{"id":294664,"date":"2025-07-27T01:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/294664\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T01:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:15:21","slug":"edinburgh-fringe-preview-alex-kitson-this-is-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/294664\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Fringe preview: Alex Kitson &#8211; This is Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards and Joke of the Fringe nominee Alex Kitson follows up 2024\u2019s multi award-nominated, five-star cult hit with a brand-new unmissable hour of fast-paced, critically acclaimed stand-up.<\/p>\n<p>Where: Big Yurt at Hoots @ Potterrow<\/p>\n<p>When: 1-25 Aug<\/p>\n<p>Ticket link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edfringe.com\/tickets\/whats-on\/alex-kitson-this-is-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.edfringe.com\/tickets\/whats-on\/alex-kitson-this-is-water<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alex tells us more about the show.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" data-attachment-id=\"37010\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/loureviews.blog\/2025\/07\/26\/edinburgh-fringe-preview-alex-kitson-this-is-water\/26bb7c53-0c8b-4ac2-8461-1b5e87d283518483302862948802673\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loureviews.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26bb7c53-0c8b-4ac2-8461-1b5e87d283518483302862948802673.png?fit=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"26bb7c53-0c8b-4ac2-8461-1b5e87d283518483302862948802673\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loureviews.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26bb7c53-0c8b-4ac2-8461-1b5e87d283518483302862948802673.png?fit=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loureviews.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26bb7c53-0c8b-4ac2-8461-1b5e87d283518483302862948802673.png?fit=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26bb7c53-0c8b-4ac2-8461-1b5e87d283518483302862948802673.png\" alt=\"Promotional image This Is Water\" class=\"wp-image-37010\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re back at the Fringe after a successful appearance last year \u2013 how does it feel?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s very exciting! It\u2019s my favorite place to be. I was worried about writing a brand new hour of comedy in only a year \u2013 but the previews have gone really well so now I can\u2019t wait to get started!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What can you tell us about <\/strong><strong>This is Water<\/strong><strong>? What should audiences expect?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I speak very quickly so I really think you\u2019ll get your money\u2019s worth joke-wise. <\/p>\n<p>Last year I did a big emotional story, so I wanted to do an hour of just wall-to-wall observational comedy. this year. <\/p>\n<p>The show is that, but it\u2019s got a little extra to it if you pay attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you make a start as a performer? Do Fringe festivals inspire you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I started doing comedy at university and the Fringe absolutely inspired me. I was very lucky to go as part of Bristol Uni\u2019s sketch troupe (the Bristol Revunions) and it was such a formative experience. <\/p>\n<p>I saw so many brilliant things and learnt so much about comedy and performing. I came away from that plotting how to structure my life around being in Edinburgh every August. So far so good!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you looking forward to the most in Edinburgh?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m looking forward to doing my show of course. But also, I can\u2019t wait to spend time with other comics. <\/p>\n<p>Lots of us started out together and now we\u2019re in the position where we\u2019re all doing our own shows and there\u2019s a camaraderie there I really enjoy. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a massive group of us who\u2019ve realised all our shows clash and we\u2019re thrilled about it because it maximises time for us to all hang out (and Mosque Kitchen\/the Ting Thai caravan).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can we see your work after Fringe?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love to do a tour, but as it stands, the only place to see this show is at the Fringe! <\/p>\n<p>I released last year\u2019s show on Bandcamp so likely this one will end up there as well at some point but we\u2019ll see what happens. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m also releasing a book soon \u2013 there\u2019s lots in the pipeline!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tLike this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards and Joke of the Fringe nominee Alex Kitson follows up 2024\u2019s multi award-nominated, five-star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,2197,1102,56777,93764,4884,712,2764,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-294664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-comedy","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-edinburgh-fringe","12":"tag-fringe","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-theatre","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114922554906510058","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}