Paula On The Fringe

Objective: See as much of Edinburgh Festival Fringe as possible, and then some.

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Edinburgh Fringe: Mission Complete

Just before the Fringe started I set myself a challenge…and I think I just about did it. Here’s what I set out to do…

1. See as many shows as I can, at least one per day, doubling up where I have to miss a day - Yup! 35 shows (plus a food festival, an abandoned show, and a Friends of the Fringe reception) over the course of 26 days, means I managed an average of 1.36 shows per day.

2. See things I wouldn’t normally see (as well as some I normally would - I do want to enjoy myself) - Yup! I Witnessed a load of stand up and comedy (good and bad) which is my normal first choice, but also caught a few plays, some cabaret, a bit of jazz, a grown up circus, some puppets, and a rubbish magician.

3. Give an honest and frank review of the shows I see, and places I’ve been - Yup! See the blog.

4. Take a shed load of pictures - Yup! In addition to the pictures here I took a large number of selfies and tried to capture how amazing Edinburgh looks during the Fringe.

5. Make this Fringe one to remember - Yup! It’s certainly not one I’ll forget in a hurry; terrible shows, great shows, awesome nights/days out with friends, colleagues, family, and of course Karen my long suffering girlfriend (who didn’t moan once about my festival obsession), a lot of drinks, gorgeous summer weather, a tonne of rain, and a lot of street food. August has been amazing.

Having had a week to reflect on my Fringe antics, and had my first week being able to spend time in my livingroom since July…I thought I’d round up some of the highlights/lowlights of this challenge, and compile my very own awards list…

Here we go…

Best Show

Winner: ‘Oh My Dad - Christ on a Bike.’ - the more I think about it the more I want to see it again.

Runner-Up: ‘Susie Yousseff - Check Yousseff Before You Wreck Yousseff’ - exceeded all expectations.

Worst Show

Winner: ‘Get Fit with Bruce Willis’ - still recovering from spending a Saturday morning watching this. The flashbacks should stop eventually.

Runner-Up: ‘La Clique - Encore!’ - should have come with a warning. Mentally scarred for life.

Best Booze Garden

Winner: The Pleasance Courtyard - great for a celeb spot, plenty of loos, good selection of drinks and quick service.

Runner-Up: Edinburgh Gin Garden St Andrews Square - when the sun is shining this is the place to be.

Best Street Food

Winner: We Sell Dumplings (Assembly George Square Gardens) - saved me from falling into a drunken coma more than once, only 3 quid for 6 dumplings!

Runner-Up: Harry’s Grill (Underbelly George Square) - burgers. Grr.

Best Venue

Winner: George Square Gardens Piccolo - superb atmosphere in here.

Runner-Up: The Attic @ The Mash House - air conned, comfortable, and just the right size.

Worst Venue

Winner: The Pleasance Grand - too big to capture the atmosphere of the Fringe, but the sweatiest venue I encountered.

Runner-Up: Espionage - A free venue granted, but even the bar in there is terrible, warm beers all round.

Outstanding Low Point

Winner: Slipping on a flyer and doing the splits. Nothing says humiliation like being mistaken for a drunk lying on the ground, when in fact you can’t stand up because your legs have just gone through a trial separation.

Runner-Up: Having a panic attack in the dark. I should really have been prepared for this, but it seems nothing could prepare me for panicking I had gone blind and hyperventilating in the pitch black. Credit to Karen for getting me the hell out of there.

Outstanding High Point

All of it. See you all next year.

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Day 25: Go big, or go home...

Having set aside Sunday as a much needed day of rest (to recover from August), this was to be my last day at the Fringe. So I thought I may as well do it properly! First up...

1 Woman, a Dwarf Planet and 2 Cox: Samantha Baines, 11.45am (extra show) @ Pleasance Courtyard

I’d seen Samantha Baines before as part of ‘2 Girls, 1 Cup of Comedy’, she was quite charmingly funny then, so I’d earmarked this show early on.

Heavy on the story-telling, with a more than a small dose of feminism, but light on the laughs. That said, it’s hard not to like her. If anything, her likability is probably what got her through the hour unscathed.

The show has a message (girls can do science stuff too - in case anyone was wondering), which I’m not against, but in the end it was more of a TED Talk than stand up. Which again, I’m not against, but would rather know that’s what I was letting myself in for.

