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Bill Bailey recalls his three favourite festival highs. 1985: Student daze ‘We drove up all night. got lost a few times and arrived on a beautiful sunny morning about 6.30am. The whole City was bathed in this lovely light and it was warm and sunny and we were staying in a flat on Leith Walk . . . and there was a pub open. We thought this was some kind of paradise. Xanadu. A (:astle. sunlight. a pub open."
1994: Rock “Me and Sean Lock did a show called Rock at the Pleasanee. It was a great fun show and nobody came to see it. I remember one night. Sean went out the front. and was about to start his warm—up when he said: "Oh for fuck's sake. Bill. come out here." I came out onto the stage. and there was one person in the audience and it was Dominic Holland.‘
1995: The Beergut Years ‘Beergut 100 was a punk tribute band that I got together with a few other comics. That was great fun seeing a stream of people guest with the band: John Hegley singing 'I'm a Roadrunner. John Cooper Clarke. Sean Cullen. That was also the year of my first solo show. I remember looking Out and there's all these comics and i.)rodu(:ers. and suddenly it was all a bit real. It had all gone horriny right'
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FESTIVAL COMEDY
Laughter is the best medicine, so let these five nurse you
Rob Rouse Last year he was Big and Daft. This year. he's been allowed out on his own. with inspired. energetic musings about John Merrick, Alain Baxter and Stephen Hawking. Gilded Balloon Tevlof, 226 275 7, until 26 Aug, 9.30pm. EB—L‘ 7 O (£7—L‘9).
Noel Fielding Ramblings about nature may seem more David Attenborough's thing than the hippest comic on the block‘s. but fear not. there's comic gold between those girlie fingers. Pleasance. 556 6550, until 26 Aug. 7. 7 0pm, EQ-E 70 (TB-~29).
Daniel Kitson The facial forest has disappeared but the talent is still deeply rooted. Among his targets are dopeheads. wanking, and people who go out. But. above all, himself. See review. P/easance. 556 6550, until 26 Aug (not 20), 9.45pm, EQ—ElO (58—29).
Omid Djalilt The man from Iran fails to disappoint with this triumphant return to the festival. Watch and wonder as the ‘deliciously rotund‘ comic takes you Behind Enemy Lines. Features everything from Middle Eastern politics to belly dancing. See review. Pleasance. 556 6550, until 26 Aug, 7.30pm, $70—$77 (SQ—£70).
Peter Kay The ex-Big Breakfast bard from Bolton welcomes us into his world. And he's just doing it for the sake of his ma. See preview. Assembly Rooms, 226 2428, 27—26 Aug, 70.30pm, £7 7—272 (BIO—El 7).