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JUST THE TONIC EDFRINGE VENUES 2019 FULL LISTINGS AND MORE 1st - 25th August 2019 EDINBURGH FRINGE PROUDLY SPONSORED BY NO ONE - TOTALLY INDEPENDENT 7 venues 8 Bars 4000 performances 98.9%* 19 performance spaces 182 shows comedy *THE OTHER 1.1% ARE FUN AS WELL… CHALLENGE: GO FIND THE OTHER 2 SHOWS INSIDE! MAY ALL OUR VOICES BE HEARD www.justthetonic.com Big Value is the best Big Value compilation show at The Fringe. It’s an Comedy Shows excellent barometer of The longest running stand up compilation show on the fringe. We ask promoter people who are going Darrell Martin to take a look at at it’s fine heritage. to go on to big things. Starting in 1996, with a line up that included The show is currently produced by Darrell And I’m not just saying Milton Jones and Adam Bloom, the Big Value Martin, who runs Just the Tonic. It wasn’t Comedy Shows have been selecting the always that way. Many years ago Darrell was that because I did it. stars of the future for almost 25 years. a keen performer that was desperate to be part of the show. Comedians such as Jim Jeffries, Pete Harris was the person who set it all up. Sarah Millican, Jon Richardson and He ran a chain of clubs called Screaming ROMESH Romesh Ranganathan are some of Blue Murder. According to Adam Bloom, it all RANGANATHAN came out of a conversation where Adam said Big Value Comedy Show 2011 + 2012 those who were first exposed to the to Pete that he wanted to go to Edinburgh but couldn’t afford it. Within a day or 2 Pete delights of Edinburgh with the Big came back to him with the concept of ‘The Value Comedy Show. Big Value Comedy Show’. KERRY GODLIMAN Big Value Comedy Show 2005 I have very fond memories of doing Big Value. It was a lovely way to do what can be a tough festival on a new act. I grew as a comic and made some great memories. Big Value Comedy Show Early Show is at 19:30 and the Late Show is at 21:45 at Just there Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre. Big Value is the best Big Value compilation show at The Fringe. It’s an Comedy Shows excellent barometer of The longest running stand up compilation show on the fringe. We ask promoter people who are going Darrell Martin to take a look at at it’s fine heritage. to go on to big things. Starting in 1996, with a line up that included The show is currently produced by Darrell And I’m not just saying Milton Jones and Adam Bloom, the Big Value Martin, who runs Just the Tonic. It wasn’t Comedy Shows have been selecting the always that way. Many years ago Darrell was that because I did it. stars of the future for almost 25 years. a keen performer that was desperate to be part of the show. Comedians such as Jim Jeffries, Pete Harris was the person who set it all up. Sarah Millican, Jon Richardson and He ran a chain of clubs called Screaming ROMESH Romesh Ranganathan are some of Blue Murder. According to Adam Bloom, it all RANGANATHAN came out of a conversation where Adam said Big Value Comedy Show 2011 + 2012 those who were first exposed to the to Pete that he wanted to go to Edinburgh but couldn’t afford it. Within a day or 2 Pete delights of Edinburgh with the Big came back to him with the concept of ‘The Value Comedy Show. Big Value Comedy Show’. KERRY GODLIMAN Big Value Comedy Show 2005 I have very fond memories of doing Big Value. It was a lovely way to do what can be a tough festival on a new act. I grew as a comic and made some great memories. Big Value Comedy Show Early Show is at 19:30 and the Late Show is at 21:45 at Just there Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre. Darrell tells us: “By the time I was trying to Holloway, Susan Murray, Glenn Wool, Greg We have included a list of 1995 Milton Jones get involved as a compere, it was already Burns, Marty Wilson, Johnny Candon and a some of the acts we have respected amongst acts, and that was only certain Micky Flanaghan. had up until 2012 that have 1997 Lee Mack 2000. I remember it already seemed like a gone on to become known really established thing. In 2001 I received a call asking if I wanted to outside of the circuit. There 1998 Stephen K Amos put a show in the Café Royal because Pete are others, but the list 1999 Stephen K Amos / Robin Ince At the time I was living