The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide – Live!

Track the progress of author Mark Fisher as he prepares to stage a show in the world's biggest arts festival in 2012. Website here

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Chance of cheaper accommodation on the Edinburgh Fringe?

TODAY'S Scotsman reports that one of the ideas to find favour in the Edinburgh Festivals Ideas Challenge is a campsite on the Meadows fo...

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Sad tale about Remarkable Arts

THE Scotsman reports today that Remarkable Arts, the company that ran an excellent programme at St George's West on the 2011 Fringe, is ...

Monday, December 5, 2011

A meeting with the Fringe Office

THIS morning I had a meeting with Christabel Anderson, head of participant services, and Louise Oliver, participant development coordinator,...

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Pleasance applications open

JUST seen this Tweet: Applications are now OPEN to perform at @ ThePleasance during the 2012 @ edfringe Download our brand new applicat...

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Ideas for the Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide - Live 1

SHOULD the show be more than a discussion? Should I turn up in white face paint and Victorian costume in solidarity with a 100 student the...

Questions about marketing 1

THE marketing for The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide could have a big overlap with the marketing for The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide...

Questions about money 1

WHEN it comes to budgeting I have certain advantages. I live in Edinburgh, so don't have to worry about rent (or no more than I do f...

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Mark Fisher: Follow me on Twitter @MarkFFisher, @WriteAboutTheat and @LimelightXTC I am a freelance journalist and critic specialising in theatre and the arts. Publications I write for include the Guardian and the Scotsman. I am the author of The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide: how to make your show a success and How to Write About Theatre: A Manual for Critics, Students and Bloggers. I am also editor of The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls: A Limelight Anthology and What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book. From 2000-2003, I was the editor of The List magazine, Glasgow and Edinburgh's arts and events guide.

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