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Sarah Campbell On ... Flyering Through the Scottish Weather

Finalist in 2008's Funny Women and regular writer for TV, Sarah Campbell is performing on the Free Fringe at this year's Festival. A Fringe veteran, she is all too aware of the perils of frontline of public promotion when combined with the notorious Scottish weather.

I was once persuaded to do a photocall on the Royal Mile dressed as a giant wedge of cheese. I agreed to do it only if I got to make the costume myself (I’m a lifelong crafter), but like most things in my life it turned out to be much, much harder than I thought. The cheese suit took me and my girlfriend eight hours, three rolls of fun foam, two rows and one tearful episode to make.

Despite the adversity I was actually feeling quite chipper when I got out on the streets - I had a plate of cheese and pineapple sticks that I was going to hand out, and I had even thought of a joke I could do - when the punter took at bite of the cheese I would scream “ow!”

The day came, the rain peed down, the photographers stayed away and the police told me it was illegal to hand out food to the public.

I had nowhere to leave the plate. Every so often some kind soul would venture out from under a shop awning, approach me and ask for a canape and I had to refuse them. 

Still it could have been worse. I had made the costume pointy end up, thus forming a natural roof for the rain to run off. The other way up would’ve been a complete disaster...

Sarah Campbell's 30 minute show, 27 Up can be seen at Laughing Horse @ The Hive, 5-28 August at 19.40

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