Edinburgh Fringe: Namedropping

… Dan Antopolski was… okay. He’s had really good reviews and is back on the fringe after a few years off. Saw him several years ago and he was good, but, as with many things in Edinburgh, unable to live up to the hype. He was amiable and good fun, but the material (the sandwich rap and a few other bits aside) was fairly uninspired. Maybe I’m bitter, but comics in their thirties going on about their kids leave me a bit cold.

I saw an enjoyable sketch show at midday today – If You Like – part of the Free Fringe. Energetic young performers who got away without seeming too studenty, onlyjust on occasions, but even that’s quite an achievement when you’re a bunch of middle class young people doing sketches.

My show went really well today. Thanks for asking. And now I’m rushing off to have drinks with Isy Suttie and others…. I know she’s not big yet, but still it’s nice to hear some kind of name clunk heavily on the floor in this blog. Adrian Edmondson offered to buy me a drink on Friday. But he didn’t know who I was and Isy does, so it’s a more acceptable name drop, I think you’ll agree.

Fringe stalwart (at the tender age of twenty-something, the precocious b*st*rd) Mark Watson is on my list for tonight…..

Cheerio for now from Edinburgh,

Matt

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