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A marathon of mirth and stress: comics with chronic health issues on completing Edinburgh fringe by Rachael Healy

The festival's relentless pace is demanding for performers, especially with an underlying health condition. Three acts explain how their month has gone An hour before she was due on stage for the first show of her month-long Edinburgh fringe run, Nina Gilligan was lying in a dark room, hoping that her medication would take effect. She was experiencing an intense migraine, one of the symptoms of her chronic pain condi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54PM on August 23, 2024

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