Paul Sneddon
- Scottish
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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 2024Sad farewell to a lovely man of comedy, Ian Lavender
Many regular attendees at the Edinburgh Fringe will have been saddened to hear of the death this week of Ian Lavender, otherwise Private Pike of Dad's Army.
Vladimir McTavish, Edinburgh Evening News, 13th February 2024Free Festival producer Lydia Mason dies aged 40
Lydia Mason, a producer with the Laughing Horse Free Festival at the Edinburgh Fringe, has passed away unexpectedly. A special tribute show is being organised at the festival for Thursday.
British Comedy Guide, 15th August 2023The show must go on - even if there's no one in the audience
It's the first Saturday of the Fringe and my show tonight at The Stand's New Town Theatre is well on the way to selling out. It's always nice to get the first weekend off to a good start. Sadly that is not the case for every comedian.
Vladimir McTavish, Edinburgh Evening News, 5th August 2023Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Ten shows about sport
There doesn't seem to be much of a crossover between sport and art at the Edinburgh Fringe. Of more than 1,300 comedy shows we could only just find ten with any sort of sporting theme. Here goes...
Chortle, 22nd July 2023Vladimir McTavish - Would you sponsor the Edinburgh Comedy Awards?
Previous winners of the award have included Jeremy Hardy, Frank Skinner, Sean Hughes and Lee Evans. However, if questioned, I'd be hard-pressed to name any of the winners from the past five years. And I work in the business, so I'm guessing Joe Public has even less of a clue.
Paul Sneddon as Vladimir McTavish, Edinburgh Evening News, 3rd June 2023Fringe will be a less cheerful place without improv comedy master Andy Smart
Andy Smart frequently outshone household names of comedy, writes Vladimir McTavish.
Paul Sneddon as Vladimir McTavish, Edinburgh Evening News, 27th 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 2023The Stand announces final batch of Edinburgh Fringe shows
After a tempestuous couple of years resulting in one missed Fringe in 2020 and one barely recognisable one in 2021, The Stand release their final batch of shows for the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th May 2022Vladimir McTavish on the late Reg Anderson
Gavin Stott, better known to audiences as Reg Anderson, who had been plying his unique trade in the Capital since the mid-nineties passed away on Tuesday morning, only two weeks after being diagnosed with cancer.
Vladimir McTavish, Edinburgh Evening News, 30th October 2021