The Gilded Balloon

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The Gilded Balloon at Teviot Row House, during the 2004 festival
The Gilded Balloon at Teviot Row House, during the 2004 festival

The Gilded Balloon is one of the Edinburgh Fringe's best-known venues, established by Karen Koren in 1986 in Edinburgh's Cowgate.[1] It is currently located at Teviot Row House in Bristo Square (owned by the Edinburgh University Students' Association).

In 1988 it devised the competition "'So You Think You're Funny",[2] which has been won by many notable comics including Rhona Cameron, Lee Mack, Dylan Moran, Tommy Tiernan and Peter Kay; other have finalists included Ed Byrne, Dominic Holland, Ardal O’Hanlon and Johnny Vegas. The competition was sponsored by Channel 4 from 1993 until 2004,[3] with five and the Paramount Comedy Channel taking over in 2005.

In 2001 the Gilded Balloon expanded to include Teviot Row House and, on 7 December 2002, a fire devastated its original Cowgate base.[4] The Gilded Balloon continues at Teviot Row House which, in 2005, contained seven performance spaces.

  1. ^ BBC News, 31st July 2003.
  2. ^ Chortle, UK comedy industry website.
  3. ^ Channel 4 'So You think You're Funny' page.
  4. ^ BBC News, 31st July 2003.

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