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The Edinburgh Fringe Show, with Ewan Spence

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Frequency: 1 episode/12d. Total Eps: 50

Ewan Spence brings you an exciting guide to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with news, interviews, and reviews, from behind the scenes and on the stages around Scotland’s Capital City.

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01/09/2026
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30/08/2026
#100
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29/08/2026
#74
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28/08/2026
#43

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 Epilogue – Some Final Thoughts On The Fringe

Season 20 · Episode 20

Monday, August 26, 2024 • Duration 11:48

And with that, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 comes to an end. Trying to capture everything that happened is a task worthy of Hercules, so I hope that I've brought you a flavour of the Fringe during August. The Fringe has always faced challenges from its first days to this year and beyond. Instead of an interview to close out August, I wanted to talk a little about our Fringe community and my hope that over the next year, we can all listen to everyone's concerns and work on solutions that benefit everyone. Let's ensure that when we all return to Edinburgh in 2025, the Edinburgh Fringe is the best it can be.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Anthony Alderson, The Pleasance Theatre Trust

Season 20 · Episode 19

Friday, August 23, 2024 • Duration 32:48

As we come to the end of week three, we sit down with Anthony Alderson, director of The Pleaseance Theatre Trust. We touch on several critical issues running one of the largest venues at the Edinburgh Fringe, including the continuing impact of COVID and the importance of government funding to the Fringe community and The Pleasance. Given the cost of the Fringe is on everyone's minds, we talk about turnover, tickets, and artistic risk. We also talk about the work of The Plesance to support and promote the arts at Edinburgh in August and throughout the rest of the year, including various Pleasance Futures projects and the ambition of creating sustainable touring for theatre in the UK.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Vyte Garriga, Paper Swans

Season 20 · Episode 10

Monday, August 12, 2024 • Duration 21:36

Vyte Garriga's Paper Swans is a mesmerising and thought-provoking piece of absurdist theatre that is picking up critical acclaim in the media covering the Fringe, and offering an emotionally complex hour for the audience. We talk about moving from Lithuania to the UK and London and why RADA felt like the only option for Vyte to further her career. From there, she talks about her academic studies and why she was hungry to be on stage, both individually and as part of a theatere company. Finally, we talk about the writing process and the challenges presented by the repeating motif in Paper Swans and the challenge if offers the audience.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Jazz Emu, Knight Fever

Season 20 · Episode 9

Friday, August 9, 2024 • Duration 22:21

Archie Henderson joins me today. He's the creative mind behind Jazz Emu, a flamboyant singer with illusions of grandeur, as Emu looks to climb the dizzying pole of stardom. The show at the Fringe is a brash mix of musical fun, intense moments, and the drive to succeed in front of royalty. We talk about the influences of music and style behind Jazz Emu and how the audience interaction of a comic can apply to what is essentially a piece of musical theatre. How that changes depending on the venue Henderson and the full band are playing in, and why the Government's lockdown campaign is a key part of Emu's story.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Julie Flower, Grandma’s Shop

Season 20 · Episode 8

Thursday, August 8, 2024 • Duration 20:42

Joining me on the podcast today is Julie Flower, who has a story that looks at "love, memories and the stories our clothes have to tell." Bringing the true-life story of her Grnadma's counter-culture second-hand shop in Sheffield to the Fringe, we talk about the trailblazing nature of her relative, investigating your own family for personal and professional reasons, and subverting expectations.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Bebe Cave, The Screen Test

Season 20 · Episode 7

Wednesday, August 7, 2024 • Duration 26:38

Bebe Cave joins me today for the big interview. She's been a regular at the Fringe since she debuted in 2012 in a two-hander show with her sister, but this year is her first solo show. 'The Screen Test' is a period piece set in the Golden Age of Hollywood, but it talks about the industry demands of today, as well as a near century ago in Hollywood. We also talk about the delights of the heroines of the screwball comedy, finding the confidence to go out on stage, and the importance of family support when you work in the Arts.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Finlay Christie, I Deserve This

Season 20 · Episode 6

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 • Duration 19:39

Today's interview is with Finlay Christie, a comic who has found success on the stage and online, with sell-out shows at the fringe and a popular YouTube channel that can bring hundreds of thousands of viewers to his material. His show ‘I Deserve This’ sees the 19-year-old question his success and how he balances the different needs of comedy for the online and offline worlds.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 -Alison Larkin, Grief… A Comedy

Season 20 · Episode 5

Monday, August 5, 2024 • Duration 23:21

Today's interview is with Alison Larkin. She has brought "Grief… A Comedy" to the Fringe. It's a solo piece about Alison finding love late in her life before her partner died. Alison's grief took her on an unexpected journey full of hope, laughter, and a cameo from Archbishop Desmond Tutu… as all good stories must.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Darrell Martin, Just The Tonic

Season 20 · Episode 4

Friday, August 2, 2024 • Duration 26:26

For our second preview of the Edinburgh Fringe, Ewan Spence talks to Darrell Martin, owner of the Just The Tonic venues. We talk about starting out at the Edinburgh Fringe with the Big Value Comedy Showcase before moving into venue management; the mix of ticketing at the Fringe (from Free to full price) and which Darrell thinks is best; the cost of attending the Fringe; and finally touch on the impact of politicial decision in Edinburgh and Scotland threaten the Festival.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2024 – Julie Lærkholm, Edinburgh Fringe Society

Season 20 · Episode 3

Friday, July 26, 2024 • Duration 25:05

For our second preview of the Edinburgh Fringe, Ewan Spence talks to Julie Lærkholm, the Community Engagement Officer at the Fringe Society to find out more about how the Fringe works with local communities, organisations, and schools, to make the Fringe more accessible to Edinburgh residents and the visiting audiences.

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