EP89 – Nica Burns – The secrets behind the Edinburgh Fringe Newcomer Award

Nica Burns OBE is a London theatre producer and co-owner with her business partner Max Weitzenhoffer of the Nimax Theatres group Beyond owning a lot of influential theatres Nica is best known as the director and producer of the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards since it started in 1984.

I got her on the podcast to talk about...

-How she didn’t actually found the awards, but did take over them.
-Why they started and what they’re used for / about now.
-Women in comedy and how the award has helped the perception of women in comedy.
-Does she ever feel anxious having to announce nominations that contain no women?
-Why she regrets giving the 2008 Panel Prize to everyone.

AND MORE.

Stream - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/NicaBurns
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937
YouTube - https://youtu.be/vYsEV8Mo_Q8

This podcast would be useful to anyone hoping to take their debut show up to the Fringe or anyone who is just interested in the behind the scenes of one of the most prestigious and most converted awards at the festival. So please do share it if you think you know someone who will get some value out of it.

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