Fringe Q&A with Tony Feelwood TONY: So Josh, tell us about your show. JOSH: Well Tony, it’s a show about identity and what I think that means told through the story of the time I got stuck in a puffer jacket as a child. TONY: Do you know Alan Carr? JOSH: I’m afraid not. TONY: Ah, ok it doesn’t matter.…
The Winter Olympics is a wonderful occasion which only comes around quad-annually. It’s a time when we hear and use words and phrases which wouldn’t usually be in our brain-space; like luge, skeleton-bob and in my case quad-annually and brain-space. To most the Winter Olympics rightfully means nothing but for me it will always hold a special place in my…
People often asks me “what drives you to work so hard?” And I always say the same thing, fear. Fear of being a 50 year old and not having achieved the things I wanted to achieve. “But 50 isn’t that old, there’s still time.” There’s not, I’m sorry but I cannot help the over 50s here. All my life I’ve…
The 5 O’Clock shadow The end of a working day looms parallel to my day of inertia and inactivity. It’s this time every day that I start to feel sad, start to evaluate the things I’ve produced and created today. Was it another day wasted in the rabbit warren of social media or have I actually produced something to warrant…
I don’t often talk about the charity work I do but I thought it was about time I broke my silence. Not to self congratulate but to promote the charity itself (link on my website). I’ve been a supporter of good causes for as long as I can remember, I bought my first poppy aged 11 and I’m proud to…
3 Tips on how to survive writing an Edinburgh Fringe survival guide. It’s that time again, daytime. And this daytime I’m writing about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I’ve been reading lots of articles entitled “tips for the Edinburgh Fringe” or “Fringe, a Survivor’s guide.” And it got me thinking. How does a newbie survive putting together their first ever Edfringe…