Comments on: Phil Kay: In Tweed, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review

By: Steph & Peter

Steph & Peter — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:05:05 +0000

Edinburgh festival 2010: I was standing at the bus stop after work and Phil Kay walked by. I chatted with him and he invited me (and my husband) as guests to his show at the 7pm gilded balloon show.

When the show started he staight away said he would be slow to start and he was true to his word. But, once he got in to his stride he was as fantastically weird and wonderful as I remember him being the first time I saw him live, at the Playhouse supporting Eddie Izzard, in 94(ish).

This guy is a lovely guy to chat to and someone who is not “up his own arse” as far as “fame” is concerned. (I passed Jimmy Carr the next again afternoon and he completely ignored me when I spoke to him). Phil Kay IS what the Fringe/Comedy festival should be all about.

By: alex and emma

alex and emma — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:54:30 +0000

We saw Phil on the 20th and really enjoyed his show, he was lively and has great improvisational material. Spontaneous and unscripted, unlike some. Worth seeing, you never know what you’re going to get.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:53:19 +0000

Went to see Phil Kay tonight and was very disappointed. Distracted by his family he delivered half his show, starting late and ending early. We knew he liked to go off piste and we were looking forward to seeing him in full flow - but he went missing. Paying crowds do not want to watch someone indulge themselves, making it clear they would rather be somewhere else.

He spent so long entertaining his own family the last couple of minutes he spent telling us what he should have spoken about, but to be honest it sounded like more of the same, unoriginal nonsense. We were rather glad it came to an end early so we could at least laugh about how poor it was.