It is festival season and that means that in the next month there is so many great comedy festivals to look forward to! This month we are looking at some of the great shows that you can see at the Edinburgh Fringe. So take note because we are going to give you all the information you need for just a handful of some of the great shows happening this year!

The Listies ROFL

Location:  Assembly George Square Studios – Studio One (Venue 17)

Dates: Aug 2nd-7th, 9th-14th, 16th-18th

Time: 11:50

Price: £11.00 Concessions £9.00

Ticket Link: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/listies-rofl

Hello! Tell us about your show! 

Our show is a show for kids and their adults. We affectionately call our demographic KIDULTS. This show tackles the most dramatic family situation of all time: bedtime! Rich, the exhausted parental proxy, tries to get an early night while Matt uses every trick in the book to stay up. It contains with rambunctious humour, a mini panto, detachable legs and too many baked beans.

How’d you come up with that name? 

M: one night, we were working on this show in a science laboratory, we got bitten by a radioactive spider. 

R: No that’s not right, we were working in a bridal shop in Flushing, Queens when. . .

M: No! The real story is that we were in West Philadelphia (born and raised) on the playground was where we spend most of our days. . .

R: Next question please! 

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

All of the other amazing acts in the house of OZ programme of course, and the weird and wonderful things you don’t see anywhere else:  Patti Harrison, Natalie Palamides, Stewart Lee, 1927’s new show, Comedy Club 4 Kids is always fun…our list is only just beginning!

Have you done the fringe before? What are the key pieces of advice you have been given or would give to new groups or people performing at the fringe. 

We have done Fringe ELEVENTEEN TIMES. Out tips are: Carry sunscreen, just to make people laugh. Walk up Arthur’s seat once. Walk down Arthur’s seat once. Also when it all gets a bit much: see something that is WAY off what you do yourself, so stand ups -go and see avant garde dance, puppeteers-go and see visual art. Poets see a sketch show. And clowns, go and see a jazz gig.

Talk us through your daily routine for a day at the Fringe

Just the same average routine as everyone else I expect. We wake up by belly-flopping into a pit of feathers, then spend the day flyering in chicken costumes.  Do a show, see a show. Then we hit the charity shops on Clerk street baby. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

What is the best way to enjoy yourself at the fringe?

Try and be awake as much as possible, and then when you aren’t awake, be asleep. 

Ok, where is your favourite place to eat at the Fringe? 

Mosque Kitchen! Palmyra Kebab! A vegetable!

Best thing about performing at the fringe?

 For us, playing for the most fun and genuine audience members ever – kids/ Their laughter, silliness, and watching their faces light up with unalloyed delight is the actual best.

Top tips for travelling around the Fringe and getting to shows on time?

If you live near us, catch a very long plane. Other than that refer to a clock regularly for time based information

What would be your top three items every performer must take to the fringe?

1. Pet rock for moral support
2. Sleep/food/water
3. Camaraderie with other performers, we are all in the same boat!
4. Tunnocks Tea Cakes

what’s the secret to successful flyering? 

No secrets, we just hand out flyers to anyone who can name all 27 letters in the alphabet backwards.

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

 @TheListies Or from the meadows up past that posh swedish cafe, past all the flyerers turn right, pat the gardens to Assemble George Square. Studio 1.

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

 Bonkers. Bananas. Brilliant!