Comedy impresario Karen Koren is the founder of one of Edinburgh’s largest Fringe Festival venues and is responsible for launching some of the most successful comedy careers in the UK today. Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard, Dylan Moran, Rhona Cameron, Sean Hughes and Peter Kay are all ‘Koren Pedigree’ -and like so many comedians they cut their teeth on the Gilded Balloon stage. Named Top Comedy Talent-spotter in 2005 Koren is widely admired for her generosity, energy and determination to succeed.
What do you do?
I run my own business called the Gilded Balloon, which is one of the biggest venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. I also manage and represent several comedians, and I run Edinburgh’s Christmas Winter Wonderland.
