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. The Edinburgh Fringe (officially the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, commonly just The Fringe) is the world’s largest Arts festival. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. The Cowgate is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, located about 5 minutes' walk from Edinburgh Castle, within the city's World Heritage Site ^[1] It is currently located at Teviot Row House in Bristo Square (owned by the Edinburgh University Students' Association). Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA provides services, representation and welfare Support to Matriculated students of

History

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. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Since the competition began in 1988 So You Think You're Funny has gone on to produce some of Great Britain's and Ireland's finest comedy Rhona Cameron (born September 27, 1965 in Dundee) is a Scottish Comedienne. The Times article from November 2007 says he is 39 --> Lee Gordon McKillop (born c Dylan Moran (born 3 November 1971) is a BAFTA and Perrier Award -winning Irish Comedian, Actor and Tommy Tiernan is an Irish Comedian, Actor and Writer, born 3 November 1969 in Carndonagh, a town on the Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973 in Farnworth, Lancashire, England) is an English Comedian, Writer, producer Ed Byrne (born 10 April, 1972 in Swords, Dublin) is a Perrier Award -nominated Irish stand up Comedian Dominic Holland is a British comedian television presenter and author Ardal O'Hanlon (born 8 October 1965) is an Irish Comedian and Actor, best known for his roles in television sitcoms as Johnny Vegas (born 11 September, 1971 as Michael Joseph Pennington) is an English Actor and Comedian. The competition was sponsored by Channel 4 from 1993 until 2004,^[3] with five and the Paramount Comedy Channel taking over in 2005. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Paramount Comedy can refer to a number of different comedy television channels operated by Viacom under the Paramount brand Paramount Comedy 1 Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

In 2001 the Gilded Balloon expanded to include Teviot Row House and, on 7 December 2002, a fire devastated its original Cowgate base. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Cowgate is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, located about 5 minutes' walk from Edinburgh Castle, within the city's World Heritage Site ^[4] The Gilded Balloon continues at Teviot Row House which, in 2005, contained seven performance spaces.

Controversy

During his early career, Russell Brand was forcefully ejected from the Gilded Balloon. Russell Edward Brand (born June 4 1975 is a British Comedian, Actor, Columnist and a Presenter of Radio and ^[5]

References

External links

• The Gilded Balloon