in Nottingham and was jacking it all in. I was a promoter as well would have been too big. there were not many clubs outside of as a performer. So, I called Pete and asked We didn’t bother with after 2000 Micky Flanagan / Glenn Wool London. I would travel down to London to him if I could use the name. He generously 2012 because you probably compere at Pete’s club in Kingston, in the agreed. I kept the whole format the same, wouldn’t have heard of 2001 Micky Flanagan / Alun Cochrane / Paul Sinha hope of getting selected. The excitement of except I made a conscious effort to make them (yet), but it would getting offered a place was amazing. The the selecting less Londoncentric. include the likes of Adam 2002 Steve Hughes / Hal Cruttenden / Jim Jeffries / Justin Moorhouse way the show was structured was great. Rowe and Kiri Pritchard 2003 Gary Delaney / Patrick Monahan / Jarred Christmas Pete paid for everything, even our train In the years that followed the whole festival McLean. You probably tickets. All of the marketing was done by the has changed. The Café Royal shut down (it wouldn’t have heard of 2004 Josie Long / Wil Hodgson acts (handing out flyers) and there was a had been taken over and very badly run… Micky Flanmaghan in 2007 profit split at the end. long story). The Big Value carried on each or Romesh Ranganathan 2005 Jon Richardson / Jason Manford / Kerry Godliman year. It has been in Underbelly, in a tent at until 2 years ago! (unless 2006 Sarah Millican / Tom Wrigglesworth The free fringe did not exist then, the back of C Venue Adams Building. (There you’d been to Big Value is now an IBIS Hotel on the site), and in The Comedy Show) 2007 Daliso Chaponda / Jason Cook and there was no real way to come Big Cave. It is now in The Grassmarket Centre. Come and see who we 2008 Carl Donnelly / Charlie Baker up to Edinburgh unless you were have this year. They are paying a huge load of money to the Over the years we have auditioned hundreds always great shows. You 2009 Seann Walsh / Charlie Baker / Paul McCaffrey of people, and taken a lot of comedians up get a 2 hour show (includ- 2010 Nick Helm big fancy venues. To get onto Big to the festival. Some of them become regular ing 2 drinks breaks) and it acts on the circuit. Some go on to become is a variety night. We love 2011 Romesh Ranganathan / Rob Beckett / John Robins Value meant loads to me. big stars. Some go off and do other things. it… we hope you do too! But each year we try and bring varied and 2012 Romesh Ranganathan The year I was on I compared the early show interesting shows. and in our year of doing it there was Sally 2013 + Watch this space! GARY It should be JON DELANEY called Good RICHARDSON Big Value Comedy Show 2003 Value. Big Value Comedy Show 2005 Big Value brought me to Edinburgh before Big Value is boot camp for young comics. anyone else had even heard of me. The line I had a great time, played to amazing ups they’ve had speak for themselves. I enjoyed every minute of my year in the Big Value Show. audiences and learned how to become NICK I worked with some amazing comics and it was a better comic. HELM the first step on an Edinburgh journey which Big Value Comedy Show 2010 has made me the comic I am today. Big Value Comedy Show Early Show is at 19:30 and the Late Show is at 21:45 at Just there Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre. Darrell tells us: “By the time I was trying to Holloway, Susan Murray, Glenn Wool, Greg We have included a list of 1995 Milton Jones get involved as a compere, it was already Burns, Marty Wilson, Johnny Candon and a some of the acts we have respected amongst acts, and that was only certain Micky Flanaghan. had up until 2012 that have 1997 Lee Mack 2000. I remember it already seemed like a gone on to become known really established thing. In 2001 I received a call asking if I wanted to outside of the circuit. There 1998 Stephen K Amos put a show in the Café Royal because Pete are others, but the list 1999 Stephen K Amos / Robin Ince At the time I was living in Nottingham and was jacking it all in. I was a promoter as well would have been too big. there were not many clubs outside of as a performer. So, I called Pete and asked We didn’t bother with after 2000 Micky Flanagan / Glenn Wool London.