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VENUE DETAILS

We list shows for 14 different venues in this year’s brochure. For more information, visit www.edcomfest.com ASSEMBLY

PLEASANCE

Assembly Hall

Mound Place EH1 2LU | T. 0131 623 3030

Pleasance Courtyard

Assembly George Square

Pleasance Dome

Assembly Roxy

4 5 6

George Square EH8 9LH | T. 0131 623 3030 2 Roxburgh Place EH8 9SO | T. 0131 623 3030

1 Bristo Square EH8 9AL | T. 0131 556 6550

GILDED BALLOON

Assembly Inverleith Allotments

West Gate, East Fettes Avenue EH4 1DN | T. 0131 623 3030

Assembly St Marks

Gilded Balloon Teviot

Assembly Royal Botanic Gardens

Gilded Balloon at Third Door

Cambridge Street Lane, Edinburgh EH1 2DP | T. 0131 623 3030 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR | T. 0131 623 3030

Teviot Row House, Bristo Sq EH8 9AJ | T. 0131 622 6552 45–47 Lothian Street Edinburgh EH1 1HB | T. 0131 622 6552

JUST THE TONIC

UNDERBELLY 7

60 Pleasance EH8 9TJ | T. 0131 556 6550

Underbelly, Cowgate

(Entrances on Cowgate & Victoria Street) 56 Cowgate, EH1 1EG | T: 0844 545 8252

Underbelly, Bristo Square

Just the Tonic at The Caves

Niddry Street South, Cowgate EH1 1NS | T. 0131 556 5375

Just the Tonic at The Tron

9 Hunter Square EH1 1QW | T. 0131 556 5375

Underbelly, Bristo Square, EH8 9AL | T: 0844 545 8252

USEFUL NUMBERS

CREDITS

The Fringe Box Office T. 0131 226 0000

National Rail Enquiries T. 0845 748 4950

Edinburgh International Festival T. 0131 473 2000

Edinburgh Airport T. 0870 040 0007

Project Manager Chris Perkin

Edinburgh Military Tattoo T. 0131 225 1188

Traveline (Buses) T. 0871 200 2233

Design & Production Heehaw Digital | www.heehaw.co.uk

Edinburgh Book Festival T. 0845 373 5888

Central Radio Taxis T. 0131 229 2468

Cover Design Anna Popova Print Garnett Dickinson Print Ltd Festival Portal Development Richard Jarmain

Tourist Board T. 0845 225 5121

GENERAL INFORMATION Booking Fees

Booking fees vary between venues and booking method. For more information on booking fees please call venue box office, check the website or ask before booking.

Terms and Conditions

Concession prices (where listed) are available to children under 16, students, registered unemployed, Young Scots/Stage Pass holders, Senior Citizens and those claiming disability allowance, unless otherwise stated. Proof of status must be shown when purchasing tickets and collecting tickets. Tickets are non-exchangeable and non-refundable. All credit card bookings must be collected at least 20 minutes before the performance start time. Venues will post tickets up to 19th July. It is not possible to admit latecomers to performances. The Venue Management reserves the right to alter the published programme and to refuse admission. All seats are unreserved. Due to licensing restrictions within the Gilded Balloon, there is no admission after 10pm for 15’s & under. 16-17’s are only admitted after 10pm with a valid show ticket.

HOW TO BOOK

You can book any show in this brochure by visiting www.edcomfest.com ASSEMBLY

PLEASANCE

GILDED BALLOON

BY PHONE

0131 623 3030

0131 556 6550

0131 622 6552

Call the Assembly box office now between 10am and 6pm Monday to Saturday until 30th July and between 9am and 11.30pm from 1st to 27th August.

Call the Pleasance Box Office from 10th May to 31st July 10am to 8pm Monday to Saturday and 12pm to 6pm on Sunday. From 1st August 9am to 10pm (daily).

Call the Gilded Balloon Box Office Pre Fringe between 10am to 8pm Monday to Saturday and 12pm to 6pm on Sunday. From 1st August 9am to 10pm (daily).

ONLINE

www.assemblyfestival.com

www.pleasance.co.uk

www.gildedballoon.co.uk

IN PERSON

Assembly George Square EH8 9LH

Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance EH8 9TJ

Teviot Row House, Bristo Square EH8 9AJ

Visit Pleasance’s main Box Office from 30th to 31st July 10am to 6pm then 1st to 27th August 9am to Midnight.

The Box Office will be open from 1st of August. Opening hours: 10am – 1am from 1st – 27th August.

Visit Assembly’s main box at Assembly George Square from 18th July to 27th August. This box office will be open from 10am until 10 minutes after the last performance’s start time.

Assembly Hall, Mound Place EH1 2LU This box office will be open 1st - 27th August from 10am until 10 minutes after the last performance’s start time.

Pleasance Dome, 1 Bristo Square EH8 9AL

Assembly Roxy EH8 9SU

This Box Office will open from 1st August to 27th August from 10am to 01:30am.

This box office will be open 2nd - 27th August from 10am until 10 minutes after the last performance’s start time.

SELF SERVICE BOX OFFICE Box Office is open from 1st August 10am to Midnight.

UNDERBELLY BY PHONE

0844 545 8252 Call the Underbelly Box Office Pre Fringe between 10am 6pm Daily. From 1st August 10am - 11pm daily.

ONLINE

www.underbelly.co.uk IN PERSON

Underbelly, Cowgate

FAST TRACK TICKET BOOTH Box Office is open from 1st August 10am to 10pm.

JUST THE TONIC BY PHONE

0131 556 5375 ONLINE

www.justthetonic.com IN PERSON

56 Cowgate, EH1 1EG (Entrances on Cowgate & Victoria Street) From 2nd August 10am - 1am daily.

Just the Tonic at The Caves, Niddry Street South, Cowgate EH1 1NS

Underbelly, Bristo Square

Entrance through the Rowantree Bar, on Cowgate. From 4th August, daily, (except 17th) 11.30am – 12.30am.

Underbelly, Bristo Square, EH8 9AL | T:0844 545 8252. From 1st August 10am - 1am daily.

FACEBOOK

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Contents ACCESS

Venue information

While a great deal of investment has been made in our facilities, our theatres are fitted almost solely for the Festival. We make adjustments to give reasonable access but we are aware that there are still some services we cannot provide, as well as areas where improvements still need to be made. We will continue to upgrade our facilities and would welcome your comments and advice. Much of this provision is new, so we advise you to arrive early, and to let us know you are coming.

Assembly

Wheelchair Access

Wheelchair accessible toilets are available at all venues. Wheelchair access is available at all venues with the exception of the following theatre spaces: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Assembly Hall Baillie Room Assembly George Square Box Assembly George Square One Assembly George Square Two Assembly Inverleith Allotments Assembly Roxy Upstairs Assembly Roxy Downstairs Gilded Balloon Balcony Gilded Balloon Billiard Room Gilded Balloon at Third Door Pleasance Attic Pleasance Cellar Pleasance at Essential Edinburgh Underbelly Dairy Room

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Underbelly, Cowgate – Belly Dancer, Beer Belly Bar and Cow Cafe are fully accessible including accessible toilet. All other venues have steps and restrictions. Please call 0844 545 8252 to discuss specific requirements. Just The Tonic at the Caves – Just The Big Room is fully accessible including accessible toilet. All other venues have steps and restrictions. Please call 0207 255 6136 to discuss specific requirements.

Please inform the venue box office at the time of booking if you are a wheelchair user and we will assist you in every way possible. • • • •

Assembly Gilded Balloon Pleasance Underbelly

T. 0131 623 3030 T. 0131 622 6554 T. 0131 556 1513 T. 0844 545 8252

access@assemblyfestival.com boxoffice@gildedballoon.co.uk info@pleasance.co.uk boxoffice@underbelly.co.uk

Gilded Balloon

p10

Pleasance

p12

Underbelly

p16

Just the Tonic

p20

Fringe shows Theatre

p21

Dance & Physical Theatre

p48

Children’s Shows

p51

Cabaret & Spoken Word

p56

Music

p60

Musicals, Operas & Exhibitions

p65

Edinburgh Comedy Festival p66

Induction Loops

Induction loops are available at the following venues. Please arrange in advance as headsets are subject to availability: • •

Pleasance Dome Pleasance Courtyard

Shows at a glance All shows listed by time

p140

Signed Performances

For signed performances, please check individual show entry pages for details or check our websites for more information.

SHOW INFORMATION LISTED FOR EACH ENTRY 2 FOR 1 6&7

Available for 6-7 August only

ELIGIBLE FOR A SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST AWARD

EUROPEAN PREMIERE UK PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE 00:00 ALL TIMES FOLLOW THE 24 HOUR CLOCK

Shows advertised as starting between midnight and 6am are listed against the previous day.

Index All shows listed by name

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THE BEST OF THE FEST George Square Theatre

Three & Club Bar

Assembly George Square

One & Two

Story Tell South Africa

George Square Bar

Three Food

Salon Elegance

WAK

VENUES Spiegetent Teatro Salon Elegance

Caravan

Bosco Tent

George Square Theatre One Two Three WAK

Info Desk Screens will be showing the Olympics in the Gardens.

BARS

Spiegel Garden Bar

Spiegeltent Teatro

Club Bar George Square Bar George Square Theatre Bar

Box Office

Welcome to the wonderful world of Assembly 2012 and our 32nd year of presenting at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Our line up this year is magnificent playing to Assembly’s strengths – a mix of International Theatre alongside Comedy and almost every other form of performance you can imagine. The programme is led by two Cultural Olympiad Seasons: Russian presented in association with Derevo; and South African. I came to the Festival from university in South Africa 35 years ago and it is a great pleasure to be working with some of the country’s greatest theatre makers from the Baxter Theatre Centre and The Fugard Theatre in Cape Town, The Market Theatre in Johannesburg as well as work from the Grahamstown Festival, with plays including Athol Fugard’s Statements After An Arrest Under The Immortality Act, a new version of Mies Julie, to Woza Albert plus brand new comedy and music. This is joined by a line up of the Best of the Sydney Fringe. At the same time as looking abroad, there is a feast of great work from Scotland and all the UK. The ever inventive Gerry Mulgrew joins us with his great Robert Burns musical Tam O Shanter and Frozen Charlotte’s sweet children’s show Paperbelle comes to us with support from Made In Scotland. If you are after truly physical performance be astounded by the new gem of this year – Knee Deep, performed by Casus, which is made up of performers from the Festival hit Circa! Or for Circus on a grand scale we have Mother Africa, football high jinx with Hi-Kick from Korea and some of the best dancers from television’s dance reality shows with Flash Mob. In the midst of this Comedy abounds with the likes of Jim Jefferies, Frisky and Mannish, Al Murray, Mark Watson, Andrew Maxwell, Adam Hills, Marcus Brigstocke, Greg Proops, Mark Little, Des Bishop, Des Clarke and a great mix of Americans with the return of the Pajama Men and Rick Shapiro and welcoming rising stars Kumail Nanjiani, Rory Scovel and Drennon Davis.

Music and dance from the heart of Cuba with The Bar at Buena Vista, the truly inventive and popular Baby Wants Candy, musical comedy Re-Animator, The Magnets and Mike Oldfiels’s Tubular Bells for Two performed as you’ve never seen it before. And of course who could forget our hit Scandinavian acapella group from last year – Fork. Giving you something for the whole family, start your day with Fringe favourites Hairy Maclary, Dr. Bunhead, or The Amazing Bubble Show. For those of you who can’t decide head for Best of the Fest, our truly great blend of the best late night Comedy, alongside our Daytime version that blends arts forms, or try our new late-night, Variety, led by Miss Behave that celebrates this inventive world. We also have the return of the Scotsman Best of the Fest, presenting the best 4 and 5 star shows across the Fringe direct from the reviewers of The Scotsman . All this and more taking place within our three festival hubs - Assembly Hall George Square - and our new home at the Roxy. In total this year we will be running fourteen theatres. And, of course, Assembly’s joyous world centres around our Spiegel Garden in George Square. To find out more information please visit us at our website assemblyfestival.com. Let me end with thanks – to my wonderful team who create this incredible world – to the University whose support is magnificent – to the performers and companies that gather from around the world and to you the public who we do it all for. Edinburgh’s Festivals combine to make the best live event in the world. Don’t miss this Arts and Entertainment party beyond compare.

