Category:Edinburgh Fringe

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the huge comedy festival where FAH premiere their new shows for the full hour (or 55 mins). It's not really the first time they 'come out' and do their new material, because they do lots of preview shows in smaller venues around Dublin ('at home') to try out their material. And the Fringe show isn't fully formed either: throughout the month long run they will still change stuff and fine tune jokes, based on audience reception.

They have a sell-out run every year and of course the reviewers also drop round, slapping a bunch of stars on their posters. Comparing these reviews to those later on in the 'comedy season', on their Irish and UK tours and further afield, is very interesting if you want to get some insight in how a show 'evolves'.

Another set of pages with the Edinburgh Fringe tag has to do with their filming locations for sketches. If a sketch premieres in August, there's a good chance it was recorded at their Fringe 'gaff' or on location on the streets of Edinburgh. There's even a hilarious promo sketch disguised as a 'guide to performing at the Fringe', recorded at the start of their Fringe run in 2013. They were still flyering their own show back then, can you imagine!!