Comedy Club 4 Kids wins an Edinburgh Comedy Award
August 2025
Filed Under: Awards, Comedy Club 4 Kids, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, News
Yes! Here’s a tip for any budding new comedians out there. The key way to win an Edinburgh Comedy Award is to run a company for 20 years until they’re forced to give in and accept you do nice things. I had a lovely surprise on Friday when I heard the Victoria Wood Edinburgh Comedy […]
FFS Lockdown
August 2020
Filed Under: Comedy, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, FFS Support, Mental Health
I had a lovely chat with Jamie at Fringe Festival Support, all about my general levels of despairing during lockdown and after. FFS do lots of work looking into the mental health of performers, so warning: Some stuff I talk about is a tad bleak.
Fringeless
August 2020
Filed Under: Comedy, edfringe, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, stand up comedy
I did a little blog about going up to Edinburgh when the Fringe isn’t on, how comedy is still a mess and the general state of things. It does also have some stuff about telling jokes to seagulls though, so not all bad. Do have a read: https://medium.com/@TiernanDouieb/fringeless-70bfa5449fcd