Ok, so the daily blog didn’t go too well, mainly because I found more interesting things to do than typing a lot on a small, under-sized keyboard. Here’s the aftermath of everything. It will be mainly lists and statistics so if you don’t like maths or bullet points (especially combined) then stop reading… now.

Overall I saw 40 shows, which averages as about 2.86 shows a day - definitely up from last year.

  • 22.5% were quiz shows in one form or another
  • 12.5% were magicians
  • 17.5% were musical comedians
  • A further 10% contained music
  • 22.5% were late night shows
  • 100% of solo shows were by men

List of shows seen:

  • We Need Answers - x6 (Mark Watson, Tim Key, Alex Horne, Josie Long, Kristen Schaal, Alun Cochrane, Richard Herring, Rich Hall, Paul Sinha, Glenn Wool)
  • Tim Minchin: Ready For This? - x5
  • Chris Cox: Control Freak - x2
  • Matt Forde’s On Heat - x2 (Matt Forde, Jon Richardson, Mark Olver, Zoe Lyons, Kerry Godliman, Lloyd Langford, ???)
  • Ali Cook: Touch of Vegas
  • Alun Cochrane: Owner of a Shed. And a Son. Thinks the World is Wonky
  • Andrew Lawrence: Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There!
  • Andrew Maxwell’s Supernatural
  • The Axis of Awesome Comeback Spectacular
  • Barry and Stuart: Part-Time Warlocks
  • Best Of The Fest (Andrew Maxwell, Jon Richardson, Nina Conti, Adam Hills, Tim)
  • David O’Doherty: Let’s Comedy
  • Greg Fleet and Friends (Axis of Awesome, Otis Lee Crenshaw, Tim)
  • James Dowdeswell: No More Mr Nice Guy
  • Jason Byrne: Cats Under Mats, Having Chats With Bats
  • Jimmy Carr: Joke Technician
  • Jon Richardson: Dogmatic
  • Just A Minute (Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Rhod Gilbert, Mike McShane)
  • Lloyd Langford: Not A Lover, Not A Fighter
  • Mark Watson: All The Thoughts I’ve Had Since I Was Born
  • Matt Kirshen: Keep Smiling, Matt. Just Keep Smiling
  • Otis Lee Crenshaw
  • Pete Firman: Flim-Flam
  • Rhod Gilbert and the Award Winning Mince Pie
  • Richard Herring: The Headmaster’s Son
  • Russell Kane: Gaping Flaws
  • Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams
  • Tim FitzHighman: The Bard’s Fool
  • Wil Hodgson: Chippenham On My Shoulder

Fun shows seen:

  • Tim Minchin: Ready For This?
  • Pete Firman: Flim-Flam
  • Rhod Gilbert’s Award Winning Mince Pie
  • Richard Herring: The Headmaster’s Son
  • Chris Cox: Control Freak
  • We Need Answers
  • Matt Forde’s On Heat
  • Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams
  • Matt Kirshen: Keep Smiling, Matt. Just Keep Smiling
  • Sir Tim: The Bard’s Fool
  • Barry and Stuart: Part Time Warlocks

Not so fun shows seen:

  • James Dowdeswell: No More Mr Nice Guy
  • Ali Cook: A Touch of Vegas
  • Wil Hodgson: Chippenham On My Shoulder

Other things done:

  • Finally met Chris after we started e-mailing back in March
  • Generally annoyed Tim after most of his shows
  • Gave Paul Sinha a Kinder Egg
  • Hugged Chris, Tim, David O’Doherty, Jon Richardson, Rhod Gilbert and Matt Kirshen
  • Played Tim bingo (we only managed to spot three out of four on our best day, bah)
  • Saw Tim perform Hallelujah
  • Met new people (hi Yvette, Sybil, Evan and Kate)
  • Took photos
  • Was a magician’s assistant (only one magician mind you - none of the others looked twice at me)
  • Got up before 10am about twice
  • Bought Mark Watson’s audiobook and got it signed by Mark and the two Tims
  • Bought merch from Axis of Awesome and Tim
  • Got given merch by Tim
  • Got badges from Tim, Axis of Awesome and Chris
  • Had heaps of fun.