Having a week off during the Fringe is a luxury I could get really used to, and it's definitely going to put me off working for a Fringe venue again any time soon.
My Fringe week started with an Edinburgh Playhouse trip to see Buffer. The play, which was written by our colleague Alan, was fantastic. It's hard not to be a little bias when your friend has written it, but it really was a great piece of theatre.
On Wednesday, I headed into town for some veggie lunch at Henderson's with Seymour Mace before going to watch his show and Simon Munnery. Simon's show was good, but I think I set my expectations too high going in, and that only led to me feeling a little let down by it.
Seymour's show on the other hand was pretty damn good. The guests change daily, and I picked a great day to go because his guests were Josie Long, Michael Legge and Robin Ince. It's on a Stand 5 for another two weeks so that gives you plenty of time to go and see it.
Thursday was my only non-Fringe day in Edinburgh. I took Rebecca for some cocktails to celebrate her getting into Stirling uni to study nursing at All Bar One. We decided against venturing into any Fringe venues and hung about the shops instead, obviously spending more money than I actually have in my bank account.
Friday night was the start of my Fringe weekend. It started with Simon Amstell, who as expected was one of my favourite acts of the Fringe so far. He also made some good points about being vegan. He talked about how often people ask him about his protein intake, so that definitely helped win me over . After Simon, it was a quick dash to the Assembly Rooms for Very Best of the Fest with Jo Caulfield, Danny Bhoy, Robin Ince, Rob Rouse and Andrew Maxwell. Then despite it being 2am and being shattered, it was time for my first ever trip to the Jazz Bar sponsored by lots of vodka and red bull to keep me awake until the first train home at 5.30am.
Saturday was spent feeling pretty tired having only slept for about 3 hours. The first show of the day was a Best of the Fest show up at Assembly George Square with Gareth Richards and Andrew Ryan. Then it was some drinks in the sun at St Andrew Square before a trip to Assembly Rooms to see Aye Right? How No? with Keir McAllister and Vladimir McTavish. Next it was up to Pleasance Courtyard to see Pete Firman. His show was really good, but the venue didn't really accommodate his magic show well, as lots of people who couldn't really see everything he was doing on stage. Since the show started late, it meant I couldn't get to another venue to see Damian Clark in time. Instead a girl who was flyering recommended we go see David Trent. He turned out to be fantastic and the show would probably make it into my top 3 Fringe shows I've seen so far.
I slept in for Bridget Christie and Tony Law on Sunday, so the first show of the day was Boxman at 4pm. Since he's friends with one of my friends, we managed to get ourselves into the artist bar at Gilded Balloon so we could shelter from the rain and get introduced to quite a few comedians I didn't know.
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The final shows of the weekend were David O'Doherty and Frank Skinner at Assembly Theatre. I've never seen either of them live before, but they were both really good. David O'Doherty turned out to be my favourite show of the festival so far, and I also think I may want to marry him a little bit. Frank Skinner was also really funny, although some parents took their really young kids to the show which was pretty weird.
As we enter another week of the Fringe I've realised that there's still LOTS of shows I want to go and see. But since I can't afford to actually buy many more tickets, I think it's time to try and scam some free ones for the rest of the week.
My Fringe week started with an Edinburgh Playhouse trip to see Buffer. The play, which was written by our colleague Alan, was fantastic. It's hard not to be a little bias when your friend has written it, but it really was a great piece of theatre.
On Wednesday, I headed into town for some veggie lunch at Henderson's with Seymour Mace before going to watch his show and Simon Munnery. Simon's show was good, but I think I set my expectations too high going in, and that only led to me feeling a little let down by it.
Seymour's show on the other hand was pretty damn good. The guests change daily, and I picked a great day to go because his guests were Josie Long, Michael Legge and Robin Ince. It's on a Stand 5 for another two weeks so that gives you plenty of time to go and see it.
Thursday was my only non-Fringe day in Edinburgh. I took Rebecca for some cocktails to celebrate her getting into Stirling uni to study nursing at All Bar One. We decided against venturing into any Fringe venues and hung about the shops instead, obviously spending more money than I actually have in my bank account.
Friday night was the start of my Fringe weekend. It started with Simon Amstell, who as expected was one of my favourite acts of the Fringe so far. He also made some good points about being vegan. He talked about how often people ask him about his protein intake, so that definitely helped win me over . After Simon, it was a quick dash to the Assembly Rooms for Very Best of the Fest with Jo Caulfield, Danny Bhoy, Robin Ince, Rob Rouse and Andrew Maxwell. Then despite it being 2am and being shattered, it was time for my first ever trip to the Jazz Bar sponsored by lots of vodka and red bull to keep me awake until the first train home at 5.30am.
Saturday was spent feeling pretty tired having only slept for about 3 hours. The first show of the day was a Best of the Fest show up at Assembly George Square with Gareth Richards and Andrew Ryan. Then it was some drinks in the sun at St Andrew Square before a trip to Assembly Rooms to see Aye Right? How No? with Keir McAllister and Vladimir McTavish. Next it was up to Pleasance Courtyard to see Pete Firman. His show was really good, but the venue didn't really accommodate his magic show well, as lots of people who couldn't really see everything he was doing on stage. Since the show started late, it meant I couldn't get to another venue to see Damian Clark in time. Instead a girl who was flyering recommended we go see David Trent. He turned out to be fantastic and the show would probably make it into my top 3 Fringe shows I've seen so far.
I slept in for Bridget Christie and Tony Law on Sunday, so the first show of the day was Boxman at 4pm. Since he's friends with one of my friends, we managed to get ourselves into the artist bar at Gilded Balloon so we could shelter from the rain and get introduced to quite a few comedians I didn't know.
The final shows of the weekend were David O'Doherty and Frank Skinner at Assembly Theatre. I've never seen either of them live before, but they were both really good. David O'Doherty turned out to be my favourite show of the festival so far, and I also think I may want to marry him a little bit. Frank Skinner was also really funny, although some parents took their really young kids to the show which was pretty weird.
As we enter another week of the Fringe I've realised that there's still LOTS of shows I want to go and see. But since I can't afford to actually buy many more tickets, I think it's time to try and scam some free ones for the rest of the week.
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