Paul Kerensa - Comedian & Writer

Aug 4th-28th - 'Paul Kerensa's 26' came to Smirnoff Underbelly, my and many others' favourite Edinburgh venue.

It's a stand-up show in real-time, and contains Jack Bauer-esque action, some split-screen antics, live algebra and a spot of counter-terrorism. If you're passing Scotland in August, come see me.

Click here for the full press release, and click here or here to book tickets.

'Kerensa', my surname, is Cornish for 'love'. So look through any Cornish songbook and you'll find 'All You Need Is Kerensa', 'Sowing The Seeds of Kerensa', 'I'd Do Anything For Kerensa But I Won't Do That'... Each night during the Edinburgh show, the audience were challenged to suggest their favourite Kerensa song. Many were suggested, but only lucky winner each show could be awarded a prize, which was chosen from Paul's Big Box of Free Prizes, which contained a selection of prizes I got or found for free (as the show's on a budget). Here's them lucky winners then, posted on th'internet for all to see and be jealous of whom...:

The following song titles were suggested between August 4th and 28th, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Show	Song Title	Winner's Name	Prize Chosen From Paul's Big Box Of Free Prizes...
1	Pride (In The Name of Kerensa)	Amanda	the Argos Catalogue
2	Kerensa Me Tender	Phil	a Thomson Local
3	I Was Made For Kerensaing You	Tim	Photo-Kwik envelopes
4	Kerensa Will Tear Us Apart	Steve	a Help The Aged pen, taken from an envelope they sent me
5	Kerensa Shack	Miriam	a copy of Three Weeks, a free Edinburgh newspaper
6	Kerensa Hurts	Mike	condoms, gotten for free at the local family planning clinic. Luckily 'Kerensa Hurts' had nothing to do with the prize, for which I am relieved.
7	Tainted Kerensa	Liam	a CD of driving classics from the Daily Mail about 6 months ago
8	Will You Still Kerensa Me Tomorrow?	Jill	a hot towel nabbed from a Chinese restaurant (no longer hot)
9	You've Lost That Kerensaing Feeling	Vicky	a water pistol, given out at Edinburgh's Fringe Sunday
10	I'm Not In Kerensa	Derek (good to know, Derek)	a free Sky TV offer (from the Radio Times: you get a month free or something)
11	Can't Buy Me Kerensa	Lauren	a Scots Dictionary, given away with that day's Scotsman paper
12	Kerensa Kerensa Me Do	Claire	a frisbee, found in a street just before the show, near a crying boy
13	Crazy Little Thing Called Kerensa	Dietrich	a handful of un-filled-in lottery coupons, from a petrol station
14	Puppy Kerensa	Chris	a Fringe Guide
15	Every Day I Kerensa You Less & Less (the only contemporary song chosen)	Dia	some broken sunglasses (and she gave me a kiss, and I blushed)
16	Can You Feel The Kerensa Tonight? (Dia from yesterday can, whenever she likes - still blushing)	Vicki	a copy of Metro
17	I Believe In A Thing Called Kerensa	James	a fortune-telling fish, that was properly rubbish
18	Kerensa In An Elevator	Rebecca	a phone book
19	What's Kerensa Got To Do With It?	Amanda	KFC vouchers
20	How Deep Is Your Kerensa?	Izzy	coathangers from the flat I was staying in
21	A Groovy Kind of Kerensa	Lee	a very old Wham bar
22	Let There Be Kerensa	Doug	a poncho from the walking tour of Macbeth, where they gave me a poncho, that I then gave to Doug (I don't know what he did with it from there)
23	It's Friday I'm In Kerensa	Gifford (good name)	negatives from the last set of photos I had developed
24	You Give Kerensa A Bad Name	Dave	a selection of takeaway menus, but also got as a final bonus prize about 800 posters and 2000 flyers for my then-finished fringe show

Thanks all! Great suggestions - hope you enjoy your prizes. Come back next year for more inexpensive tat.