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The Edinburgh Fringe is a fickle place and comedians (as well as all other types of performers) use everything at their disposal to stack the deck in their favour. From PRs to giant posters I got a panel of comedy industry experts together to discuss what works, what doesn't and bust myths about the Fringe.

The panel consisted of - 

• Steve Bennett (@stevechortle) - Founder of Chortle.com (@chortle), the Chortle awards and head reviewer at Chortle.
• Bruce Dessau (@brucedes) - Founder of BeyondTheJoke.co.uk and head comedy reviewer at the London Evening Standard.
• Copstick - head comedy reviewer at the Scotsman and on the judging panel for the Malcolm Hardee Awards.
• John Fleming (@thejohnfleming) - Founder of the Malcolm Hardee Awards.
• Hils Jago (@hilsjago) - Founder of the Amused Moose Comedy Club (@amusedmoose) and the Laugh Off Awards.
• Barry Ferns (@barryferns) - Founder of Angel Comedy Club (@angelcomedy), the Barry Awards, Fringe veteran and comedian.
• And me (Simon Caine - Comedian, writer, podcaster @thismademecool)

Here's a few highlights of what we talked about during the pod... 

• What are the reviewers links between the outside of Edinburgh circuit and Edinburgh?
• Is it hard / impossible to get reviews on the Free Fringe?
• Why were the reviewers “bored” at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe?
• Is variety dead at the Fringe? Have the agendas / middle men / PRs and marketing efforts of some ruined creativity in Edinburgh?
• Are PRs needed any more? Do they help get reviews?

AND MORE!

This podcast would be useful to anyone interested in doing a comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe, progressing on the comedy circuit, how competition help your career even if you don't win and comedy fans after a behind the scenes look at the Fringe.

You can stream the podcast here (with show notes) - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/PostEdinburghFringe2016Panel

Or get it on iTunes here - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937

If you enjoyed it please consider supporting the podcast by becoming a Patron for only $1 (80p) per episode! https://www.patreon.com/AskTheIndustryPodcast 

Please buy a ticket or three to my Edinburgh Fringe 2019 show - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/simon-caine-every-room-becomes-a-panic-room-when-you-overthink-enough

Or come see me on tour - http://simoncaine.co.uk/PanicRoom

Every little bit helps! Alternatively you can support the show by giving it a review in iTunes or just by sharing the episode with a friend or two!

Thanks,

Si

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Want more content from me? Why wouldn't you!

Please check out my other podcast - The Audio Time Capsule. In each episode a guest comes on, leaves 20 questions, then a year later comes back on and answers them. I then edit it so they're talking to their past self.

Here are the links -

iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-audio-time-capsule-podcast/id1303205943

Webstream - http://simoncaine.co.uk/AudioTimeCapsulePodcast

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHFZ_FLH1XqrCZysA1nFISw

Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1008996252556647/?ref=br_rs

Twitter - https://twitter.com/audiotimetravel

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