Category Archives: EdFestivals 2018

All our coverage from the 2018 festivals.

+3 Interview: The Problem With Faye Treacy

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“This is the big one.”

WHO: Faye, Performer

WHAT: “Debut hour (Best Newcomer Musical Comedy Awards 2015; runner-up Bath New Act 2016; as heard on BBC Radio 2/4 Extra). When asked by her little sister for some career advice, Faye realised she’d spent the last half of her 20s trying to make trombone comedy work. Join Faye for an idiosyncratic tale about a South London foster family, why she’s decided she wants to become a step-dad and what it’s like to be quite often the only woman in the band. ‘Treacy’s charm soon wins us round… her one-liners are expertly crafted and sharp’ (List).”

WHERE: Just the Tonic at The Mash House – Just the Cask Room (Venue 288) 

WHEN: 19:45 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

It’s my first time doing a full hour! I’ve been on shared bills and done a half hr show in the past on the free fringe but this is the big one, which I’m very excited for.

Tell us about your show.

My shows called The Problem With Faye Treacy. I wrote it and it’s about my life growing up in South London with my folks and foster siblings (My mums started to collect more kids than Madonna) and how I made a break for it basically with a trombone into the classical music world. I’m hoping to take it to a few festivals in Australia next year and maybe New Zealand.

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

I previewed with Sarah Keyworth the other week and her shows great! Also I’d say check out Darren Harriott and Harriet Kemsley. I’m a big fan. For a fantastic storyteller and comedian, I’d say Chris Stokes is definitely one to watch too! His new hours hilarious!

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+3 Interview: The Travelling Sisters: Toupé

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“A tap-dancing cactus, a giant diva with a dental malfunction… that kind of thing.”

WHO: Laura Trenerry, Performer

WHAT: “Masterfully combining physical comedy, characters and original music, The Travelling Sisters are ‘insane geniuses of sketch comedy’ (GreatScott.media). This infectious trio conjure characters and twists you won’t see coming. A theme park ride for the soul. Best Comedy Melbourne Fringe 2017. New Zealand Tour Ready Award Melbourne Fringe 2017. Best Newcomer Nominee Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2017.”

WHERE: Gilded Balloon Teviot – Billiard Room (Venue 14) 

WHEN: 18:15 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

This is our third time to Edinburgh! We lived in the UK for two years and were lucky enough squeeze in two Ed Fringes. We moved back to Australia last year, but we’ve saved our pennies and we’re coming back!

What’s the biggest thing to have happened to you since Festivals ’17?

It’s been a total whirlwind since our last fringe. So much has happened. But we made it to the TV alongside the big wigs this year. That was pretty mega for us. Hopefully, we’ll manage to sneak back on again soon.

Tell us about your show.

‘The Travelling Sisters’ is made up of Lucy Fox, Laura Trenerry, and Ell Sachs. We met at uni and have been creating, performing and producing together for four years. As well as working together we’re the best of mates which makes life and performing pretty damn exciting. Our show is a comedy sketch- fast-paced, wig laden, costume-heavy stupidity with a touch of the absurd. A tap-dancing cactus, a giant diva with a dental malfunction… that kind of thing. After Edinburgh, we’re taking it to Buckingham Palace.

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

Laura Davis: Ghost Machine. She is brilliant!

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+3 Interview: James Meehan – Gaz

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“The show is loosely about identity.”

WHO: James Meehan, Comedian

WHAT: “2017. I’m an angry insufferable mess. I don’t leave the flat for six months. 2018. Same. Now I call it working from home. A comedy show for hermits. James Meehan is a comedian and ex-member of Gein’s Family Giftshop. You might have seen him on the telly in Inside No 9 or Drunk Histories, or heard him on BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Newsjack.”

WHERE: Just the Tonic at The Caves – Just Out of the Box (Venue 88)

WHEN: 18:00 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

I have been to Edinburgh for the full run every year since 2013.

