Today was a busy day for different reasons. Because of my phone network in Australia, my mobile is locked to their lacklustre network and even though the same company operates in the UK, apparently the phone is locked because of "technical jargon blah de blah", which means that I cant use it here unless I want to pay international roaming etc, no good reason for this other than they will make stacks of money out of it. So fuck 'em. I went and bought a traded, unlocked phone and then got a PAYG sim and now have a UK number. (Message me if you want it.)
I only went to see one show today because I had spent the day at the first day of a comedy course that I decided to take while here. I don't know if it will lead anywhere but I'm interested to know if actual comedians think I'm funny, or if its just my mates. It was awesome - there was only one other person taking the course so we basically had private tuition. Fantastic value for money. The comedienne taking us for today was Viv Gee and she was instantly hilarious, so I automatically liked her. She has been doing comedy and acting and stuff for 20 years so I trusted that she would know what she was talking about. The other participant is the same age as me and although she may not realise it, is one of those people who is just naturally funny, so she has the advantage. I think that we both got heaps out of the workshops we did throughout the day, and maybe learned more about each other than we expected to. This made it a good day already.
After this I went to the venue for the show I was about to see. I ordered some Bangers and Mash and sat down at a communal table to drink my cider and look through the festival guides while I waited for the show to start. Sitting opposite me was a Japanese woman who was just looking confused. We got chatting (sort of) and she told me that she went to a comedy show and couldn't understand anything at all! Hahaha...wouldn't that be an odd experience! Imagine sitting in a room full of people laughing for an hour with no clue what they were laughing at. She was only in Edinburgh for the day, so she wanted to make sure she saw some shows and asked me if I knew of anything that she might understand. I just said "dance"...maybe something interpretive would be able to be interpreted into whatever language you happen to speak? Maybe, how the fuck would I know? But it was better than nothing I suppose. Then I got my bangers and mash....in a cup. Odd, but delicious.
Then it came around to Six PM and I made my way to the room for the show, called "Big Value Comedy". This was like 4 shows in one - yep, another "sampler" full of comedians flogging their wares with a taster of their own full-length shows. All of todays comics were really good. Either that or Viv Gee opened my mind up enough to appreciate anything? Maybe, but I think they were all good. The show was hosted by a bloke named Lloyd Griffith, who was very good. He outed a couple of people in the crowd who were referred to by all the comedians who followed, and not without reason. Firstly, he found a Priest (an Aussie from WA) in the front row and then a 9-year-old girl (her mother was there with her) who may now need therapy.
The comics that performed were Sean McLoughlin, Mike Newall and Sanderson Jones, who I remembered seeing in Melbourne. They were all great in their own ways, different delivery, styles and material but all really funny. I had a chat with Sanderson Jones after the show and I now have a ticket to see him tomorrow night, so that should be good.
Daily Show Count : 1
Total Shows Seen: 14
Tomorrow - Visiting Leith and dining at "The Kitchin" restaurant, then Sanderson Jones.
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