Luke Courtier: 10 Edinburgh Fringe questions

Luke Courtier 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 started roughly two years ago - lots of gigs, competitions, festivals and at one point a man with a prominent brow shouted something that sounded like 'that's true of my life' but it may have been 'Shirley I feel hungry and cold inside' so I'm pleased and it's very cool to be in Edinburgh. 

Tell us two truths and one lie about yourself.

1. In our flat here there is a hatch that leads only to perennial inky blackness.

2. I played one of Pinnochio's class mates in the afore titled 1996 live action film. 

3. I am actually Count Tyrone Rugen and I have had to have my sword crafted especially for my six fingered hand. I also killed Domingo Montoya in cold blood and his son Inigo Montoya to this day pursues me for vengeance.

Describe your new show in exactly 23 words.

About lunch, frothy, verbose, chatty, musical, tapas related, some death plus a bit about ham and deals with none of the issues.

Any cunning plans to get more punters in?

Giving out some charcuterie with each flyer (expensive but effective surely?)

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

I've just found a place called Peter's Yard that does Swedish Cinnamon Buns. My plan is to eat a lot of them and be happy and whenever I feel gout rearing its ugly head I'll have a carrot and some hummus.

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

Gazing upon my reflection in the Serpentine on a hazy August morning. 

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

All the standard things like whisky tastings and gazing longingly out into the wind on Arthur's seat. Also Edinburgh has the best coffee shops so exploring those - there's one down the road with lots of Star Wars toys in it. 

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

I think I'd have Laura Lexx MC it and then it would be - Rob Carter (being Christopher Bliss), Amy Howerska (who I saw for first time last night), Lazy Susan, Georges Lewis and Rigden, Eshaan Akbar, Sophie Willan, and then someone really shouty and furious at the world who I'm on the lookout for. Helen Duff, Brendan Murphy and then Joseph Morpurgo at the end being really magical. The club itself would be made entirely of aged polished pine and have a quite beautiful slate floor. It would be lit entirely by gas light and everyone would get free ham.

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

Inigo Montoya. 

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

Because it's a song cycle about having lunch and I have a lovely beard. 

'Lunch' is at Underbelly, Cowgate at 6:20pm on 4-28 Aug. Listing