WILLIAM BURDETT-COUTTS WWW.ASSEMBLYFESTIVAL.COM

@ASSEMBLYFEST

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STAFF LIST Artistic Director .........................................................William Burdett-Coutts Managing Director ..................................................Guy Hornsby General Manager....................................................Margaret Moll PA to Artistic Director ...............................................Judith Murrell Business Development Manager.........................Kim Acland Programme Manager/Producer ..........................Michael Harris Associate Producer .................................................Lauren Storr Best of the Fest Programmer .................................Amy Shirlaw Programme Consultant ..........................................Heather Ruck South African Season Intern ..................................Inka Jaroszynski Operations Manager ..............................................Nik Whybrew Finance Manager ....................................................Ben Dart Deputy General Manager......................................David Sloan Finance Assistant .....................................................Jana Hradcova Technical Director ....................................................Ruari Cormack Assistant Technical Director ...................................Pete McCabe Technical Administrator ..........................................Gillian Richards Head of Sound .........................................................Douglas Martin Head of Lighting .......................................................Paul Lim Assistant Head of Sound ........................................Martin Craig Assistant Head of Lighting .....................................Alex Lynn Site Manager ............................................................Gareth Baston

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Head of Press ...........................................................Kelly Fogarty Press Manager ........................................................Leigh McGrane

Main Hall

Quad Bar

Marketing Manager ................................................Rachel Kinchin Marketing Consultants ...........................................EMG – Will Maidwell

Rainy Hall

Head of Box Office ...................................................Louise Acheson

Baillie Room

Bar Manager ............................................................Simon Donne Assistant Bar Manager...........................................Maya Vuckovic Assembly Hall Production and Site Manager ...............................Dominic Rozendaal

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All our supporters over the years. Special thanks to Judith Doherty. Chris Barnes, Lorna Brain, Caroline Fraser and Ruth Fisher at Edinburgh First. Professor Timothy O’Shea, George Boag, Rab Calder and all at University of Edinburgh. Steve Cardownie, Veronica Ross, James Doherty, Malcolm Kennedy, George Russell and all at City of Edinburgh Council. All at Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade. Bill Scott and all at Edinburgh Central Library. Kath Mainland and all at Festival Fringe Society. Graeme Arnott, Sean Doyle, Derek Marr and all Caledonian Heritable. Charlie Palmer, Grace Ayres and all at Channel 4. Michelle Rynne and all at Magners. Chris and Mike Haywood at Haywood & Company. Tony Davey, Ann Russell, Will Tatam, Jose Ferran and all at Red 61. Brian Cleary and all at Sigma Safety. Paul Roughton and all at Stage Electrics. Steve Ullathorne. Jane Healy and all at Red Letter Design. Tom Dearden and all at Wedge Digital. Chris Perkin. Eddie MacNaughtan at Big Byte. Neill Wurmel and all at Hee Haw. Paula Bushell and all at Scotland on Sunday. Chris Fleming, David Graham, Ed Lawlor, Jules Laver, Rebecca Austin, Jonathan Mills, Christopher Richardson and David Michel. William Burdett-Coutts, Margaret Moll and all at Assembly. Karen Koren (our surrogate mother), Sharon Burgess and all at Gilded Balloon. Anthony Alderson and all at Pleasance.

Head Farmers Operations Moonager Festival Producer Production Moonagers Programmer Producer Head of Press Head of Marketing Marketing Assistant

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Ed Bartlam & Charlie Wood Sarah Fleming Marina Dixon David Watson & Kenny Easson Fiona McCurdy Stephen Makin Fraser Smith Tim Groves Vikki Mizon

Bar & Catering Manager Office Manager

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Box Office Moonagers

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Abattoir Host Finance

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Associate Director

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our moo-vellous programme! 10.30am - 12noon

John Peel’s Shed by John Osborne P23 Life Is Too Good To Be True P23 Bye Bye World P23 Deckchair Diaries: The Durham Revue P96 Zombie Prom P69 Graters: Julian Ignores his Friend... P69 Tiddler and Other Teriffic Tales P53

12noon - 1pm

Horse & Louis: The Curse of… P72 Double Edge’s Spring Awakening P28 Double Edge’s Apples P24 Razing Eddie P25 The Fantasist P26 Anne Edmonds in My Banjo’s Name is Steven P70 Graham Rex P70 Bob and Jim: Go P70

1pm - 2pm

Slapdash Galaxy P28 Jay Foreman’s Mixtape P73 Sad Faces Remember it Differently P73 The Night of the Big Wind P29 Letter to the Man (From the Boy) P28 You Obviously Know What I’m Talking About P30 The Magician’s Daughter P55 George Ryegold’s God-In-A-Bag P75 Chris Corcoran & Elis James: The Committee Meeting P74 E4 Udderbelly Podcalf 2012 P72 Gareth Morinan: Truth Doodler P74 Jessica Pidsley’s I Can Make You Thin(k) P75

2pm - 3pm

Satan’s Playground P34 The Man Who P36 Double Edge’s Almost Nothing To Do With Frogs P35 The One Hour Plays P76 The Static P35 Jessie Cave: Bookworm P77 Old Vic New Voices: Chapel Street P35 The Prize P36 The Early Edition P75 Fran Moulds: Significant Human Error P77 Hennessy and Friends: A History of Violence P77

3pm - 4pm

NOLA P37 Through the Looking Screen P80 Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventure… For Kids! P63 Punch P38 The Dog-Eared Collective P80 Tumble Circus: This Is What We Do For A Living P38 Kaput P77 Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus P37 Rachel Stubbings is Stubbing Out Problems P77

4pm - 5pm

8pm - 9pm

Discover Ben Target! P87 Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventure… For Kids! P63 The Oxford Revue: Prattle Royale P82 Old Vic New Voices: Bitch Boxer P38 Old Vic New Voices: Strong Arm P40 Swamp Juice P41 Hervé: A Collection of Songs, Dances and Stories P40 Matt Forde: Eyes to the Right, Nose to the Left P82 Lights! Camera! Improvise! (The Scat Pack) P86 Shirley and Shirley Unleashed P83 Gráinne Maguire: Where are all the Fun Places... P83

EastEnd Cabaret: Notoriously Kinky P58 Sound & Fury’s ‘Doc Faustus’ P109 Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice P46 The Beast P46 Musical Comedy Awards Showcase P114 Shlomo: Ministry of Mouth P63 Heath Franklin’s Chopper P114 One Man Star Wars P46 One Man Lord of the Rings P46 Richard Herring: Talking Cock - The Second Coming P111 Pete Johansson: Utopian Crack Pipe P113 Naz Osmanoglu: Ottoman Without an Empire P108 Vikki Stone: Hot Mess P110 Nish Kumar: Who is Nish Kumar? P112

5pm - 6pm Old Vic New Voices: Glory Dazed P42 Bad Bread: 2012: The Survival Guide P89 Leads and Stern P87 Old Vic New Voices: One Hour Only P43 Mark Grist: Rogue Teacher P56 The Great Puppet Horn P89 The Vocal Orchestra P61 Laurence Clark: Inspired P89 Benny Boot: Def-con 4 P89 Catriona Knox: Hellcat P90

6pm - 7pm The Pride P44 Helen Arney: Voice of an Angle P95 Mark Nelson: Under the Radar P98 Deckchair Diaries: The Durham Revue P96 Double Edge’s Flames Over New Jersey P44 Luke Wright: Your New Favorite Poet P56 A Real Man’s Guide to Sainthood P44 Sammy J and Randy: The Inheritance P94 Alfie Brown: Soul For Sale P96 The Lonely One P45 Craig Hill: Jock’s Trap P102 Tom Thum: Beating the Habit P62 Susan Calman: This Lady’s Not For Turning Either P93 Totally Tom P98 Basic Training P94 Alistair Barrie: Urban Fogey P98

7pm - 8pm Claudia O’Doherty: The Telescope P106 Paul Foot: Kenny Larch is Dead P104 Tiffany Stevenson: Uncomfortably Numb P107 Catie Wilkins: Joy is My Middle Name P106 Barry Morgan’s World of Organs P101 Cabaret Whore: Her Finest Hour P57 Shane Koyczan: Talk Rocker P56 Jim Campbell: Nine-Year-Old Man P99 The Funeral of Conor O’Toole P103

9pm - 10pm Doctor Brown: Befrdfgth P117 Sexytime! P121 Jonny & the Baptists P118 Tenderpits P46 Luke Toulson: Luke Who’s Talking P118 Truth P121 Michael Winslow: Noizeyman P124 Paul McCaffrey: Pills’n’Thrills and Bellylaughs P121 Armageddapocalypse: Threat Level Dead P121 Iain Stirling: Happy to be the Clown? P123

10pm - 11pm Marcel Lucont: Gallic Symbol P128 Bourgeois & Maurice: Sugartits P58 Shlomo: Ministry of Mouth P63 Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year P130 Foil Arms & Hog: Late Night Sketch Comedy P128 A Guide to Second Date Sex P47 Oyster Eyes Presents: Some Rice P128 Tom Cottle’s ‘These Twisted Folk’ P132 Anthony Rapp: Without You P65 Felicity Ward: The Hedgehog Dilemma P126 Dana Alexander: Breaking Through P130 Movin’ Melvin: Me, Ray Charles and Sammy Davis Jr P63 Tania Edwards: Killer Instinct P132

11pm - 12midnight Guilt & Shame: Up All Night P136 Briefs P59 Voices in your Head P135 Eleanor Conway’s Midnight Rumble P137 Garrett Millerick: Sensible Answers to Stupid Questions P133

12midnight onwards Boom Boom Club P59 Spank! P138 The Late Show P138 Spanktacular! P139

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Old New Voices, Ideas Tap and Underbelly present a season of excellent new writing at Underbelly Cowgate

B*tch Boxer

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2-13 & 15-26 August at 4pm

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Herve

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STRONG ARM

by Luke Barnes

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Theatre

| DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE - DAILY COVERAGE OF ALL THE FESTIVALS

10:00 (11:00)

ASSEMBLY GEORGE SQUARE | ONE

Kaya Dreams

Kaya is one of the most prestigious dream interpreters in the world. His consultation is sought by celebrities, dignitaries and leaders. His approach is both inspiring and touching. His unique technique emerged during a period of living like a hermit, giving his full attention to the study and interpretation of his dreams. Kaya developed an extraordinary capacity to interpret dreams, tapping into ancient wisdoms which he has documented and translated in his books that are bestsellers in many countries. Can our dreams help us? Come to discover the power of dreams. This is THE must see show of the fringe.

White Room Theatre

Three brilliant good morning breakfast feasts of delicious 10-15 minute playlets from exciting new international playwrights with coffee, croissant and strawberries. “One of the most important shows you’ll see at the Fringe” Daily Record *****, Fringe Review ***** - Brighton, Edinburgh and Adelaide, WhatsonStage *****, Carol Tambor Award Shortlist, ThreeWeeks Editor’s Award Nomination. Observer/Guardian Picks of the Fringe. Each menu contains a mix of great comedy, eccentricity and the odd drama - all hand-picked from some of the world’s most exciting and new writing talent.

kayadreams.com | Facebook: KAYAOFFICIALPAGE | Twitter: @KAYA_OFFICIAL

£11 (£10)

PLEASANCE DOME | QUEENDOME

THE BIG BITE-SIzE BREAKFAST SHOW

KAYA- DREAM INTERPRETER

£5 £9 (£8)

10:30 (11:30)

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10:00

£7.50 £10.50

6&7

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

11:00 & various (1hr)

INVERLEITH ALLOTMENTS

£11.50 S

11:00-19:00 (20mins hourly)

PEEP

Don’t miss this Scotsman Fringe First 2011 winner, returning to the Fringe for one week only! Join Edinburgh company Nutshell for a cuppa, a homemade scone and a moving tale of sibling rivalry played out in the earth of a real allotment. Performed outside whatever the weather - come prepared!

Seek out the PEEP show box, where award winning Natural Shocks present an exclusive experience- three short plays about sex run on the hour, every hour in the Festival’s most intimate venue. Featuring writers Pamela Carter and Kefi Chadwick, directed by Donnacadh O’Briain, PEEP lets you sit alone in the dark and watch others do the work. Note: There are three variations of this show running at different

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electrifying… O’Briain’s production generates an intense, interrogatory intimacy INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ON ‘THE EARLY BIRD’,

real poignancy…witty and sympathetic  THE LIST darkly humorous…wonderfully alive  THREE WEEKS S

times during the day. Check website for details.

www.nutshelltheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @NutshellTheatre

Natural Shocks

Show times: Tuesday - Friday 11.00, 12.00, 13.00 Saturday & Sunday 16.00, 17.00, 18.00

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | COURTYARD

ALLOTMENT Nutshell

£6 S

6&7

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

11:10 (12:20)

ASSEMBLY ROxY | CENTRAL

THE TWO MOST PERFECT THINGS Words and Music Theatre Company

Celebrating the lives and careers of Noël Coward and Ivor Novello. Recognised as the most dazzling entertainers of their glamorous age, their lives intertwined professionally and personally for over thirty years, while at the top of their profession in theatre, film and musicals in the West End and on Broadway. Using their own words, unforgettable music and some imaginary meetings, four singer/ actors and a pianist look back at these two remarkable men. We discover the true story of ‘The Master’ and ‘The Governor’, their extraordinary careers and their legacy to the theatre.

£6.50 F

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6&7

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11:15 (12:15)

ASSEMBLY ROxY | DOWNSTAIRS

CAPTAIN FERGUSON’S SCHOOL FOR BALLOON WARFARE by Isaac Rathbone

Enlist with the Captain! Inspired by true events surrounding WWI, this solo-performance blends classical storytelling and multimedia projections as audiences find out what it takes to spy on Kaiser Wilhelm at 1,500 meters. Sound crazy? It is. www.captainferguson.com

At once triumphant and tragic, it gives the evening gravitas... NEW YORK POST £8 £10 (£9) F

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THE EDINBURGH FRINGE SURVIVAL GUIDE: LIVE!

