He’s a hypocritical moron but he is in fact right here, although probably not for the reasons he thinks.
Camping 50 minutes away by bus was the only affordable option for me. Hotels and shared Airbnb’s further away were £150+ minimum a night. Stupid amounts of money, especially considering the Fringe is on for weeks costing thousands.
Just for punters the Fringe is expensive enough, I can’t imagine how much it costs performers in accommodation, travel, food, venue, and advertising. Many only able to afford it thanks to their parent’s money, which tons of incredible performers just don’t have. It’s the best performing arts festival in the world, IMO. Unbeatable discoverability but it’s sooo expensive.
He was funny once. Saw his show recently. Boring.
It’s hardly a new problem that comedians from public school backgrounds are over represented, from Peter Cook and the rest of the Footlights lot to Rik Mayall and Harry Enfield.
He’s not wrong. It’s *hugely* expensive to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. If you don’t have thousands of pounds to gamble, then it’s not a place you can perform.
I don’t think that’s necessarily fatal to success though. There’s this slightly weird perception that you have to “do Edinburgh” if you want to make it. That may have been true at one time, but with online options like podcasting, performers can definitely build a base first.
This year’s Fringe is absolutely rammed with acts I’ve never heard of personally who, as it turns out, have popular podcasts or TikTok channels or YouTube or whatever, ’cause it’s such a popular vehicle.
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He’s a hypocritical moron but he is in fact right here, although probably not for the reasons he thinks.
Camping 50 minutes away by bus was the only affordable option for me. Hotels and shared Airbnb’s further away were £150+ minimum a night. Stupid amounts of money, especially considering the Fringe is on for weeks costing thousands.
Just for punters the Fringe is expensive enough, I can’t imagine how much it costs performers in accommodation, travel, food, venue, and advertising. Many only able to afford it thanks to their parent’s money, which tons of incredible performers just don’t have. It’s the best performing arts festival in the world, IMO. Unbeatable discoverability but it’s sooo expensive.
He was funny once. Saw his show recently. Boring.
It’s hardly a new problem that comedians from public school backgrounds are over represented, from Peter Cook and the rest of the Footlights lot to Rik Mayall and Harry Enfield.
He’s not wrong. It’s *hugely* expensive to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. If you don’t have thousands of pounds to gamble, then it’s not a place you can perform.
I don’t think that’s necessarily fatal to success though. There’s this slightly weird perception that you have to “do Edinburgh” if you want to make it. That may have been true at one time, but with online options like podcasting, performers can definitely build a base first.
This year’s Fringe is absolutely rammed with acts I’ve never heard of personally who, as it turns out, have popular podcasts or TikTok channels or YouTube or whatever, ’cause it’s such a popular vehicle.