The Edinburgh Fringe Show, with Ewan Spence

It’s time for the Fringe interviews to begin. As Fin Ross and I discussed in yesterday’s pod, we’re not going to do a big Saturday show with lots of interviews like some Edinburgh version of The One Show; instead we’re giving each interview its own moment to stand out.

First up in our Edinburgh studio is Aliya Kanani. She’s making her Fringe debut with “Where You From, From”, a stand-up show that takes you on “a turbulent journey around the world with tales of fitting in, sticking out and standing up.”

As well as introducing the show, she chats with Ewan about how the Fringe feels to a Canadian, why she records every single performance, and what it means to finally bring this show to the Arts Capital of the world.

• Click here to buy tickets for ‘Where You From, From‘. Follow Aliya Kanani on Instagram @aliyakomedy.

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Popping up for a single week at the Edinburgh Fringe – something that was becoming a more popular option in recent years due to the cost and complexity of the Fringe – Rich Batsford brought his piano to the Festival.

Was this a rock n roll hour of gags and wordplay? No. But it was a master at work. The Fringe is more than stand-up comedy, and our Fringe interviews always try to get the same balance. And this certainly was it – Batsford could capture the room in the same way as any Perrier nominee, could twist his tales with a look, and bring out emotions with a few flickers of fingers over the piano keys.

“Every once in a while, in the hurly-burly, helter-skelter that is the Fringe, you bump into an hour of entertainment that slows you down, relaxes, makes you reflect a bit on life and what’s important to you – chill out, in other words. This is it.
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Myself and Nick Awde caught up with Batsford in the podcast studio to talk about Batsford’s show, his approach to music, and the power of a silent moment.

So let’s go back to the Fringe, back to the Space at Surgeons Hall, and the Classically Chilled Piano Show of Rich Batsford.

And remember.... The show’s over, don’t try and get tickets!

• Find out more about Rich Batsford’s work at his website, and follow him on Twitter, @richbatsford.

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Can you convince an audience that you can record not just an album, but the greatest album of all time? That’s the challenge that Tom GK has set himself at the Fringe this year. Ewan sits down with Tom GK to talk about the power of song, his Wikipedia-fuelled years as a music critic, and coping with hearing loss.

• Click here to buy tickets for ‘How To Record The Greatest Album Of All Time‘. Follow Tom GK on Twiiter, @tomgk_writer.

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Fin Ross welcomes Amie Enriquez to the podcast chair to discuss her solo show, ‘Lightweight’. How has the discourse around mental health changed over the last 20 years? What is a “debilitatingly positive attitude”? Why do we need to laugh about the scary stuff in order to normalise it?

• Click here to buy tickets for ‘Lightweight‘. Follow Amie Enriquez on Twiiter, @lightweightshow.

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Yes, there was a weekend as the Fringe started last week, but they always felt like the final previews. This weekend, this is when the Fringe feels like it has reached the first summit for our artists to climb.

Ewan and Fin Ross sit down after a week at The Fringe to talk about how this year is feeling, from the joy of returning performers, through the smaller Fringe of 2021, and on to our recommended shows from the last seven days in August at the largest Arts Festival in the world.

• Click here to buy tickets for Robin Grainer’s ‘Robin Time‘. Follow Robin on Twitter, @RobinGrainger.
• Click here to buy tickets for Burt Williamson’s ‘As Yet Entitled”. Follow Burt on Twitter, @burt_williamson.
• Click here to buy tickets for ‘Exodus‘. Follow the National Theatre of Scotland on Twitter, @NTSonline.
• Click here to buy tickets for ‘The Sorries‘. Follow The Sorries on Twitter, @TheSorries.
• Click here to buy tickets for Michael Kinnan’s ‘Never Let Go: An Unauthorized Retelling of James Cameron’s Titanic‘.

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