An account of my time performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019.

 

Edinburgh highs and lows day one:

Lows:
1. An audience member said that I looked like Randall from Recess
2. The Scotsman decided to send a reviewer on our opening night


Highs:
1. Our show included an impromptu family reunion between long lost siblings/cousins Plink, Bang, and Shazoo
2. Saw a fox
3. Am at Edinburgh Fringe

 

Edinburgh highs and lows day two:

Lows:
1. Going to the toilet in our venue with no shoes on because my boot was being used to prop up the projector

Highs:
1. Being handed a tamagotchi by a stranger in the street
2. Doug getting repeated applause breaks for playing the sound of a ringtone on a piano during our show
3. Dan getting our entire audience to chant “nails, nails, nails” in tribute to fingernails






Edinburgh highs and lows day three:

Lows:
1. Got hungry before the show so I went and had a burrito. As I dipped my chips in the chipotle mayo I thought “I am wearing a white shirt, it would be awful to drop a chip on it and stain my shirt a mere half an hour before going on stage. I’ll be extra careful. Although, if I did drop it, at least I’d have something amusing to write in the lows section tomorrow” my mind then continued to wander, and within a minute I had dropped a chip on myself.
2. I like doing swapsies with other people who are flyering. A guy approached me from across the street, I met his eye contact and smiled, I got ready to exchange my flyer for his, he opened his hand to reveal two small bags of powder. He was hoping to receive more than a single flyer in return for them.

Highs:
1. Show contained 100% more running races than previous days and continues to improve.
2. Tasty chips.
3. Wise graffiti.

Edinburgh highs and lows day four:

Lows:
1. Three audience members left midway through the show due to an emergency. Some conspiracy theorists have speculated that there was no emergency.

Highs:
1. Sat in the front row for shows and the top deck of a bus. Contrary to popular belief, they are the best seats in both situations.

Edinburgh highs and lows day five

Lows:
1. Lewys was ill and unable to do the show.
2. I’ve finally realised that people who like Love Island don’t necessarily want to see a choose your own adventure improv show and are understandably baffled when presented with one.
3. Finished the risotto.

Highs:
1. The brilliant Edy Hurst filled in for Lewys and did an awesome job.
2. Michelle Obama made her first appearance on Love Island.
3. Managed to get into Jack’s show for free by using his pass, the staff didn’t seem perturbed that the star of the show was joining the audience.

 

Edinburgh highs and lows day six

Lows:
1. Tried to nap when a literal live band started rehearsing in the room beneath me.
2. My post show snack was created from all the scraps left in the flat. Green beans and garlic cream cheese on toast.

Highs:
1. Saw an entire show about legs. No, I cannot elaborate or explain, but it was brilliant.
2. An American audience member needed to have Noel Edmonds, deep fried Mars bars, and mini disk players explained to her in order to begin attempting to understand our insane convoluted show.

Edinburgh highs and lows day seven:

Lows:
1. The moment before the show, the venue staff said “just to let you know the crowd are a bit rowdy, there was an incident in the bar where one pulled a chair out from under the other and they cracked their head on the floor. Good luck!”

Highs:
1. Jess is here.
2. Chris, Jess, Hedd and Glen formed the friendliest front row you could ask for on the last Saturday of the fringe at 11:20PM when you’ve mistakenly marketed an alternative comedy show to drunk fans of Love Island.
3. About 15 mins in, some audience members left. After that, the show was brilliant, manic, and perfectly ludicrous. At the end, one of the guys who stayed said his wife had brought the tickets because she loves Love Island and he reluctantly came along although he hates Love Island. She left when she realised it wasn’t much like Love Island and he stayed when he realised it wasn’t much like Love Island. Afterwards I saw them outside the venue, he was insisting “it was brilliant” and she thought “it was shiiiitte.”