Questions answered by Blodwen.

Q1: If you could take just one record with you to survive the Fringe — your ultimate comfort, hype, or grounding track — what would it be, and why?

Bring Me Sunshine by Morecambe and Wise. Because no matter how lost or overwhelmed Blodwen gets, she never stops looking for the light. It’s warm, nostalgic, and defiantly cheerful – just like her.

Q2: If your show sent a drunk text at 3am, what would it say?

I’ve got a National Express ticket to London Victoria with your name on it.

Q3: What’s the moment in your show that makes people laugh when they’re not sure they’re supposed to?

Probably when I start talking about cremation…

Q4: If your show had a criminal record, what would it be for?

Daylight robbery – Blodwen will steal your heart.

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Blodwen’s in Town

Date(s): Sat 02 Aug to Sun 24 Aug (20 shows)

Time(s): 5:30pm (55 mins)

Location: Venue 221: PBH’s Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar, 61a Frederick Street, EH2 1LH

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Questions answered by Blodwen.

Q1: If you could take just one record with you to survive the Fringe — your ultimate comfort, hype, or grounding track — what would it be, and why?

Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) by Enya. No matter how stressed or unhappy I am, that song immediately transports me to the middle of the ocean where nothing and noone can bother me – just me and the waves and whatever they want to do with me. I’m free.

Q2: How will the audience remember you the morning after?

As the Welsh woman who woke them up and made them want to run off to sea.

Q3: Is your show the type to leave a toothbrush — or just some wild memories and a dent in the pillow?

Escape the Rat Race! would leave a life jacket, a slightly damp journal, and a map. You’re going to want to follow Blodwen.

Q4: What’s something your show reveals about you that might surprise a date?

That I’d rather be barefoot on a boat in yesterday’s dungarees than sipping cocktails in a rooftop bar.

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Escape the Rat Race!

Date(s): Sat 02 Aug to Sun 24 Aug (20 shows)

Time(s): 2:00pm (55 mins)

Location: Venue 180: PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 208 Cowgate, EH1 1NQ

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Questions answered by We’re Christopher Howell and Desireé Kongerød and we perform as “Norvil & Josephine”.

Q1: If you could take just one record with you to survive the Fringe — your ultimate comfort, hype, or grounding track — what would it be, and why?

Portrait in Jazz by Bill Evans Trio. When the day’s been long, I can put this on and everything settles into place. (Christopher)

Q2: If your show walked into a bar, what would it order?

A glass of full fat milk, proven to be more hydrating than water. (Desiree)

Q3: What moment in your show would your grandma absolutely hate (or absolutely love)?

Josephine has had a lot of comments of the Loie Fuller dance scene in the show so I think that is a moment my grandma would have loved. (Desiree)

Q4: How will the audience remember you the morning after?

The most feel-good date they’ve had in a very long time! (Christopher)

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Norvil & Josephine: Rabbits Out of the Hat

Date(s): Wed 30 Jul to Sun 24 Aug (26 shows)

Time(s): 11:35am (65 mins)

Location: Venue 23: Pleasance Dome, 1 Bristo Square, EH8 9AL

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Questions answered by Sophie Vincent.

Q1: If you could take just one record with you to survive the Fringe — your ultimate comfort, hype, or grounding track — what would it be, and why?

Favourite Daughter by Lorde. Our play is about nuanced daddy abandonment issues aka them dying…so may as well dance while we cry!

Q2: How will the audience remember you the morning after?

Emotional hangover.

Q3: What’s the temperature of your show?

Morgue cold.

Q4: If your show walked into a bar, what would it order?

A glass of milk.

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SCAPE

Date(s): Fri 01 Aug to Sat 09 Aug (9 shows)

Time(s): 9:10pm (40 mins)

Location: Venue 53: theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, Nicolson Street, EH8 9DW

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Questions answered by Billy Walker .

Q1: If you could take just one record with you to survive the Fringe — your ultimate comfort, hype, or grounding track — what would it be, and why?

Enya. Orinoco Flow.

Q2: What’s the moment in your show that makes people laugh when they’re not sure they’re supposed to?

When we find out there has been a death!! A la Jessica Fletcher style.

Q3: If your show sent a drunk text at 3am, what would it say?

Listen Krystle you blonde Tramp… you’re nothing but a L;-hjhy hossseee and leex see of there’s/. Ale3iz x x

Q4: How will the audience remember you the morning after?

The 6ft2 elf singing the BeeGees.