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PLEASANCE BYTES The Pleasance Theatre Trust

Pleasance’s hit series of live audience recordings where journalist Mark Fisher ask leading actors what makes a great performance. Available on iTunes.

Mark Fisher

Top actors, comedians, producers and publicists share secrets about staging a successful Fringe show with the author of Methuen Drama’s celebrated guide. Join Mark Fisher, the ‘perfect host’ (ThreeWeeks), for a lively insight into the world’s most thrilling festival.

www.pleasance.co.uk | Facebook: ThePleasance | Twitter: @ThePleasance

Fisher...the perfect host  THREE WEEKS Unique insight to life behind the Fringe EDFESTMAG.CO.UK

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A wonderfully practical but also inspirational book full of good advice. GUARDIAN £4 (£3) F

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SEEING DOUBLE: VISION

Armed with a video-link to spy on next door’s rehearsal room, this modern farce follows a production team desperately trying to market their new show as circumstances conspire against them. Sister show to Seeing Double: Vision.

Julio Buenaventura, supposed theatrical visionary extraordinaire, and his dysfunctional cast rehearse for the show of the decade, unaware that their actions are being transmitted to the production team next-door. Sister show to Seeing Double: Figures.

www.greenlighttheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @GreenlightTheat

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Greenlight Theatre

£8 (£7)

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SEEING DOUBLE: FIGURES Greenlight Theatre

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JOHN PEEL’S SHED BY JOHN OSBORNE Show And Tell

Six shows only. After a total sell-out Edinburgh 2011, sixty-date tour and acclaimed Radio 4 adaptation, John Osborne’s debut storytelling hour returns for its last ever performances. In 2002, Osborne won a box of records that took eight years to listen to. johnpeelsshed.com | showandtelluk.com | Twitter: @show_and_tell

Beautifully-written, funny and poignant.  SCOTSMAN

I could have listened for hours ★THE INDEPENDENT £10 F

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LIFE IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE / BYE BYE WORLD

11:40 (12:55)

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CANDIDA

What is the role of truth in contemporary (pop) culture? An energetic journey through the lies we tell; Stephen Glass, group therapy, pink ribbons, Lady Gaga, and cinematic nightmares.

White Heron Theatre Company

Smart and funny as described by the American press, this nineteenth century comedy is as contemporary as any play running today. Candida is a funny, fun, fast-paced and sophisticated look at 19th century feminism. A preacher’s wife in 1890’s London, Candida finds herself the object of a young suitor’s ardent passion, much to the consternation of her socialist, preacher husband. Shaw tests the limits of love and passion, jealousy and commitment and captures the humorous and poignant plight of a Victorian housewife whose wit and charm make her irresistible to men. Seventy-five delightful minutes of Shaw at his best.

Bye Bye World (15 – 26 August) Gehring & Ketelaars | Frijling It’s possible. You could just disappear. Close the door, never to return. Escape. Reinvent yourself. Start anew. Winners of the Dioraphte Best of the Amsterdam Fringe Award 2010 and 2011. www.frasercannon.com

A beautifully crafted tale of the desire to reject one’s accumulated existence ARTSHUB Beautifully performed AUSTRALIAN STAGE Best of Amsterdam Fringe EMBASSY OF THE NETHERLANDS, FRASER CANNON PRODUCTIONS & STUDIO DUBBELAGENT

www.whiteherontheatre.org | Twitter: @WhiteHeronTC

£8 £10 (£8) F

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Life is Too Good to be True (2- 13 August) Het Geluid

£6 £8.50 (£7.50)

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11:45 (12:30)

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THIN ICE

A DVD of an obscure British TV costume drama is planned. The creative talents behind the abysmal Mrs Milliner assemble after fifteen years to record the audio commentary. The contents warning on the box ought to read: Contains intense bitterness, graphic squabbling, and mild irreverence towards hats.

Total Theatre Award nominees Shams return North to Greenland, 1940. Daniel sits frozen to death in a tiny hut. Richard and Laura arrive too late to rescue him. As the body thaws, deadly secrets surface. Powerful, darkly comic thriller and wartime love story. What are you prepared to die for?

Lynne Truss’s writing is deliciously rich in plot twists and character surprises. Sharp observation is happily married to a bracing sense of the ridiculous. DAILY TELEGRAPH Beautifully observed… Truss is simply a huge talent.

www.shams.org.uk | Facebook: timewontwait | Twitter: shamsthinice

THE LIST

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Real theatrical swagger LYN GARDNER, THE GUARDIAN ON REYKJAVIK Disconcerting, absorbing and very moving (on Reykjavik)

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Shams | Time Won’t Wait | Escalator East to Edinburgh

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HELL’S BELLS BY LYNNE TRUSS Pleasance/Lynne Truss/Simon Scullion

£10 (£9)

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AN AUDIENCE WITH THE DUKE OF WINDSOR - BOB KINGDOM

Dyad Productions

Richard Jordan Productions Ltd in association with Assembly

Who was the real Edward, Duke of Windsor and who ‘chaperoned’ Wallis in New York? Fringe First winner and legendary Edinburgh performer Bob Kingdom’s explosive new play tells the real-life behind-the-scenes story of one man’s dilemma between love and money.

After The King’s Speech and W.E. Kingdom’s new play completes an important missing piece in the enduring and enthralling story of Edward, Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson BBC RADIO £5 £10 (£9)

In the unquiet, stygian darkness between life and death, a lone, haunted woman tells chilling tales of the macabre and terrifying, illuminating the curious frailties of human nature… The Victorian fascination with tales of mystery and the supernatural created an enduring legacy of Gothic fiction; but it is often the male writers that we remember. Many thrilling and eerie stories from the great female writers of that era have gathered dust and been forgotten. Until now. This dark celebration of female gothic is adapted and performed by Rebecca Vaughan (Austen’s Women, I, Elizabeth). Directed by Guy Masterson (Morecambe). www.dyadproductions.com | Facebook: DyadProductions | Twitter: @dyadproductions

Nothing short of breathtaking…you won’t see too many one-woman shows as good as this  ADELAIDE THEATRE GUIDE ON AUSTEN’S WOMEN A truly breathtaking experience. An absolute masterclass. I can’t recommend this highly enough  FRINGE REVIEW ON I, ELIZABETH Comic, poetic, thoughtful & polished. Highly recommended  FRINGE REVIEW ON THE DIARIES OF ADAM & EVE

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Theatre of the Damned and Bare Bawds Theatre

An old man sits rotting in a run-down care home. As his mind slowly fragments, a fear he thought long buried begins to drag itself from the earth. Hitchcockian psychodrama meets the supernatural tradition of M.R. James in a terrifying modern haunting from the masters of theatrical horror. www.theatreofthedamned.com | Facebook: theatreofthedamned Twitter: @theatreofdamned

Clever and well-pitched drama that hits you where it hurts: the nerves and the pit of your stomach. WHAT’S ON STAGE

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HORRIBLE HISTORIES - BARMY BRITAIN

6&7

£11.50 (£10) F

12:00 (13:00)

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DOUBLE EDGE’S APPLES

Birmingham Stage Company

Testosterone-fuelled teenagers explore what it is to be young in this explosive piece of original dance theatre: by turns comic, tragic, beautiful and daft. Through a web of interlocking stories, the onslaught of teenage life provokes a daunting, traumatic and strangely necessary journey. The show is accompanied by an original stomping soundtrack from up-and-coming composer Tom Recknell and was devised by the company under the direction of Rebecca Steel. Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional. Part of Double Edge’s 21st Anniversary Season: ***** (Bent), ***** (Journey’s End), ***** (Kassandra) www.doubleedgedrama.com

£8 (£7) F

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PLEASANCE DOME | KINGDOME

We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So it’s time to prepare yourselves for HORRIBLE HISTORIES live on stage! Have you ever wondered why the Romans never won MasterChef? Has William Wallace met his match? Would you lose your heart or head to Henry VIII? Don’t miss this history of Britain with the nasty bits left in!

THE LIFE AND SORT OF DEATH OF ERIC ARGYLE

www.barmybritain.com

Eric Argyle is having a bad Sunday. It’s late, he’s cranky, he’s still in his pyjamas, and he died at 11.42am, two days ago. A new tragicomic play from writer Ross Dungan and the 2011 Fringe First Winning company 15th Oak Productions.

Bloody, marvellous stuff! Hilarious!  DAILY EXPRESS As gleefully vulgar as a Roman poo stick!  DAILY MAIL Is this the way to teach children history? Too right it is!  TIMES

15th Oak Productions

www.15thoak.com

Fringe First Winning Company 2011  SCOTSMAN An accomplished, sensitive young writer, who creates dramatic scenes of human interaction IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINE £8 £10.50 (£9.50)

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TAM O’SHANTER

Communicado in co-production with Horsecross Arts and Assembly

Tam O’Shanter is the wildest of nights out. Based around the famous poem and incorporating other Robert Burns material, we learn the tale of Tam’s gloriously drunken evening. The break-neck ride through the storm, a scene of supernatural debauchery inside Kirk Alloway and the final, terrifying chase through the woods. With over twenty songs, live music, a strong visual style and a large cast of the best Scottish actors, dancers and musicians, this is a show of outrageous hilarity, death-defying rhyming, anachronisms and short skirts. Government Warning: This show may be nuts and contain laughter in excessive doses. Created and directed by Gerry Mulgrew. Part of Made in Scotland 2012. www.communicadotheatre.co.uk | www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com

A production full of punk swagger GUARDIAN

Ensure that it is seen the length and breadth of the land THE TIMES

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THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS

12:15 (13:30)

ASSEMBLY HALL | RAINY HALL

STATEMENTS AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT BY ATHOL FUGARD

Townsend Productions and Unite Scotland

The Fugard Theatre, Izinja and Assembly | South African Season 2012

A new two handed version of Stephen Lowe’s original adaptation, based on Tressell’s classic book. The story follows the lives of a group of painters and decorators and their struggle for survival in a stagnating Edwardian England. Forever relevant and provoking, this gem of absorbing humorous theatre, with its dazzling array of characters, is first class irreverent entertainment. www.townsendproductions.org.uk | Facebook: facebook.com/ragged. trousered.philanthropists | Twitter: @raggedtour

…witty, fast-paced, hard-hitting THE MORNING STAR £8 (£6.50) £11 (£9) F

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RAzING EDDIE

Set in apartheid South Africa, where relationships across the colour bar were a criminal offence, a black man and a white woman meet secretly, in the library, to make love and share their hopes and fears.

Horizon Arts with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

Eddie is a bad lad. He wants to be good. Can he change his destiny and find true love? Disturbing and heart-breaking, this unrelenting look at 21st Century culture shows how a moment of madness can make or break a young life. This explosive and provocative new play explores casual violence, broken hearts, family loyalty and restless ghosts.

Discovered, arrested and charged under the infamous Immorality Act this is a compelling and deeply moving love story where the naked lovers expose not only their bodies but also their deepest longings for personal and emotional freedom. Part of the South African Season. Please note: this production contains nudity throughout. issuu.com | www.assemblyfestival.com | Twitter: @AtholStatements

www.razingeddie.com | www.horizon-arts.co.uk

Script, performances, direction; this is as good as South African theatre gets. SUNDAY

The UK’s hottest young theatre company BBC Quite astonishingly accomplished 

INDEPENDENT (SOUTH AFRICA)

Gripping. Petersen gives Fugard’s words wings. DIE BURGER

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (ON HEROIN(E) FOR BREAKFAST)

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A Comedy about Productivity

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DINING ROOM

Scamp Theatre

Scottish family man Andy loses his job, starts a business, and brings down the entire world economy. Sharp, funny satire from the team behind 2011’s The Overcoat (***** Scotsman).

When an agony aunt reaches 60 she can jump off a bridge or get on stage. Virginia explains free drugs, fun funerals, sex (or better still no sex!) makes this the best time of your life.

www.ryhmateatteri.fi | Facebook: ryhmateatteri | Twitter: @ryhmateatteri

www.scamptheatre.com | Twitter: @scamptheatre

Enjoyable manuscript, enjoyable directing! KALLIOLAINEN Action-packed twists and clever acting HELSINGIN SANOMAT

This doyenne of Fleet Street delivers her observations with precision, style and wit. Her writing is beautiful, funny, sensible and smart – and her show, directed by The Young Ones’ Nigel Planer, is an absolute delight. SCOTSMAN

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VIRGINIA IRONSIDE: GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY

Produced by Ryhmateatteri, coordinated by Ace Production

£5 £10 (£9)

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PLEASANCE DOME | 10DOME

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UNDERBELLY, BRISTO SQUARE | THE DAIRY ROOM

US BEEF

THE FANTASIST

Wanted: Meatbox Incorporated door to door Meat Salesman. Required: Great sales technique. Good presentation. Willingness to become implicit in the crimes of a rapacious multinational corporation. Hard Rock Vocals preferred. Apply within.

