Maybe it’s just my age, but the Fringe doesn’t seem to be the same drink-fuelled, twenty-four-hour hedonistic party that it once was. When I first played the festival in the early nineties, it seemed that everybody was drinking until four in the morning at the Gilded Balloon’s legendary Late ‘n’ Live before heading over to […]
Vladimir McTavish
Vlad’s tips: more top comedy you won’t want to miss
GAVIN WEBSTER: I AM STAND-UP COMEDY Stand 2, The Stand Comedy Club, York Place 6.20pm Gavin Webster is a past winner of the Comedians’ Comedian award, and there is no higher recommendation than the approval of his comedy peers. For over two decades, Webster has been treating audiences worldwide to his surreal and silly routines. His […]
Pick of the comedy crop in bumper Fringe year
Everyone in comedy I’ve talked to in the past month, comedians, producers, venue owners and promoters alike, say that their Fringe sales for this year are markedly up on 2017…
Vlad’s weekend tips to the top comedy shows
Double Scottish comedy award winner Vladimir McTavish gives his tips for the best shows to see over the final weekend of the Fringe JO-JO SUTHERLAND & SUSAN MORRISON: FANNIES AHOY! […]
Vlad’s pick of the burlesque and buffoonery
Double Scottish comedy award winner Vladimir McTavish provides his tips for comedy shows to see in Edinburgh as the Fringe enters week three KATE COPSTICK & JOHN FLEMING: THE GROUCHY CLUB Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, West Nicholson Street. 2.15pm Ease yourself into a day on the Fringe with this hour of chat. The […]