The Live Experience

## Basics

**Show Length on TOUR**: As a rough guide the first half of the show is 50 mins, then a break, and a second half of roughly 40 mins. It varies depending on how much (or how little) the audience laugh. Generally speaking if it starts at 8pm it’ll be over at 10pm. The first half will be most of the new sketches that premiered at the Fringe, the second have is a set list of older favourites, and wrapping up with the new show's *finale*.

**Show length at ED FRINGE**: these shows contain only new material and run for 55 mins.

**Age Suitability**: We recommend all our shows as over 14 accompanied by an adult. They do a **Family Show** as well each year in Vicar Street where the material is the same, the only difference is under 18s are allowed. Foil and Arms did do a **special child-friendly adaptation** of SkiddlyWup in 2015 at the Comedy Club 4 Kids UK.

## Press Photoshoots

These pictures are taken from their website gallery. The gallery still exists but its tab has been taken off from the website navigation menu to make room for a VIDEOS section.

## Stage Costumes

Read all about the iconic **waistcoat-braces-bowtie** combo on **this page**, devoted to the classic Foil Arms and Hog live show look.

## Show Titles

Ahead of the 2019 and (cancelled) 2020 Fringe, FAH decided to tweet a request for FAHns to come up with show titles, both on Instagram (16 Jan 2019) and Twitter (22 Jan 2019, 13 Jan 2020).

Our selection ***of suggestions for the August 2019 show (eventually Craicling):***

* Swine and Dine
* Oh Frail Smog - *an anagram of Foil Arms and Hog*
* Comedian Rhapsody
* Foil Arms and Hog: Wash
* Show Squealer
* Rib Tickling
* Pulled Pork🐖
* Craic Team
* Clingfilm leg-pig
* Pig Tales
* “At least it’s not on YouTube” 😂
* Inter-net people

And the excellent suggestion: "If Conor is willing to change his name it could be ‘Seánanigans’"

***Our selection of suggestions for the August 2020 show (eventually Hogwash):***

* Foil Arms and Hog: Warts
* Scratchings
* Snout and About
* Philanthropig
* Pigged Out
* Pigsty
* Hamming

They still went with their own creation for 2019 (Craicling), but in 2020 one FAHn had her idea from the previous poll adopted by the lads:

> Full credit for the name of our new show 'Hogwash' must go to @j\_leanne\_ If you could come up with some jokes for the new show Jess we'd be even more grateful
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As a thank you, she received a lovely name drop and a package full of merch in the post! Sadly, we will have to wait for Hogwash till 2022.

## Gig Clips & Fringe Trailers

**Visit this page to watch our selection!**

## Going to Gigs

**Tell us about your gig or M&G experiences!**

## Merch Hauls

**HAPPY MERCHMAS!!!** There's been a major upgrade in the merch department! Besides the sweatshirts and tote bags we already know and love, and of course the ESSENTIAL FAH DVDs and USB stick in a lovely wooden box, there's now a whole new range of clothing and some brand new items available. You might find them useful, or just decorative, but they're 100% FAH so get them while they're cosy!

As you can see from Hog's pics, Xmas Merch is in full swing... even though folding proves difficult! What a delightful mess of boxes and merch their office is! Wondering how they're gonna shoot sketches like this though.

Pictures from Instagram stories (posted on 1 Dec 2020). Check out more (hilarious & cute!!) Merch photoshoot pics in the online shop on their website!

Grey Mini Logo TeeTop Class Super Lovely Really Cuddly HoodieWe don’t know much about women but we do know they don’t like wearing unisex t-shirts. Introducing the 'Women's Tee'.Kids' DoomDah Tee: designed for children, by adults who act like children and feature our snazzy DoomDah logo.Tea Towels: double job it, work on your Dublin pronouns as you do the dishes. Ger up ourra dat ye good thing ya.Apron - “Clean as you go”, Mrs. Anne Flanagan’s sage advice to Oisín from our video Cooking with your Parents. The perfect gift for the Anne Flanagan in your life.DoomDah Print - Want it signed by Foil Arms and Hog? It’ll cost you an extra -35 cent.Notebooks To Write Things InGift Cards: the gift the keeps on giving… until the value of the voucher has been used.
Got yours delivered? Why not click the link below and share a pic of your merch haul with other FAHns! We're especially curious about how the women's & kids' tees fit, seeing as the lads haven't posed in them ;-)

**Click the pic to browse & post FAHn Merch Hauls!**
## Letters & Essays

Tell us what FAH & their sketches mean to you, your experiences from the audience or your opinion about their shows!

### Open letters to the lads

Want to share your **personal perspective** after discovering Foil Arms & Hog? Share them with fellow FAHns on the **FAHn Forever** page! Don't forget to sign your (user)name if you want to! Maybe the lads will read along... you never know!

### General Essays about their comedy

Have you had some **thoughts about their comedy style or content** in general? Then **The FAHcademy of Sketch Studies** is the page for you!

### What's in a Venue?

**An analysis by Kay**

After a conversation about was London the biggest UK Venue that Foil Arms And Hog have played, I decided to research Venues within the UK (excluding N. Ireland) that the lads have played over the years and what the capacity is (Original Twitter Thread here).

*Disclaimer, not all venues are mentioned as some have closed down, are under new management, have been refurbished or do not have a website.*

* Starting off with the Swines venues. Fun fact, The Eventim Apollo seats 3341. Out of 3341 tickets, only 54 are available. Tiny bit more advertising and it can hopefully be a sell out! (This was actually how this whole research thing started!)Go to https://twitter.com/Kayropermusic/status/1481385278162018304
* Moving onto Edinburgh Fringe Venues. Over the years, the lads have become more popular so the rooms have gotten bigger, the largest venue holding 900 people. If all 26 shows were a sellout, that’s 23,400 people seeing the new show!!!Go to https://twitter.com/Kayropermusic/status/1481385286873624581
* For Craicling, the Eventim and Manchester Apollo were also played. From what I can find, Manchester Apollo is the largest UK theatre they’ve played with London taking a close 2nd!Go to https://twitter.com/Kayropermusic/status/1481385295580958726
* Unfortunately, I couldn’t find all venues played for Oink, Doomdah or Skiddlywup, but these are just some of the venues played on these tours.Go to https://twitter.com/Kayropermusic/status/1481385304418402310
* Finally, the Best of Tour, the only show that had a proper tour poster with the venues on In 8 years, the venues have doubled in size. Just proves how popular Foil Arms and Hog really are!Go to https://twitter.com/Kayropermusic/status/1481385313188601864
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