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

Friday, February 15, 2013

Hook Hitch gets its Edinburgh Fringe priorities right

THE website of Guildford's Hook Hitch theatre company says its actors "grab their audiences and don't let go". Th...

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

A wild day on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Phil Nichol

HERE'S an article I wrote for Scotland on Sunday in 2007, about a day spent trying to keep up with comedian Phil Nichol. If you've...

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Hook Hitch Theatre gets its Edinburgh Fringe priorities right

AH YES, it's that time of year again when people start focusing on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and, importantly, get their bookshelves...

Monday, January 14, 2013

Cash for musicians to perform at the Fringe

The Scottish g overnment has just sent o ut this press re lease, which will be of interest to musicians based in S c otland and thinking...

Monday, September 3, 2012

What I learnt about putting on a Fringe show

The Butlers serving Tattie Shaw's fruit THE series of six chat shows I hosted during the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe could scarcely have b...

Friday, August 24, 2012

The book was right: I have survived

THE last of my Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide: Live! shows was this morning and very well it went too. Had a great conversation with Camill...

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Lying In The Streets - Scottish Falsetto Socks at Edinburgh Fringe 2012

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About Me

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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