Kate Copstick
- Scottish
- Actor, writer and journalist
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Cop Talks episode one out now
In this first episode she is joined by Lynn Ferguson, Jeena Bloom & Martha McBrier.
Kate Copstick, Entertainment Now, 9th August 2022Hal Cruttenden interview
There are great nights and there are awful nights.
Kate Copstick, Entertainment Now, 6th August 2022One-liner comedians on the Fringe
Quickfire comics like Tim Vine, Will Mars and Richard Pulsford have endured their one-liner humour being scorned as 'low-status'. Isn't it time, asks Kate Copstick, we gave the creators of these haikus of hilarity the respect they deserve?
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 3rd August 2022Kate Copstick: The heart & soul of the real Fringe is being failed as performers remain priced out
The 'trickle down' economic model favoured by the society unsurprisingly fails the real Fringe. Meanwhile, a status quo which is fast destroying the society's founding principles of "openness and inclusivity" is cleverly maintained.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 11th June 2022Chortle's Fast Fringe returns
Arthur Smith will be hosting a jam-packed showcase of 28 comedy and variety acts heading to the Edinburgh festival at the Bloomsbury Theatre on July 7.
Chortle, 27th May 2022This year's Fringe in the opinion of Sir Gideon Vein
The Edinburgh Fringe - or what passes for the Fringe in this let's-hope-it's-almost-over-Covid-pandemic netherworld - finishes this coming weekend. It started on 6th August. I have not been up there but, when I chatted to performer Tony Green aka Sir Gideon Vein for a blog posted a fortnight ago, I mentioned that he might like to give his view of what it is like this year. He lives in Edinburgh for a lot of the year. I have just received his highly-personal account... I say 'highly-personal'... That is exactly what I asked him for but, in other words, if you are an act who is mentioned, don't send the hit-men to shoot ME...
Tony Green, John Fleming's Blog, 24th August 2021Cancel culture killing comedy? What a joke
Chris Rock, Jennifer Saunders and more have argued that 'wokeness' is stifling comedy. But the idea of the joke police is actually nonsense.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 10th August 2021Fringe comedy: Use it or lose it
Fringe comedy has been Disneyfied this year, but its spirit is still there if you know where to look.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 3rd August 2021Taboo: Comedy hasn't lost its edge yet
Is comedy threatened as people get increasingly sensitive to having their feelings hurt? No offence, but Robin Ince is not convinced.
Robin Ince, The Big Issue, 31st July 2021Elaine Miller: the comic with a vulva sense of humour
Taboo-busting jokes about chronic incontinence bagged Elaine Miller an award-winning comedy hit. Now she's taking on 'medical misogyny' with a new walking tour.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 29th July 2021