Comedian Kate Smurthwaite has had to cancel performances of two shows she has on at the Edinburgh Fringe after nobody turned up. Smurthwaite lays the blame firmly at the Oasis run of gigs in the capital that start today (August 8) for the absence of audiences turning up for her daytime show Evolution Revolution and her night-time show Milo Standards: Penis De Milo.

Smurthwaite posted on Facebook on Wednesday: "Both of these shows pulled today due to zero audience.