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And she says the unique atmosphere of the Fringe was an obvious setting for a film. When I performed at Edinburgh, it always struck me that there was more drama in surviving the festival than there ever was in the actual shows. And one million people head there during the month of August. I think it is kind of a British thing to ignore your own stories and think that American stories are more interesting. And it was absolutely terrifying. But it was incredible. To a comedian that would be obvious, but I found it incredible.

Lucy punch festival

A middle aged woman wanders around an exquisite Edinburgh townhouse, clipboard in hand. They deserve somewhere nice to stay, don't they? Bad move. Within hours, a Canadian avant-garde theatre group has comprehensively trashed the residence, tried on the owner's clothes, stubbed out roll-ups on the carpet and invited a down-and-out to stay. It's a fantastic cinematic metaphor for the ego and self-absorption of performers at the Edinburgh Festival. And the Edinburgh smart set who let out their houses for wads of cash don't come out of it too well either. Much of the shooting took place at last year's festival, when cast and crew mingled with street performers, comedians and audiences. It is that rare beast, a great British film that isn't full of aristocrats or gangsters. There is, however, plenty of sex, drinking and mayhem. Shot documentary-style with a large ensemble cast and improvised scenes, it interweaves a daring number of stories Griffin says her model was Robert Altman's Nashville. There's the monstrously egotistical comedian, rumoured to be based on Sean Hughes, Dylan Moran or Steve Coogan; a cynical BBC radio journalist; a sweet fringe virgin presenting her one-woman show about Dorothy Wordsworth and a bitchy comedy awards jury a neat satire on the Perrier awards. Most poignant of all is Brother Mike, whose one-man show about paedophilia I Confess reveals rather too much about his turbulent mental state, although everyone else is far too busy to notice. Chris O'Dowd, who plays Irish stand-up Tommy O'Dwyer in the film, agrees: 'There is the cliche that all comedians are manic depressives, and a large strand of that is true. They're the writer and director and performer of their own material, so they perceive criticism of their work as criticism of them as a person.

There are more people on the make, whereas before it was about Polish street theatre. American Tourist. Katie Draper.

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Lucy punch festival

A middle aged woman wanders around an exquisite Edinburgh townhouse, clipboard in hand. They deserve somewhere nice to stay, don't they? Bad move.

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Top Gap. But there was a slight psychological dip when we got into the middle of September and we still had another four weeks of shooting to go. Tattooed Man in Shop Steven Dick Boy on Park Bench. We were in the rhythm of the festival, in the way we got hold of audiences. We're touched by the bumbling romance between O'Dowd and Nardini, but can't help suspecting he's just after her vote on the comedy award panel. There are more people on the make, whereas before it was about Polish street theatre. Nurse 1 Carolyn Calder She says she is fascinated that the biggest arts festival in the world takes place in this 'dour, Protestant, art-hating, unbohemian city that's not very friendly towards the festival itself'. Micheline's Mother Duncan Duff Katie Draper Monty Cantsin Most poignant of all is Brother Mike, whose one-man show about paedophilia I Confess reveals rather too much about his turbulent mental state, although everyone else is far too busy to notice.

Building to the final night Comedy Awards, she creates a pressure cooker atmosphere that bubbles with funny moments even if it ends a little dry of emotion.

O'Dowd and Punch were made to write their own stand-up routine and perform it at open mike sessions; Nardini had to interview real tourists in the street. Dwight Swan Sanjeev Kohli Find Live comedy Where? Autograph Hunter. Brother Mike Chris Alexander Stand-up Stuart Milligan There's the monstrously egotistical comedian, rumoured to be based on Sean Hughes, Dylan Moran or Steve Coogan; a cynical BBC radio journalist; a sweet fringe virgin presenting her one-woman show about Dorothy Wordsworth and a bitchy comedy awards jury a neat satire on the Perrier awards. Autograph Hunter Eileen Buresh And the film's audience benefits from this rigour. Howard Wingham Richard Ayoade Festival is a love letter to Edinburgh. It is that rare beast, a great British film that isn't full of aristocrats or gangsters. I remember I went out for the end-of-festival reverie and you get in at dawn and forget how morally and spiritually broken you end up. Boy on Park Bench Karen Fraser Mystic Nurse.