Pia Schwierz

That's fantastic. Can't wait to see the show.

He once said I was his favourite audience member and therefore has won my eternal unconditional loyalty.

David Ian!

Having 'Publishers' in italics makes it look sort of unserious. Doesn't it?

I agree with your assessment Holly.

Fun one again. (Obviously)

Μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληιάδεω Ἀχιλῆος

Have you angered more gods than usually lately? I don't think I have. I mean I think I haven't watered the plants in my flat properly and at least one of them looks disappointed in me.

Why is the weather starting to work against US, Mark?

Wednesday night at Gilded Balloon. Legend of the competitive storytelling sport @watsoncomedian.bsky.social returns to Comedy Arcade. Get your tickets now. Don’t get me wrong, there are loads. But still. If you’re not in Edinburgh, you have 2 days to get here.

The Comedy Arcade: competitive anecdotes game. Vix Leyton holds a bingo ball of surprise subjects and invites four different comics every night to spar with never-before-told stories, from the hilarious to the scandalous, to win points awarded by host and audience. 'Lives up to its billing likening it to a fabulous dinner party. Punters feel they are among spontaneously funny friends rather than hearing well-rehearsed professional anecdotes. We know these stories – and this particular alchemy will not be repeated again' **** (Steve Bennett, Chortle.co.uk).

My own recommendations will be scarce until I'm actually up in Edinburgh later this month, but make sure to see @vixleyton.bsky.social 's The Comedy Arcade. One of the best panel show formats with absolutely fantastic lineups @gildedballoon.bsky.social this year: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

German book shop being decent.
@watsoncomedian.bsky.social

🫡😴

Freeeeedom!

God, I'm bored.

Instagram reels screenshots of John Luke Roberts. The subtitles on the first say 'Hello, I'm Jonathan Roberts' On the second: 'Hello, I'm Johnette Roberts' The third: 'I'm Johnlet Roberts here to' And the fourth: 'Hello, I'm John McRoberts'

Glad to see you keep up and further develop the 'Hello, I'm the Roberts family' theme.

My hand holding a polaroid selfie I took on Saturday/Sunday night after the shift at the festival party after the extra shift needed to move a concert from an outdoor to an indoor venue. I look tired. Standing in front of the very nicely designed colourful poster of the asphalt festival.

😶

So close.

Or Wednesday.

Eleanor Morton, Lily Phillips. @vixleyton.bsky.social does a brilliant panel show.
Also the master list of recommendations (not sorted by gender) for me is this: noblefailure.org/ed25 by @theacms.bsky.social

You'll pretty much have to. Also we've had a show on with a helicopter and actual swimming pools on stage, so you might want to think of some unnecessary and pompous decorations for that dark room.

Good plan, but also sounds like the kind of artsy shit we could have had on the program. Maybe pitch it as a show for the 2026 one.

My last day off was 23rd June. But after getting the last show on and also through the first round of accounts quite swiftly today, I might be done with this festival on Tuesday. So I'd expect the stress chest pain to be gone around Friday.
Unrelated: good luck to everyone starting into the Fringe!

Tag in a t-shirt. It says 'wash with like colors'

The t-shirt. It is rainbow coloured.

Oh no.

Do reckon Taylor might announce some one off niche projects in those slots, too?

Ah. There are 2 of them. @kirsty29.bsky.social being the master source of information once again.

Good choices. Happy Birthday!

Amazing stuff!

Foreignlanguagey it is a weird adjective tbf

Of course I bought it. It's a bargain.

Screenshot of the webpage of a German bookstore. Cover of One Minute Away by Mark Watson. Next to it two little flags one saying 'new' the other '-15%'

Close up of -15% above the word 'neu'

Interesting combination of little tags that @watsoncomedian.bsky.social