This Edinburgh has led me to the following conclusions: -
- Improv comedy has a way to go to be seen as a credible alternative to stand-up, musical and sketch comedy
- Younger performers cannot be relied upon to manage their own scarce resources of energy and focus
- Double-acts need both personal chemistry and decent writing. No excess of either excuses an absence of the other
- The sooner you accept that there's always a cooler party / bar than where you are the happier you'll be
- Very few performers can deliver on stage drunk or even tipsy. I am not one of them
- The best way to destroy a pair of suede shoes is to wilfully ignore the fact that an Edinburgh Fringe is a month of fliering in the rain
