Lucie Pohl: 10 Edinburgh Fringe questions

Lucie Pohl answers 10 questions about her 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show...

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

I did my first 20 minute comedy solo show when I was 4 years old and told a group of my parent's friends at a party the story of a wart that had gotten lost in a toilet. Apparently I had people in stitches and immediately passed out after the story was over. Then I took a little hiatus and did kids stuff.

I came back to comedy in 2011 and was part of a sketch group. In 2013 I wrote my first hour about being a German-Jew which was called Hi, Hitler. That show did really well in Edinburgh in 2014 and I came back in 2015 with a character comedy called Cry Me A Liver. I would say I am as happy to be where I am because I am my own boss. I masturbate, I'm depressed. It's what I like to call working from home.

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

1. I lost my virginity to a man named Wadson.

2. I sleep with my eyes open like a rabbit.

3. I'm only thee times as tall as a newborn baby.

Describe your new show in exactly 23 words.

A wedding, a break up, dead rats and wake up calls from Stephen Baldwin baked into a delicious, deep fried-new york-stand-up-storytelling-character-cheesecake.

Any cunning plans to get more punters in?

My cunning plan to promise them the world, then take my clothes off.

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

My plan to eat healthy during the festival is restricting myself to only 4 nutella banana crepes per day, having nothing else and drinking lots of vodka. Vodka runs right by the liver, looks like water and makes you feel like a million bucks.

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

I will miss the bums [tramps] on the streets of New York that are always good for a little bit of wisdom, philosophy or just to remind you how precious showers and deodorants are. I'll also miss the smell of toilet water hot dog stands and oh, I think this is probably the biggest one, yes, what I will miss most about my home town of NYC while I'm here will be: THE SUMMER GODDAMMIT!

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

I'm looking forward to going to Poundland and asking how much things are, eating deep fried mars bars and not understanding a word of what anyone is saying.

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

Sam Simmons, Michelle Wolf, Phil Nichol, Ronny Chieng, Mark Forward, Tom Rhodes, Liza Treyger, Ed Night, Ruby Thomas.

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

I do not want to bump into my Aunt Vera, I owe her money.

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

Why should audiences pick my show? Because I will tell them the meaning of life, make them feel more beautiful than they ever have and lick their earlobes if they come twice.

'Lucie Pohl: Apohlcalypse Now!' is at Gilded Balloon at 5:30pm until the 29th August. Listing