Brendon Burns: 10 Edinburgh Fringe questions

Brendon Burns answers 10 questions about his 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show.

Give us a quick overview of your comedy career so far. Are you happy with where you're at?

I am smack bang in the middle of a downswing. Which usually goes hand in hand with happiness. Oddly enough I think your first big breaks make you miserable and slightly isolated. Then you realise what you want and that you have to build your own thing and not be moulded into what anyone else wants you to be. It's a pretty good time to be a veteran comic as a lot of us are hitting our stride, doing our best ever work and I think when success comes knocking you're better equipped to handle it. Knowing what you don't want to be or do contributes to a much happier career and head space for sure. 

Tell us two truths and one lie about yourself (but mix them up, keep us guessing!).

1. My Dad invented an alternative wave energy system currently being implemented around the world.

2. I'm allergic to kiwis.

3. My sister is a triple Waverley prize winning painter.

Describe your new show in exactly 23 words.

Way better than last year's not as funny as the year previous, so I'd give it a solid ****.

Any cunning plans to get more punters in?

Nope, don't want strangers. In order to get in you gotta be with someone cool. And by cool, I mean, knows where to find me. I'm on the Free Fringe so I want my regulars to be comfortable and not have a bad seat in the house.

What's your plan for trying to eat - and drink - healthily during the Fringe?

Fine. I do so every year. I live with a wrestler who doesn't drink and we're sharing with Chris Gethard who's also sober and my visiting buddy Craig Quartermaine so it's a cool house but not a hammered one. I'm too old to try it any other way. Three gigs in one night and I'm shattered. I physically couldn't throw partying into that mix too.

What will you miss most while you're away from home?

We don't have a TV so probably Call of Duty Zombies. Oh and my bed at home is awesome.

Aside from performing, what else are you looking forward to doing in Scotland's fine capital?

Easy, having dinner with my friends from around the world.

If you took over programming a Fringe venue, what would your perfect line-up of comedians be?

John Robertson's Dark Room, ACMS, then Colt and my show followed by Set List. All package fuck about shows. Then we'd get to hang with everybody at the end of the night.

Name the one person you'd rather not bump into during the festival.

They know who they are (shakes fist at sky).

Why should audiences pick your show over the 1,800+ other Fringe offerings listed on BCG this year?

They shouldn't, like I said, you gotta be with somebody cool to find it.

Be cool: 'Brendon Burns: Dumb White Guy' is at The Liquid Room at 6:15pm until the 28th August. Listing