Doug Stanhope protests Edinburgh’s comedy festivals; willing to play 16-hour show for 14 grand

by Punchline Magazine

For decades now, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland has been one of the biggest, most important stand-up comedy events in the world. As the name suggests, it’s not an event that has ever necessarily made a habit of cow-towing to the biggest, most mainstream-minded comics.
But this year, four major comedy venues that usually host [...]