Laughed a Little

So on Saturday night, the girlfriend and her best friend decided we should go as a fourball and head through to Edinburgh to try and catch a show, something to eat, and see for ourselves what the Fringe is all about.

Without much planning we headed through, got there about 7pm and found that all the shows were sold out apart from one.

We went for it and got tickets seeing as we had nothing else to do now seeing as we were there.

So what did we get tickets for? Mark Little in Smartarse.

Who? I hear you say, well thats what the girls thought also. Once told that it was Joe Mangel from Neighbours they knew who he was but still didnt know if he'd be any good, we thought what the hell, surely he'll be alright, he did do the Bigger Breakfast for a while and seemedquite funny.

So down to the show then after a bite to eat and it didn't really bode that well when as we were waiting in the queue, it seemed like every boozed up prat who walked past was asking where the queue was for Bouncer!

Now when one of the main things on the poster for a gig is FREE BEER, we should have guessed the quality of the show. While Mark was funny in parts, the show lacked any real substance or material, too often Mark went off on an angle and never really got to the point. Most of that was due to a couple of idiots who just constantly shouted out about Bouncer and other random crap.

Then again, that was when Mark Little was at his funniest, putting down the hecklers and slagging off Neighbours (how dare he though!!).

All in all, there was a couple of laughs but not enough to justify the admission price and pretty poor in terms of material or whatever message it was he wanted to try and get across, I didn't even get a free beer so thats a negative and I can see why the show only got one star (the dumbstar) in the Metro.

Also have to say that Joe looked pretty rough, must be all the late night performances or something but he's certainly showing signs of wear and tear.

Moral learned: Although going to the Festival doesn't require a lot of planning, it does need some...