A sold out show throughout the Fringe might be an indication that people think otherwise, but it could also be because she’s on the telly, which seems to help ticket sales no end. Hopefully she’ll be back next year with some new material and preferably some jokes.

A brisk walk from The Pleasance down to the new town took us to...

Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces Volume Two, 1.15pm @ The Stand 5

I had read about this show and was intrigued, I imagine being a stand-up comedian is difficult enough, let alone when you can’t speak.

Lost Voice Guy (also known as Lee Ridley) didn’t disappoint. An honest account of some of the ridiculous situations he’d been in, as well as answering questions he’d been asked regarding his disability, all done in an amusing and quite brutal manner.

You could tell a tremendous amount of thought had been put into the material and preparation, which paid off.

Lost Voice Guy is a very funny guy.

After some refuelling we were on our way back to the old town for...

Susie Youssef – Check Youssef Before You Wreck Youssef, 5.15pm @ Assembly George Square

When I read that Susie Yousseff had been off to Chicago honing her skills in the same way Tina Fey and Amy Poehler did, I knew I had to check out her debut.

Immensely likeable, charismatic, funny, and an excellent story teller. She did some sketches, assumed a couple of different personas, told some jokes, and mixed it all together with some personal stories which drew the biggest laughs.

When she says she loves what she does, and thanks you for being there and allowing her to do it, it seems to come from a very genuine place - which made it all the more enjoyable.

Laughs throughout, and a properly hilarious finale. We loved the show.

Hopefully she’ll be back next year, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s moved onto bigger and better things before next August.

Mild exhaustion setting in...we hauled ourselves along to the Pleasance for the next show which was...

Larry Dean: Farcissist, 7.15pm @ Pleasance Courtyard

I have now seen Larry Dean at the Fringe the last three years running. The first year he was part of AAA Stand Up, and I thought he was an excellent stand-up comedian. The second time, I thought he was funny but desperately needed some new material. This year...I’m wondering how he’s still managing to sell out shows and win awards by peddling the same old tired jokes.

Straight from the Kevin Bridges school of ‘ham up your accent, everything will sound funnier’, he’s still making jokes at his own expense and opening the show with a big reveal that isn’t really a surprise anymore.

He has a tried and tested style and way of telling a story, but it all feels a bit unoriginal. Not quite Billy Connolly, not quite Kevin Bridges, but a hybrid of all the comedians he’s trying to desperately to be.

I can honestly say I didn’t laugh at all...I smiled a few times, but only because he looked directly at me and I panicked he’d lock on and engage with me if I didn’t.

If you were seeing him for the first time, you probably thought it was great, and I wouldn’t blame you. But, there are much sharper comedians with better material at the Fringe.

I don’t think I’ll see him a fourth time.

A quick skip downstairs to the Cellar for...

Loren O'Brien: Who? 8.30pm @ Pleasance Courtyard

We’d never heard of Loren O’Brien, but the time and location suited us perfectly. Why not?

I can sometimes struggle with American comedians, because they seem to get unnerved by quieter audiences (a bit like Ever Mainard earlier in the Fringe), and there’s always a worry the humour or references won’t translate well for a U.K audience. About 15 minutes into this stand-up show, I thought it was going to be painful, she even stopped to ask why no one laughed at something that she had just said, and insisted it was funny. Ouch.

She settled in though, and eventually the humour shone through. A couple of jokes ran dangerously close to the bone but she carried it off.

I think once both myself and the rest of the audience started to get her, the laughs came a lot more easily and she ended strongly.

Decent bit of stand-up, and I’d probably buy a ticket again.

Lastly...

Randy Writes a Novel, 10.05pm @ Underbelly Topside

So to describe this; it’s a puppet, who’s going to rant at you for an hour.

Doesn’t sound nearly as good as it was. Under the pretence of wanting to read us a chapter of his book, Randy the puppet distracted himself by giving us his thoughts on some of the big questions in life.

The guy under the table was quick witted to say the least, and handled a particularly irritating heckler (who heckles a puppet?!) with ease and a decent couple of take downs.

Even though I was knackered by this point he held my attention throughout, and it was nice to see something a bit different. 

