Edinburgh #8
Back home to the horrible reality of life in south east London. There's a lot of ground to go back and cover this week but I'll start with yesterday.
The Stand is my favourite stand-up comedy venue, probably full stop. An intimate basement room with the audience packed close to the stage, there are few atmospheres like it. It proved a fine setting for an hour of Mark Watson's work in progress musings. The show appears to be based around identity and a flight to Australia where Watson was uncertain of entry due to a passport issue. It was a relatively loose structure upon which to hang some winningly self-deprecating material and sharp observations. Even in warm up mode, he's an absolute pleasure to watch.
It was fitting that the last show I saw was Tom Parry's "Yellow T-Shirt". I'm a huge fan of his work with Pappy's and eagerly anticipated his debut stand-up hour. Predictably, he's channelled the silliness and spirit of his work with the sketch troupe into an entertaining show, largely about his love of fancy dress with some enjoyable physical business along the way. One water based joke will live with everyone in the room for a long time., I suspect. As he would say, it was a pleasure, treasure.
I gave up the remaining hours for booze and chit chat, eventually ending up in the Pleasance Courtyard. Frankly, I'm missing it already.
The Stand is my favourite stand-up comedy venue, probably full stop. An intimate basement room with the audience packed close to the stage, there are few atmospheres like it. It proved a fine setting for an hour of Mark Watson's work in progress musings. The show appears to be based around identity and a flight to Australia where Watson was uncertain of entry due to a passport issue. It was a relatively loose structure upon which to hang some winningly self-deprecating material and sharp observations. Even in warm up mode, he's an absolute pleasure to watch.
It was fitting that the last show I saw was Tom Parry's "Yellow T-Shirt". I'm a huge fan of his work with Pappy's and eagerly anticipated his debut stand-up hour. Predictably, he's channelled the silliness and spirit of his work with the sketch troupe into an entertaining show, largely about his love of fancy dress with some enjoyable physical business along the way. One water based joke will live with everyone in the room for a long time., I suspect. As he would say, it was a pleasure, treasure.
I gave up the remaining hours for booze and chit chat, eventually ending up in the Pleasance Courtyard. Frankly, I'm missing it already.
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