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National Theatre to stream Fleabag on NT at Home platform

On 7th November, Fleabag arrives for UK viewers, featuring Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 12th September 2023

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's $60m Amazon deal is yet to deliver

When Amazon signed Phoebe Waller-Bridge on a $20 million-a-year deal in 2019 the company lauded her "brilliant mind" and praised the Fleabag actor as a "virtuoso". But after more than three years, $60 million and, it seems, so far nothing to show for it.

Peter Chappell, The Times, 17th April 2023

50 £2k awards announced from the £100k 'Keep It Fringe Fund'

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the recipients of the 'Keep it Fringe' fund, a new initiative to support Fringe artists, led by Fringe Society President Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd April 2023

The Guardian view on Fleabag's fringe fund: a good deed in a bad world

By channelling money to Edinburgh performers, Phoebe Waller-Bridge is passing on some of her own good fortune.

The Guardian, 10th March 2023

"Keep it Fringe" fund will provide £100,000 to Edinburgh-bound shows

The [o]Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society[o] has announced a new fund to support struggling, UK-based Fringe artists. The "Keep it Fringe" fund, which is being led by Fringe Society President and comedian Phoebe Waller-Bridge, will support fifty shows coming to Edinburgh this August with funding of £2,000.

Edinburgh Guide, 7th March 2023

Is Amazon wasting Phoebe Waller-Bridge's talents?

Their three-year partnership has promised much but delivered little.

The Spectator, 31st January 2023

Phoebe Waller-Bridge: Fringe is entering a new dawn

The Fleabag star, who is president of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, said its new vision will make the event more inclusive and accessible.

BBC, 9th June 2022

BBC film The Fringe in 12 Jokes tells the story of Edinburgh in gags

The BBC is making documentary The Fringe In 12 Jokes, featuring Eddie Izzard, Stephen Fry, Paul Merton, Frankie Boyle, Lucy Porter and Henning Wehn, among others, reflecting on the impact of Edinburgh festival on their careers.

British Comedy Guide, 6th May 2022

New Phoebe Waller-Bridge series coming to Amazon Prime Video

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's long-awaited followup to her Emmy-winning series Fleabag is a go. Prime Video has greenlighted the new Waller-Bridge show, which will start shooting by the end of the year. Details about the premise are being kept under wraps.

Anthony D'Alessandro and Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3rd March 2022

21 of the funniest women in Britain

Podcasters, journalists, comics, writers... The British women who know how to have a laugh.

Dominic Maxwell , Ben Dowell , Jane Mulkerrins, Monique Rivalland, The Times, 6th February 2022

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