Hi Nish, where are you? I'm standing outside my Edinburgh bunker about to have some food, before I do my show in 20 minutes.
How's your Edinburgh been so far? Crazy. I'm doing a play in the afternoon and my standup show in the evening, but there's all this stuff in between – I keep doing extra gigs because I find it hard to say no to people wanting me to perform to a room of eight people. I have no other skills, though. I'm quite good at Lego and Fifa, but they don't translate in the real world.
What's the best festival advice you've been given? Stop treating the festival like it's 25 individual New Year's Eve parties. That was from Kevin Eldon.
What's your poison? The elixir of hope.
And how many NYE parties have you managed so far? Everywhere's a party with me – I'm a factory of good times. No, I'm enjoying a more sedate pace this year. Plus, I'm 90% certain my parents will read this so I'll keep the coke and hooker binges under wraps.
But isn't doing embarrassing things with your parents part of your act? True. Once you've gone to see the film Shame with your father the Rubicon has been crossed. Maybe we'll go for a coke binge together.
What's the best thing about Edinburgh? It's a city that really respects and values a kebab. It's not just dog meat falling haphazardly on some salad.
And the most terrible? The crapshoot of not knowing how a gig will turn out. I once got chased off stage by a heavy-metal band.
Have you caught any particularly surreal shows yet? No, but I did see a man who owns a pizzeria, at 3am, beat the living daylights out of someone who was rude to one of his staff. He punched him five times in the face, then went back in and got his pizza. He fulfilled the order! That's dedication to customer service.
Nish Kumar is at Underbelly, Bristo Square, until 25 August.
