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Well, that’s a wrap for the Edinburgh Fringe 2023. Between me & my team, we’ve bang’d out some reyt reviews – with especial credit to Ewan Law & Sam Pressdee, our comedy specialists. That’s a lot of comedy, a lot of comedians, & a lot of people who think they’re comedians, but shouldn’t really bother.

I enjoy a laugh n’all, & I’ve been reviewing comedy at the Fringe for, like, ten years, ever since 2013, when let’s just say osmosis has come to fruition. This year I thought to myself, dya know what, I’m gonna have a pop myself. Turns out people were laughing a lot, despite my racism, homophobia & mysogony. But, I mean, the Burnley accent is, even if I say so mysef, the nicest in the country by far, & the jokes utter’d by my 76-year-old pensioner avatar, Damo Brogden, really are timeless joys, so no wonder!

The plan is now to write a trilogy for next year, to do a part a week over the three weeks of the next Fringe. After my wee run at the Strathie in Leith, part one, TAKE MY WIVES, is complete, with the sequels yet to be created. I already know the titles tho – FUMBLEBEES & TINDERWOLVES will tell the story of Damo Brogden’s first adventures tho the world of internet dating, after Wife Number Five leaves him. The final part will be call’d WIFE NUMBER SIX & tells the story of Damo Brogden finally finding his true soul mate…

Roll on Fringe 2024

Damo