Tell us about your show. Why should we go and see it?
My show is about my ‘drawrings’ because that’s how I pronounce it. I’ve just graduated! I now have a degree in fine art. I’ve always done a bit of drawing but now I’m doing lots more, on canvas and cardboard and plywood and gallery walls and massive windows but mostly still on paper. In my show I’ll be telling the stories behind my drawings, like two dogs trying to run a chip shop, a man who makes friends with jelly or the fun you can have hiding from fish while also chipping in a bit about my time at university learning to be a proper artist; but all a bit more chaotic than that perhaps sounds.
What are your hopes and dreams for the Fringe?.
I’d like to enjoy it, I’d like to be funny, and I’d like to make a little money.
What makes you laugh?
I like cartoons, ‘Bob’s Burgers’, ‘Rick and Morty’, ‘Futurama’ stuff like that.
What three words best describe your performance style – and why.
Daft – because I never worked out how to grow up. Happy – because I’m happier performing than mostly anything else. Bastard – because I love a good swear.
How will your audience think/feel differently after an hour in your company?
I wouldn’t presume to know the answer to this question, but I hope they’ll feel suitably entertained and think that I’m an alright person who’s probably quite a good laugh when you get to know him.
What kind of shows – apart from your own – are you looking forward to seeing at the Edinburgh Fringe?
Mostly funny ones with my mates in but I’d also like to see some thought-provoking strangeness and crazy physical comedy leisurely spread across the entire fringe although in reality I’ll probably try and squeeze the majority of my viewing into the last five minutes before I go home.
The cost of living is a big issue this year – will it make this Fringe more challenging?
Not really as I’m getting used to having fuck all.
What do you predict will emerge as the big themes of this year.
Probably Moon people and ghosts who live in shoes.
Who is your showbiz idol and why?
I’m not much into showbiz idolatry but I do think that Jane Elliot is great because, to quote the City of Decatur website, she ‘exposes prejudice and bigotry for what it is, an irrational class system based upon purely arbitrary factors’. Why not check her out?
What is your idea of a perfect Fringe moment?
A room full of wonderful people. Lighting up, laughing, letting me be, setting me free.
Seymour Mace Does Drawring
13:20
The Stand
August 3 – 27
https://www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/1619/seymour-mace-does-drawring
