One person turns up to watch Fringe comedian

A comedian who went ahead with his Fringe show despite having just one person in the audience has become a hit at the festival.

Friday was the first day of Robin Grainger's run at the Edinburgh Fringe but when he went on stage he found a solitary man in the audience.

His decision to carry on was reported by a comedy critic and ticket sales for subsequent shows soared.

"I'm an optimistic guy, it was the first Friday – everyone was tweeting about busy audiences. I thought it would be fine," Robin said.

"My lovely tech operator Eric came to give me my two-minute warning and I asked how it was looking, and he winced. He said 'There's one'.

"I thought, he had paid his ticket and I've got a microphone and an ego, so I went for it."

Robin said that a tweet he posted about what happened has 250,000 views, adding that he has had a lot of support from the comedy community and "a lot of hugs".

His performance the following day was almost sold out.