It is August which only means one thing – it is Camden Fringe time! Over the next few weeks we are chatting to acts that are performing at the festival and finding all about their show and what they would call this years iconic Camden Fringe Pigeon! Today we speak to Nick Everritt about the show Quiet.

Date: 23rd-24th August
Time: 20:00
Price: £5
Location: Aces and Eight
Ticket Link:  https://camdenfringe.com/events/nick-everritt-quiet/

Hello! Tell us about yourself?

I’m a stand-up comedian, improviser and clinical trials data manager. I might seem stern, but beneath my hard and spiky exterior is a harder, spikier core.

How did you come up with the name of your show that your taking to the Camden fringe?

The name of my show is Nick Everritt: Quiet, which is a combination of my name (Nick Everritt) and a key aspect of my comedic persona and personality (Quiet).

Tell us a little bit about your style of show?

I have a dry, deadpan style. The show features a combination of punchy club-style comedy, meta anti-comedy, improvision, audience interaction, and good old-fashioned ‘jokes’.

What will your set be about?

The show is a parody of the tropes and conventions of stand-up, featuring perfunctory crowd work, a series of ice-breaking gags relating to my physical appearance, a lengthy ‘Tinder bit’ and an emotionally resonant finale lacking in both emotion and resonance. It’s also about shyness and my attempts to overcome it through comedy.

What other acts are you looking forward to seeing at the fringe?

I look forward to seeing Waiting For Poirot, a hilarious improvised murder mystery where the murder never gets solved. I hear it has an impressive, talented, and indeed handsome cast of performers.

Have you done the fringe before? What have been some of your favourite shows to date and why?

I did Camden Fringe last year and those were my favourite shows because I’m an unimaginative narcissist.

What advice would you give to others who want to perform at Camden Fringe next year?

Don’t allow yourself to be led astray by the advice of others, apart from this advice I’m giving you now, which is very sound advice and you should heed it at all times.

What is the best thing about performing at the Camden fringe?

Camden is a convenient location for my hipster metropolitan liberal elite friends/fans/target audience to get to.

London can be an expensive place to perform in – what key advice would you give to performers that is a sort of life hack?

If you’re struggling to make ends meet while trying to make it as a creative in London, have you considered inherited wealth?

What are your three favourite things about Camden?

Three?? THREE??? Who has THREE favourite things about Camden, one of London’s 32 boroughs? If any man tells you in all earnestness that he has THREE favourite things about Camden ready to go off the top of his head, you’d do well to avoid him.

Favourite one liner you have done in a show and why?

A heckler once shouted out that my material is hack and uninspired. That’s the last time I bring my mum to a gig!

Who would be your ultimate dream audience member?

They would be bright of face and full of laugh. They have conviction in their laughter, and possess the steel and courage to laugh even when others do not. Their smile is an oasis of goodwill and kindness, to which I turn whenever a joke doesn’t land. Even when they don’t find a joke funny, they chuckle and nod in a way that says ‘I see what you were trying to do there’. After the show they’ll say “Well done mate, I really enjoyed that.” and they’ll buy me a pint but they won’t outstay their welcome. The next day on social media, they’ll tag me in a post saying “Saw this guy last night. Really funny. Highly recommend.”

The iconic image of the Camden Fringe is the Pigeon – if you could call this years pigeon a name to represent its style what would it be and why?

King Coonut, in reference to King Cnut of England, Denmark and Norway who famously showed his courtiers that he was unable to turn away the tides as a demonstration that the power of a king is nought compared to the might of God. It’s also a play on words as pigeons go ‘coo’.

If people want to find out more about you where can they follow you on social media?

Facebook (@NickEverrittComedy), Instagram (nickeverritt) and Twitter (@NickEverritt).

And Finally in three words – Why should people come and see the show?

SHOW IS GOOD