Fringe Factions: The Americans

Speaking of the culture clash for Americans visting Scotland, Cheers legend George Wendt says "It's very different. Oddly enough I enjoy the climate but yeah in terms of culture, I love it." And what of the beer and local ales, do the Americans do that as well as us? "Oh yeah we have loads of that over here. Every local community has their own craft brew. I just enjoy trying them all."

Re-animator: The Musical is running a gruelling 27 nights at the Fringe and Wendt feels it's the perfect stage for the musical: "Well in Edinburgh the audiences are very different as they're really there to go see lots of stuff and have fun whereas in Los Angeles it's like pulling teeth sometimes to get people to go to the theatre."

Chris & Paul took home a much deserved nomination for Best Newcomer in 2011, but how do they find the Edinburgh audience? "In Edinburgh, people responded to different bits that we weren't used to at different times. It was definitely a good study for us to try and figure out what makes you guys laugh. So that means we can now cater a lot of material specifically for the UK audience," adds O'Neill before theorising, "Well, what we do in our silent comedy is more universal."

The overall atmosphere and hospitality of the Fringe wasn't lost on them either, "We felt welcome really, really quickly. The experience alone was almost life changing for us. The day we had to leave we didn't want to go back to the States," claims Valenti before O'Neill adds, "Although, we'll dance for free housing."