Stewart McCure

Writer, performer, management consultant

England

An Australian living in London.  A self-employed training consultant to the global health care industry.  A producer, director and performer of improv comedy.  A trustee of an adult education charity in West London.  A writer and occaisional blogger

 

 

Second guessing

August 10, 2009  /  Stewart McCure

The Festival is a marathon not a sprint. Already I've met bruised and beaten acts who are questioning why they're in Edinburgh.

In a 2006 interview for a Fringe podcast, veteran comic and The Now Show regular Mitch Benn identifies the three separate audiences at the festival and describes the frustration of trying to please them simultaneously.

The audiences in question are of course: -

  1. Critics and reviewers; who need to seem decisive and knowledgeable
  2. Agents and producers of TV and radio; who are looking for the Next Big Thing
  3. Punters; who just want to be entertained
Obviously these needs run in parallel and the only possible response to this supposed dilemma is to follow the advice of that old fool Polonius. Do what you came up here to do.

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