A seductive stranger opens a fantastical world to a tormented woman. But everything comes at a price… By turns touching and humorous, dark and surprising, Theatre Témoin presents a stunning exploration of bipolar illness through a collision of puppetry, original music and physical theatre.

Missing String Theatre Company

Theatre Témoin

www.missingstringtc.com | Twitter: @MissingStringTC Facebook: pages/Missing-String-Theatre-Company/316789228370200

www.theatretemoin.com | Facebook group: Theatre Témoin Twitter: @Theatre_Temoin

Astonishingly powerful  FRINGE REVIEW Raw genius  THE PUBLIC REVIEWS £5 £8.50 (£7.50) F

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THE DEATH OF CHATTERTON

MY ELEVATOR DAYS

Desire, deception and intrigue… Henry Wallis’ painting is the inspiration for this thrilling and irreverent new comedy by Tim Norton, that reveals the truth behind England’s most enigmatic and misunderstood Romantic poet. With a cast of over 40, the Pleasance’s own “breathtaking” ensemble (Scotsman) present a spectacular production that spans the 250 years from Chatterton’s death to the present day.

*Elderly Gentleman Seeks Companion. For Conversation, Only. Previous confidents include: his Mother; Kafka (a dog); Grace Kelly (the Belovéd and Greatly Missed); Enok (an elevator); and Diana (a strictly handsoff sex-worker turned would-be dog-walker). Hobbies: gate-crashing funerals and weddings. Says: “I’m not afraid of dying, but it’s nice if someone misses you. Or at least remembers that you once existed.” Bengt Ahlfors’ exquisite monolgue has been a permanent fixture in the Helsinki repertoire since 2006 and is widely produced throughout Europe. It comes to the Edinburgh Fringe in a translation by Henning Koch.

Young Pleasance

Svenska Teatern co-ordinated by Ace-Production

Performing at 14:00 between Aug 3-5 and at 12:25 between Aug 6-18

www.ace-producton.com

Young Pleasances high energy production is an absolute gem  BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE Young Pleasance is extraordinary  BROADWAY BABY brilliant and enviously talented  FRINGE REVIEW Incredible SCOTSMAN £5 £8 (£7) F

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Beneath a surface bubbling with laughter, My Elevator Days quietly breaks your heart. ANNA MAGAZINE, HELSINKI

… seduces us shamelessly… HUFVUDSTADSBLADET, HELSINKI … a polished diamond with edge, depth and radience… SARA MAGAZINE, HELSINKI £5 £9 (£8)

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SOLDIERS’ WIVES

WOULD BE NICE THOUGH...

War does terrible things, leaves scars both visible and invisible.

A site-specific performance in a real working office, those crucial moments before THAT job interview. Join other hopefuls in this head-to-head environment of matching stationary. Keep you selfworth intact and your nerves under the table. You’ll never see the recruitment process in the same light.

Odd Comic (Holly Bodmer and Dot Howard)/Escalator East to Edinburgh

Jermyn Street Theatre

Jermyn Street Theatre, Winner of The Stage Award for Best Fringe Theatre 2012 presents iconic TV star Catherine Shipton (Duffy in Casualty) in this World Premiere by critically-acclaimed writer Sarah Daniels (Royal Court, NT).

www.oddcomic.co.uk | Facebook: oddcomic | Twitter: @OddComic

Five wives fight their own battles as they wait for their men to return from Afghanistan unharmed. When a front-line incident ricochets through their lives, each woman is forced to confront painful truths. www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk

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FAT

JUBILATE!

Follow a queer wheelie’s surreal journey along the River Thames in a quest to find a fat man, eat some spaghetti and live happily ever after. Pete Edwards uses distinctive movement, projected imagery and spoken text to explore desire and sexuality, and challenges society’s view of attractiveness and sexual fantasy.

Anna, the vicar’s wife, has it all. Anna has sex 2.4 times a week. Anna has all the answers. An agony aunt by inclination as well as by profession, her self-belief unshakeable, she enmeshes herself in the lives of the needy women of the parish, with terrible and unexpected consequences.

www.petetheartist.co.uk | Facebook: peteedwards.theartist Twitter: @petetheartist

HENLEY STANDARD

Pete Edwards | Lakeside Theatre | Escalator East to Edinburgh

Rosalind Adler

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£5 F

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | ABOVE

THE SILENCER - DAVID CALVITTO

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BABY GRAND

£10 (£9)

12:45 (13:45)

Winners of the ‘Les Enfants Terribles’ Award 2012, Magpie Puppet Co make their Edinburgh debut with Mathias Malzieu’s bittersweet tale. Don’t miss this production for adults and young people alike. www.magpiepuppet.co.uk | Twitter: @Jimmy_Grimes Facebook: Magpie-Puppet-Co/174335559280335

On the coldest night Edinburgh has ever seen, a frozen child is fitted with a cuckoo-clock heart. But it’s no fairytale for little Jack; his makeshift heart means he can never ever fall in love.

Supported by Red Rose Chain Film & Theatre Co.

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a single performer gifted enough to rivet an audience

Magpie Puppet Co

Be careful who you fall in love with. Be more careful who falls in love with you. Gogol’s Diary of a Madman meets American Psycho in Rachel Neuburger’s darkly funny new play. Acclaimed NY director Michael Sexton (NY Public Theater, NYTW) directs Fringe First winner David Calvitto in a journey through the West Village of hopeless romance, midlife crisis and paranoid psychosis, bringing a whole new twist to the boy-meets-girl, boy-descends-into-madness kind of tale.

£11 (£10)

THE BOY WITH THE CUCKOO CLOCK HEART

Leo Lauer, Richard Jordan Productions and Broken Watch Theatre Company in Association with Pleasance

£5 £10 (£9)

12:45 (13:35)

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PUNCH & JUDY

UNCOUPLED

The original comedy of a serial killer. Humans replace puppets in this darkest of comedies tracing the descent into riot: what happens when one man decides the rules of society do not apply. A show to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the tradition, its absurd hilarity and horrifying reality. To see what happens when Punch becomes all too human. Not suitable for children: has it ever been?

To their friends they are the perfect couple. But scratch a little below the two kids, cars and conservatory and there’s twenty-six years of coping with a husband whose interest in sex went from girly mags to a full-scale internet porn addiction. How can Suzanne please a husband who needs something that a real woman just can’t give? Marriages can survive an extra-marital fling – but a thirty-a-day habit?

Tea Break

Richard Bickley | Craven Image Theatre

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EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENED Based on the Stories of Jonathan Safran Foer

Inhabiting a world somewhere between Woody Allen and Samuel Beckett this hilarious and heartbreaking new piece based on the stories of Jonathan Safran Foer is about love, family, silence the gap between what could have happened and what actually did.

A children’s tragedy. Wedekind’s savage, beautiful masterpiece: adolescence, education and sex examined in a stripped-down, physical staging with searing new choral music. Almost never performed by actors of the correct age because of its shocking content, Spring Awakening features an ensemble of 14 year-olds in a physically dynamic interpretation. Hair-raisingly exciting theatre of the first order. Part of Double Edge’s 21st Anniversary Season: “The acting is…extraordinary” (Scotsman on Kassandra)

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A certified literary wunderkind TIME MAGAZINE ON FOER

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SLICE BY MEL GIEDROYC

Two brothers embark on an epic journey across the galaxy. Shadow puppets in space! Buckle in and tear open your imagination for this year’s new adventure from acclaimed Canadian performer Jeff Achtem following ‘Sticks Stones Broken Bones’ (Best PuppetryAdelaide Fringe 2011) and ‘Swamp Juice’ (Total Theatre Award Edinburgh 2011).

Slice is a play about cake. Mel Giedroyc’s debut play is a sweet yet darkly comic tale of Mothers and Daughters and ...Cake! Three sisters convene in the house of their dying mother and as the recipe for Victoria Sponge is played out and the cake is baked before our eyes, so the dark regrets, secrets and grievances that only sisters can hold are revealed.

www.bunkpuppets.com | www.scamptheatre.com | Twitter: @scamptheatre

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LETTER TO THE MAN (FROM THE BOY)

Les Enfants Terribles with Wales Millennium Centre, Luton Hat Factory

Pilot Theatre

From Saturday morning cartoons and comics through to first crushes and first hangovers. Ever wish you could write a letter to your future self? Award winning Pilot Theatre bring you punk poet Henry Raby’s show about what was important in life and why it still should be. Honest, comic and anarchic spoken word for anyone who still gets told they should grow up. www.pilot-theatre.com | Facebook: henryrabypoetry Twitter: @henryrabypoetry

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ASSEMBLY GEORGE SQUARE | THREE From the award-winning team behind The Terrible Infants, Ernest and the Pale Moon and The Vaudevillains, comes a new play inspired by the true story of a miner who became entombed in a tunnel during World War One. As the horror threatens to engulf him, he discovers another world beneath the mud and death. Setting off on an epic journey of salvation, the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur as he questions what’s real, what’s not and whether it even matters? The Trench blends Les Enfants Terribles acclaimed brand of physical storytelling, verse, puppetry and live music from Alexander Wolfe.

EDUCATING RONNIE

Produced by macrobert and Utter in association with HighTide

‘Brother, I need £20 to stay in school. Help?’ Compelling true story of Joe meeting Ronnie in Uganda and a decade of giving. A provocative exploration of charity, friendship and how good intentions can become guilty burdens.

www.lesenfantsterribles.co.uk | Facebook: pages/Les-Enfants-Terribles/165826413458025 | Twitter: @LesEnfantsTerr

Created by Joe Douglas and Gareth Nicholls. Part of Made in Scotland 2012.

A talented company with a very sure sense of its own distinctive storytelling style. GUARDIAN A company very adept at showing how physicalised story-telling is at the heart of some of the best theatre around. THE STAGE A must see for anyone who loves exciting and imaginative theatre 

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LOVE CHILD

THE NIGHT OF THE BIG WIND

In Joanna Murray-Smith’s modern Australian masterpiece a daughter meets her biological mother for the first time. Often humorous, always passionate, as the play unfolds the women grapple with questions of love, grief, feminism, ownership and belonging . All Australian cast. Winner, Advertiser and Critic’s Circle Best In Fringe Wk2, Adelaide Fringe.

One night, a small fishing village in Ireland is hit by a terrifying storm. Accompanied by live music, beautiful puppetry and innovative props, Little Cauliflower tell a tale of a young boy’s battle against the weather.

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Early Worx in theatre and art and Higher Ground Inc. present

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AND THE GIRLS IN THEIR SUNDAY DRESSES

Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna

The Market Theatre and Assembly | South African Season 2012

Can a one night stand last a lifetime? In her eyes, he’s a mistake. A mistake who keeps turning up at parties. In his eyes, she’s perfect. He’s short-sighted. An achingly funny romantic catastrophe of good intentions and bad timing. www.richmarsh.com | #DGLS

Richard Marsh’s dazzling love-gone-wrong show Skittles  THE TELEGRAPH (ON SKITTLES) Pure pleasure… comedy gold  SCOTSMAN (ON DAD’S MONEY)

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PLEASANCE DOME | 10DOME This remarkable production stars two of South Africa’s most acclaimed comediennes as a vain and well educated prostitute and a fiery domestic worker. Trapped in line for four days and in spite of their backgrounds, the two women develop an unlikely friendship as they come to understand and confront what they are really waiting for.

AS YOU LIKE IT

As Told By in Association with Greenwich Theatre

In the decade of decadence following the Great War, Rosalind and Celia flee from the confines of returning normality to an illicit, underground speakeasy. In the 1920s, amidst the intoxicating liquor and roaring jazz, commences a game of disguise, trickery and love.

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Hugely entertaining SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, SA They charm and cajole the audience and have them eating out of their hands by the end of this sparkling play. ABRAXUS Alternating between high drama and high comedy… serves as a timeless and valuable lesson to any government at any time. CITYPRESS

From the critically acclaimed company that brings you ‘Macbeth’ (C Venues) comes this innovative interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies. www.astoldby.co.uk | Facebook: astoldbyproductions Twitter: @AsToldByTheatre

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BIG SEAN, MIKEY AND ME

CAMILLE CLAUDEL

Join Big Sean Connery, Hibs Boys, sadomasochistic Irish girls, American randoms, London metrosexual weirdos and wee radge Edinburgh wideos on this dark comedy journey with a heart.

A touching, humorous and captivating story of art and love. Paris, Belle époque, sculptor Rodin takes a talented young girl under his wing, but Camille wants a name of her own. They start a passionate affair that will give birth to world famous works of art but may well threaten the girl’s sanity. From the makers of The Last Days of Gilda and award-winning show Frida Kahlo:Viva La Vida!

