Show: Nick Everritt: Quiet Venue: Paradise in The Vault – The Vault Time: 3:45pm Dates: 6th-20th August (not 14th) Photographer: Swiss Chocolate Pictures Links: Profile and Social Media
Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show,
Nick Everritt: Quiet is a stand-up show which lovingly mocks the tropes and conventions of the Edinburgh hour. Featuring perfunctory crowd work, a series of ice-breaking gags relating to my physical appearance, a lengthy ‘Tinder bit’, and an emotionally resonant finale lacking in both emotion and resonance. While the supposed theme of shyness provides the illusion of structure, the show largely consists of me establishing a comedic persona and then telling a series of jokes.
What is the attraction of performing at the Edinburgh Fringe? What do you think of Edinburgh?
The main attraction of the Edinburgh Fringe is FOMO, peer pressure, and the dream that maybe, just maybe, with enough pluck and spunk, a solid 10 and some elbow grease, an ‘umble lad like me can make it to the big time.
I did the Fringe in 2018 and 2019 and I very much liked the small portion of Edinburgh that I saw. I can only assume the people of Edinburgh are a fine and decent bunch but I don’t think I met any.
Who inspires you?
Genghis Khan. Say what you like about the massacres, he knew how to get stuff done. Not like today’s namby-pamby wokeists with their ‘laws’ and ‘respect for human life’.
Are there other shows you want to check out during the Fringe?
Absolutely not.
Finally, ask and answer a question of your own.
Hi Nick, I’m a big fan of your work. I think you deserve to be playing paid club gigs more often than you currently do. My question to you is this: why are you so sexy?
How much time do you have? (I chuckle insouciantly). In the interests of brevity, I shall list only the 15 most significant factors contributing to my sexiness.
1) I’m punctual.
2) Decent gait.
3) My feet always point in the direction I’m walking, unlike some men.
4) Good with animals (apart from dogs which find my stillness unnerving).
5) I have a 1st Class BSc and an MSc but I don’t bring it up often.
6) I have the voice of a Disney villain. I’m told some women like that sort of thing.
7) I suffer fools gladly. The more foolish the better.
8) I have pluck, spunk and a solid 10.
9) Good set of teeth.
10) I’m a fully qualified actuary.
11) You know in pool where you hit the ball such that it jumps over another ball and then hits the ball behind it? I did that once.
12) I’ve been told I have nice eyes. I’ve also been told I have the eyes of a cold-blooded killer. Make of that what you will.
13) Good set of teeth.
14) I was moulded from clay by Zeus himself.
15) I’m modest.
Tickets: Nick Everritt: Quiet
