A pretty decent start to a long day, this was a variety gig compèred by Danny Ward and featuring four comedians - Pierre Hollins, Sally Anne Hayward, a young hairy chap whose name I didn't catch and Angela Barnes. All, including the host, have their own Fringe shows. And I would quite happily watch full shows from all of these five - I'm guessing these were cut-down versions of their full gigs and all were very funny and talented, including some blues 'n' rock from Mr. Hollins.
As (almost) ever the girls edged it for me (it was helped that Ms. Barnes was the only one I vaguely recognised) but it was all good fun. Not really much more to say than that as none of the routines really smacked me in the mouth (though Ms. Barnes' Oral B joke was excellent) but very enjoyable. As I said, good way to start a busy Fringe day.
Point Of Information - all the venues have lists of their gigs outside as well as black-boards listing any schedule changes, additions/cancellations and the line-ups of these assorted compilation shows. So if you were the spontaneous type (I am, though I do plan my spontaneity for well-defined timeslots and am ruthless about the start and stop times) you could rock up, see who's playing and just buy a ticket. Pretty alien concept to me really but I hear it's a popular methodology with the youth ...
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