Alex Petty
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ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards winners
Elf Lyons: Horses has been named Best Show in the 2024 Jones Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2024Elf Lyons & Ian Lockwood win Comedians' Choice Awards
Elf Lyons's Horses has been voted Best Show by her peers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Comedians' Choice Awards also saw Ian Lockwood named Best Newcomer.
British Comedy Guide, 20th August 2024Comedians' Choice Awards 2023 winners
Julia Masli, Sid Singh and Lydia Mason have been voted as the winners of The Comedians' Choice Awards 2023.
British Comedy Guide, 25th August 2023Free Festival producer Lydia Mason dies aged 40
Lydia Mason, a producer with the Laughing Horse Free Festival at the Edinburgh Fringe, has passed away unexpectedly. A special tribute show is being organised at the festival for Thursday.
British Comedy Guide, 15th August 2023Alex Petty on booking Brighton Fringe's lockdown comedy
"Hopefully it will bring back that festival buzz to city"
Blizzard Comedy, 19th April 2021How Free EdFest brought comedy online
Alex Petty, who runs The Laughing Horse's Free Edinburgh Festival, said that the organization wanted to find a way of supporting performers during the pandemic by providing a way for them to make some money through donations, as well as giving them a platform for creative output.
Sooraj Shah, Forbes, 8th September 2020Line-Up announced for August online Fringe festival
Laughing Horse Comedy has launched its programme of shows today for its 2020 Edinburgh Fringe line-up that has been taken online. The spirit of the Fringe will continue online this year, with a month of comedy shows, plus children's shows, cabaret and spoken word.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th July 2020Fringe could become a 'playground for the privileged'
Grass-roots promoters are demanding an overhaul of the Fringe to end the "exploitation" of venue workers and ensure it is properly regulated for the first time.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 10th August 2019Comedians' Choice Awards 2018 winners revealed
Paul Currie, Lou Sanders, Laura Lexx and venue promoter Alex Petty have won in the Comedians' Choice Awards 2018.
British Comedy Guide, 25th August 2018An interview with Alex Petty (Free Fringe Festival)
Alex Petty interview.
Mister Kipper, FringePig, 27th May 2018