Edinburgh Fringe 2025: Horse at The Stand (August 24th, 2-3pm)

It’s Edinburgh’s legendary Stand Comedy Club’s 30th birthday this year, and I'm thrilled to be bringing A Kick Up The Arts to the Fringe for a week of lunchtime live podcast shows as part of their celebrations - including one-hour conversations with special guests Del Amitri’s Justin Currie (August 23rd); stage, screen and music icon Barbara Dickson (August 20th); wildlife film-maker Gordon Buchanan (August 19th); actor, broadcaster and panto villain(ess) Grant Stott (August 21st); and actor, comedian, and Scotland’s most infamous (Boabby the) barman - Still Game’s Gavin Mitchell - (August 18th).

Tickets are on-sale now, the full run is August 18-24 (not 22), 2-3pm, and you should basically come to all of the shows. I MEAN what better way to spend a late lunch hour in the late summer. Five-minute walk from Waverley Station. I'll get the kettle on and the macaroni pies in. If I'm allowed.

And yes! In the first of a series of 'Scottish Album Social' events celebrating some of the country’s best-loved LPs, I’m delighted that music icon Horse will join me to reflect on 35 years of the band's just-reissued debut, The Same Sky (which features timeless hits like Careful and The Speed of the Beat of My Heart) - and to perform a couple of stripped-back songs from the record.

If you're a fan of the album, I'd love to hear any questions you have, or memories you'd like to share, and I'll weave some of these through our conversation on the day. You can message me via nicola@akickupthearts.org, at the contact link above, or on social media. There'll also be a live audience Q&A.

Come spend a Sunday afternoon with us! I’ll get the roast on. Tickets here.