Kate Copstick
- Scottish
- Actor, writer and journalist
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Kate Copstick's Festival Diary: Fringe taking its toll
I am sharing a flat - and offering up The Grouchy Club, daily - with the Boswell of comedy, John Fleming, who is having a dreadful Fringe.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 20th August 2017The weirdest show Simon Morley has ever done
This is the weirdest show Simon Morley has ever done. And he invented Puppetry Of The Penis.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 20th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 19
How to perform comedy to a tough audience.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 20th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 18
Today turned into very much a Spirit of The Fringe day: a spirit far too often submerged by giant posters and promoters/managers/agents/venues screwing their performers. As is often muttered, SOMEONE is making money, but it is rarely the performers.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 19th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 15
Participation hell and real tears in a comedian's eyes
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 16
The comedy critic, the comic & the sado-masochism.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 13
I ended today soaked through with Irn Bru and rain.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 14
At the Grouchy Club this afternoon, Kate Copstick got worried about the fact Italian comic Luca Cupani has a new girlfriend. Copstick is of the opinion that happiness is not a good ingredient for a comedian's emotional make-up and that having children is worse. She lamented good, edgy comedians reduced to talking on-stage about their children's cuteness.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th August 2017Comics stand-up for the politically incorrect at Fringe
Comedy is currently more prescriptive than at any time I can remember. Prescriptive of words, of subjects, even of opinions. And that is worrying. The current industry-standard stand-up has to abide by a list of prohibitions that make a gluten-free, vegan shopping expedition seem simple. There are 328 recognised gender identities, Leo Kearse tells his packed audience, and reads a few from his phone. Canada has just passed a law making the non-use of the correct gender pronoun in any given situation an offence, he says. He thinks this is a bit much.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 13th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 12
How to destroy a comedy career & other news.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 13th August 2017