Star of the Fringe, Robin Ince, takes on his own crowd. 
The faces of comedians are turning yellow and blue, it is the middle week and drinking, ego damage and 5 gigs a day are creating an August Edinburgh population that is becoming bent and shrivelled (though their livers may be larger).
My venue is becoming increasingly scenic, with the lake that I stand in just behind the stage slowly leaking forward.
Soon you will be able to imagine me as Byron, spouting as he looks over Lake Geneva, but without the club foot, quill and animal magnetism (for both ladies and animals so rumours and biographers suggest).
Tuesday was a particularly interesting show. During the course of my spouting, I check the audience aren't better than me at being brilliant on the telly.
Question 1 "Who here has worked with Graham Norton?" At this point, in the dimly lit cavern I see Caroline Raphael, radio 4 comedy head honcho, put her hand up. Fortunately, after a brief interrogation, I declare I am better as I have worked with him on the TV and she worked with him on radio, which doesn't count as no one listens to it (Oh I know how to network from the stage).
My next question is "Who here has worked with Michael Praed, TV's Robin the Hooded Man, not necessarily in his heyday?"
Again, Caroline's hand goes up. Fortunately it was in theatre, so I dismiss this as being rubbish as regional theatre doesn't count and it was probably a production of Bouncers.
I felt safer with the next question "Who here has had an argument with David Icke about September 11th?"
Nothing from Caroline, but at this point another figure puts their hand up. I recognise the voice, it is Jon Ronson, the documentary maker who wrote the excellent book Them which includes a brilliant chapter on his experiences with David Icke.
Reeling a little now, partially because I am a character version of myself and hence can't interact as I would normally in stand up mode, I feel like I am in a badly rehearsed version of An Audience Withå .
Fortunately my final four questions, which include "who's been on a digital chat show with Nelly Furtado and been asked to hold her sweater?" and "Who's performed in a musical by Dad's Army's Jimmy Perry and sang and danced with Carmen Silvera and Su Pollard?" doesn't draw any reaction from Caroline, Jon or anyone else.
These are the risks.
