Same Degree of Antiquity'

Interview with Joyce McMillan - 'I Think it's a Pretty Ancient Profession - It's Not Quite Prostitution But it has Same Degree of Antiquity'

8.11.2012
Theatre is the most collaborative of all the arts. Productions will often have at least two or three and often ten or twenty or thirty...

The Light at the End of the Tunnel - Dispatches from the Mind of a Miner (Day 1, Oct 31, 2012)

1.11.2012
So I've lost so much money at the past few festivals where I've performed that I've had to get a real job. Not that comedy isn't a real...
WATCH: Man Visits 'Ball Dresser'

WATCH: Man Visits 'Ball Dresser'

16.10.2012
A man walks into the barber's and... Well, you can see what happens in this hilarious - and ever-so-slightly wince-inducing - sketch from...

Edfringe: Competing With the Olympics

21.09.2012
Approaching the Edinburgh Fringe this year there was one question on every producer's mind: how will the Olympics affect us?
Measuring My Success

Measuring My Success

19.09.2012
It's been two weeks since my exhausting 24-show run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival ended and I have thrown myself right back into my day...

Bad Review of Unauthorised 'Father Ted' Stage Show Led to Legal Threat

12.09.2012
If you are a performer, reviewers are like Americans. It is difficult to live with them, but it is difficult to live without them.
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