I don't know if it's comedy, but...

The Comedy festival continues apace, with several excellent shows and some not so excellent. I really enjoyed Hannah Gadsby and Sarah Millican, and enjoyed most of Cardinal Burns.

But the show that is sticking with me today is Phil Nichol's "A Deadpan Poet Sings Quiet Songs Quietly". Nichol actually plays a character named Bobby Spade, who may occasionally be deadpan but is almost never quiet. I'm not sure I've ever seen a show that is more deliberately offensive, and I have never been in a...