In 2014 I won the panel prize with the show Funz and Gamez.
In 2014 I was nominated for best newcomer with my (now ex) sketch group Gein’s Family Giftshop.
In 2016 I performed my first solo hour to 5* reviews. (James Meehan – Class Act)
In 2017 I performed my second solo hour (James Meehan – As If I Hadn’t Slept)
This is my third hour.

Tell us about your show.

I wrote my show and am producing it myself.
I hope to tour it afterwards.

The show is loosely about identity and not leaving the flat for 6 months after a torrid old time involving disasterous decisions with work and the people I chose to work with.

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

The Delightful Sausage
Chris Washington
Phil Ellis
Tanjore Restaurant (BYOB)

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+3 Interview: Christian Finnegan: My Goodness

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“When I tell New York comedians I’m doing Fringe, they react with a mix of confusion and fear.”

WHO: Christian Finnegan, Writer/performer

WHAT: “Christian Finnegan is a stand-up comedian, exploring what it means to be a passable human being in 2018. Perhaps best known as one of the original panelists on VH1’s Best Week Ever and as Chad, the only white roommate in Chappelle’s Show’s infamous Mad Real World sketch. He played Martin on the popular syndicated sitcom Are We There Yet? and politics junkies will recognize Christian from his many appearances on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Most recently, Christian was the creator and co-host of A&E’s Black and White.”

WHERE: Gilded Balloon Teviot – Billiard Room (Venue 14)

WHEN: 20:45 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

This is my first Fringe, so I’m excited and daunted in equal measure. When I tell New York comedians I’m doing Fringe, they react with a mix of confusion and fear—as if I’d said I was going to scale Kilimanjaro or wrestle a grizzly bear. But who knows how long it will be before America is locked down in some sort of police-state dystopia, so I figure the time is now!

Tell us about your show.

I’ve been a club comic here in the States for over 20 years, but MY GOODNESS has more meat on the bone than anything I’ve done in the past. The show took shape when I noticed that my standup material was starting to dance around a central theme–basically, “What does it mean to be a good person?” So I wrote some connective tissue stuff around the more polished material, added an interactive element, a bit of tech, etc. I’ve been workshopping the show in New York over the past few months and the training wheels are finally ready to come off.

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

I’m rooming with fellow American Myq Kaplan. I haven’t yet seen his show ALL KILLING ASIDE, but he’s known as one of New York’s best and most inventive comedians and he’s a fantastic person to boot.

Also, I once spent a month driving around Western Australia with Zoe Lyons as part of the MICF Roadshow, so I’m really looking forward to seeing ENTRY LEVEL HUMAN.

And one more: I think he’s only in town for four days, but everyone should make an effort to go see Judah Friedlander. World Champions only come along so often!

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+3 Interview: Ross Brierley: Accumulator

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“It’s my debut solo hour of stand up comedy.”

WHO: Ross Brierley

WHAT: “What would you do if you had a bet on the horses and won a year’s wages in a day? Quit your job and become a professional gambler? Sure, why not. Award-winning comedian Ross Brierley takes you on a surreal journey into the highs and lows of trying to predict the future to pay the bills. An hour of big, daft ideas and little plastic pens from the host of The Not So Late Show with Ross and Josh.”

WHERE: Underbelly, Bristo Square – Daisy (Venue 139) 

WHEN: 16:30 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

No it is not. I went up last year with The Not So Late Show with Ross & Josh (which also returns this year on the Free Fringe) but this is my first solo hour. Last year was a full-on, relentless baptism of fire and this year will hopefully be a bath at just the right temperature for a month, leaving my toes wrinkled beyond belief.

Tell us about your show.

I wrote it! I produced it! I got the sizes for the poster wrong, leading to a delay with the design! I reply to all the emails! I do all the jokes! I stray off topic, nobody else. It’s my debut solo hour of stand up comedy and it’s about the dominant theme in my 33 years to date: Gambling. Where am I taking it? Wherever it’s wanted! WHO WANTS IT?

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

They should see Sean Morley bend your mind with weird immersive comedy stuff, The Delightful Sausage regenerate a Northern town and then something completely different, like a full on Samba dance band.

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