Pleasance Podcast Archive

Recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 from the Pleasance Cabaret Bar, Pleasance Bytes sees leading journalist Mark Fisher get inside the heads of some of the stars of stage and screen.

In this episode, Mark is joined by Robert Bathurst, star of Cold Feet, Downton Abbey and Toast of London. This Fringe, Robert can be found on stage at the Pleasance Courtyard every day during August in the stage adaptation of Christopher Reid’s The Song of Lunch.

For tickets:

https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/song-lunch

Recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 from the Pleasance Cabaret Bar, Pleasance Bytes sees leading journalist Mark Fisher get inside the heads of some of the stars of stage and screen.

In this first episode for 2018, Mark is joined by writer, director, performance (and much more), Jeremy Stockwell. Jeremy can be found on stage at the Pleasance AceDome every night during August with his celebration of comedy legend Spike Milligan - A Sockful of Custard.

For tickets:

https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/sockful-custard-1

It’s the final episode of Live at the Pleasance for 2017. What a month it’s been! It’s all gone so fast! Can you believe it?! Etc. etc. This year we celebrated 70 years of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and 33 years of the Pleasance. We’ve talked to everyone from the freshest newly-hatched comedy chicks and the most seasoned Fringe leg(hen)ds (…ok we’re all tired right?) This episode features some of the best bits of Live at the Pleasance - are you ready for an onslaught of names? You’re going to hear chat from Rhys James, Kae Kurd, Pierre Novellie, Rose Matafeo, Terry Alderton, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Ross & Josh, Alisdair Beckett-King and Catriona Knox and live comedy from Dane Baptiste, John Robins, Kwame Asante, Andy Field and Pippa Evans. Grab yourself a cup of tea and a packet of Tunnock’s teacakes, sit back and marvel at all these funny genius minds at play. Oh and Al and Maddie are there too. See you in 2018!

In this penultimate episode of Live at the Pleasance in 2017, we’re going to treat you to the stars of the Fringe, the telly, the radio and the future! Maddie chats to Ed Gamble about his new tattoo addiction, Al and debutant Josh Pugh say mean things about Coventry and award-nominated Sophie Willan refuses to be a working class hero. We get a one-off listen to Thom Tuck singing the Mountain Goats at Mark Watson’s Festival of Bad Ideas, Angela Barnes performs at the gala for Mental Health and Gary Delaney is very rude indeed.

If you’re revving up for making the most of the final weekend at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, there’s loads of top-tips for comedy in this podcast! In this episode we’ve got interviews with comedian and free-style rapper Chris Turner, the best-newcomer nominated Brennan Reece and the Olivier Award winning Pippa Evans. Live comedy courtesy of Joe Sutherland, Phil Wang and Rachel Jackson.

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