Saw an Irish play, "Trad", on Sunday. Very peculiar -- all about a 100 years old bachelor and his father who set out to find the 70 years old son (and grandson) that they've never seen. Quite entertaining, but the room where it was playing was VERY hot and clammy. That's the only downside to the Festival -- a lot of the venues don't have air conditioning, and can get quite claustrophobic when there's a big crowd!! I spotted a number of people dozing off, purely from the heat!

The best thing I saw this year was "Dirty Fan Male". The guy who put this together - Jonny Trunk - used to run fan clubs for soft-porn models (his sister was one of them!!), and he collected letters which over-zealous fans sent in. A few years ago he got a friend of his (Wisbey -- he can do funny voices and songs) to read out the letters in amusing ways; they recorded it and released a limited edition CD. They then turned it into a play, and a book has just been released too!!! The show was hilarious, but VERY filthy -- definitely NOT for children!!!! I literally cried with laughter at some of the pieces. A case where life is stranger AND funnier than fiction!!!

Also saw Brendon Burns, a good, solid stand-up. I was sitting in the front row. At one stage he stuck his hand out and nodded for me to stick out mine -- he wanted to slap it ("Right on, brother!!"). But I thought he wanted me to high-five him, so I stuck my hand up instead of just sticking it out. Luckily he saw me for the geekish fool that I am and chose to chuckle pityingly instead of making me the butt of his jokes for the next 10 minutes!!!!!

Tied the night off by going to see "La Clique", a brilliant mix of cabaret and acrobatics that I also saw last year. The show I saw wasn't as memorable as the one I saw previously -- one of the main acts (twin brothers, who could play Sive and Seersa if they were female!) didn't perform, perhaps because it was a Sunday. But it was still very enjoyable, and amazing in places. My favourite act was the stripping lady magician ...

*AHEM!!!!!!*