10 Questions with... Sy Thomas and Simon Feilder

Monday, August 17 2009

Cheeky chaps Simon Feilder and Sy Thomas live together. Lord knows how life is like in that flat. Well, their show offers a wee glimpse...
























What is your show, Life of Si, about?
We should put the "official blurb” before we get distracted.
You mean just copy and paste it from the press release in a lazy way?
Exactly:

“Real-life housemates and comedians Simon Feilder and Sy Thomas are making their Edinburgh Fringe debut at the GRV this year with their show Life Of Si.

"Simon and Sy bring the essence of their London house to Edinburgh and recreate the highs, lows and co-habitation rituals of two men in their “late twenties” struggling to deal with life, love and the idea of behaving like grown-ups. Expect a heady cocktail of stand-up, sketches, videos and woefully misguided tomfoolery."

Put the website too.
Oh yeah, www.lifeofsi.tv

Why did you decide to do a show about this?
The thing about theatre is that the audience is really in charge.
Are you seriously writing that?
I wanted to try and sound professional.
I think the previous answer has already undermined those credentials.
You're probably right.
Just put that we live in a flat together in real life and our limited imaginations couldn't stretch beyond that.
Yeah, but I said we should do a show about a lonely dragon who inherits a helicopter.
Give me the keyboard.
Alright, I'm typing what you said...

If your show was a dog, what kind of dog would it be?
I should have saved my analogy for this question really.
I told you – it's like school – always read through all the questions first in case the last one reads “do not answer questions one to nine”.
Does that happen in real life though?
I once had it at a job interview for Goldman Sachs.
They are wily.
Tell me about it.
Beagle.

Complete this sentence: "If you like (blank) then you'll like my show"
We should say “MySpace” but I think that might send out the wrong signals and make our entire audience 14-year-olds WHO ONLY RITE LIKE THIZZZZZ OMG LOL!!!!!! =p.
That's how you write texts though.
Yeah, but only when I'm flirting.
Get on with it.
Ok, if you like jokes, videos, dancing, idiocy, haircuts and skinny-jeaned wankers, you'll like our show. And Facebook. Yep.

Is the Edinburgh Comedy Award important to you?
In as much as when it's announced I'll go, “I wish I'd seen some of those shows rather than chasing girls round town for four weeks.”
I think we're giving too much away here – you're ruining the mystique.
My mystique got ruined the day we arrived.
Should we put our phone numbers in this interview so hot girls can text us?
You're sick. What was the question again?
07980......

What is the most frightening thing about the Edinburgh Festival?
It's our first time doing a show up here so pretty much everything is scary at this point.
I'm going to miss all my favourite TV shows.
I don't think that should be a priority.
Yeah, but life in “The Hills” moves so fast.
Stop it – the scary thing is getting people to come and see our show when they don't know us from Adam.
Oh is he here too – maybe I could borrow his Sky Plus?
Sigh.

Which other acts would you recommend this year?
We are sharing a flat with these people so we should give them a shout out: Joey Page, Mould & Arrowsmith, Marcel Lucont. Also that group of actresses who were dressed in skimpy clothing on the Royal Mile.
You're not narrowing it down. What did it say on their t-shirts?
I wasn't looking at their t-shirts.
I thought you were.
Well, not that part.
Oh Christ, let's move on.

Any tips on where to get the best pie/pint in Edinburgh?
We're not qualified to answer this one. We've reverted to being students essentially.
Yeah, the Tron has pints for a pound and two meals for six pounds.
So it's a great place to take a date if you're not too sure and don't want to waste money.
We roll classy.

Sum up the festival in one word
Airwolf.


Life of Si is on until August 30 at 5.40pm at the GRV. Click here for tickets

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