The Edinburgh Festival has kicked off and although I doubt I'll see an awful lot, I am looking forward to what I have signed up for.
All being well next Sunday I'll see Bart Simpson herself Nancy Cartwright in her one woman show. Then at the end of the festival it's Talking Pish's favourite comedian Doug Stanhope who has a new DVD out called Deadbeat Hero. Included on the extra footage is "horrifying footage of my first few mullet-bearing months in comedy," should be worth the 20 dollars.
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On the festival theme, as there is so much bloody choice at the fringe, it occurred that it may be a nice idea for your readers to share their views on what they have seen and what is worth going to or not.
To start this little sharefest, I went to see Dan Antopolski and he died on his arse. Pretty rubbish. Save yourself some money, go see someone else.
I'm going to see some comedians at the Stand on Thursday, I'll let you know who and how good/bad on Friday. I also fancied going to see one of the 'lift' plays. I shall revert.
So no takers on the sharefest then? Or is it that your other readers 'pish live in Glasgow and haven't made it through for anything Festivally yet? C'mon folks, share. Knowledge is power.
I'll carry on with the sharing if that's okay with you.
Tony Carter was funny as predicted. His set was largely similar to when I saw him previously but still funny nonetheless. He has good stage presence. And considering that he was playing to 10 people at half five in the day, the very fact that he managed to raise a few laughs was testament to his talent.
A quick enchillada in the Tijuana Yacht Club and then we were back in Stand Two (for the rest of the year it's the SNP Headquarters) where we saw Henry McNabb presents. I wasn't looking forward to this as much but I laughed despite myself. They do bounce off each other quite well and even though it's quite heavily improvised and therefore open to disaster, they do not a bad job.
It's Ricky Gervais tomorrow night. Not the Fringe per se; he's on at the Playhouse.
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