As you might expect there are many different one-man comedy shows at the Fringe; often the stand outs are those that offer something different.  Olly Hawes’ F**cking Legend is one of these. A one man show at the Pleasance Courtyard Bunker. this contains some interesting ideas that sets it apart.

It is a story of a man who wakes up in the morning and looks at his well-organised sock drawer. Editor’s Note: She has never met a man with a well-organised sock drawer and remembers a survey of men in Cosmopolitan in the 1970s asking what was the one thing men wanted their women to do more of? Pairing socks was the answer. So this is a jolly good starting joke!

The Man is going to the airport to go to a stag do, he is excited being with his mates, there is the prospect of drinking and drugs and maybe he’ll score with a woman this time.  He’s been to quite a few stag does and has a few more in his diary.

As the story unfolds Olly explains the thoughts of the Man, his life and uncertainties and his approach to women.  He is in a steady relationship with children, but he dreams of uncomplicated submissive sex. In his dreams he is a lad, a macho man and sex god but who probably uses chemicals to complete the sex act.