Ben Verth lives in London and runs the new Monkey Barrel comedy club in Edinburgh.
“What is your real day job?” I asked him.
“This is,” he replied.
“What?” I asked. “Running a comedy club in Edinburgh while living in London?”
“Yes.”
“You make money from it?”
“Enough. I’ve never been massively rich, but I’ve never been uncomfortable. It used to be just two of us running a fairly profitable gig in a pub on Fridays and Saturdays. Now it’s five of us and our new 7-night-a-week venue. The club ...