Voicebox: Edinburgh Fringe

"I’m not a street performer, but assumed it wouldn’t be all that different. I was so very wrong! There is a special skill set that must be developed to make that environment work and my hat is off to anyone who can master it. "

"A drink or two throughout the month is okay but not every night. Please don't quote me on this when you see me at the bar."

"The biggest thing I am always most grateful for in terms of my upbringing, is that I had parents and a family who would always support whatever endeavour I was undertaking – they would drive me hours to perform a one hour show for a primary school, and that same night help me with my homework!'

"Laughter is involuntary. When you pull a laugh out of someone. That’s all yours. It's the greatest feeling in the world."

"I once performed in the middle of a boxing ring, AFTER a charity boxing tournament, in the Russian neighborhood in deep Long Island. I was telling jokes for no one, as competitors literally bled out of their faces and got yelled at in Russian by their coaches."

"I decided just to sit on a random audience member’s lap and did my set from there. Which caught their attention, that’s for sure."

"Growing up with a slightly dysfunctional family made me want to be a psychiatrist. I think I hoped to get the secret codes to fix them."

"LA can feel so results driven, and Edinburgh Fringe feels like it has a deeper appreciation for process.  (Although, ironically, I keep getting asked what I hope to “get” out of EdFringe.)"

Alison's new show 'Soup' is "about finding good corners in the world and striving to be happy when the world around can be a shite times."

We're planning on heading up to review at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but as it's the largest arts festival in the world – we can't do it alone.

The first shows for this year's biggest arts and culture festival Edinburgh Fringe are announced.

Comedy has never felt so good!