Chris Martin discusses getting engaged and his most memorable heckle...
Tell us about your Fringe show...
It’s called This Show has a Soundtrack because imaginatively it has a soundtrack! I have got my friend Steve to create an original soundtrack to go under the whole show. It should be a lot of fun and a bit different.
Best thing about the Fringe?
All the shows.
Worst thing about the Fringe?
Too many shows.
How many years have you been coming to the Fringe?
I think this is a 5 in a row now but definitely went a few times before that. I haven’t had a proper summer holiday in ages.
Favourite Fringe venue?
Mother India.
Best Fringe memory?
Soppy answer: last year proposing to my fiance. Joke answer: .
Best heckle?
Someone just walked out of my show when I said I was vegetarian.
Craziest on stage experience?
Doing my set on the back of a rickshaw rider’s back.
What’s on your rider?
Pint a tap water. Pint of Coke. That’s right I’m a diva.
How do you wind down after a show?
I don’t normally. I just neurotically replay it in my head.
What do you love about Scotland?
Getting called Pal by people who definitely aren’t my pal.
What do you like about Edinburgh?
The fact you can walk everywhere.
What’s the most Scottish thing you’ve done?
Get engaged to a Scottish lady. (I could have phrased that answer in a much ruder way, but I took the high ground).
What kind of jokes do a Scottish crowd seem to respond to?
Loads of different ones depending on the person. That’s how comedy works, it’s subjective depending on personal preference. I don’t think it’s dependent on where you were born.
Favourite joke?
Of mine?: My dad’s like a laptop if no one touches him for 10 minutes he goes to sleep.
See Chris Martin: This Show has a Soundtrack at Laughing Horse at the Free Sisters from August 24-30.
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