EdFringe Talk: Mark Vigeant: OUT THERE

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“I leave Edinburgh a funnier comedian, a better actor, and a humbler more inspired human. I also get my ass kicked and that’s important.”

WHO: Mark Vigeant

WHAT: “From comedian Mark Vigeant (whose last Fringe hour became a special on Dropout TV) comes a wildly inventive character-comedy hour. Meet Larry: a burnt-out engineer on a mission to gain fame by livestreaming a survival adventure from the Alaskan wilderness. Armed with a camera, unshakeable optimism and questionable survival skills, he livestreams his journey into the wild. But when the wilderness pushes back, his mission spirals into chaos. Blending live video, immersive tech and fearless clowning, OUT THERE is a hilarious, unpredictable descent into ambition, delusion and the things we do to prove our lives matter.”

WHERE: Downstairs at Assembly Roxy (Venue 139) 

WHEN: 17:20 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

This will be my fourth consecutive year bringing a show to Edinburgh Fringe! But this is the first time I’m bringing *this* particular show. It takes a lot to get there from Los Angeles, but I keep coming back because it’s the only place in the world I can perform the outrageous, interactive, emotional, ridiculous shows I create every single day and expect anybody to come. I leave Edinburgh a funnier comedian, a better actor, and a humbler more inspired human. I also get my ass kicked and that’s important.

What are the big things you’ve learned since 2025 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?

Big lesson: the artist’s career is non-linear.
Have I absorbed this? Not one bit.

Big lesson: Anything worth doing is worth doing badly.
Have I absorbed this? Hell no.

Huge f*cking lesson: Rest is a requirement, not a reward.
Have I absorbed this? Dude my eye is literally twitching from exhaustion as I type this.

Tell us about your show.

My show is called OUT THERE: It’s about a guy who travels to the wilderness of Alaska so he can make a YouTube video about surviving on his own, except he doesn’t really know what he’s doing – and the audience plays the wilderness. And the whole entire time I have a camera strapped to my chest that’s live-streaming everything I see to the projector. It’s really big and messy and outrageous and emotional and tragic, and I absolutely love it.

This is the 3rd solo show I’ve worked on with my director Joanna Simmons – my last show, The Best Man Show, was one of the best reviewed shows at Fringe last year and is now a special on Dropout TV. I came up with this show as I was preparing to go on a big Fringe tour and I was running out of money. To me, it’s about the tension and intensity of trying to be a working artist, the modern battle between nature and tech, and repression vs expression.

After Edinburgh, I want to tour the US before I bring it to Adelaide Fringe next year.

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

I’m a huge fan of the “Underground Monk Show,” also at Assembly. They’re some of the greatest, silliest, stupidest clowns out there. My friend Soleil Kohl has a really fun interactive clown show at The Space called “Don’t Kill Daisy” that is totally different every time. Sam Morrison’s show DUCK at Gilded Balloon is hysterical. Johnnie McNamara Walker’s show “The Heterosexuals” at Gilded Balloon is an extremely tight, funny, beautiful storytelling show. Daniel Noddler’s “Only Bones” also at Assembly Roxy is delightful physical theater. So fun and whimsical. I love Chris Grace, he has a new show going up at Assembly in one of the studios.

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