Amy chats to Jenny Foulds who is at the fringe this year with her show Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human. Hey Jenny – here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human is spoken word theatre that meets stand-up. It’s a series … More FRINGE IN 5 – JENNY FOULDS

Amy chats to Madelaine Moore the director, co-creator and co-writer of Santi & Naz. What inspired the show? As a South Asian writer of Pakistani descent, Guleraana was obviously keen to explore this huge historical event but felt that a lot of the partition stories that get told tend to put a particular viewpoint at … More FRINGE IN 5 – MADELAINE MOORE

Amy chats to Clé Holly as she prepares to take her show Four to the Fringe. Hey Clé- here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? First off, thanks for the opportunity to give FOUR our Fringe in FIVE! It is September 2019, in the heart of New … More FRINGE IN 5 – CLÉ HOLLY

Amy chats to Joyful Raven as she prepares to perform in her show Breed or Bust. Hey Joyful- here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? Breed or Bust is a brutally honest tragic comedy that blazes a fire through the taboo of abortion and our primal baby-making … More FRINGE IN 5 – JOYFUL RAVEN

Amy chats to Lachlan Werner as they prepare to take their show LACHLAN WERNER: VOICES OF EVIL to the Fringe. Hey Lachlan – here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? Hey! My show has been called ‘The Muppets’ meets ‘The Exorcist’. It is a truly stupid blend … More FRINGE IN 5 – LACHLAN WERNER

Amy chats to Benjamin Alborough as he prepares for his show Absolute Monopoly which is on at this year’s Fringe. Hey Benjamin – here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? Absolute Monopoly is a gameshow for the modern age. I took all the bad elements of the … More FRINGE IN 5 – BENJAMIN ALBOROUGH

Amy chats to Jae West as they prepare to star in two shows at the Fringe, which they also created! Hey Jae – here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody, is a nostalgic musical comedy that takes you on a … More FRINGE IN 5 – JAE WEST

Amy chats to George Zacharopoulos as he prepares to take his show Wonderland to the Fringe. Hey George – here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? In 2018 I met a girl called Alice. Doctor, mother of 2, had abandonment issues from when her mum locked her … More FRINGE IN 5 – GEORGE ZACHAROPOULOS

Amy chats to Joseph Cullen, one of the writers of The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria. Hey – here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis?  You’ve all heard of WWII. I’m sure you’ve all kept calm and carried on with the … More FRINGE IN 5 – JOSEPH CULLEN

Amy chats to Jamie Finn, creator of Nobody’s Talking About Jamie. Hey – here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis?   Jamie’s girlfriend has just broken up with him for a man that goes to the gym – obviously. Spin instructor Lily takes him in and he spends … More FRINGE IN 5 – JAMIE FINN

Amy chats to Andy Manjuck & Dorothy James, the writers of Bill’s 44th. Hey – here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? Bill’s 44th is a full-length, wordless, puppet show for adults with an original score about the pitfalls of impatience, the wonder of loneliness, and the universal … More FRINGE IN 5 – ANDY MANJUCK & DOROTHY JAMES

Amy chats to Nicolas Jelmoni who is performing in The 7 Fingers: Duel Reality at the Fringe. Hey – here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis of your show? Ok here we go, there probably aren’t a lot of skyscrapers in Edinburgh so I’m gonna assume it’s … More FRINGE IN 5 – NICOLAS JELMONI

Amy chats to Chris Turner as he prepares to take his show Vegas, Baby! to the Fringe. Hey Chris – here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? Hi! Last year I became both a father, and the first comedian to ever perform with Cirque Du Soleil. This show is … More FRINGE IN 5 – CHRIS TURNER

Amy chats to Steve Lee as he prepares to take his show Mad Ron: Crime School to the Fringe! Hey Steve – here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis?  Crime School was nominated for “Best Show” at the Leicester Comedy Festival. Mad Ron is a “Man out of Time” … More FRINGE IN 5 – STEVE LEE (MAD RON)

Amy chats to Sid Singh ahead of the Fringe as he prepares to perform Table for One. Hey Sid – here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? No. Now what are you going to do? We’re just stuck in this elevator in awkward silence and you wonder … More FRINGE IN 5 – SID SINGH

Amy chats to Olivia Porter and Jarred Dewey who are performing in Party Ghost at the Fringe. Here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? Imagine the twins from The Shining as slapstick acrobats and you have “Party Ghost”. An hour-long dark circus comedy about celebrating your death … More FRINGE IN 5 – OLIVIA PORTER & JARRED DEWEY

Amy chats to Astrid Rot who is heading to the Fringe this summer to star in Otto & Astrid’s Joint Solo Project. Here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? My younger brother Otto and I couldn’t agree on which songs would go on our fifth album so … More FRINGE IN 5 – ASTRID ROT

Amy chats to Matthew Greenhough the writer of The Death of Molly Miller which is on at this year’s Fringe! Here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? A pitch-black comedy about Molly Miller, a social media influencer/runner-up on The Love Shack, who comes home to her penthouse … More FRINGE IN 5 – MATTHEW GREENHOUGH

Amy chats to Clementine Bogg-Hargoves (creator and perfomer) and Zoey Barnes (co-creator) of Please Love Me. Here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? Please Love Me is a one-and-a-half-woman show about, well, love! Our Clem reflects on all her misguided searches for love and learns the consequences, telling … More FRINGE IN 5 – CLEMENTINE BOGG-HARGOVES & ZOEY BARNES

Amy chats to Siân Docksey who is taking her show Pole Yourself Together to Edinburgh! Hey Siân- here’s your chance to give an elevator pitch, can you give us a brief synopsis? It’s a pole-dancing comedy show about how to banish your existential dread, with varying results. What inspired you to create this show? I’d … More FRINGE IN 5 – SIÂN DOCKSEY