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!

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Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight

Location:  Dairy Room at Underbelly, Bristo Square (Venue 302)

Dates:  Aug 5th-17th, 19th-31st

Time: 16:40

Price: £14 Concessions £13

Ticket Link: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/stand-up-if-you-re-here-tonight

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Hello! Tell us all about your show!

“You’ve tried everything. Yoga. Acupuncture. Therapy. You floated in salt water in the pitch black dark. You juiced, you cleansed, you journaled, you cut, you volunteered. You got a mattress that fitted itself to your fetal form. You ate only RINDS for three days and nights. You reached out, you looked within, You have tried. and yet here you are.”

So begins a new play by Olivier-nominated playwright John Kolvenbach. Jim Ortlieb delivers a tour-de-force performance as a man desperate for connection, bent by isolation, and deeply in love with the audience itself.

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

Everything! The Fringier the better. 

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. 

It’s been a while, but yes. I was a reasonably young playwright 25 or so years ago and one of my plays was in Edinburgh. My advice? Dive in. Do everything, see everything. Make lifelong friends, connect!

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

We’ll get some rehearsal in during the early time that we’re there. Figure out our tech and all that. But once we’re up and running, on a typical day, we’ll get some coffee and go to a show. A breakfast of a show. Then we’ll take a walk and hand out some fliers. And then see a show for lunch. Then we’ll get over to our theatre, at Underbelly, the Dairy Room, for our 4:40pm show. Then, afterwards, we’ll have a show for dinner. Then, over a drink, we’ll unpack all of it. 

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

We intend to eat theatre. Please go to our instagram (@standupifyourehere) for our show recommendations. 

Best thing about performing at the fringe?

The artists in the audience. Every audience is filled with aspirants and the accomplished and the retired. It makes for a very combustible show. 

Do you bring anything special from home to make it feel more special whilst you are away?

We are bringing each other. Jim Ortlieb and I have been doing this show, off and on, for five years and every time we get together to put it on, it is a reunion and a celebration. Jimmy is, as a person, an embarrassment of riches and enthusiasm. And he’s been a working actor for quite a while, so he’s got some stories, to keep us entertained late at night. 

What are your best hacks to save money whilst at the Fringe?

Eat theatre? Forgo food?

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

@standupifyourehere

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

Fight The Power!

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