Festival (2005 film)

Main characters and sub plots

• Faith arrives in Edinburgh to put on her one-person play about Dorothy Wordsworth. She finds companionship with Brother Mike, who is performing a show about paedophile priests, before eventually revealing himself as one.
• Tommy O'Dwyer - an Irish stand-up, who tries to seduce local radio host Joan Gerrard.
• Sean Sullivan - famous comedian. He antagonises many people, especially Gerrard and his fellow jurors at the Comedy Awards. His alcoholic assistant, Petra, feels particularly put-upon.
• Joan Gerard - local radio host covering the festival. An early argument with Sullivan during a live radio interview sets the tone for their antagonistic relationship. She is also a juror for the Comedy Awards. Sullivan taunts her during the discussion sessions because of her acquaintance with O'Dwyer, who is nominated.
• Nicky Romanowski - ambitious young hack comedian and Award nominee.
• Micheline Menzies - wife of an Edinburgh lawyer who is suffering from post natal depression, and runs off with a Canadian fringe festival actor Rick.