Edinburgh Fringe 2025
This year, in a very full circle moment, I worked as a show runner at Monkey Barrel Comedy during the Edinburgh Fringe, a venue that I’ve been attending stand-up in for years. I loved being a small cog in the fringe machine, liaising with acts and audience members alike in helping to keep everything running smoothly.
The experience was incredibly rewarding, and I met and chatted to so many lovely, inspiring colleagues, comedians and their technical and creative teams. Including the Dan Howell which, no, I will never stop mentioning.
It was a summer of countless ideas exchanged over countless beers (and a fair bit of directing people to our box office).
Alongside my hours show-running, I wanted to get some more filming and editing under my belt, contributing to both my portfolio of work and making some wonderful connections at the same time.
A massive thank you to the teams at Drama Girls, Outing, Father Away She Goes and Eryn Tett for collaborating with me and making this possible.
Besides filming their performances, I also produced some 9:16 audience vox pops to be used as social media promo. Even though I have many hours of street interview experience from my student television days, this was the first time I went at it fully solo, with nothing but my DJI mics and a dream. I am really happy with the outcome of these, and my ability to create snappy shorts to be used for press & publicity.
Building upon my pre-existing theatre marketing experience was rewarding, and confirmed that this is something I am passionate about pursuing more in the future.
Of course this couldn’t be a Fringe post without mentioning some of my favourite shows I saw this year.
Bryan Safi’s: 'Are You Mad At Me?' was a campy, unapologetic comedy that had me smiling for days afterwards.
I managed to catch the netball focused shakespearian musical (yes, you read that right) 'Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence' which was silly, sparkly and exactly what you want from a Fringe show.
Finally, though I might be slightly biased as I worked on this show almost every night, Vittorio Angelone’s: 'you can’t Say Nothing any more' curated an atmosphere that fully immersed the audience in his mind and was the hardest I laughed the whole festival, even when I wasn’t sure if I should.
Everyone works so hard to make the Fringe what it is, from the flyerers to the bar staff to the street performers and of course my wonderful Monkey Barrel colleagues. It was such a pleasure to be a small part of it this year.
Here’s to the next one ✨
