BCG Daily Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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Interview: Donald Alexander
Best Newcomer at the 2017 Scottish Comedy Awards takes our Q&A.
Robert Peacock, The Wee Review, 23rd August 2017Ayesha Hazarika on her Fringe experience
It's been highs and lows for me this Edinburgh Festival. I achieved a bucket list ambition which was to perform a proper one-woman stand-up show. It had been a secret desire for a long time and I never thought I would have to guts to do it. I remember doing a radio show with Sue Perkins many, many years ago when I was starting out as a stand-up and she scribbled something on a tiny scrap of paper and pushed it towards me. It read "You have got to do an Edinburgh show. Just do it!"
Ayesha Hazarika, The Scotsman, 23rd August 2017Comedy: culture's ghetto?
It's a hot-button issue at last: the establishment thinks that comedy is worthless. Leo Kearse (Tory capitalist) and Rob Mulholland (socialist working-class agitator) have joined forces to ask why public money is only ever spent on entertainment few of us want.
Leo Kearse & Rob Mulholland, FringePig, 23rd August 2017Can't give it away
Flyerers! The fact that a show is free is not its main attraction, says Yianni Agisilaou.
Yianni Agislaou, FringePig, 23rd August 2017Eau no not again
The Edinburgh Fringe is all about the winning, not the taking part says Margo Terraces.
Margo Terraces, FringePig, 23rd August 20179 things to know about the Edinburgh Comedy Awards
1) It's not a fix. Every year there are conspiracy theories about what the Edinburgh Comedy Awards panel members are looking for. You need to be a thin white male wearing tight trousers. It's all about clowning this year. They need to give the award to a woman. The big PR people and the big producers already have the whole thing sewn up. Everyone in the industry already knows who is going to win.
Claire Smith, The Scotsman, 23rd August 2017Tom Lucy picks his perfect playlist
'Michael McIntyre inspired me to be a comedian'
Tom Lucy, Chortle, 23rd August 2017What one thing would you change about the Fringe?
Comedians' plans to revamp Edinburgh.
Chortle, 23rd August 2017Chris Martin on his unforgettable five gigs
I've gigged in a weed dispensary.
Chris Martin, Chortle, 23rd August 2017Don't miss our Funny Women Fest
We can't believe this year's Edinburgh Fringe is coming to an end! Every lunch time for the month of August we have been at the Gilded Balloon Teviot for Funny Women Fest with a different set of fabulously funny women, entertaining you all with comedy and chat. All the while raising money and collecting sanitary products from our audience to help erase period poverty in Scotland.
Funny Women, 23rd August 2017Three to see on 24 Aug
Three recommended shows to see on Thursday 24 Aug...
ThreeWeeks, 23rd August 2017Reviewer review: Paul Whitelaw (The Scotsman)
Whitelaw is best understood not as a writer but as an attendant detail; a sort of maggot that will provide forensic colour to anyone in the future who cares to study the pathological decline and suicide of a once-great newspaper.
Edmund Rumania, FringePig, 23rd August 2017Reviewer review: Rowena McIntosh (The List)
So it seems that McIntosh is much, much too fussy, and a bit mean with it. But she's still pretty good.
Business Leopard, FringePig, 23rd August 2017Publication review: The Wee Review
The Wee Review used to be TV Bomb. It is a review site whose title is in the Scots diminutive but which could just as much refer to the litres of hot steaming micturition this site is wont to point at things it really, really takes exception to.
Mister Kipper, FringePig, 23rd August 2017Rory Bremner: 'A lack of satire caused Brexit'
Impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner has suggested that a lack of satirical comedy in mainstream entertainment is partly to blame for Brexit.
Finlay Greig, i Newspaper, 23rd August 2017Voice's pick of the Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Each Fringe, we see well over 150 shows from across art forms and venues, free and paid-for. After each one, we pool our thoughts and award the best we saw. Congratulations to this year's thirteen winners.
Voice Magazine, 23rd August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 22
Psychopath viciousness v Malcolm Hardee Awards
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 23rd August 2017Interview: Sean Kelly @ Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Kelly opens up about Storage Hunters, Edinburgh Fringe and his forthcoming UK tour with Green Mile and T-Money.
Ben Tipple, Ticketmaster, 23rd August 2017Videos
TV
TV & radio
8:45am15 min
The Zoo
Series 1, Episode 8 - Zoo's Got TalentWho is the most popular animal at the zoo? There's only one way to find out - by counting which cuddly toy sells the most.
11:30am30 min
Bad Salsa
Series 3, Episode 1 - Day of the Living DeadJill and Colin try couples therapy, Terri plans her next big trip and Joel goes over to the dark side.
10pm30 min
Soho Theatre Live
Episode 5 - Mae MartinThe Summer of Stand Up continues with Mae Martin, the two-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee who brings her hit show Us to Soho Theatre. Mae hilariously discusses the 21st century stereotypes of gender, sexuality and identity, as well as the time she had THE sex talk with her mum.
10pm30 min
Bobby And Harriet Get Married
Episode 4 - What Do Boys Like?As Bobby's excitement grows, Harriet is consumed by worries for her independence. Duplicity, sabotage and Katherine Ryan all feature as the couple's fears and insecurities clash.
11pm15 min
The John Moloney Show
Series 2, Episode 1 - Edward Goes To The VetEdward isn't feeling well, he's leaning to the far-right - and it's not clear if it's a balancing act or political abnormality. There's only one thing for it, a trip to the Vet. John and Edward come up against characters who don't understand their plight, nor that of those most in need. Edward may end up providing as many solutions as he receives.
11:15pm15 min
Kieran Hodgson's Earworms
Episode 4 - ScnittkeKieran Hodgson tries to teach his friend about the joys of Scnittke. With guest star Georgie Glen.