A Fringe Quickie (#60) with ‘The Vampire Run’

Questions answered by Jonathan Laury.

Q1: Aside from this Quickie, what is the most desperate marketing tactic you plan on using to get bums in seats this August? 280 chars

Parading around Edinburgh with a haunted doll. I’m still deciding whether to bring a pram up for her or not. The brain says no, the heart says oh god yes.

Q2: Cancel culture has finally come for your show. What sins has it committed?

Well the audience starts the show dead, so mass murder, I guess. Being cancelled for that is pretty uncontroversial (or you’d hope so). My show probably also has a podcast extolling the health benefits of bathing in fresh virgin’s blood. You can’t say anything any more…

Q3: The Fringe is horribly expensive. How are you financing this run? Did you remortgage your house, sell your granny, or start an illicit side hustle?

Redundancy! Hurrah for AI taking my job. I’m sinking my redundancy money into my Edinburgh run, and I’ll worry about what comes next in September. Maybe World War 3 will properly kick off and then I won’t have to worry.

Q4: If you brought this show home for the holidays, how would your parents react to them?

They would nod and smile politely, then as soon as it went out of the room to freshen up they’d say very pointedly, “Gosh, he’s a bit… enthusiastic… isn’t he? Quite full of beans. Looks lovely, but a bit overdressed for the occasion.”