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Joan Collins Blocked Me on Twitter

Date(s): Fri 01 Aug to Sun 03 Aug (21 shows)

Time(s): 10:00pm (55 mins)

Location: Venue 236: Greenside @ George Street, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, EH2 2PQ

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Questions answered by Katie Tranter .

Q1: If you could take just one record with you to survive the Fringe — your ultimate comfort, hype, or grounding track — what would it be, and why?

Donna Summer – I Feel Love. The fringe is a marathon and as the actor David Niven once said ‘keep the circus going inside your heart’. And my inner circus needs a disco beat.

Q2: If your show had a criminal record, what would it be for?

Mesmerizing a member of the royal family without consent resulting in a major national security breach.

Q3: Is your show the type to leave a toothbrush — or just some wild memories and a dent in the pillow?

Smutty poetry on a post it note and an after eight mint

Q4: How will the audience remember you the morning after?

Charming, fashionable and drunk.

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The Great Divinator : Touched by Spirits

Date(s): Fri 01 Aug to Thu 14 Aug (13 shows)

Time(s): 8:00pm (55 mins)

Location: Venue 47: Le Monde, 16 George St, EH2 2PF

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Questions answered by Feeling Inspired? Production, by Gabrielle Leonore.

Q1: If you could take just one record with you to survive the Fringe — your ultimate comfort, hype, or grounding track — what would it be, and why?

Marina’s Princess of Power. I’ve loved her since I was 15 – Electra Heart even inspired the show. Every lyric hits exactly where my head is right now, especially Butterfly & Cuntissimo. It’s the soundtrack for Edinburgh, the rest of my life & beyond. What can I say? I’m a diamond

Q2: What’s something your show reveals about you that might surprise a date?

That I’m hot and autistic. Or technically speaking… hotistic.

Q3: How will the audience remember you the morning after?

A classic love letter of all the fun times we had, how I’ll still love you despite it all, finishing with a kiss mark, some tear blots, and no return address.

Q4: If your show walked into a bar, what would it order?

I’d say a gin dirty martini. Classic, sassy, and means business. Filthy like my jokes, but still packs a punch in a delicate frame. Likes to shake things up—far from stirred.

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My Life as an ‘Inspirational Porn Star’

Date(s): Thu 31 Jul to Mon 11 Aug (12 shows)

Time(s): 8:35pm (60 mins)

Location: Venue 288: Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 37 Guthrie St, EH1 1JG

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Questions answered by Lee Papa.

Q1: If you could take just one record with you to survive the Fringe — your ultimate comfort, hype, or grounding track — what would it be, and why?

In the spirit of my show and because I just love it on so many levels, I’d go with “Me and Billy the Kid” by Joe Ely, but specifically the version on Live from Liberty Lunch. It’s got it all: bravado, romance, violence, regret, chihuahuas, and a guitar riff that blows me away.

Q2: If your show sent a drunk text at 3am, what would it say?

Git your ass over here. Bring your guitar. Don’t bring underwear.

Q3: What’s something your show reveals about you that might surprise a date?

I was raised on country music, so I could tell them all about the qualities of a great Tammy Wynette song or how Townes Van Zandt influenced Taylor Swift. And I can quote lots of Hee-Haw.

Q4: If your show walked into a bar, what would it order?

A shot of whiskey, straight up, because it likes the taste. And all those sodas or juices or mixers just get in the way of the whiskey anyways.

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Midnight in Nashville

Date(s): Fri 01 Aug to Sun 24 Aug (22 shows)

Time(s): 8:15pm (60 mins)

Location: Venue 186: ZOO Playground, High School Yards, EH1 1LZ

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Questions answered by Valentina Tóth.

Q1: If you could take just one record with you to survive the Fringe — your ultimate comfort, hype, or grounding track — what would it be, and why?

That’s an easy one! You Don’t Own Me by Lesley Gore. I always listen to it before going on stage — it makes me feel invincible. And since my show is an ode to the hysterical woman, I definitely want to feel like I’m about to cause trouble — the glamorous kind.

Q2: If your show had a criminal record, what would it be for?

Streaking!

Q3: If your show walked into a bar, what would it order?

My show would definitely order a dirty Shirley Temple (with vodka).

Q4: What moment in your show would your grandma absolutely hate (or absolutely love)?

Actually, my grandma saw the show — and absolutely hated it! The moment she disliked most? A wild bachelorette party scene, where the bride-to-be sings a song called ‘I Will Kill Her’ — about the woman her fiancé cheated on her with. Enough said. Enough said 🙂

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Fatal Flower

Date(s): Thu 31 Jul to Mon 25 Aug (24 shows)

Time(s): 9:05pm (75 mins)

Location: Venue 26: Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, EH9 1PL

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