Ruaraidh Murray

Gaël le Cornec | Footprint Project

www.ruaraidhmurray.co.uk Facebook: Big Sean, Mikey and Me

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A slice of true Edinburgh class. IRVINE WELSH

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SIMPLE MATTERS

Written and performed by DeeDee Stewart

Ines Wurth Presents | A Dreamawake Production

In 1978, her mother, newly widowed, moved the family from Wyoming to North Carolina. Spinning tales on scarlet fever, scotch over ice and girls gone wild, DeeDee Stewart puts the “fun” back in dysfunctional. www.deedeeslivingwill.com | Twitter: @deedeestewart73 Facebook: dirtybarbieandothergirlhoodtales

Brilliantly written and performed. CVILLE WEEKLY Wildly funny...every moment is earned and rings of truth. DOUG GRISSOM, OFFSTAGE THEATRE

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DINING ROOM In times of social upheaval, when faced with economic, political, and spiritual uncertainty, historically society has always turned to the clown for perspective. Well... here we are ! Sorry if we’re a little late. Without red noses, five clowns from four countries take you on a journey through the miraculous unraveling of everyday life, dancing on the ridge between the absurdity of our current reality and a really good time. Ensemble created and directed by alumni from Cirque Du Soleil, Dell’ Arte School, and The San Francisco Clown Conservatory. This surreal refined ridiculousness is beyond a theater show, this is live action cartoon. A must see for all those that love to laugh and created for those that need to most.

THE LAD HIMSELF

Treason Productions and Boundary Events

A gleefully exuberant and reverential tribute to the comedy of Tony Hancock and the writing of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Written by award winning play write Roy Smiles, author of Pythonesque and Ying Tong - A Walk With The Goons.

www.la2edinburgh.info | www.simplematters.com

Directed by Paul Hodson, writer and director of Meeting Joe Strummer and director of international success Fever Pitch. Also starring Mark Brailsford founder of Brighton’s legendary The Treason Show, as Tony Hancock, The Lad Himself.

Hilarious! There’s nothing like it! MICHAEL KANG OF STRING CHEESE INCIDENT That may be the strangest thing I’ve ever seen! JOHN PERRY BARLOW (AMERICAN POET AND FORMER LYRICIST FOR THE GRATEFUL DEAD)

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The Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass trust and The Royal British Legion

How It Ended Productions | Escalator East to Edinburgh

A joyous theatrical experience about those days when if anything can go wrong, it will and inevitably at the worst possible moment. Welcome to an extraordinary day in the life of Winfield Scott Boring. Combining hilarious comic scenarios and deeply poignant visual sequences, this is an unforgettable tale that celebrates the topsyturvy nature of life. www.howitendedproductions.com

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | BILLIARD ROOM Performed by those it happened to and taken from the personal experiences of wounded, injured and sick Service personnel, this is a darkly comic, authentic and uplifting tale of survival. The Two Worlds of Charlie F. is a soldier’s view of service, injury and recovery. Moving from the war in Afghanistan, through the dream world of morphine induced hallucinations to the physio rooms of Headley Court, the play explores the consequences of both physical and psychological wounds, and the effects on others as the soldiers fight to win the new battle for survival at home.

BOTALLACK O’CLOCK Third Man Theatre

Botallack O’Clock by Eddie Elks, a new black comedy inspired by the life and death of the artist Roger Hilton CBE. Botallack O’Clock is a funny, moving and thought-provoking journey into the creative mind of one of the most unique voices in post-war British art. Nominated: BEST FRINGE SHOW 2011 TIME OUT AWARDS. WINNER: SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE AWARD 2009 for Third Man Theatre’s Stalag Happy

www.bravo22company.com | www.masterclass.org.uk | www.britishlegion.org.uk

Powerfully affecting – Gripping. The authenticity of verbatim drama and the saltiness of barracks–room humour with the finesse of something more lyrical  THE TELEGRAPH The first time real – life Service personnel have appeared on stage to tell their own stories. It makes for an evening of rare, raw power.  THE INDEPENDENT

Botallack O’Clock is a stunning miniature; surprising, profound and very very funny... a phenomenal and uncompromising performance from Dan Frost.  TIME OUT CRITICS’ CHOICE £7 F

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PERLE

Q Brothers | Chicago Shakespeare Theater | Richard Jordan Productions | in association with Pleasance

Dancing Brick

With one performer and his television, Perle is a ‘live comic book’, about a young father coming to terms with loss, told through illustration and live action. Verity Bargate Award Winners, Arches Brick Award Winners, Two-time Total Theatre Award nominees. Thomas Eccleshare is the writer-in-residence at Soho Theatre. www.dancingbrick.net | Facebook: dancingbrick | Twitter: @dancingbrick

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BENEATH A fresh urban take on Shakespeare’s tragedy spun-out, smashed up and lyrically rewritten over original beats by the Q Brothers, America’s leading re-interpreters of Shakespeare through hip-hop. They return to Edinburgh following their award-winning international tours of BOMBITTY OF ERRORS and FUNK IT UP ABOUT NOTHIN’. Tony® Award-winning Chicago Shakespeare Theater is one of the USA’s leading producing organisations dedicated to creating productions that unlock Shakespeare’s work for the broadest possible audiences. OTHELLO: THE REMIX was the sold-out hit of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad’s Globe to Globe Festival and now plays Edinburgh as part of its World Premiere season.

HAND OVER FIST

Festival Highlights and the Comedians Theatre Company

Hannah Eidinow directs Dave Florez’s dark, redemptive monologue about lost love and Alzheimer’s. From the team behind 2011’s Scotsman Fringe First winner ‘Somewhere Beneath It All’. www.festivalhighlights.com | Twitter: @festhighlights Facebook: festivalhighlights

Opening with the DJ blaring… this is Shakespeare’s tragedy, though not as you may remember it.  GUARDIAN Highlight of the London 2012 Globe to Globe Festival LONDON EVENING STANDARD The show is a triumph from beginning to end  TELEGRAPH

Eidinow guides us through the shifts in tone, peeling back the layers of Florez’s script that muddies fact and fiction beyond recognition.  METRO Engaging and unpredictable.  FEST £6 £10 (£9) F

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HighTide Festival Theatre/Escalator East to Edinburgh

Mark Fiddaman and Lucien Young

Agnes is always trying to help, but never herself. A funny, wistful story about the messiness of living. Starring Abi Tedder (“effortless perfection” ***** Varsity), Anything But won the prestigious Harry Porter Prize for comic playwriting, judged by Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner Tim Key. www.anything-but.net | Twitter: @AnythingButPlay Facebook: AnythingButPlay

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GILDED BALLOON | THIRD DOOR Steven Atkinson directs Luke Barnes’ fizzing Liverpudlian coming-of-age drama.

A DONKEY AND A PARROT

HighTide Festival Theatre is a new-writing powerhouse, championing this new generation of outstanding playwrights and producing their work with partners including the National Theatre, Old Vic, Bush Theatre, Soho Theatre, Headlong, to the West End, and internationally with the Public Theater New York and the Australian National Play Festival.

Sarah Hamilton

Sarah brings to life 16 characters to tell a story passed down in her family for over 300 years. It is an epic tale of escape, secret plots, swashbuckling adventure, dizzy first love, negotiations, potions and humanity.

A National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England. www.hightide.org.uk | Facebook: HighTideFestivalTheatre | Twitter: @_hightide_

SOLD OUT Adelaide and Melbourne.

A stunningly good production.  SCOTSMAN (ON FRINGE FIRST 2010 WINNING LIDLESS) Sharp, irreverent and fresh. (On HighTide) THE TELEGRAPH It’s hard to believe that HighTide has only been running its annual theatre festival for six years. It’s already punching far above its weight. GUARDIAN

Facebook: adonkeyandaparrot | Twitter: @donkeyparrot

Jaw-dropping theatre... captivating from start to finish.  ADELAIDE MAGAZINE Quirky, witty, and charismatic  FRINGE REVIEW £5 £8 (£7) F

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Spontaneity Shop/Pleasance Theatre Trust

It’s late 2014 and Britain’s coalition government has only six months left to run. The Conservative Prime Minister and his Liberal Democrat Deputy haven’t spoken for months, the economy has flat-lined and government MPs are threatening to defect right, left and centre. Having sold off his party HQ, and with his time running out, Lib Dem leader Matt Cooper makes a series of last desperate gambles to save the party he loves. A fast-moving comedy satire starring Thom Tuck as Matt Cooper, Phill Jupitus as Sir Francis Whitford, Conservative minister without portfolio, Jo Caulfield as Angela Hornby, Liberal Democrat chief whip and Simon Evans as Richard Macintosh, the prime minister. Written by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky. www.coalition-play.co.uk | Facebook: coalitionplay | Twitter: @coalitionplay

Witty, fast-moving and hugely enjoyable ... a terrific script. DAVID HAIG, INDEPENDENT £7.50 £13.50 (£12.50)

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ENDURE: A RUN WOMAN SHOW

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ExTERMINATING ANGEL - AN IMPROVISATION

Melanie Jones

Endure presents one runner’s marathon as a metaphor for life’s losses and triumphs. Follow along outdoors on a journey through Edinburgh parkland that’s at once immersive, gorgeous, raw, poetic, hilarious and honest.

Future Ruins

runwomanshow.com | Facebook: runwomanshow | Twitter: @runwomanshow

Hot from a sold-out tour comes this highly acclaimed improvised black comedy about a dinner party that never ends. Both hilarious and terrifying, this new play is improvised afresh for every showing, making each performance a unique and unrepeatable event.

A show as beautiful as the setting it unfolds in. 

www.futureruins.co.uk | Twitter: @futureruinsltd

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Exterminating Angel is a gem...wonderfully funny, oddly uncomfortable and increasingly sinister  WHATSONSTAGE.COM

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MARTIN DOCKERY: WANDERLUST

To act or not to act? That is the question! Guy Masterson’s (Stage Best Actor 2001) hysterical new work. 50 year old actor, down on his luck, attempts to reverse his fortunes by doing a solo play: Hamlet, uncut, all the parts! He’s sold everything. His wife’s left him. Failure’s not an option. It’s 35 mins before curtain up and he’s unravelling. Will he even make it to the stage?

An anti-story barreling towards an anti-climax, Wanderlust is the exhilarating, hilarious, & true tale of a man trekking to Timbuktu and searching for an Epiphany. Any Epiphany at all. Best of Fest: Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg. Adelaide Critics Circle Award. “A tour de force.” Orlando Sentinel. “Dockery is OMFG funny.” Star Phoenix, Saskatoon. “Astounding.” Toronto Eye Weekly.

Writer: Richard Dormer (Hurricane) Director: David Calvitto (The Event)

www.MartinDockery.com

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A masterful storyteller  THE HERALD SUN, MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL, AUSTRALIA Hilarious... A wild trip!  THE CBC £6 £9 (£8)

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Theatre Damfino

Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town in association with the South African State Theatre and Assembly South African Season 2012

On the 1st of May 2004 Kneehigh’s Tristan Sturrock broke his neck. Paralysed in hospital and about to become a father, he was told he may never walk again. Years later he tells his unique story in this extraordinary theatrical adventure. www.theatredamfino.co.uk | Twitter: @theatredamfino

a life affirming story....a great performance by a decapitated man!  BRISTOL EVENING POST poignant....wittily inventive...fine engaging autobiographical storytelling  EXEUNTMAGAZINE.COM £5 £9 (£8) F

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BELOW South African born internationally acclaimed director Yael Farber sets her explosive new adaptation of Strindberg’s Miss Julie in the remote, bleak beauty of Eastern Cape Karoo.

MON DROIT

Mike McShane and Suki Webster

Transposed to a post-apartheid kitchen, a single night, both brutal and tender, unfolds between a black farm-labourer, the daughter of his “master” and the woman who has raised them both.

Who was the American that came to London for the love of a Queen, only to end up as a skeleton in St.James Park? Meet Robert James Moore ... far from home and without his medication. A new play from Mike McShane, with Mike McShane as Robert James Moore and Suki Webster as the United Kingdom.

The visceral struggles of contemporary South Africa are laid bare, as John and Mies Julie spiral, in a deadly battle over power, sexuality and memory. Haunting and violent, intimate and epic, the characters struggle to address issues of reprisal and the reality of what can and cannot ever be recovered. www.baxter.co.za

Twitter: @mondroit

Flawless  (ON YAEL FARBER’S AMAJUBA) SCOTSMAN

McShane gives a master class performance.... INDEPENDENT Suki Webster: destined to become a household name METRO

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Catherine is about to turn twenty-five. Her father Robert, a brilliant mathematician, has died. She reflects on the youth she has lost to her father’s long battle with mental illness. Until one of Robert’s students makes a sensational discovery.

14:00 & 18:00 (1hr 10)

LEAVES FROM OUTSIDE PLEASANCE DOME

threescompany.co.uk | Facebook: threesco | Twitter: @threescompany

Magnificent.  FRINGE GURU ON ‘AUDITORIUM’ Oustanding  ALLTHEFESTIVALS ON ‘PLAY ON WORDS’ £5 £8 (£7)

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Cuth McWildered (History GCSE A*) leads a 100% hysterically accurate, weather resistant, walking tour-de-farce of Scotland’s finest capital. “Definitely one of the events on this year’s Fringe” Edinburgh Fringe Society, “If you only take one historical tour of Edinburgh this August, I hope you enjoy it” Cuth McWildered.

