Stand-up comedian Kate Smurthwaite has blamed Oasis for having to cancel two of her shows when no one turned up to her Edinburgh Fringe gigs.
The television regular, 49, who describes herself as a ‘left wing, feminist, atheist, polyamorous comedian and activist’, is performing at the comedy festival but was yesterday forced to cancel her gigs ‘due to zero audience’ despite her shows being free.
The stand-up said the lack of interest for her show was due to Oasis performing at Murrayfield Stadium in the Scottish capital this weekend as she called on the Gallagher brothers to be ‘more considerate’.
Oasis are not due to perform in Edinburgh until Friday, while Kate’s cancelled gigs were due to take place on Tuesday.
In a video filmed at the Banshee Labyrinth, a free venue in Edinburgh’s Old Town, the furious comic films herself in the empty venue and said: ‘I’m still in costume, 25 minutes after my show should have started and THIS is the Oasis effect.’
