Norris & Parker’s talk about their new comedy show, See You At The Gallows.
Tell us about your Fringe show
Norris: ‘See You At The Gallows’ is a comedy show full of wild, dark and ridiculous sketches, characters and songs. It’ll feature live music and an original score played by our Victorian Hipster, Christoph.
Parker: We’re performing in the Attic at the Pleasance Courtyard, which we’re told gets unbearably hot so we will be asking our audiences to undress upon arrival.
Best thing about the Fringe?
Parker: Sharing a bed with Norris for the month
Worst thing about the Fringe?
Norris: Sharing a bed with Parker for the month.
How many years have you been coming to the Fringe?
Parker: Once twice three times a lady.
Norris: This will be our third year.
Favourite Fringe venue?
Norris: The damp, dark and dingy caves at Just the Tonic.
Parker: We will always have a soft spot for our first free fringe venue, Ryan’s Cellar bar, where the waitresses used to underscore our show with the sound of steaming milk.
Best Fringe memory?
Norris: When our friend Amanda off ‘Hollyoaks’ came with us on our first Edinburgh adventure. She’d wear lycra hot pants whilst flyering up and down the mile. We sold out pretty much every night for all the wrong reasons and for that we are truly thankful.
Parker: It was empowering for her, as is all sexual objectification of women.
Best heckle?
Norris: Parker’s Dad has heckled her more than once, often using the show as an excuse to air family business.
Parker: He especially likes to remind me when I owe him money. Norris reversed heckled a group of her ‘lads lads lads’ mates last Edinburgh.
Craziest on stage experience?
Norris: It’s not happened yet… but we will soon be performing at a corporate breakfast event in Hull. It’ll be 8.30am and the audience will be made up entirely of Humber based businessmen. The client described our material as ‘offensive’ and ‘blue’ so we’re confident it will be a success.
What’s on your rider?
Parker: Bananas and water. I’ve got a real obsessive complex about having the right balance of potassium and H20 or else I worry all my family will die…I mean that we will have a bad show.
How do you wind down after a show?
Norris: Not talk to each other or look at each other but watch countless episodes of The Bachelor US in bed together.
Parker: One too many white wines and a deep fried battered rib or six.
What do you love about Scotland?
Norris: St Andrews is a lovely place to visit. My Dad’s side of the family is Scottish and last time we visited he made me pose awkwardly next to the graves of our ancestors while he took photos on his ipad.
Parker: All the lovely Scottish heroin.
What do you like about Edinburgh?
Norris: Arthur’s Seat is an obvious highlight, good old Dirty Dick’s on Rose Street and we do love a Ghost bus Tour.
Parker: That the air is fresh and the views are splendid. And that it’s not London.
What’s the most Scottish thing you’ve done?
Norris: Sinead got off with one of Edinburgh’s finest rickshaw drivers, Robbie. We’ve had free lifts off him ever since.
Parker: Probably that time we walked 500 miles dressed head to toe in tartan in search of the loch ness monster. That or heroin.
What kind of jokes do a Scottish crowd seem to respond to?
Norris: Any Tory bashing and general filth.
Parker: I appreciate the Scottish appreciation of a good swear.
Favourite joke?
Parker: We don’t know any jokes, which is mildly worrying.
Favourite Scottish food/drink?
Parker: I am partial to anything deep fried therefore Scotland is my spiritual home.
Norris: I love nibbling on some nice, firm tatties.
Norris & Parker’s new comedy show ‘See You At The Gallows’ will be at the Pleasance Courtyard Attic for the month of August for tickets go to www.edfringe.com
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