My Festival: Andrew Maxwell

The voluble Irish stand-up who has brought his own volcano to the Fringe looks back on his many Edinburgh highs (and a smelly low)

What are you doing at this year’s festival?

I’m performing my show Krakatoa at the Gilded Balloon at 9.30pm. It’s a stand-up comedy show but it also has an interactive volcano. If anybody shouts Krakatoa, the volcano goes off. People have asked me why, and I’ve said because it’s the largest arts festival in the world. And I can.

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