AliceFraser

New Teacast: Lydia Rickards

Sorry for dropping a week in the midst of all this Edinburghing, excellent people. If you missed me, catch up on The Bugle this week, where I guested on the first 2017-08-21 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Edfringe 15 & 16

The people who do not like it at all.

Gosh this fringe is getting away from me! One week to go. I've been buzzing around like a little bee and you'd think you'd have time to do a little blog a ...

Edinblog day 13 & 14

Bullets and lightbulbs.

So Monday was a day off Empire, though I did a few spots. I walked up the Crag with Laura Davis and had a physio jab me a bit and it was all very relaxing and lovely. <...

Edinblog Day 10 and 11

Oof I have had two very full shows in a row. This is really lovely and very strange. Last night (Saturday, the turf of drunken douchebags coming into shows they have no idea about) was actually a love...

Edinblog day 8 & 9: face masks and sellouts.

Yesterday was a day of ups and downs. I hung out with Scott and Bolli (above, beautifying over a cuppa), and went to draw at the National Gallery of Scotland with Phill Jupitus. It's a lovely way to s...

Edinblog day 6&7

So I've lost my boots.

I took them off last night after my show and swapped for flats so I could run over and do the improvised professoring at the Night at The Museum show and then I went back...

AMA - That Google Diversity Screed

I always say on the podcast, let me know if there's anything you'd like me to cover, so here's one of those.

"Some public arguments perfectly encapsulate the fault line between two different mi...

Edinblog day 4&5

It's been a hectic few days. The shows have been going well - more and more people coming to the show each night, which I hope carries on. I'm in a huge room - and it's not going to sell out, but it's...

New Teacast: Sameena Zehra

This week's episode comes to you from the bowels of the Edinburgh Fringe festival. I had a chat with the excellent Sameena Zehra about c...

Edinblog day 3: inspimentalist

Today was a good day. I hung out with Laura Davis and that is always a good thing. The weather was truly Edinburgh - the kind of day where you feel like a succulent in a tropical terrarium, constantly...

Edinblog: Day 2

Today was a ridiculously pretty day. I even did laundry and hung it outside, which is pretty baller for Edinburgh which is like Melbournex100 for temperamental skies.

I wonder if I should twee...

Edinblog: Day 1

I arrived the day before my show to settle in. The train in from London was crowded with performers but I wasn't near anyone I knew (thank goodness). I like talking to people when I feel like talking ...

Pre-Edinburgh Breakdown

It’s three days before the 2017 Edinburgh fringe, where I’m taking my show, Empire....

What's funny about a man in a dress?

This is a loaded topic at the moment, and a many-armed one. Gone are the days in which The Footy Show (an Australian institution) could guiltlessly wring comedy out of the hilarious sight of a big man...

New Teacast: Iszi Lawrence

I've come back from Brighton and am putting up this podcast. It was a delight to talk to Iszi and we ranged over a number of exciting and controversial topics on what was a very hot London day. (It ca...

New Teacast: Race Off with Craig Quartermaine and Brendon Burns

Link is here 

I'm not going to lie - editing this week was a real pain in the whatsit....

New Teacast: Charlie Duncan Saffrey

This week's podcast was an interesting and quite challenging one for me.

Link is here: itunes....

SBS Article

So SBS comedy has been shut down, but I'm still writing for its mum, the SBS website. This article includes my feelings about the prospect of fish watching me while I poo.

New Teacast: Henry Fraser

Getting the twin back on the pod. This was a very interesting chat, though I was incredibly jetlagged.

Link is here: http://apple.co/2oyL7...

Something about offensive blokey jokes.

This might be a really obvious thought, but I've just had a moment of realising one reason (of many) why it feels so uncomfortable to call a friend or acquaintance or work colleague on an off colour c...

New Teacast: Kirsty Webeck

Gosh I love talking to Kirsty - this was in the beautiful Victoria State Library over iced green tea on a very cold day. 

We talked about the sadness of losing low-status, the tyranny of evolvi...

I saw a man fall hard, from high up.

On Monday, I walked out of recording a podcast at the ABC towards the state library in Melbourne to do some work. I was listening to my book with half attention, thinking about what story I wanted to ...

Merch!

Well this is a wonderful thing. I've been thinking about doing merch for a while, but was reluctant to take the plunge - it seems like there's an inverse relationship between cost and ethical producti...

New Teacast: Alice Fraser Solo

This week, I sit alone in a room with a cuppa, talking to the void. 

Here you go: http://apple.co/2oyL7Vy 

We discuss ...

Sydney Empire Final Show

Hey Sydney patreons! 

The Sydney Comedy Festival has decided to bring be back home for one last show. 

I will be doing one night of Empire THIS FRIDAY at The Comedy Store. It is a lo...

New Teacast: Mitch Alexander

Philosopher and Metal "singer" Mitch Alexander rejoins the podcast to talk about the danger of the idea of dangerous ideas, virtue ethics and sex robots.

I always enjoy a wrestle/chat with Mitch. He...

Vale SBS Comedy

Since March 2014 I've been writing articles of various quality and popularity for SBS comedy, as it grew, establishing a weekly Friday routine:

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New Teacast: David Maney

David is brushing up his resume - we talk about labels, Invisible Disabilities, New Age Medicine, Queer Comedy and Being a Tea. 

I was glad that David spoke with me about his MS, and feel a lit...

Death and impact

Some thoughts...

Few things match the feeling of immortality you get when you have a crowd that is with you on stage. When people have decided they trust you enough to go beyond listening and i...

The Indigo Hole

One of the most enjoyable things about writing for SBS Comedy is learning new things. 

Having a ...