Proof reiterates the fact that Sell a Door are the producers of great theatre ON THE FRINGE All round, the formula is a winning one THE STAGE

Three’s Company

www.selladoor.com | Facebook: selladoortheatre | Twitter: @sell_a_door

£9.50 (£8.50)

THE WORLD’S GREATEST WALKING TOUR OF EDINBURGH

Sell a Door Theatre Company Ltd.

£5 £8.50 (£7.50)

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Fishamble: The New Play Company

Little Miss Sunshine meets My Left Foot. The story of a little girl who couldn’t see but didn’t know. Part memoir, part theatre, part standup comedy - a delightful story of a myopic seven year-old by Sonya Kelly (Savage Eye). Fishamble - winners of Fringe First and Herald Angel, 2011.

14:15 (15:15)

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Gilded Balloon

Mike Daisey’s play about America’s mysterious technology icon is a hilarious and harrowing tale of pride, beauty, lust, and industrial design. Daisey shows how the former CEO of Apple and his obsessions shape our lives, while sharing stories of his own travels to China to investigate the factories where millions toil to make our beloved iPhones.

www.fishamble.com | Facebook: Fishamble | Twitter: @Fishamble

hilarious, poignant... it will please viewers of all lensprescriptions and none.  IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINE delightfully whacky... hilarious... tight script and engaging performance... terrific.  THE IRISH TIMES £10 (£9)

THE AGONY AND ECSTACY OF STEVE JOBS BY MIKE DAISEY

THE WHEELCHAIR ON MY FACE

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www.gildedballoon.co.uk

The best original American play so far this year WASHINGTON POST

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SCOTSMAN BEST OF THE FEST

LOVE ALL

The only best of the fest show to consist entirely of performers given four or five star reviews in Scotland’s national newspaper. Comedy, theatre, music and more. Completely sold out last year so book early.

From the Wimbledon finals to the hangman’s noose, a terrible and true(ish) tale of love, murder, dismemberment… and tennis. An hilarious, rapid-fire, homicidal train ride from passion to pandemonium... from the heady heights of sporting stardom to complete catastrophe.

Cheerywild Theatre | Ten42 Productions

The Scotsman and Assembly

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www.ten42.com | Facebook: Cheery-Wild-Productions Twitter: @cheerywild

currently the funniest, smartest and most entertaining show on the stage THE IRISH TIMES as smart as any play you’ll see  METRO £8 £10 (£8)

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COMEDIAN DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF JOKE

Sacred and Profane

“It’s well known: women bring misfortune.” Satan decides to destroy a rural village - destroy it through love. Two actors play all the parts in this story of lust, obsession and vengeance told with live music, physical theatre and looped sound. Satan is our host, luring us into a world where characters appear and disappear and where sounds and music emerge and echo as if from nowhere.

Show And Tell/Escalator East To Edinburgh

November 1983: comedian Joe “Pops” Pooley is headlining his local comedy club and no-one’s laughing. August 2012: his murder is reconstructed. Re-live Joe’s last set, over and over and over again. When your time comes, can you die with some dignity? Devised by award-winning writer and performer Ross Sutherland.

Facebook: SacredandP | Twitter: @SacredandP

showandtelluk.com | Twitter: @show_and_tell

The staging has bags of atmosphere and the music is a joy TIME OUT

One of the most exciting voices to emerge on the Fringe. A real star in the making  THE INDEPENDENT, ON ROSS SUTHERLAND

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MIRIAM MARGOLYES - DICKENS’ WOMEN

Tony Earnshaw | Unfit Productions UK Ltd

Devised and written by Miriam Margolyes and Sonia Fraser Richard Jordan Productions in association with Andrew McKinnon, PW Productions and Pleasance

A patient in a private hospice receives a visitor; his best friend? His worst enemy? Both? Their love-hate relationship during discussions of past exploits reveals how and why they’ve ended up in this room... and where they go next… “Ignore rules? You screwed around! We were preaching restraint and the beneficial effects of condoms; you were having it away with half Nairobi.” Winner, Sir Michael Caine award (new writing). Facebook: unfitproductions | Twitter: @tonyearnshaw1

Undeniable force... a powerful conclusion NEW YORK POST Gripping play… worth going a long way to see FRINGEREVIEW £6 (£5) £10 (£9) F

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14:40 (15:40) To celebrate the bicentenary of Charles Dickens, one of the world’s most compelling character actresses, and BAFTA award winner MIRIAM MARGOLYES, whose critically acclaimed film and theatre performances, including Baz Lurhmann’s Romeo + Juliet; The Age of Innocence; Black Adder; Complicite’s Endgame and Professor Sprout in Harry Potter, reprises her Olivier Award nominated production. Portraying 23 of Dickens’ best-loved characters, from doe-eyed young heroines to brow-beating old harridans to men and midgets, she sets out to discover the man himself, revealing everything from the raucous humour of his characterisations to the darker, more sinister aspects of his life and work.

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THE SEWING MACHINE

Wordsmith’s Theatre Factory and Assembly | South African Season 2012

Having been performed more than 400 times in South Africa this funny, poignant play tells the story of an 82 year old woman, portrayed by iconic actress Sandra Prinsloo, who has to get rid of her beloved sewing machine after 55 years. Facebook: thesewingmachine

Miriam Margolyes strikes gold from Dickens FINANCIAL TIMES Hilarious INDEPENDENT Highly Entertaining...Riveting...A Virtuoso Display GUARDIAN

£16.50 (£14)

I struggle to find words to describe this tour de force, except perhaps: Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!  DIE BURGER A rare theatrical treat. Go see it.  CAPE TIMES £10 £13 (£12)

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ThickSkin

Contact and Maxwell Golden

A kinetic coming-of-age story about desire, guilt and mind over matter. Following an award-winning debut in 2010 with Blackout, ThickSkin returns with a magnetic new play by Davey Anderson. In Association with Underbelly Productions and The Core at Corby Cube. Part of Made in Scotland 2012: www. madeinscotlandshowcase.com. Please note: Signed performance on the 12th. thickskintheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @ThickSkinTwit

A beautiful piece of multimedia, multiform theatre  THE LIST £6 £10 (£9) F

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14:45 (15:45) Michael is a rap star ... or at least he is when he dreams, but growing up in rural Cornwall he’s never had a chance to find his community. One day, after being kicked out of home, he sets off to London to become an MC.

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Richard Jordan Productions Ltd in association with Assembly

www.contactmcr.com | www.maxwellgolden.com | Facebook: contactmcr | Twitter: @contactmcr @maxwellgolden

Maxwell Golden tells delicately crafted, moving stories with a level passion, poetry, humour, and performance unparalleled in hip hop theatre. RIZ AHMED, ACTOR/MC (FOUR LIONS) I saw Maxwell play three different characters and never realised they were all him until the final bow. He is brilliant and inspiring. ALOE BLACC Abundant talent, integrity and wisdom.  REMOTEGOAT £11.50 (£10.50)

DYLAN THOMAS: RETURN JOURNEY - BOB KINGDOM, ORIGINAL DIRECTION BY ANTHONY HOPKINS

A fast, funny and honest story of one man’s search for a sense of belonging, the show mixes Hip Hop, comedy and physical theatre. This debut solo show from performer Maxwell Golden, directed by Baba Israel, features over 40 characters, all delivered by Maxwell in a tour-de-force performance.

£5 £9.50 (£8.50)

One of Assembly’s most legendary productions returns to the fringe. The electrifying presence of Thomas’ last lecture tour enroute to the White Horse Tavern. Bob Kingdom’s acclaimed performance as Dylan Thomas in Anthony Hopkins’ directorial debut has been described by critics and audiences alike as one of the greatest Edinburgh Fringe shows of all time and played sell-out seasons around the world. £5 £10 (£9)

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WINSTON ON THE RUN

World premiere from 2011 Scotsman Fringe First winners.

It’s 1899 and escaped prisoner-of-war Winston Churchill is in a fiendish spot of bother - lost in the African savannah, circled by vultures and wanted ‘Dead or Alive’. This is the rollicking true story of how Britain’s greatest hero defeated the Boers, overcame his demons and grew his first moustache.

Living in the secure but suffocating embrace of a 1950s seaside community, who gets to become the woman they want to be? Show Times: Thursdays: 14.45 & 16.15 All other days 18.45 & 20.15

From the company behind the 2010 Fringe sensation ‘Dr Brown Because’ (four stars in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The List and TimeOut).

www.nutshelltheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @NutshellTheatre

www.folespoir.com | Facebook: folespoir | Twitter: @folesp

…witty and sympathetic…directed with loving attention to detail…(on ALLOTMENT)  THE LIST £10 (£8.50) S

Fol Espoir

Come roll your dice at the church beetle drive and share Izzy and Joan’s memories. Friends since primary and closer-than-close, identities stitched together as intricately as their homemade party dresses.

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THREAD Nutshell

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DOUBLE EDGE’S ALMOST NOTHING TO DO WITH FROGS

Luke Barnes | Produced by SCRAWL

Chapel Street arrives in Edinburgh and its inhabitants, Joe and Kirsty, are out on the night of their lives. Crackling with energy and dripping with humour, this is a hilarious and heart breaking two-hander that takes on a deep resonance in Cameron’s “Broken Britain’’.

In this irreverent adaptation of Aristophanes’ ‘Frogs’, two washedup comedy writers embark on an epic journey to the underworld in search of ‘The Greatest Ever Playwright’. Their attempts to jump-start their flagging careers pitch them headfirst into a cosmic battle of egos, as two weighty wordsmiths fight it out for a place in the sunlight. Three immortal muses bring the story to life with an original medley of rock, dubstep and electro-folk fusion: expect high parody, low gags and just a few frogs. Part of Double Edge’s 21st Anniversary Season.

Winner of the Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Award.

TOP 5 NEW WRITING SHOWS ON THE LONDON FRINGE IN 2011 THE STAGE

www.doubleedgedrama.com

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PETER PANIC

THE PRIzE

Written by James Baldwin. Directed by Elgiva Field.

Murmur and Live Theatre

The country’s in turmoil, the spring is sprung, there’s about to be a coup, a woman has been found murdered, her unborn child stolen from her womb; things can’t get any worse - wait until Peter Pan turns up. Contains scenes of an explicit nature. www.functiontheatre.co.uk | Facebook: FunctionTheatre Twitter: @PeterPanicPlay

Gripping...this gets right under your skin. (Elgiva Field’s production of PURGE at the Arcola, March 2012)  DAILY TELEGRAPH

£5 £8 (£7)

For some, making it to London 2012 has literally been a matter of life and death and the struggle is not over yet. Get the inside track into the true stories behind Olympic success from the team that presented the multi award-winning hit of the 2008 Fringe, Motherland. The play draws on interviews with past Olympic medal winners and aspiring first time competitors. Full of sacrifice, tragedy and touching humour, these stories are brought to life with dynamic physicality taking the audience on a journey to the inside experience of being an elite athlete striving for the ultimate prize. www.live.org.uk

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THE MAN WHO

Chatterbox Productions | written by Seamus Collins

It’s shortly after the dawn of time, and life is tough when your best friend is The-Man-Who-Invented-The-Wheel. BBC award-winning writer Seamus Collins and Belfast’s Chatterbox Productions are back with this weird and wonderful tale about love, rivalry and making the wheel rounder.

Everyday life has never been quite as riveting as it is in this honest, beautifully produced show.  GUARDIAN (ON ‘MOTHERLAND’) A remarkable accomplishment, it has an emotional kerpow. Illuminating stuff.

Facebook: chatterboxproductions | Twitter: @ChatterboxNI

If Chatterbox bring a piece to the festival this year, it will be top of the list of what I recommend to my industry contacts DES KENNEDY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, OUT OF JOINT

SUNDAY TIMES (ON ‘MOTHERLAND’)

Their work certainly ranks amongst the best work in theatre today ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB

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MISS HAVISHAM’S ExPECTATIONS

Multi-award winning drama returns to Edinburgh. Black Saturday 2009. Australia is ravaged by firestorms equalling the energy of 1500 atomic bombs. Inspired by interviews with survivors of Australia’s greatest natural disaster. Stories of courage, humour amidst adversity and hope. Written/performed by Ali Kennedy Scott; Directed by Adrian Barnes. WINNER: People’s Choice & Excellence Awards (Sydney Fringe); Excellence in Solo Performance (FringeNYC).

Linda Marlowe’s new show spotlights Dickens’ most iconic female character, the jilted bride of Great Expectations. Stuck in her wedding dress, Havisham is desperate to set the record straight. This incisive, magical show is written and directed by Di Sherlock, who also directed Marlowe in ‘The World’s Wife’.