The puppetry was done so well I actually found myself forgetting that it wasn’t in fact real, and panicked whenever I thought he was making eye contact (after a Fringe spent avoiding having to interact with performers).

Good effort, and a great show to finish on.

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Day 24 (Part 2): Royal Vauxhall

What could be funnier than that one time Princess Diana went out clubbing with Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett? Probably nothing, so I had to check it out...22.10pm @ Underbelly Med Quad

I’m still unsure if this is based on truth or not (Wikipedia says it is, so it must be?), but I didn’t care all that much because even if it isn’t, it’s a nice idea. 

I’ll start with the positives...the cast were all talented, they could sing, and sing well. It was also sad...but in a kind of good way, a nostalgic way. That’s about it.

The songs were on the whole, pretty forgettable. There were even some Queen songs in there which should have saved it, but they had been tweaked so heavily they were barely recognisable. As for comedy...there really wasn’t that much of it at all, I’d have expected more from a show featuring a character who was a comedian.

It probably has a lot of mileage this story, but I think the play only grazed the surface of what could have been a brilliant retelling of what seems like it would have been a crackin’ night out.

By the end, I really did want to break free (can’t help myself). I don’t think Freddies review would be all that flattering, either.

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Day 24 (Part 1): Joe Stilgoe - Songs on Film

Another show picked on the basis of not being my usual choice of show, off we went to see Joe Stilgoe plinkety-plonk on his piano... 8.20pm @ Assembly Checkpoint

In my head, I was going to hate this...just a guy and his piano, doing boring versions of songs I love from the movies. It wasn’t like this at all...Joe Stilgoe, as it turns out, is quite a charismatic guy, can carry a tune, and had a band with him.

What followed were highly entertaining, jazzed up versions of very recognisable hits...from Mary Poppins, to Pulp Fiction, with a detour via Jaws and Star Wars.

I wouldn’t have classed myself as a jazz fan either, but was mesmerised by the musicians ability to make noises with their mouths that sounded like instruments, and stomp their way through the classics.

Would sit through another hour of that in a heartbeat.

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Day 22 (Part 2): Oh My Dad, Christ on a Bike

This had been sitting in my favourites list for the entirety of the Fringe, and last night, it finally made top billing…9.10pm @ Voodoo Rooms

I didn’t really know what to expect from this, in fact you could say my expectations were low. It’s probably important to say that, because I left thinking it was up there with my favourites so far, possibly even top three.

A mixture of tongue in cheek comedy, sing along hits, and satire - this is what the Fringe is about. Something a bit different, that will get you talking and keep you entertained for an hour.

‘Jesus Loreal’ as he calls himself, was magnetic. At first, I thought he might have verged on irritating, but he won the audience over with relative ease. The humour was controversial, as he described the backstory of the son of God, but they carried it off well through the hour (and even got the audience on their feet for a particularly hilarious song and dance routine) - it was hard to wipe the smile off my face.

Funny, good tunes, and all round entertaining - only a few days left, but if you can see anything else before the end of the Fringe, I’d highly recommend this.

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Day 22 (Part 1): Jo Caulfield - Pretending to Care

Our first pick was cancelled, so we managed to grab a couple of tickets to see this at short notice...7.50pm @ The Stand 5 & 6.

I recognised Jo Caulfield in her poster, but I’m pretty sure I had never seen any of her stand-up routines before. Quite the shame really, she was amazing.

Hands down the best stand-up we’ve witnessed at the Fringe so far, effortless, properly hilarious observational comedy - focusing on just about everything that probably bugs you on a daily basis without you realising it. Just the right amount of controversial for my taste as well, close to the bone without breaking it.

Given the frequency and impact of her punchlines, I think this is the best value comedy you’ll find in Edinburgh right now - tenner a ticket.

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Day 21: Topical Storm

“Radical stand-up and chat, from Scotland’s top satirical comics”, and also close enough to work to allow me get there in time...5.20pm @ The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6

Needed something in this time slot before heading home, and this popped up in the search. Sounded decent and I recognised a couple of the names from the flyer...so off I went. My first show flying solo wasn’t nearly as daunting as I thought it would be, thanks to another audience member choosing to sit dangerously close even though the room was half empty.

