Pleasance Bytes

Mark Fisher is a freelance journalist and critic living in Scotland and specialising in theatre and the arts. Publications he writes for include The Guardian, Scotland on Sunday, The Sunday Times, The Herald and The Scotsman. 

Mr Swallow is the creation of actor, comedian and magician Nick Mohammed is the subject of this week's Pleasance Bytes. He talks to Mark Fisher about his childhood fascination with magic, and how that has led him to the writing and production of Mr Swallow: Houdini, a show that is getting five star reviews at the Pleasance in 2016.

Star of Groundhog Day, Californication, Memento and almost 200 other films and shows joins Mark Fisher for an informal retrospective on his career, whilst looking forward to a week of the Tobolowsky Files, where for the first time Stephen performs his celebrated personal stories on stage.

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The English actor Patrick Ryecart joins Mark Fisher in this weeks edition of Pleasance Bytes. Patrick's first play, When Blair Had Bush and Bunga, is on at the Pleasance throughout the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and he regales us with tales of the highly expensive lawyers required to put on such a show, ambitions beyond the fringe and his role as both writer and director. Patrick also shares experiences from his time as an actor, and chats about an exciting forthcoming film project. 

In this podcast, host Mark Fisher talks to Scottish film and television actor John Hannah at the Pleasance Courtyard in Edinburgh. John shares experiences from his career, gives insight into both the film and theatre industry, and answers questions from the audience.