£6 £10 (£9) F

Seduces with a riot of vivid imagery and a firework display of virtuoso acting TIMES Marlowe’s consummate skill delivers a rich and rollicking ride  SCOTSMAN

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www.lindamarlowe.com | www.FestivalHighlights.com

Enthralling NEW YORK TIMES This year’s hot ticket  SCOTTISH DAILY EXPRESS £12 (£11)

Linda Marlowe - Festival Highlights

www.thedaytheskyturnedblack.com

£8 £11 (£10)

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THE DAY THE SKY TURNED BLACK Ali Kennedy Scott and Assembly | Best of the Sydney Fringe

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I, TOMMY Red Aye Productions

Tommy Sheridan was Scotland’s most popular politician before being jailed for perjury in 2011. Step with us now into the circus tent of Scottish politics. This is not so much The West Wing as D Wing. Marvel at a magical world of fluffy handcuffs, lies and swingers clubs. See principles juggled and great hopes tumble. This is an imaginative and irreverent reinvention of real life events. New drama from Ian Pattison and starring Des McLean. www.itommytheshow.com

£10 £14 (£12)

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MURDER, MARPLE AND ME Margaret Rutherford’s iconic performance as Miss Marple nearly didn’t happen. This intriguing new play humorously unearths the fascinating reasons why.

Written & directed by Stephen Lowe | Produced by Vanessa RawlingsJackson, Assembly and Lakeside Arts Centre, University of Nottingham

Maurice, famed for leading roles in theatre, TV and film including “Tutti Frutti” and “ The Last of the Mohicans”, stars as Angelo Ravagli, the real Lady Chatterley’s Lover. In this humorous new play by award winning writer, Stephen Lowe, Ravagli reveals the hidden truths behind the banned D H Lawrence paintings and his affair with Frieda Lawrence as he tries to sell the paintings one by one to get his ticket home to Italy.

Written by Philip Meeks, directed by Stella Duffy. Performed by Janet Prince. www.gildedballoon.co.uk

Meeks has a whiplash wit LYN GARDNER, GUARDIAN

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A BOY GROWING UP STARRING RODNEY BEWES AS DYLAN THOMAS

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showandtelluk.com | Twitter: @show_and_tell

A brave, funny, tough and beautiful piece of writing THE GUARDIAN, ON MOLLY NAYLOR

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Molly Naylor (writer of Radio 4’s Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think Of You) and The Middle Ones present a storytelling show with live soundtrack. Using stories and music, together they explore love and fear - the meaning of both and the relationship between the two. **** The Times **** The Telegraph **** Metro

Flawless FEST MAGAZINE

Show And Tell / Escalator East To Edinburgh

Rodney Bewes, star of The Likely Lads and Fringe favourite, plays Dylan Thomas in this beautiful one man show based on the authors celebrated short stories. The red light in the radio studio blinks on, Dylan Thomas clears his throat, an expectant audience awaits. A Boy Growing up captures all the charm, humour and humanity of Thomas’s final short stories.

MOLLY NAYLOR & THE MIDDLE ONES: MY ROBOT HEART

Elsewhere Theatre Productions G.B.

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An absolute must-see  (ON THE CARAVAN) METRO

ELLE MAGAZINE

www.lookleftlookright.com | Twitter: @LookLeftLookRt Facebook: lookleftlookright

You leave the theatre with the intent to live in harmony.

Double Fringe First winners investigate the true cost of the BP oil spill and its impact on our daily lives. Told through the words of those directly affected, this compelling documentary play explores the disaster and its consequences. Look Left Look Right return to Edinburgh following their previous fringe hits The Caravan and You Once Said Yes. Post Show discussions will take place in Underbelly Café on 8th, 15th and 22nd August at 16:45.

www.marsandvenustour.com | Twitter: @mars_venus_uk

Look Left Look Right | Escalator East To Edinburgh

As seen by over 700,000 people in Europe! One thing is certain, men and women live on two different planets. Everyone has been confronted with, or irritated by, incomprehensible behaviour on the part of the opposite sex. Why is this? The answer lies in this witty one man show!

NOLA

Sally Humphreys Productions Ltd | Based on the book by John Gray, adapted by Paul Dewandre & James Huntrods.

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OLIVER REED: WILD THING

A life sized wooden box. A show about nothing. Three men full of self mockery and vicarious shame. Male poetry for men and women. Winner of the Adelaide Fringe Award for Best Theatre Production, 2011.

Join legendary hellraiser Oliver Reed as he knocks back a few drinks and shares his incredible life story. From the success of Oliver!, through boozy adventures with Keith Moon and disastrous chat show appearances – this was a life well lived, brought back to vivid reality by Rob Crouch’s performance. Written by Mike Davis and Rob Crouch. Directed by Kate Bannister.

A full-on, five-door farce…makes kids of all of us.  ADELAIDENOW This show should be seen for its charm, skill, grace and brilliant imagination.  ADELAIDE THEATRE GUIDE

www.olliereedtheplay.co.uk | www.FestivalHighlights.com

Captures his very spirit. Factual, fun and superbly entertaining. MARK REED (OLIVER’S SON) £6 £10 (£9)

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Arrow Media, Skullduggery TC & SPL - Festival Highlights

www.theatergroepwak.nl

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NOTHING IS REALLY DIFFICULT Theatergroep WAK

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PUNCH

Navigating the arid Egyptian desert, continental Europe, the British Museum and a quiet village green, Fringe First winners 2011 weave multidimensional narratives about the aftermath of the Empire. curious directive conjure a world where multimedia, movement and sound unpick Britain’s relationship to artefacts, mining and the secret life of ants. An epic, thumping, passionate story asking questions about the relationship between our past, present and into eternity.

A controversial comedian, a social worker, an injured baby... Punch is a very dark comedy about comedy. Echoes of Russell Brand, Frankie Boyle, Lenny Bruce and a centuries-old tradition of offence abound in this bizarre, taut and wickedly funny two hander. Expect dark jokes, fast dialogue and some surprising revelations. A new play by award winning writer Steven Bloomer (Boiling Frogs), featuring Frisky & Mannish’s Matthew Jones.

www.curiousdirective.com

www.punchtheplay.com

Little Dog Productions

Rigorous, inventive and intelligent. (ON YOUR LAST

An outstanding piece of writing A YOUNGER THEATRE ON BOILING

BREATH - 2011) GUARDIAN

FROGS

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE FORTH

£11 (£10)

15:40 (17:00)

0844 545 8252

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BELLY LAUGH

AFTER THE RAINFALL

curious directive | Watford Palace Theatre | Escalator East to Edinburgh

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

15:40 (16:40)

UNDERBELLY, BRISTO SQUARE | E4 UDDERBELLY

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

TUMBLE CIRCUS: THIS IS WHAT WE DO FOR A LIVING

Award-winning electrifying all-male celebration of gorgeousness and gorgeousity returns to Edinburgh after it’s 2011 sell-out season. You will be dragged into the glorious glass-edged nastiness of Manchester’s underworld. A playtime of orgiastic teen ultraviolence and sexuality, this is the story of little Alex and his Droogs in their battle against the tedium of adolescence. An unapologetic jubilation of the human condition, ‘Action To The Word’ tear their way through this physical theatre horrorshow retelling of Burgess’ infamous literary masterpiece.

A circus comedy duo featuring flying hula hoops, slapstick acrobatics, stunning aerial rope and daring double trapeze. The human side of circus. No fanfare or sequins, just the extraordinary skill and passion of two carnies on a lifelong adventure through the trials and tribulations of life and relationships, how they fall, land and survive.

Action To The Word

Underbelly Productions and Tumble Circus

www.actiontotheword.com | Twitter: @actiontotheword

£14.50 (£13) S

www.underbelly.co.uk/productions

Pitch perfect performances... very impressive circus skills  THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Original and clever... great comic timing... Very impressive  ADELAIDE ADVERTISER Turning the circus tradition upside down IRISH TIMES

Astonishing  WHAT’S ON STAGE Breathtaking  THREE WEEKS - EDINBURGH Triumphant  BROADWAY BABY

£7 £13.50 (£12)

Winner Best Circus and Physical Theatre Show at Adelaide Fringe 2012

£6 £12 (£10)

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BITCH BOxER

This moving physical comedy takes us back to a railway station in 1945 where a wife anxiously awaits her husband’s return from the war... Based entirely on real-life testimony, Waiting for Stanley combines clowning, puppetry and physical theatre to paint a vivid picture of a woman’s life on the home front during the Second World War.

London, 2012. The Olympics. For the first time in history, women are allowed to compete in the sport of boxing. As one woman trains for the fight of her life – a chance to represent her country in the sport she loves – she is left winded by two life-changing events. In a man’s world, can she still prove that she’s worth the title?

www.fingerinthepie.com/stanley | Facebook: fingerinthepie Twitter: @fingerinthepie

www.snuffboxtheatre.co.uk

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Winner of the Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Season.

 (PERFECTION, EDINBURGH 2011) SCOTSMAN

£6 £10 (£9)

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Charlotte Josephine | Presented by Snuff Box Theatre

Inventive, witty and pacy . . . a real pleasure - Critics Choice TIME OUT CRITICS’ CHOICE £8 £10 (£8)

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BIG BELLY

WAITING FOR STANLEY Finger in the Pie

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HANGMAN

HOW’S ABOUT THAT THEN?

The legendary Russian Do-Theatre, returns with the must see/ Fringe First -Winner 2007. “Hangman” is a game and the personage in one, a dance macabre of crime and punishment where the roles of victim and executioner are constantly swapped. For ages 12+.

How’s About That Then? - The Jimmy Savile Story.

Do-Theatre | Russian Season 2012

Cahoots Theatre Company Ltd.

Jimmy Savile was always larger than life. But beyond the image was there more to the legendary showman and show-off? In this revealing and richly comic new play Jim gets his last chance to set the record straight.

www.dotheatre.com | Facebook: DoTheatre

This beautiful, precisely executed work is full of astonishing images.  THE GUARDIAN A feast of light, beauty and movement for all of the senses, turning theatrical space into a magical field of ideas and dreams  SCOTSMAN £9 (£8) £12 (£11) F

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PLEASANCE DOME | QUEENDOME

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MOTHER TO MOTHER

Ever been to a riot? In a theatre? In 1809 Covent Garden was rebuilt after a fire, the actor-manager, John Kemble raised the ticket prices... and the audience rioted for 66 nights. You, the public, exercise your awesome power in Adrian Bunting’s inflammatory period play for today.

Mother to Mother plays out as an imaginary personal testimony from the mother of a killer to the mother of the victim. This powerful one-woman play is an intimate and moving portrait of a woman struggling to make sense of her son’s actions. It celebrates the possibilities that exist in fractured societies for forgiveness, understanding and healing.

£12 (£11) S

www.assemblyfestival.com | Twitter: @MothertoMother1

We stamped, we bellowed, we sang. It’s marvellously liberating. Masterful.  FRINGEGURU.COM A massive slice of fun with a hearty message to boot. I loved it.  LATEST 7

Freevoice Productions and Assembly | South African Season 2012

www.kemblesriot.com | Facebook: Kemble’s Riot | Twitter: @kemblesriot

£5 £11 (£10)

ASSEMBLY GEORGE SQUARE | THREE

KEMBLE’S RIOT Zincbar Performing Arts

Mother to Mother is the kind of art-imitates-life masterpiece that makes us feel good to be human, even though we remain tragically flawed. Bravo! BERMUDA ROYAL £10 £14 (£13)

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PLEASANCE DOME | JACKDOME

ROD IS GOD

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16:00 (17:00)

£15 (£14) F

16:00 (17:25)

ASSEMBLY GEORGE SQUARE | SPIEGELTENT TEATRO

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Custom/Practice, Assembly, TEG Productions in association with the Almeida Festival

A dark new comedy from creators of Late Night Gimp Fight. Flatmates Rod and Jack made a mistake: forming a Cult to make some cash. Now the Cult is too big and everybody wants in. Money’s tight, celebrities are sparse, plus there’s that little matter of the end of the world… pmeedinburgh.com

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE TWO Commissioned by the Almeida, Shakespeare’s greatest comedy is magically retold in a thrilling production which moves from a bleak modern, inner city school detention room to the fantastical world of princes and lovers, forests and fairies. Performed by eight actors, this fast-paced, beautiful and inventive production will sweep audiences along as students and teacher together enter into a world full of passion and enchantment..

A MODERN TOWN When I Say Jump

Newton Basset. A traditional seaside resort forgotten by the British public, until three businessmen arrive with a question: how much of your town’s soul are you willing to sell to make it fit into the modern world?

www.assemblyfestival.com

A bold, brilliant achievement. (ON OTHELLO AT THE ROSE THEATRE, BANKSIDE) TIME OUT An enthralling, atmospheric and utterly engaging show that delivers five-star performances from its eight-strong cast.(ON OTHELLO AT THE ROSE THEATRE, BANKSIDE) THE STAGE

www.whenisayjump.co.uk | Twitter: @WhenISay_Jump

Jac Husebo’s script sizzles with life  (ON KITTY LITTER, 2011) SCOTSMAN

Well-scripted and excellently acted  (ON KITTY LITTER, 2011) THREEWEEKS

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UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

0844 545 8252

ASSEMBLY HALL | RAINY HALL

WOzA ALBERT!

