With the dust settling on another Edinburgh Fringe, I am going to do my best to explain and analyse exactly what happened this year and the reasons why the drop-off…
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 – 18-24
I have never known a final week of the fringe to be so quiet. Normally, the final weekend is one of the busiest. But this year, it was all rather…
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 – 15-17
Audience numbers have been wildly up and down this fringe. After selling out on all three Saturdays so far, numbers fall back on the other days. With 88 in on…
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 – Days 10-14
I am now on holiday from the day job, so can focus all my energies on my show. It is just as well, because a large proportion of that energy…
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 – Day 9
Before yesterday’s show, something happened to me in comedy that had never happened before. My jeans split. Not just a slight split, but a complete rip right through the crotch…
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 – Days 4-8
It is time for an update after now performing at Edinburgh Fringe for one week. The delay in between entries has been caused by me working in the day job…
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 – Day 3
I often prefer Sundays to Saturdays at Edinburgh Fringe. While you get the bigger crowds on Saturdays, there is typically something a little more receptive about Sunday audiences. That is…
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 – Days 1 and 2
I am now two shows into my 24-show run, and it is very much a case of so far, so good. In fact, I am already surpassing my audience figures…
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 – Day 0
I arrived in Edinburgh the earliest I ever have before the festival, with four whole days to spare before my show begins. The reason for this is because I was…
A quiet June and busy July
It’s time for an update as this website prepares for its busiest time of the year in August and the traffic possibly reaches double figures for the month. In a…