Edinburgh virgin

On the Guild website, Jake Yapp recounts his experiences as a first-time stand-up at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.

So how do you make any kind of an impression? People had bigger leaflets than mine. Glossier. Ones they hadn't done on their crappy computer at home on free software they'd downloaded. People had paid, not just for the venue and accommodation, but for design, flyerers, PR, publicity... It was hard not to feel like the kid at school who'd forgotten his PE kit and was having to make do with the stinky old Lost Property shorts.