What is the best advice for a new performer in Edinburgh?
You will cry. It’s just a matter of when.
What is the best advice for a new festival goer?
You will cry. It’s a matter of when.
What do you have to have in your fridge during August?
The illusion that I will eat salad.
What is the weirdest after-show comment you have had from an audience member?
That was the first boob my son has ever seen.
Which living person would you like to spot in your audience?
A dying, philanthropist billionaire.
What is the best non-Fringe thing about the city of Edinburgh?
Everything. This city is in my bones.
How do you relieve Fringe cabin fever?
Swim in the pool. The rage of people using the lanes incorrectly really transports me from my fringe self-obsession.
Who or what last made you laugh like a hyena at the Fringe?
I saw Rose Matafaeo and Joel Dommett’s shows and I laugh so so hard. Honestly.
Tell us about your 2016 show.
It’s about a lady with control issues who loses her bag… mixed in with some jokes about mental health statistics, suicidal construction workers, women’s pockets and swimming.
What are the best shows at the Fringe apart from yours?
Shows I saw in Australia that are here that I loved were: Zoe Coombs Marr, Susie Yousseff, Nick Cody, Rhys Nicholson, Tom Ballard, Naht Valvo, The Blind Date Project. There are so many. I don’t know how anyone chooses.
When you go home and your friends say “How was Edinburgh?”, what will you say?
A lot less crying than usual. Which is all anyone can truly hope for. #blessed
Catch Felicity Ward: 50% More Likely to Die at 9pm at the Pleasance Courtyard until 29 August
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