How do you keep your performances fresh every night?

We’ve invited Nina Gold (casting director of Star Wars and Game of Thrones) to every night of the show, but we’re not sure what she looks like, so we will be performing as if our careers depend on it each and every day. (Because they just might.)

What misconceptions do you think people have about you/your show – would you like to clear them up?

1. People assume that we’re multi-roling. WRONG. We’re actually two sets of identical quadruplets doing a show where only two people are onstage at a time (it just worked out like that). Booking accommodations for the cast has been a nightmare. 2. People aren’t sure if we’re serious. NEWSFLASH: the show is VERY serious and we’re serious about it. Seriously. 3. The National Youth Theatre scandal and lawsuit were all a big misunderstanding.

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

There will be a “splash zone”. That is all I’m permitted to disclose at this time.

About the show

Serious Theatre From Serious People

Date(s): Jul 31 Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-26

Time(s): 13:00 (1 hour)

Location: Gilded Balloon Patter House – The Penny

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

My show gets a little bit spooky, I can’t tell you everything that will happen… but rest assured it’s a creepy hour…if you like ghosts, you’ll like this….also it’s got jokes in

What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

Long black because it’s dark (literally) dark (figuratively) and some people might find it hard to digest

If you/your show were a school subject what would you/it be and why?

History because its all about the past and how it impacts the present. And because its about Edinburgh and I once did a school history project on Edinburgh.

About the show

Eleanor Morton: Haunted House

Date(s): Jul 31 Aug 1-4, 7-11, 14-18, 21-25

Time(s): 12:05 (55 minutes)

Location: Monkey Barrel Comedy – Monkey Barrel 2

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

Persistance and a book contract =)

What misconceptions do you think people have about you/your show – would you like to clear them up?

That this is meant for mothers or parents only. The diversity of audiences we have seen in the past are testament to the fact that there is something for everyone in this show.

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

As the weirdo with the nosing who used the world polyamory.

About the show

BC:AD – Before Children, After Diapers

Date(s): Jul 31 Aug 1-11, 13-21

Time(s): 15:40 (1 hour)

Location: Gilded Balloon Patter House – The Penny

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

All answers written by Amy Conway, writer of Catafalque: Who says it’s a “nice show”? The Fringe is full of dark corners, with dark shows, exploring even darker subject matter, so where better to premier a show about a funeral celebrant.

What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

Definitely black coffee, no sugar. Catafalque is not sweet and frothy by any means, but it is dark and rich with complex flavours. I love exploring the big questions in life; Why are we here? Where are we going? Is there anything beyond the limits of our earthly experience? I’m hoping that along with those complex flavours, everyone can get a caffeine buzz of hope and perspective that will carry them through their day.

What misconceptions do you think people have about you/your show – would you like to clear them up?

That it will be depressing. It is about death, yes, but -not to get too new age about it- death allows for rebirth, for new life to grow in its place. And a funeral is a language, a structure that we can all relate to, it brings people together for better or worse, it is confronting in itself because it forces us to remember that we will die too and makes our lives all the more precious for this remembering.

About the show

Catafalque

Date(s): Aug 1-11

Time(s): 12:25 (1 hour)

Location: Summerhall – TechCube 0

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

They wont. It’ll all start over again. It never ends… Help I’m stuck in a time loop! Only you can save me!

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

I thought it would be fun to do a stand-up show where we’re all trapped in a time loop. (Why has that never been done before??) Then realised I could call it “GroundDodds Day” and the rest is history

How do you keep your performances fresh every night?

I don’t. It’s exactly the same, every day. Every. Single. Goddamn. Day. (Also an audience member gets to repeatedly shoot me with a bubble gun. So that keeps me clean at least.)

About the show

Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day

Date(s): Aug 3-11, 13-25

Time(s): 14:10 (1 hour)

Location: Just the Tonic at The Mash House – Just the Bottle Room

How do you keep your performances fresh every night?

I’m investigating neck fans. I’m really really scared of the heat.

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

Generally attempting to appear competent and attractive, in a cellar, while sweating so much it runs into my eyes and I become temporarily blind. An almost impossibly feat and thrilling for an audience.

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

My debut comedy hour is about coming out in my 30s – while married to a man. So I’m up here bringing the show! Plus, I’m single and I feel like parading myself in front of a load of women every night might work better than the apps? I feel like women from apps are often put off by my general vibe (a bit Homer Simpson) but if people have seen me in the flesh to start with we’ll be on a solid footing. Is that a good reason?

About the show

Amy Mason: Free Mason

Date(s): Jul 31 Aug 1-11, 13-26

Time(s): 20:00 (1 hour)

Location: Pleasance Courtyard – Cellar

What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

I’d be a matcha latte, because I’m sweet, comforting, and misunderstood by older generations.

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

I like to research each and every audience member before the show, and then read out all of their credit card information and pin numbers!

If you/your show were a school subject what would you/it be and why?

My show would be History. Because it’s just one bloody thing after another

About the show

Piggie

Date(s): Jul 31 Aug 1-13, 15-26

Time(s): 21:45 (1 hour)

Location: Pleasance Courtyard – Bunker Three

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

If the audience don’t remember me the morning after then I’ve done my job. I neuralyse every audience member pre-show, post-show and just before they go to sleep. It’s called duty of care and I provide it. YOU DON’T WANT TO REMEMBER SOME OF THE STUFF IN MY SHOW.

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

Have you heard of live rats? Well time for livid live rats, and they’ve booked the entire front row and they hate it when audiences don’t laugh at the right points.

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

Doing a fringe show gives me a chance to not be asked any questions and to not have to look anyone in the eye for an hour. It’s medically prescribed. I think my agent wants me to say something like “I’ve written such a fantastic show that I can’t wait for people to see it.”

About the show

Stuart Laws Has To Be Joking?

Date(s): Jul 29-31 Aug 1-13, 15-25

Time(s): 16:45 (1 hour)

Location: Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) – Hive 2

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

Handjobs, strangle-wanks and sloppy oral sex…? Oh, don’t look at us like that! We know you love it really. Sex sells, so that scathing class commentary can sneak its way in. With theatre ever-struggling, if you want to support young talent and experience the daring antics of GenZ, then look no further. Prize winning writer Sadie Pearson and her spunky co-director Hen Ryan never enter a stage quietly.

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

We are not a ‘nice show’. Dark, dirty and a little bit twisted, To Watch a Man Eat will get your heart racing and your bumps goosing. We love all things foul: with food, frenzy and f*cking all finding place and the forefront of our story – a story concerned with desire. Battling against ‘corporate fringe’, the play’s candid conversation about living as a ‘cog in the machine’ could not be making its Fringe debut at a better time.

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

Like an experienced lover, we aim to titillate for as long as you’re with us, and leave you wanting more. Maybe you’ll be hot and bothered, watching scenes which leave little to the filthiest imagination. Or maybe you’ll resonate more with our scorching analysis of the world of work. Whatever it is, we’re sure to get you talking. An evening show, we are the perfect appetite-wetter. If anything, we guarantee electric dinner table discussions.

About the show

To Watch a Man Eat

Date(s): Aug 2-10

Time(s): 18:20 (1 hour)

Location: Greenside @ George Street – Olive Studio

If you/your show were a school subject what would you/it be and why?

Sex education.

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

With the freshly squeezed orange juice and warm croissant I’ll be providing as I send them on their way.

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

I need to find a wife and I think the way to do so is to be more toxic.

About the show

Ollie Horn: Comedy for Toxic People (and their friends)

Date(s): Aug 2-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25

Time(s): 21:00 (1 hour)

Location: Hoots @ Potterrow – Big Yurt