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And she says the unique atmosphere of the Fringe was an obvious setting for a film. When I performed at Edinburgh, it always struck me that there was more drama in surviving the festival than there ever was in the actual shows. And one million people head there during the month of August. I think it is kind of a British thing to ignore your own stories and think that American stories are more interesting. And it was absolutely terrifying. But it was incredible.

Lucy punch festival

A middle aged woman wanders around an exquisite Edinburgh townhouse, clipboard in hand. They deserve somewhere nice to stay, don't they? Bad move. Within hours, a Canadian avant-garde theatre group has comprehensively trashed the residence, tried on the owner's clothes, stubbed out roll-ups on the carpet and invited a down-and-out to stay. It's a fantastic cinematic metaphor for the ego and self-absorption of performers at the Edinburgh Festival. And the Edinburgh smart set who let out their houses for wads of cash don't come out of it too well either. Much of the shooting took place at last year's festival, when cast and crew mingled with street performers, comedians and audiences. It is that rare beast, a great British film that isn't full of aristocrats or gangsters. There is, however, plenty of sex, drinking and mayhem. Shot documentary-style with a large ensemble cast and improvised scenes, it interweaves a daring number of stories Griffin says her model was Robert Altman's Nashville. There's the monstrously egotistical comedian, rumoured to be based on Sean Hughes, Dylan Moran or Steve Coogan; a cynical BBC radio journalist; a sweet fringe virgin presenting her one-woman show about Dorothy Wordsworth and a bitchy comedy awards jury a neat satire on the Perrier awards. Most poignant of all is Brother Mike, whose one-man show about paedophilia I Confess reveals rather too much about his turbulent mental state, although everyone else is far too busy to notice. Chris O'Dowd, who plays Irish stand-up Tommy O'Dwyer in the film, agrees: 'There is the cliche that all comedians are manic depressives, and a large strand of that is true.

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A middle aged woman wanders around an exquisite Edinburgh townhouse, clipboard in hand. They deserve somewhere nice to stay, don't they? Bad move. Within hours, a Canadian avant-garde theatre group has comprehensively trashed the residence, tried on the owner's clothes, stubbed out roll-ups on the carpet and invited a down-and-out to stay. It's a fantastic cinematic metaphor for the ego and self-absorption of performers at the Edinburgh Festival. And the Edinburgh smart set who let out their houses for wads of cash don't come out of it too well either. Much of the shooting took place at last year's festival, when cast and crew mingled with street performers, comedians and audiences. It is that rare beast, a great British film that isn't full of aristocrats or gangsters.

Lucy punch festival

August in Edinburgh sees the population of the grand, historic Scottish capital swell with actors, directors, street performers, comedians, media high flyers and audience. Sign In Sign In. New Customer?

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Fan in Pub Simon Thompson It is that rare beast, a great British film that isn't full of aristocrats or gangsters. Why are we so afraid of serious? Festival is a love letter to Edinburgh. Micheline Menzies Daniela Nardini Micheline Menzies. While all the actors say they would work with Griffin again, one senses bruises still linger from her confrontational approach. If you hate everything about the Edinburgh Festival the queues, the non-existent toilets, watching surtitled Estonian mime at midnight , this is the film for you. Clear your history. Tattooed Man in Shop.

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Nurse 2 Katherine Connolly American Tourist Peter McDonald Festival offers a hugely ambitious palette of characters. If you hate everything about the Edinburgh Festival the queues, the non-existent toilets, watching surtitled Estonian mime at midnight , this is the film for you. There are flaws. Dwight Swan Sanjeev Kohli We were in the rhythm of the festival, in the way we got hold of audiences. Mary Megan Dodds Meanwhile, a large prosthetic penis, more commonly seen in European arthouse cinema, is employed in a bedroom scene involving Stephen Mangan and Lucy Punch. Festival is a love letter to Edinburgh. What was the name of the hospital in Scrubs? Ahmed Khan as Sanjeev Singh Kohli. To a comedian that would be obvious, but I found it incredible. Baby Erin Black