FRINGE PREVIEW: JOHN GORDILLO & BEN VAN DER VELDE: The Stand

Work-in-Progress show from Fringe comedy favourites; before their hotly anticipated shows at the Edinburgh Fringe this August...  

John Gordillo: Love Capitalism

A train company wants my passenger feedback filled out on their 'Awesometer'. A customer relations card in a coffee chain reads like a cheating lover who got caught. Why am I being asked to rate my airport security experience like it’s something I enjoy? This show is about how weird and needy capitalism is getting. I’d like to take a break it but it won’t let me go.

Award-winning stand-up show from 'one of the smartest men in comedy' Scotland On Sunday

Ben Van der Velde: Barbarians

According to scientists every Eurasian man shares about 8% of his DNA with Genghis Khan, which makes us all part barbarian. A pretty sobering thought as you play on your i-Phone whilst sipping a skinny mocha-latte. If we really want to know about ourselves, probably best to find out about great-great-great-great-great-granddad Genghis first and see how much we’ve actually evolved since then. Big questions require big answers, and so long as you don’t equate big with accurate, you’re in for a treat.

7pm