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!

Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair

Location:   Pleasance Dome – 10 Dome (Venue 23)

Dates: Jul 31st Aug 1st-12th, 14th-25th

Time: 19:10

Price: £12 Concessions £11

Ticket Link: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/luke-rollason-luke-rollason-let-down-your-hair

Hello! Tell us about yourself? 

I am a trained bushbaby and physical comedian. You might recognise my face and ass from the Disney+ show Extraordinary, where I played a character whose name is very much NSFW. 

Tell us all about your show!

Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair is physical comedy fantasia, constructed from lots and lots of loo roll. Now I am a bona fide Disney Prince, I thought it was time I gave Fringe comedy the fairytale it deserves. It’s a kind of epic of Ever Afters, featuring princesses, mermaids, kings, clowns and one absolutely hideous duck. 

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

It was probably the most painful part of this year’s creative process. I fought for a long time to call my show Luke Rollason: Shrek Without Shrek because I thought it sounded wistful, like a Woody Allen movie. But my producers believed it might get me sued, like a Woody Allen exposé. I like Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair because no one will sue me for calling my show something this stupid. 

Also, the title might do some of the heavy lifting for me re: some of the “content” of the show – so everyone is expecting me to do a Rapunzel bit and I don’t have to necessarily put any effort into making it clear theatrically what I’m doing. Hopefully I’ll get to my Rapunzel bit and everyone will just lap it up, ecstatic that they can remember the name of my show. 

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

Mr Cardboard. I am obsessed with this show. I saw them perform it in a Toy Museum in Brighton (a TOY MUSEUM) and now they’re performing in one of the Hootenannies Yurts. It is safely one of the most unhinged shows I’ve ever seen, and I can’t wait to see it somewhere where it won’t be mistaken for a kids show. Because, you know. The Toy Museum. Idiots. 

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. 

This is my fourth solo show, amongst countless shows I’ve brought to Fringe. The best advice I have is: one show is enough. Do not try and fill your time doing other shows. Just do your show. Do nothing else. 

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

So: do you remember my advice from above? Well, cute story but this year I’m doing two shows every day. This might be the first time anyone has ever been brave at the Fringe, apart from me, because I did it in 2019. But this time around the other show I am doing is a play (theatre) which is on at Summerhall in the early afternoon. So, my daily routine is going to be: horrible. I think I have to cry in this play, which will be good practice for all the crying I’ll be doing throughout the day. 

I’m asking the Guinness Book of World Records if doing two shows a day is breaking some kind of record or if not, maybe I can get a free book and maybe a pint? 

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

Lie down on the meadow for a while and bite anyone who tries to flyer you. 

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

Let Me Eat Too. It is somehow always in reach, and their Coronation Chicken Wrap broke my (already fractured) vegetarianism. 

Best thing about performing at the fringe?

The audiences. It’s a city full of people who want to see comedy. And some of them even want to see yours! The freaks! 

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

See less. Just see less. I don’t even just mean shows. See less of everything. Close your eyes more. It’s all too much. 

If you’re reading this, you’re probably a performer and you’re already trying to perform your show and god knows how many gigs every day. There’s no shame in just – not seeing shows. You will probably get to see them another time. I am always at my unhappiest when I cannot enjoy any single moment without thinking about where I have to be in half an hour. 

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

As a prop comedian, this is a crazy question to me. I literally cannot perform without a suitcase of utter tat – but such specific utter tat that if I lost that suitcase I would be lost forever. Baggage carousels are extremely tense places for me. 

But: a raincoat. You need a raincoat. 

What’s the secret to successful flyering? 

Get someone else to do it for you. Someone who has a massive, rich family. That’s at least one audience sorted. And then pray their family are massive loudmouths, and then word of mouth can carry you for the rest of the month. 

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

Because I’m primarily a visual comedian, best to catch me on Instagram @lukerollasonisaclown and you can oogle at the photos of when I carried a stuffed cat to the BAFTAs. 

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

Glimpse my ass