Press clippings
The Stand announces first Edinburgh Fringe Shows
The Stand has announced its first Edinburgh Fringe 2024 shows.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd February 2024Interview: Gavin Webster
We catch up with the Tyneside comedian ahead of his For One Night Only show at Tyne Theatre & Opera House on Friday 26th January.
Narc Magazine, 22nd January 2024Fringe acts to perform on rail service
Comic Gavin Webster will be performing on a Newcastle to Edinburgh train next week, as part of a tie-up between rail operator Lumo and the Fringe. The Culture Train Live show will be hosted by Newcastle drag queen Mutha Tucka and also feature musician Joe Edwards and comedian Robert Reed.
Chortle, 1st June 2023Lee Kyle will carry on camping to cut Edinburgh Festival costs
Accommodation shortages in Edinburgh push festival performers further out of the city, a comedian who has booked almost a month on a campsite has said.
Rachel Grant, BBC, 18th May 2023The Stand announces Edinburgh shows and new deal for artists
With growing noise about the extortionate costs of the Edinburgh Fringe for artists, The Stand - Edinburgh's best full-time, year-round comedy club - is listening. Founded on the basis of a fair deal for artists and committed to that promise ever since, The Stand's first announcement of Edinburgh Fringe shows in 2023 comes with the news that their deal has been revised to drop venue hire costs and not increase ticket prices.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th February 2023Interview: Gavin Webster
Cameron Wright talks to the erudite comic about the joy of wordplay, punk influences and his passion for the north-east.
Cameron Wrigh, Narc Magazine, 8th November 2022Edinburgh Fringe 2022: What's on at The Stand?
In the space of two hours, we saw a wide range of acts, each given a whirlwind three minutes to essentially pitch themselves to a room full of eagle-eyed professional journalists. So, who are our Stand-out acts of the night?
Lucy Jackson, The Student Newspaper, 6th August 2022Three sporty stories
Three sporty stories at Edinburgh Festival 2022...
Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 3rd August 2022Gavin Webster publishes book about arse talkers
Comedian Gavin Webster has written a book lambasting modern woolly thinking, taking people to task for talking about things they know nowt about.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th March 2022Feature: Save live comedy
Stand-up comedy has been my life for over seven years as a performer, writer and promoter. My best friends are comics or work in comedy clubs, spending time at shows was my social life and I've loved embracing everything comedy has had to offer, even taxi drivers telling me 'you can have that one' on the journey home from gigs.
Si Beckwith, Narc Magazine, 5th August 2020