Casual panel style, four comics chatted through some of the major news events of the last year. The obvious topics were covered...Trump, Brexit, Independence, etc...the funniest moments were when they wandered off topic, however. The odd video clip was shown, but it wasn’t anything you wouldn’t have seen before on just about every Facebook newsfeed (yes, Donald Trump did ask a woman with a crying baby to leave while he gave a speech, and yes, his wife did say almost exactly the same as Michelle Obama in her speech).

Fairly funny, if a little lazy when it came to drawing the big laughs. The standout for me was Mark Nelson, who seemed to find something witty about almost everything, so I’ll probably go see his show too.

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Day 20: Viv Groskop - Be More Margo

I used to quite enjoy re-runs of ‘The Good Life’, and I do love a good chin wag about Britishness and snobbery…which led me to this show, 5.55pm @ The Stand

It drew quite the crowd…even in work attire I felt like a commoner who had stumbled into Waitrose with my Lidl ‘bag for life’, trying to pay for some Loyd Grossman sauce with loose change.

My own fault really for misreading the situation, I thought this would be more along the lines of laughing at the self-promoting middle class, as opposed to the kind of tongue in cheek “oh aren’t we funny?” fest that this turned out to be.

Viv opened the show mentioning a particularly bad review she’d gotten, which stated she wasn’t a stand up comedian. It’s a fair comment to make I’d say, because she’s not, and it showed. A few of her little stories raised a smile from me but not much more, although you wouldn’t have known she hadn’t cracked a joke because of all the guffawing and “Oh that’s just like us!” that was going on down the front.

I wasn’t bored, because she managed to come across fairly likeable. The issue I suppose is that I don’t really know what this is, it’s definitely not stand-up, maybe more of a social commentary with a likeable, slightly posh journalist at the helm?

It’s not a question that needs answered so badly that I’d recommend anyone parting with cash to go decide for themselves. Have a look at the ‘Overheard in Waitrose’ Facebook page and you’ll have saved yourself eight quid.

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Day 19 (Part 2): Helen Duff - Come with Me

Recommended by a friend, and with a fairly unusual premise, we were off to see Helen Duff perform, 5.45pm @ Pleasance That

Her style is probably best described as awkward, but not in a way that transferred any awkwardness to the crowd - despite the subject matter, which in many cases might evoke that feeling anyway.

I sometimes felt as though I was laughing at just how awkward and unusual the whole thing was, as she spoke about surveys she’d done, and interacted with audience members to ask questions that generally go unasked.

About 50 minutes in, I started to think this had been oversold to me. Then, the climax the show had been building to started to unfold, and I laughed pretty much non-stop for five minutes. I left feeling like I’d just witness something genuinely hilarious.

She did say she wanted to achieve the ‘sexiest climax of the festival’…and I think she might have just managed it.

It’s worth the effort, go see it.

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Day 19 (Part 1): Comedians Cinema Club

Out with a film buff mate, I thought this might be right up our street for some late afternoon entertainment, 3.40pm @ Just the Tonic at The Tron

Described as “chaotic, alcohol-fuelled, and very funny indeed”, I had high hopes for the the comedians improvising their way through a film chosen on the fly.

When they told us the film was Million Dollar Baby (a film I know quite well) I really did think we were in for some hilarity. Chaotic and alcohol-fuelled, yes, very funny indeed? No, not really.

A bit like we’d wandered into a student flat at the end of a long night out, just after someone had asked what Million Dollar Baby was about, and every drunk person in the room had offered to shed some light on the situation. The occasional chuckle was had, but I think they could have done a lot more with it.

This show could really go either way depending on the film, and how it goes on the day, as is the nature of improv…though this isn’t really improv, it’s more like ‘improv light’, given they knew the film in advance and which bits they wanted to act out.

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Day 18 (Part 2): Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho had been my highlight of the Fringe last year, with a new format I knew I had to check it out...9pm @ Assembly George Square Gardens

Billed as a comedy cabaret with a bit of stand up, but really just falls into the top notch entertainment category.

Matt Tedford is absolutely brilliant as the not quite reformed Margaret Thatcher...who last year had saw the error of her ways and turned cabaret star. 

Back this year as a game show host, offering everyone a chance to win their job seekers allowance as an answer to trying to find a meaningless way to allocate benefits. The songs were on point and proper sing along classics, tweaked with a bit of political humour. The concept was fun, and the jokes sharp and witty.

