Ask The Industry Podcast

Simon Abrahams (@simonjabrahams) is the Creative Director & CEO at the Melbourne Fringe. Having worked with performers his whole professional career he now runs a large comedy festival in Australia which is used for a lot of different types of performers to try out more experimental and work-in-progress shows.I got him on the podcast to talk about - How the Fringe helps people get to Australia and find them somewhere to stay (and help with the VISAs)The loss of print media in Australia and how that’s impacted promotion of shows.How to register a show and promote it when you don’t live in Australia.Why flyering is banned and how the postering marketing is owned by different companies. AND MORE! This podcast would be useful to anyone interested in taking a show to the Melbourne Fringe and the landscape of the Australian comedy scene in general.  You can stream the podcast here (with show notes) - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/SimonAbrahamsOr get it on iTunes here - https://i