Dear Sir or Madam,My name is David Quirk and I'm a stand-up comedian. For the last 2 years I've been working on a live show I called "Shaking Hands with Danger". I think it's the first show I've truly worked hard on and it means a lot to me. It's about the time I was on a plane with Slash and to a more major extent about the time I cheated on my girlfriend in Finland and how I had to tell my girlfriend about it. I'm proud of the show, but not the content.


It was performed at the Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne Comedy Festivals. It won the Comedians’ Choice award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and was nominated for Best of the Fest in Sydney. Now I want to take it to the biggest comedy festival in the world, the Edinburgh Fringe, July 31-Aug 26


As in the above video I won't go into any detail about money; I can tell you that in Adelaide no one came to see the show, really, and that left me with a good debt. The run in Melbourne went very well but money made from that basically went to paying off the Adelaide run. Sydney doesn't count because it was only 4 nights and it’s more or less impossible to make any money there. That's boring, but I'm just trying to illustrate how I'm not rich. I assume that might be implied by the fact I’m doing a Pozible but you never know...


One of the good venues at the Edinburgh Fringe festival offered me a good slot, well, not even, it was only because another very good act dropped out at the last minute that I got this opportunity (it’s hard to get, especially as an Australian) but I thought that I really have a good show for once and I should seize this opportunity.


Edinburgh can financially cripple even the local acts, so adding flights and accommodation can make it rather ridiculous. Flights, accommodation, food, marketing, publicity and festival registration can make this whole experience cost around $15,000. I am only asking for a headstart of $5,000, and I'm prepared to work hard to cover the rest myself.


Why do it? Good question. I've avoided going for years, but now is the time because I have a show ready to go, that has won awards, and that I believe deserves to be amongst all the other great shows there.


Thanks for reading and Godspeed you!