+3 Interview: Fish Finger Fridays: Fun Time Friends

“The prospect of spending summer doing anything other than flyering in the rain, sharing a room for a month and eating 90% of our meals at Piemaker was absolutely unthinkable.”

WHO: Ollie Jones-Evans, Performer, motivator, friend

WHAT: “Hot, new(ish) comedy trio are back in Edinburgh with a playful new sketch show. Bored of white guys? They’ve got an Asian man! Bored of men? They’ve got a lady! (Note: There’s also a white man.) 2017 Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off Semi-Finalists (pretty close).”

WHERE: Black Market (Venue 399) ​

WHEN: 17:10 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

It will be our third time performing sketch-comedy together in Edinburgh in one guise or another. We’re in a love/hate relationship with the Fringe. And each other. Mostly it’s love.

We brought a Fish Finger Fridays show up last year on the Free Fringe and had an amazing time. The prospect of spending summer doing anything other than flyering in the rain, sharing a room for a month and eating 90% of our meals at Piemaker was absolutely unthinkable.

Tell us about your show.

We’re Anna Harris, Rajiv Karia and Ollie Jones-Evans. We all met years ago at Bristol University when we were young, fresh faced and prone to writing very silly sketches. Now we’re a bit older, haggard in the facial area and still love a silly, silly sketch.

Before Edinburgh we had a great time at the Brighton Fringe, packing out the place for every show which was absolutely lovely. We’ve have been previewing in Bristol and London over June and July and are itching to get started.

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

There’s gonna be plenty of absolute corkers this year, but we’re looking forward to Matt Ewins, Patrick Turpin and Rose Matafeo. They’re all acts that will pop corks left right and centre.


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