The classic Edinburgh comedy show lasts an hour, with a strong narrative component and an inevitable 'sad bit'. But this rigid template is stifling creativityThe late Sean Hughes had a reasonable claim to inventing what we now know as the "Edinburgh show". Before 1990, wannabe comics went to the Edinburgh fringe and performed their best standup material. Hughes came along with something different: a funny monologue, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33PM on August 30, 2018