Comedy Club 4 Kids wins an Edinburgh Comedy Award
August 2025
Filed Under: Awards, Comedy Club 4 Kids, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, News
Yes! Here’s a tip for any budding new comedians out there. The key way to win an Edinburgh Comedy Award is to run a company for 20 years until they’re forced to give in and accept you do nice things. I had a lovely surprise on Friday when I heard the Victoria Wood Edinburgh Comedy […]
FFS Lockdown
August 2020
Filed Under: Comedy, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, FFS Support, Mental Health
I had a lovely chat with Jamie at Fringe Festival Support, all about my general levels of despairing during lockdown and after. FFS do lots of work looking into the mental health of performers, so warning: Some stuff I talk about is a tad bleak.
Fringeless
August 2020
Filed Under: Comedy, edfringe, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, stand up comedy
I did a little blog about going up to Edinburgh when the Fringe isn’t on, how comedy is still a mess and the general state of things. It does also have some stuff about telling jokes to seagulls though, so not all bad. Do have a read: https://medium.com/@TiernanDouieb/fringeless-70bfa5449fcd
It’s That Time Again
July 2015
Filed Under: ACMS, Bec Hill, Blog, Comedian's Comedian Podcast, Comedy, Don Biswas, edfringe, Edinburgh Festival, George Egg, Grace The Child, News
Somehow it is August again. Don’t worry, I’m not baffled by how time works. I’ve got a watch and it has a proper big and little hand on it and everything. I just mean that time seems to fly by in a way that makes me assume it’s having a lot more fun than anyone […]
Return Of The Blog
March 2012
Filed Under: Argos, Blog, Bournemouth, Chichester, Comedy, Edinburgh Festival, Estonia, Finland, fuel, News
Its the return of the blog, oooh yeah, return of the blog, oh right now, return of the blog, you know that I’ll be back, here I am. etc etc cue your best Mark Morrison/Kermit The Frog voice. Anyway, yes, hello, this blog is back. Hello? Hello? Oh. There’s no one here anymore after my […]
A Small Pressie Por Vu
Merry Christmas everyone! Yes, even you! No, don’t turn around. There’s no one behind you. You, I mean you. Merry Christmas, festive greetings, Merry Xmas, Marry Crispmass (this is illegal in some states in the US so be careful) and Happity Chrimbo or whatever else it is that nobheads say. Of course I’m not properly […]