You’ll struggle to find a better place to spend an hour during the Fringe.

If you can only see one more thing, make it this. If you’re really lucky, you might catch a lollipop being launched into the audience by Jeremy Corben...he’s mixing it with love and making the world taste good.

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Day 18 (Part 1): Get Fit With Bruce Willis

I had overlooked this given the random title, but happened to come across the poster, and added it to my ‘must see’ list...managed to fit it in Saturday morning - 11am @Valvona and Crolla

Featuring the music of Jimmy Sommerville...you can't go wrong with that! A Communards tune can revive even the worst of nights out, so this play should be good regardless of what it's about...or so I thought.

I struggle to say anything complimentary about this at all...if it had been a free show I'd have taken two quid off them as compensation for the the trauma of having to to sit through an hour of some of my favourite songs being murdered.

Hammy dialogue, painfully stereotyped characters, slightly creepy jokes and two pretty detestable main characters. I think there was supposed to be a moral to the story, buried somewhere underneath the absolute car crash we were witnessing, but what I took from it was that if you’re old you should probably just stay in a rubbish marriage because you won’t get better elsewhere. Awful, just awful.

It cost us a tenner each, it would have been less painful to have eaten the money...in coins.

There's only one performance left, so I will rest easy knowing that at worst, only another twenty or so people will have to suffer it.

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Day 17: Rain

I’m home now, but for all I know Edinburgh could now be Scotlands Atlantis. Rain didn’t stop us though, first up was...

The Simpsons Taught Me Everything I Know, 1.30pm @ Voodoo Rooms

Firstly, this is another free one.

Secondly, it was good. Yianni Agisilaou takes us through a raft of Simpsons facts (which even for a casual viewer like myself, were actually interesting), some jokes, his own take on the relevance of the show more than two decades after it first aired, and some pretty crackin’ (but not overused) impressions of Simpsons characters.

Yianni was effortless in his delivery, and it was an effortlessly entertaining hour. He even chatted to us in the bar after, but because of the rain neither of us felt we had good enough hair for it to be worth asking for a selfie. Missed opportunity, really.

With the bar set fairly high for the day, it was onto...

Funny for a Grrl, 4.20pm @ Stand in the Square

I can’t say much about this other than the fact it’s an all female stand up show, with different comedians giving you a 10 minute taster of their other shows at the Fringe. As with all shows of this type, it’s completely hit and miss.

On this day, there were definitely more lows than there were highs. Mary Bourke was the best of the 5 comedians, the rest were distinctly average and I didn’t take note of their names.

Lastly...

Wonderman, 6.05pm @ Underbelly Topside

As the poster says...a play with music, adapted from Roald Dahl’s stories for adults. We weren’t sure how that combination would pan out...but the results were outstanding.

As a big fan of Roald Dahl, particularly ‘Tales of the Unexpected’, it was great to see some of the stories I was familiar with played out in such an unusual way. A cast of four (not including the band) played several different characters each, and did the material justice, the music was good too.

Difficult to describe, but it was a bit like a particularly trippy episode of ‘Tales of the Unexpected’, with singing.

If I hadn’t seen Sally Phillips last night, this would be sitting at the top of my list of favourites.

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Day 16: An Evening of Two Halves...

I had been looking forward to today for ages, my most anticipated show of the festival was tonight at 8pm, and so I just needed something to fill the tea time slot after finishing work, that honour went to…

Comedy in the Dark, 6pm @ Just the Tonic - Community Project

This is not going to be a review of the show, because I lasted 1-2 minutes at most. The clue is in the name, some comedians come on stage and do their thing, whilst the audience members are sat in the dark and can’t see them - according to the description; “things look and sound different in the dark”.

What it doesn’t say is that it’s so dark I couldn’t have told you what my hand looked like, even if it was directly in front of my face.

If you think that hefty pair of blackout curtains you have in the bedroom will prepare you for this, you’re wrong. After a minute or so of contemplating whether or not I had actually gone blind, then the realisation that this was going to last for an hour, panic set in.

