FestBuzz

Tonight, we’re host­ing Scotland’s first live twit­ter com­edy event smack bang in the mid­dle of the Offi­cial Fringe Party, the “Twinge Party”.

At 7pm, you’d bet­ter be tuned into Twit­ter, as a lineup of top come­di­ans will be deliv­er­ing a series of jokes… in 140-character bites. By fol­low­ing the event’s hash­tag (to be released later today) you’ll be able to tune into the buzz and the backchat, but if you want an unin­ter­rupted front-row seat, tune into our spe­cial Twit­ter Com­edy web page to see nowt but the jokes.

At the Twinge Party itself, one screen will project the come­di­ans’ sets and another will show the crowd’s responses to their jokes, about the party and other acts. It will be a great chance for peo­ple to get a taste of what’s on offer this year at the Fes­ti­vals, whether they are at the party itself or just log­ging on from home.

The Twinge Party, spon­sored by Infor­mat­ics Ven­tures, is being run by Edin­burgh Fes­ti­val Fringe.

The first Twit­ter Com­edy event, organ­ised by up-and-coming stand-up Tier­nan Douieb, went live in June this year, and was highly suc­cess­ful with thou­sands of “view­ers” log­ging on from around the world to watch, read, laugh and tweet heck­les back at the acts. The Twinge Party will repli­cate some of this com­edy buzz with a short series of Twit­ter sets, with the acts tweet­ing live from the party to the world.