Dane Baptiste’s new stand up show ‘G.O.D’ will be at the Pleasance Courtyard Above at 9pm for the month of August
1 Tell us about your Fringe show
My Show is called GOD. It’s about spirituality and messianic complexes, and good and evil. Faith and science. G.O.D is also an acronym for Gold, Oil and Drugs, and is also about the abandoning of faith and spirituality in favour of worshipping more earthly delights and carnal desires. It’s just a show about humans really.
2 Best thing about the Fringe?
Having comedy be the most respected art form at a festival for at least a month, instead of the weirdos in a tent where you’re drowned out at a music festival.
3 Worst thing about the Fringe?
The cost. And the politics. Money and the brokerage of power are not helpful to artistic expression. As we will learn one day.
4 How many years have you been coming to the Fringe?
This is my 6th year coming to the fringe, but my 3rd show. I took a year off after my show on worrying about selling my soul. This show is about the act of pricing it up based on the industry price of fame.
5 Favourite Fringe venue?
Any venue which doesn’t have somebody next door wasting their audience’s time under the guise of ‘Anti-comedy’ or substituting jokes for an obscure prop or instrument, or just disrupting comedy in general. Any venue with a receptive audience is good for me.
6 Best Fringe memory?
Being nominated for best newcomer. I didn’t really know what it was until later in the festival, but it meant that I could justify borrowing money from my dad when I didn’t even have a deposit for house. Which I still don’t have, but I think I’m slightly more respected by my father. Slightly.
7 Best heckle?
I’ve not really had a lot of great heckles at my expense although recently I asked an audience member what they’d have for their last meal, and she said “I like mashed potatoes” in a way that only somebody pre-meditating murder possibly could. I had no comeback. Well played psycho.
8 Craziest on stage experience?
Once at a mixed bill night, I invited a heckler (Who was strangely also a performer)on stage, following an outburst about a bit I did on gender politics, I thought including her would quell her indignation, but I was mistaken, because she grabbed my junk. And that’s not okay, a. It’s not right irrespective of gender b. It wasn’t THAT warm in that room.
9 How do you wind down after a show?
Depends on how the show went, but typically I just chill or have a glass of water. What I don’t like to do is have post-gig conferences with the audience. “I DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL YOU PEOPLE, I’VE GIVEN YOU ALL I HAVE ON STAGE!!!”
10 What do you love about Scotland?
In most cases the friendly and honest nature of the Scottish. And the sense of pride that they have maintained despite colonial rule, Mel Gibson and Mike Myers as ‘Fat Bastard’ in Austin Powers. I guess Sean Connery balances out the Scottish contribution to the Spy genre.
11 What do you like about Edinburgh?
I like Edinburgh because it’s picturesque; as a travelling comic, you begin to tire of clone towns. You’ve seen one high street, you’ve seen them all, whereas Edinburgh has it’s own unique charm. And a good dim sum place in New Town.
12 Favourite Scottish food/drink?
Fudge? Fine, I’ll be an adult! Smoked Salmon and Whisky. (in that order preferably)
13 Sum up your show in three words
Gold. Oil. Drugs
Dane Baptiste’s new stand up show ‘G.O.D’ will be at the Pleasance Courtyard Above at 9pm for the month of August for tickets go to www.edfringe.com
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