As the intro went through the rules of ‘Comedy in the Dark’, complete with safe word for emergencies, I decided to trample over people in order to escape without causing a scene. Turns out that can be a bit difficult when you can’t see a thing in a room full of people.

Relieved to have made it outside, I had a renewed appreciation for light and colour, and for at least 40 minutes after I just felt glad to not be sat in that room compulsively checking the time on my fitbit to prove to myself I could still see.

The show might have been amazing, but I don’t see the appeal myself. Boom boom!

So…onwards and upwards…to…

Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan: Talking to Strangers, 8pm @ Assembly George Square Studios

In the interest of complete transparency, I am a total fangirl when it comes to Sally Phillips. In my early teens I lived for Friday nights with Smack the Pony. The character based sketches, complete with Sally Phillips spot on accents, were seriously quotable…I still attempt some of those accents myself now, almost two decades later.

This show didn’t disappoint, I left positively giddy. As they worked their way through various sketches based around ‘talking to strangers’, I realised not much had changed. She still does an Australian accent better than most Australians, and can launch herself into just about any persona she needs to for laughs. Lily Bevan wasn’t quite as funny, but it was nice to mix it up.

I don’t think this will be everyones cup of tea, but there’s not much doubt it will be my highlight of the festival.

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Day 15 (Part 2): Eurobeat

Down to the Pleasance next, for a considerably bigger budget show, 9.45pm @ The Pleasance Grand.

I’d heard good things...I enjoy Eurovision...I even got my pick of plastic flags pre-show. The venue itself is indeed grand, it doesn’t really feel like a fringe show walking into an auditorium of that scale, but the sweltering heat reminded us that it was indeed where we were.

The show kicked off and I quite enjoyed the pairing of Rula Lenska and Lee From Steps (I assume that’s his actual name). They seemed to nail the slight madness and frantic enthusiasm that makes Eurovision so enjoyable. The first couple of performances were also in good humour and sat well in this pretend Eurovision world.

Unfortunately, it was overlong. Too many misses and not enough hits, made for a pretty uncomfortable 90 minutes.

Some stand out performances by Ukraine (”play me like a symphony and bang me!”) and Morocco (”my love is hot like vindaloo, you’ll really feel it coming through”) couldn’t make up for all the filler. A bit like real Eurovision...except I wasn’t at home in my pyjamas, lying on the couch with a take away, and drinking strawberry cider from a wine glass.

I thought maybe if I’d been out on a weekend and caught this show I’d have enjoyed it more, but really I think it would have just killed my buzz.

Enjoyable to a point, but proceed with caution.

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Day 15 (Part 1): Pun Man Two - Girls Just Wanna Hear Puns

Part of the Laughing Horse Free Fringe, unsurprisingly this is totally free, 7.45pm @ Espionage. 

Bit of a theme this week, but the night started with some dumplings, then four of us headed down to catch Leo Kerse dazzle us with some puns. I’ll make it clear at the outset, there were two camps in this group - two puns lovers who often converse in puns - and two pun sympathisers who take no real pleasure from them but can appreciate that the other two quite like them.

The show started strongly, and I caught myself laughing even when I felt like I really shouldn’t. Pun Mans quick wit shone through in everything he was talking about, and his on the spot pun-making was really quite impressive.

Not sure it needed a full hour as it started to lose steam after the 40 minute mark, but it’s probably the most I’ve seen a crowd laugh at the Fringe this year.

Talented guy, and very enjoyable show. It’s not all rubbish jokes.

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Day 14: Work Shows...Thinking Drinkers: Around the World in 80 Drinks

A festival wouldn’t be complete without a work night out. I read some reviews and clocked “five free drinks”, before I knew it, I was suggesting...

The Thinking Drinkers: Around the World in 80 Drinks, 8.30pm @ Underbelly Med Quad

Two men, and a whole lot of booze history, did I mention five free drinks? As we were walked through some booze history, with a few interesting facts throw in (aaaaah so that’s why it’s called Indian Tonic Water!), and several jokes, drinks arrived by the tray.

Beer...rum...whisky...more whisky...and something else. We couldn’t remember but we didn’t care, the show was entertaining enough, perfect night out fodder, and even better if you’ve had a couple before you went in.

Even a wee sing song at the end (pictured)! Highly recommended.

Theres nothing drinking thinkers like more than some thinking drinkers...