Forums: Jibber-Jabber: Festival Shows?

Yo so did anyone catch any festival acts over the weekend? I managed to see Pappy’s Fun Club, totally hilarious with unique and inventive characters. They had me laughing as much from the script as the general ad libbing and obvious good banter they have going. Also, caught Mark Watson but he seemed a wee bit nervous and didn’t get me laughing too much. Saw some other shows but not really worth mentioning.

Caught Sketch show Pro’s from Dover as well last week and they were surprisingly funny, charming and witty.

Anyone got any recommendations?

I was pretty disappointed to see such a demeaning representation of me in the Pappy’s Fun Club show – I was wrapped in cling-film, and fat.

I seen the Aussie comic Greg Fleet the other night and he was pretty funny, would recommend him for sure

Oh my god. Jim Rose circus was like a lame episode of Jackass.

Really? I was gonna go to that… thanks for the heads up!

Recommendations? Ginger & Black are very funny, if you like your humour dry. Nina Conti’s ventriloquist thing was pretty good as well.

The exhibition on at the Fruitmarket (Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller) is absolutely brilliant: lots of immersive installations that are a bit like plays without actors – contraptions, films, photos, voices and music all combine to create work that is both affectingly personal and curiously abstract.

The ‘Opera For a Small Room’ is fantastic: a wee shack you look into through the windows, piled high with records, players and amps, that tells a soaring story of desert-bound blues, on an automated loop. Eerie and moving.

Free entry too, so pretty much unmissable even with all the other stuff on.

Danny Bhoy at the EICC was a good giggle.

Went to see my mate Seth skate at the SoCo garden and was asked to move to the other side of the barrier (where you can’t see the ramps) if I didn’t have a ticket. The guy said the tickets were £10.50 which is pretty steep considering they were two for a fiver last week, AND the skaters/BMXers/inliners weren’t even getting paid for the demo! Apparently the ticket price goes to cover the ‘rent of the space’. THIS MADE ME VERY ANGRY.

I second the Danny Bhoy chat – he was brilliant, laughed right from start to finish. Saw a hideous bit at The Bongo though, this guy did a joke that basically consisted of him sticking his finger up at the crowd for about 6 minutes and then had a fake willy and fake muff on either arm and then proceeded to get totally naked and run around!! Ridiculous. Wasn’t funny.

Hobo was good though, X-Vectors did an ace set and the tunes were great fun for dancing till the wee hours.

Skate park cost was silly, I would have happily paid two quid or something reasonable.

Also avoid Frank Woodsley’s show unless you like bad slapstick, had to do a runner after twenty minutes!

I really enjoyed the Stand Up for Freedom gig for Amnesty yesterday. Andrew Maxwell’s Sienn Fein chat was funny but he never finished the story… For some reason Reg G. Hunter’s taxi rape chat also had me rolling.

Bale de Rua is wicked for a Brazillian dance and drum feast. Excellent body popping and 15 guys in dresses, a little bit of Brazil history played out too.

Bill Bailey was on a serious roll last night, bar some moments of strangeness as him and a Hindi band played an Indian version of Creep….was good but all a bit odd. Overall hilarious – he is amazing for intelligent, unique and innovative humour.

The bar at the top of Calton hill is a really chill place for a drink. Not very busy (all the people are in the other tent watching Midsummer Night’s Dream) and has fairy lights and snacks and undercover seats if it’s raining. The drinks are a lot cheaper than the Spiegel Garden too… with a super choice of Krusovice (sp?!) Black Lager, Weinstaffer (sp?!) and some other tempting foreign boozes. Well nice for a balmy evening and a smoke.

Lara, Have you noticed it’s just me and you talking on this now?

aye cause all the boys are rubbish and I can’t talk to you face to face cause of your singing…whistle jazz as Dave suggests….

I saw Joan Rivers, and I have to say, I found her very disappointing. Too much depressing monologues, too little standup.
Seriously, it felt like a motivational speech at some points.
Rob Deering was, as usual, great. :D
The only thing that ruined it were the arsehole heckler, and even then, he dealt with them well.
Saw a play called What’s Wrong With Anger? at C today. My girl pal and gay friend loved it, but I got a bit bored at some points.
The story was a bit predictable, and it was too long. My bum-bumcheeks were aching by the end of it!

Hello,
Paul Pirie’s I Pirie the Fool at the Laughin Horse was really funny last night, and Free! not a big crowd but he had us all rolling around the floor in stitches.
Limmy at the Stand was pretty good too.
Another free one at the Argyle ‘Hot Box’ was really good in places, The stripping 75 yr old grany before hand wasnt to my tastes though. She didnt go all the way thank god.
Ali Cooke(?)- touch of vegas, a comedy magician off the telly, was great to if a wee bit cruel to Sharon the dove.
Jim Jeffries was alright n all if a bit pisht.

That Fruitmarket show is wicked, one of the most interesting and engaging contemporay art exhibs Ive seen, ever.