In May 2002 Jimmy had been at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival and I pinpointed this as been the first time he had met Sean Lock (here).

They met again, in August 2002, at the Edinburgh Fringe (here).

Across 2 evenings (16^th and 17^th) there was a fundraising event (Stonewall Scotland Gala) at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre. The Fringe programme (here) only mentions who had appeared previously and several sites (such as Chortle) had not listed Jimmy’s name.

The information that I think is most accurate was an advert that ran in the Edinburgh News on August 17^th. I suspect it was an ad that had been bought for a couple of print runs as it featured details for both gigs, despite 1 having already happened.

But as it was an ad on the 17^th about a show on the 17^th – I think it most likely to be accurate. And Jimmy had been added to the listing.

Directed by Mike Wilmot the shows both started at 8pm and featured (in the order that they were listed):

Friday August 16^th 2002

• Lee Evans
• Jeff Green
• Phil Kay
• Rich Hall
• Dave Fulton
• Jackie Clunes
• Daniel Kitson
• Omid Djalili

Saturday August 17^th 2002

• Julian Clary
• Sean Lock
• Adam Hills
• Tina C
• Dara O’Briain
• Puppetry of the Penis
• Lucy Porter
• Brendon Burns
• Jimmy Carr