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"It is a good thing to do artistically," he said. "In the long term you do get a lot of jobs out of it and you're taken seriously, but in terms of the cold hard facts accountancy-wise, anyone would look at a comedian going up to Edinburgh and say 'what are you doing, why aren't you just earning money elsewhere rather than spending time paying venues for the privilege of performing for three-and-a-half weeks in Edinburgh and ending up with a big bill."