Kate Copstick
- Scottish
- Actor, writer and journalist
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Kate Copstick's diary: size doesn't matter
I was chatting with Simon Munnery about small audiences - not that he is an expert on that. He told me Eugene Cheese of the Chuckle Club would cancel if there were fewer than 30 in the audience. Unbelievable now.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 13th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 11
The gamut of comedy and The Grouchy Club's origins.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 12th August 2017Jan Ravens: I'm glad I left it late to make debut
Feminism comes in many forms. Sadly many of those forms exist nowadays only on stages, social media and T-shirts. Jan Ravens is from a time when women were still storming the metaphorical barricades of the literal boys' clubs.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 9th August 2017Absent friends at this year's Fringe
This year, Edinburgh will miss some of its favourite stalwarts.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 7th August 2017Craig Ferguson on his return to the Fringe
What, I inquire, is Craig Ferguson doing in Ayrshire. "I live here," he says. He likes Ayrshire.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 7th August 2017What's in a name? Just a few stars between comics
Kate Copstick looks at the highs, the lows and the whoas of comedy show titles at the Fringe.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 5th August 2017Dave Johns on returning to the Fringe
Dave Johns's experience of playing the lead role in a multi-award-winning Ken Loach film has inspired him to share it with us, writes Kate Copstick.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 5th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 1
Good shows, a questionable director and a late disaster.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd August 2017Tit grabbing & throat-slitting at the Grouchy Club
Yesterday, performer Samantha Pressdee posted in Facebook: "Frenzied tit grabbing in Wetherspoons, all in the name of feminism, is where last night's Grouchy Club wound up."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th June 2017Interview: Thom Tuck
This week's guest on the increasingly prestigious Grouchy Club Podcast was comedy performer Thom Tuck, whose idea was to come on and plug the two new Penny Dreadfuls' audio book releases. This seemed perfectly simple. But, as always, comedy critic Kate Copstick and I got sidetracked. For example, in this section...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 27th January 2017