Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag (2013)

It’s a Fringe rule that any look back at the Fringe has to start with Fleabag. So here’s our 2013 interview with Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Wood talking about the Edinburgh debut of the show

In our first trip into the archive, we start with Fleabag. Directed by Vicky Wood, and written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, this small show from 2013 took place in the depths of the Underbelly. It remains the gold standard of Fringe legends… from a theatrical dare to a short stand-up like ten minutes, to a ‘that’s so Fringe’ run in Edinburgh, and then onwards into the zeitgeist Phoebe and Vicky joined Ewan Spence in the podcast studio to talk about the origins of Fleabag, highlight the importance of the subject matter, and try to remember how much of the script was cut before it reached the stage.

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