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Laughing all the way to the Fringe

Julia Chamberlain’s head is full of balloons. Well, not literally. The producer of the ‘So you think you’re funny?’ stand-up competition is in Edinburgh pulling the remaining threads together before the Fringe Festival officially kicks off on Sunday. And right now, the most pressing problem is getting the balloons delivered for today’s press launch. She finds time to talk to Arts Hub's Michelle Dr

30 Jul 2003

Michelle Draper

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Julia Chamberlain’s head is full of balloons. Well, not literally. The producer of the So you think you’re funny? stand-up competition is in Edinburgh pulling the remaining threads together before the Fringe Festival officially kicks off on Sunday. And right now, the most pressing problem is getting the balloons delivered for today’s press launch.

‘It’s all surprisingly calm, before the storm,’ Chamberlain says, surveying the pre-festival atmosphere in the Scottish capital.

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Michelle Draper

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Michelle lived and worked in Rome and London as a freelance feature writer for two and a half years before returning to Australia to take up the position of Head Writer for Arts Hub UK. She was inspired by thousands of years of history and art in Rome, and by London's pubs. Michelle holds a BA in Journalism from RMIT University, and also writes for Arts Hub Australia.