Tackling the Q&A today is Josh Jones

What’s the best bit of advice you’ve been ever been given from a seasoned comic? 

Don’t listen to other comics.

And what has proved to be the least useful? 

Another comic gave me really bad directions once and I got on the wrong train.

Is there one thing that keeps cropping up when people talk to you about Edinburgh in August? 

I just keep making plans to go out for food.

What’s your favourite word that begins in ‘e’? 

‘Ermmmm’.

Most of my early stand-up is proper crap

Is there one act you absolutely HAVE to see in August? 

The main thing I want to go to is the Edinburgh Dungeons. I love the Dungeons: the actors are class.

Picture yourself in early September: what would constitute a successful Fringe for you? 

Not being skint. 

What percentage of your early stand-up performances is likely to appear in your Fringe debut? 

A handful of jokes but not much; most of my early stand-up is proper crap.

Which other new comedian do you feel a special kinship with? And do you reckon it’s reciprocated? 

Lily Phillips. I know she got sent this form, so if she didn’t say me, I am going to kick off.

Which side of your family do you get your funny bones from? 

My parents split up when my mum was pregnant with me. If I answer this question and they see it, then they will think I’m picking sides.

What will you do to keep fit and healthy (relatively speaking) during August? 

Cry.

Which word of six letters or more will crop up the most in your Edinburgh show? 

‘Dyslexic’.

Josh Jones: Waste Of Space, Pleasance Courtyard, 3–28 August, 8.30pm.