Day five, the day of the big headline gig. But to start we needed to warm up with something new. Caroline Mabey was a recommendation from last night, flyered with Josie Long’s show programme. Mabey greeted everyone at the door, handing out napkins in preparation for the show to come. She talked about breakfasts, using lovely little illustrations and homemade soundtracks throughout, very charming but completely cookey as well.
Next, after a quick run along Cowgate to the Underbelly, was a show from another sketch troupe. Comedy Bitch is three girls and three guys jumping from sketch to sketch with some clever little observations wrapped up in it all. A nice, gentle, comedy ride but no revelation.
The last item of the day was the big name – Jimmy Carr. Jimmy was playing at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, by far the biggest venue available in the city. It was standard Carr fare: quick one liners, cutting comebacks, and some filthy punchlines. So nothing new, maybe that was the problem; with a big name you expect big things but his show fell flat. And in the light of some fantastic unknowns we’ve seen Jimmy was even more disappointing.
To drown our sorrows (well, disappointments) we needed a couple of drinks. First up a deeply smokey Lefroy 12 year with woody overtones and a just hint of Walls vanilla ice-cream. For the night-cap a 12 year Bowmore was required: a smoothy with a kick in the tail, the Bowmoore brings thoughts of dark cocoa and morello cherries.
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