Eleanor Morton

Edinburgh native Eleanor Morton will feel at home at the Festival as she takes her new hour of silly, ukulele-backed fun to The Stand.

Hello. How are you today?

I’m fine thanks, how are you guys? Just watching Forensic Files with my flatmate

Are you ready for another month of Edinburgh Fringe action?

I think so. Ready enough. I could be rehearsing my show, but Forensic Files ain’t gonna watch itself. I still need to get flyerers, but that’s mostly cos I can’t bear to part with another £300

At this stage, how closely does your programme blurb match the content of your show?

Noooott veerrry. Lots of promised material has changed. But in essence it’s still the same, and I’d be pretty surprised if anyone complained.

What are your tips for getting people to see your show?

Pay obscene amounts of money to have your face on buses and…

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July 31, 2015

Eleanor Morton’s top 5 plagues of all time

I take you on a magical tour of disease

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Eleanor Morton has emerged this year as one of our favourite comedy acts around, with an endearing, awkward quality that is fun and silly and other great things.

She’s heading up to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with her new show Allotted Mucking Around Time, which says will feature heavily with rats.

I used to have a rat. His name was Indy, and he was lovely. Which is why I’m glad to present Eleanor’s favourite plagues, and explain how they were not all entirely down to the lovely fluffy things.

Ahhh disease. Long thought to be bad for us, disease has shaped history, culture and even fashion for the last two thousand years. And who is normally blamed the spread of dirt, filth and illness? It’s our humble friend, the rat. Since my show features my own run-ins and relationships with rats, I thought I’d give my rundown on the…

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July 28, 2015