The Edinburgh Interviews: Seven Questions With... Wendy Wason - MoodyComedy (original) (raw)

My best girlfriends I met at school in Edinburgh. I just sat next to them when I was 12 and that was that. 30 years later they still can’t shake me. We went away for a long weekend to Spain last month and talked as much as we did in class and we never run out of stuff to pick to pieces. In fact, my friend Emily is very thoughtfully having her second baby during the Festival so I don’t have to miss out on anything. Yes. It’s all about me.

5) What is the most tedious aspect of your day?

Getting up. That’s really tedious. When the alarm goes off I’m like: “Oh no, here we go,” and then I enter the wall of noise that is my house. The noise is quite extraordinary. The weird thing is that when the house is empty, the silence is even louder. I’m never happy. Maybe I could have them around and just put them on mute. I’d like that. I do love them, I’d just like to turn the volume down a little. I love a lie-in though. Sleep is my luxury.

6) What is your biggest drawback?

I can’t make a decision. I’m a nightmare. I’ve passed it onto my boys too. The kids only get sweets on a Friday and sometimes the sweet choice is too overwhelming they decide not to have any because they can’t choose. Apparently it’s called the Paradox of Choice. It’s an affliction. I went veggie for six years because I can’t decide what to eat in restaurants.

7) How do you see the Edinburgh Festival developing over the next few years?

I’m not sure. The first show I went to see was when I was eight and it was very much a hunting ground for TV companies to discover talent. Now, it’s a much bigger animal. There are big American stars coming over this year with Bill Burr, Louis CK and Amy Schumer, so it will be interesting to see what impact that has. The Free Festival is great for the festival too. It’s really mixing things up. We’ll see.

WENDY WASON BRINGS HER SHOW ‘TINY ME’ TO THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL