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No easing of Covid rules yet Nicola Sturgeon has delivered a blow to Scotland’s comedy circuit and the Edinburgh Fringe by keeping the capital under level 2 Covid rules. The restrictions mean venues must maintain two metres social distancing indoors, an unviable prospect for almost all of them. The Stand comedy club, for example, says that this means it could only allow 12 audience members into the space that normally holds 160. It had been hoped Edinburgh would move into the more relaxed level one from Saturday, but the First Minister toady said only part of the country would benefit f...
Festival boss's dire warning The entire future of the Edinburgh Fringe is under threat if the Scottish government does not ease social distancing rules soon, its organiser has warned. Shona McCarthy, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, has called for the current two-metre rule for indoor venues to be relaxed within two weeks. She said the first signs of trouble were already visible for this year's festival with 'big fringe names booked up for August in London or other parts of England, because they’re allowed to perform there'. McCarthy told The Times Scotland: "Wi...
A SIDE-SPLITTING international comedian will bring the laughs when he performs in a seaside town’s famous theatre.
A SIDE-SPLITTING international comedian will bring the laughs when he performs in a seaside town’s famous theatre. Daniel Sloss, a Scottish comedy star, will be performing his brand-new show HUBRIS at the West Cliff Theatre, in Clacton, this September. The funny-man’s last tour sold out across 40 countries and saw him perform 300 shows throughout Europe, America, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Russia. The movie for his previous tour is currently showing on HBO in the US and Canada and it is also the first UK comedy special to have its UK premiere in cinemas, following a n...