Balancing the books
APPARENTLY,
IT makes the world go round. It also makes the Fringe go round,
although nobody seems very sure where it all goes. Let's just say you
need quite a lot of it.
The message of this chapter in The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide,
though, is that with careful budgeting and proper management of your
expectations, you shouldn't have to remortgage your house to pay for
your show.
Those offering tips include producer Guy Masterson, comedian Ed Byrne, singer Martyn Jacques, Assembly's William Burdett-Coutts, the Stand's Tommy Sheppard, the Underbelly's Charlie Wood, the Pleasance's Anthony Alderson and producer James Seabright.
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As an addendum, you should check out the thoughts of comedian Yianni Agisilaou on this Chortle blog: http://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2012/01/27/14742/i_am_going_to_win_the_edinburgh_comedy_award in which he talks about deciding whether to play the Free Fringe and break even but, as he sees it, not be seen by the right people, and to play elsewhere and run up a huge bill.
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