Ask The Industry Podcast

Ben Verth (@benverth) and John Millar (@JohnMillarComic) are two of the four Barrel boys who founded Monkey Barrel comedy (@barrelcomedy) club. This amazing purpose built venue rose from the ashes of Ben's first club in the Grassmarket known as the Beehive and we get into the future of Scottish comedy, the Edinburgh Fringe and why they were so secretive about the new venture.I got them on to talk about...Why they felt the Edinburgh Fringe needs another comedy venue.What the future of the festival looks like to themWhy the "power" of so many venues shouldn't be held by two massive Free Fringe / Festival offerings.Why they didn't crowdfund the new venueWhy they were so secretive about the project before "going live" to the Scottish comedy community.AND MOREStream - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/MonkeyBarreliTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937YouTube - https://youtu.be/O8ZFXs9bi9cThis interview would be good for anyone looking at taking a show to the Edinburgh