The Market Theatre and Assembly | South African Season 2012

16:10 (17:10)

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | IRON BELLY

In a landmark revival from Johannesburg’s Market Theatre this celebrated and much-loved South African classic asks what would happen if Jesus Christ (Morena) came back to South Africa during apartheid?

STRONG ARM

A fast-paced satire on the absurdities of apartheid provides a showcase for the talents of two of the countries finest actors, who play a wide range of everyday characters. One of the plays for which South African theatre is best known internationally, its physical style of storytelling was to inspire and influence theatre companies around the world. Woza Albert! remains one of the best examples that define South African theatre in all its vibrancy, innovation and humanity.

Roland Poland is fat by name and fat by nature. Everything will change when he wins Mr Britain, but beneath the muscle there’s a buzzing in his head that won’t go away.

Finlay Robertson | Presented by Vicky Graham Productions

The provocative and painfully funny debut play by acclaimed actor Finlay Robertson. A feat of performance packed with protein, pain and the Periodic Table.

www.markettheatre.co.za | www.assemblyfestival.com

One of the best examples of South African theatre in all its vibrancy, innovation and humanity . INNER CITY GAZETTE, JOHANNESBURG This play both unsettles convention and delights an unsuspecting audience 

Winner of the Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Season. www.vickygrahamproductions.com

3RD EYE REPUBLIC, JOHANNESBURG

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PLEASANCE DOME | 10DOME

JUANA IN A MILLION

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE ONE

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN IN BRIEF(S)

Vicky Araico Casas and CASA Latin American Theatre Festival

Ingenious Paradox/Nick Brooke Productions/Pleasance Theatre Trust

A show to change the way you see the world. Inspired by true stories of immigrants in the UK, ‘Juana in a Million’ is the story of a young Mexican woman who arrives in London, armed with a suitcase of clothes, dreaming of love, success and happiness. In a virtuoso physical performance by award-winning Mexican actress Vicky Araico Casas, Juana’s story becomes a heart-breaking, hilarious and moving tale of survival, strength and hope. Directed by Nir Paldi of award-winning Theatre Ad Infinitum, ‘Juana’ will make you think, and cry and laugh. casafestival.org.uk | Facebook: Juana.in.a.million | Twitter: @J_u_ana

£5 £9 (£7.50) F

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UNDERBELLY, BRISTO SQUARE | THE DAIRY ROOM

HERVÉ - A COLLECTION OF SONGS, DANCES AND STORIES

A pompous Tenor. An ambitious Soprano. A mature Mezzo. A muddled Baritone. Can these characters perform every Gilbert & Sullivan operetta in 70-minutes without killing each other? Enjoy this madcap musical romp through all 14 operettas. Prepare for pirates, sailors, damsels in distress, major generals and gondoliers in this zany frolic direct from New York featuring the original US cast.

A busker of French African descent tells the extraordinary story of his adoption by an unconventional white Belgian couple. A black comedy in more ways than one. Performed by Hervé Goffings. Written and Directed by Michael Birch.

www.gandsinbriefs.com | www.nickbrooke.com

Underbelly Productions and Hervé

The very model of a modern major hit! WASHINGTON POST Gilbert & Sullivan meets Saturday Night Live WHITE PLAINS REPORTER A very funny evening of comedy and four-part harmony JOURNAL NEWS

An excellent one-man show, wonderful acting and dancing, worth seeing both as education and entertainment. MALIANSTARS £7 £10.50 (£9) F

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MAURICE’S JUBILEE

Pleasance and PW Productions in Association with Wild Thyme Productions

Oliver Award winner Julian Glover, Sheila Reid, who is currently starring in Benidorm, join Oliver Award winner Nichola McAuliffe in her new comedy drama directed by five times Fringe First winner Hannah Eidinow. Re-uniting the creative team from McAuliffe’s highly acclaimed drama A British Subject which played at the Pleasance; Brits Off Broadway Season, New York; and the Arts Theatre, West End. www.pleasance.co.uk | Facebook: thepleasance | Twitter: @thepleasance

Vividly written and powerfully performed.  (ON A BRITISH SUBJECT) MAIL ON SUNDAY Hannah Eidinow’s lucid, four-strong production hops deftly between locations and beautifully weaves together the tense seriousness with the comic absurdities...  (ON A BRITISH SUBJECT) INDEPENDENT

Heartfelt, fierce, serious-minded but with a sense of humour....Beautifully performed ... full of lovely touches.  (ON A BRITISH SUBJECT) GUARDIAN

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GILDED BALLOON | THIRD DOOR

SHOPPING CENTRE RBM

Following the extraordinary success of last year’s Cul-De-Sac comes a new play from award winning stand-up Matthew Osborn. It is the story of a confused and unhappy loner, who after being rejected by his wife and sacked by his employer, finds solace in a shopping centre until one day it descends into a riot of sex and violence.

20% off Edinburgh Youth Hostels in July & August With two Youth Hostels in Scotland’s capital, we offer high quality, affordable accommodation during the Edinburgh Festival period

www.rbmcomedy.com

Osborn’s script is as polished as you might expect if you know his stand up  CHORTLE (ON CUL DE SAC) Alan Bennett meets The League of Gentlemen  THREE WEEKS (ON CUL DE SAC) £5 £9 (£8) F

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SWAMP JUICE

Bunk Puppets and Scamp Theatre

Edinburgh Central: 5 star Youth Hostel with 296 beds all

Using bits of rubbish to make his puppets, Jeff Achtem returns with his award winning shadow puppet adventure about life in a swamp. Meet opera singing mice, bickering snails and a rather grumpy man chasing a bird towards an eye-popping 3D finale. Come play in the dark!

en-suite, private rooms available.

Edinburgh Metro: 201 beds in single rooms, situated only minutes from the Royal Mile & Grassmarket.

www.bunkpuppets.com | www.scamptheatre.com | Twitter: @scamptheatre

20% off when you book accommodation in either Youth Hostel in July & August. Bookings must be made before 31st July.

Gasps of wonder & amazement  EDINBURGH SPOTLIGHT Simply has to be seen to be believed 

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WHATSONSTAGE.COM

Total Theatre Award Winner 2011 £11 (£9) F

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JOYCED!

FORMBY

Lane Of Stones

Assembly in Association with Salida Productions

JOYCED! takes us on a tour de force of Joycean Dublin. It is chaotic and exciting. A whirlwind odyssey through the people, events and a year, 1904 which James Joyce would later make famous in Ulysses. Facebook: Joyced | Twitter: Joyced@Laneofstoness

Joyce’s Dublin comes alive under Donal O’Kelly’s tumbling prose and Katie O’Kelly’s fervent performance SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

Many people have been Joyced! it claims but Joyce it seems has been well and truely bloomed THE IRISH TIMES £8 £10 (£8) F

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UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BELLY BUTTON

GLORY DAzED

Devised and directed by Ed Hughes. ‘Formby’ Follows George Formby’s rise from awkward stable boy to one of Britain’s biggest stars. In a unique one-man performance Ewan Wardrop plays Formby, his wife Beryl and all the characters involved in his remarkable life.

Cat Jones | Presented by Second Shot Productions

Featuring many of George’s hilarious songs brilliantly recreated on the ukulele, Formby is not only a celebration of a great performer but a funny, touching, and thoughtful play about the life of an essentially ordinary man with an extraordinary talent.

Ray’s been fucked up since Afghanistan but tonight at the pub, he’s going to win his ex-wife back. A darkly comic and acerbic look at the impact of war upon returning soldiers, developed with ex-servicemen prisoners at HMP & YOI Doncaster. Glory Dazed is produced by Second Shot Productions, a social enterprise creating arts opportunities for serving prisoners and ex-offenders.

www.salidaproductions.com | Facebook: pages/Salida-Productions | Twitter: @salidaprod

Winner of the Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Season.

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A SOLDIER’S SONG

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DEBATING HALL

CASABLANCA: THE GIN JOINT CUT

by Ken Lukowiak | Presented by Theatre Tours International Ltd Guy Masterson

Gilded Balloon | Tron Theatre

The Falklands War 1982, Paratrooper Ken Lukowiak was there. 30 years on he tells his true story of combat and brings the battlefield to the stage; This is the Theatre of War invoking the horror, terror, shame, black humour, futility, tedium of a front line soldier. Using a pounding, authentic, multi-directional soundscape and original images, it’s deeply disturbing and frightening. But the darkness is offset by demotic “squaddie” humour. Brilliant! Adaptor/Director: Guy Masterson www.theatretoursinternational.com | Twitter: @GuyMasterson

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ASSEMBLY HALL | BAILLIE ROOM Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut is a lovingly disrespectful homage to one of the classic films of all time.

DIRTY PAKI LINGERIE

Casablanca has some of the most iconic scenes and best lines ever written, so why not play it again? But this time in a tiny gin joint, with three actors. Morag Fullarton’s fast paced distillation will have you raise a Bogart-style eyebrow, shed a Bergman-like tear and drown out the Nazis with a rousing chorus of the Marseillaise. Starring Jimmy Chisholm, Gavin Mitchell and Clare Waugh.

Aizzah Fatima

Sex, Religion, and Politics collide as six Pakistani-American Muslim females air their dirty lingerie... www.DirtyPakiLingerie.com/live | Twitter: @AizzahFatima Facebook: pages/Dirty-Paki-Lingerie

www.gildedballoon.co.uk

Pure theatre magic… the secret of the show’s success lies in its combination of anarchic stage send-up and real passion for the essence of one of the great screen love-stories.  SCOTSMAN It’s Gavin Mitchell’s gloriously studied resemblance to Humphrey Bogart that captivates, both when Fullarton’s production is playing it for laughs and in the series of genuinely tear-jerking encounters between Rick and Ilsa.  THE HERALD

Breaks down stereotypes of Muslim women in America THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

See this production NYTHEATER.COM

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PLEASANCE DOME | ACEDOME

BANE 1, 2 & 3

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DON QUIxOTE! DON QUIxOTE!

Whitebone Productions/Joe Bone

Panta Rei Theatre/Pleasance Theatre Trust

It’s here. Joe Bone brings the hotly anticipated multi-award winning Bane trilogy back to Edinburgh, with an extended run of Bane 3. One-man, no set, no props with a live soundtrack from Ben Roe. See these multi award winning comedies in any order. Bane 1 (Fridays), Bane 2 (Saturdays), Bane 3 (Sundays to Thursdays). www.brucebane.com | Twitter: @josephbone Facebook: pages/Bane/104197804790

A brilliant hour of comedy theatre... widescreen thrill with zero props GUARDIAN Epic SCOTSMAN £6 £10 (£9) F

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UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BIG BELLY A surreal journey through the restless mind of Don Quixote de la Mancha. An unconvetional physical theatre piece where the grotesque becomes poetic and the boundaries between fantasy and reality blur. Panta Rei Theatre invites you into their world of entrancing imagery, bizarre characters and magical encounters...

ONE HOUR ONLY

Sabrina Mahfouz | Produced by Made From Scratch Theatre Co

An ‘upmarket’ brothel: It’s Forensic Biology student Marley’s first night, and AJ – 21, good-looking, intelligent – is her unexpected first client. But an hour of power play, debate and desire prove you don’t always get what you pay for. A cutting and honest examination of the sexual politics of contemporary Britain.

www.pantareitheatre.com | Facebook: pantareitheatrecollective | Twitter: @pantareitheatre

Splendid work. A tour de force...extremely entertaining.  FRINGE REVIEW An intuitive company whose physical work is superb. A sophisticated visual work. TIME OUT

Winner of the Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Season. www.madefromscratchtheatre.co.uk

Astonishing  (ON ‘DRY ICE’, EDINBURGH 2011) THE TIMES

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PLEASANCE DOME | KINGDOME

TRANSLUNAR PARADISE

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Theatre Ad Infinitum

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE TWO

PETERBOROUGH

Eastern Angles | East to Edinburgh | Key Theatre, Peterborough

Fringe First winner Joel Horwood turns from crabs in Walberswick to trannies in Peterborough. A father and son brought up in this swelling of a city, a bump in the spirit level flatness of the Fens. During a darkly comic, seventy minute car crash of a cabaret act the family’s lives are laid bare. A desperately tender tale of ‘growing up gay’ in an overspill town. www.easternangles.co.uk | Twitter: @easternangles

Sassy bittersweet drama  (ON CRABS) SCOTSMAN Pungently captures the excitement of youth (ON CRABS) GUARDIAN £5 £10 (£9) F

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MR. CARMEN

Using a live accordion accompaniment, this production was a multi-award winning, critically acclaimed sell-out at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011.

Mr.Carmen is a performance - duel. Theatrical reality collides here with everyday reality. This is a text in its written form is opposed to a text which is read. The hero meets his alter ego. This is boxing with a shadow. This is a protagonist who strikes out the word “Carmen” from Merime’s text and inserts “Jose” instead. He signed his last letter using Carmen’s name.

www.theatreadinfinitum.co.uk | Facebook: groups/2406997760/ | Twitter: @TheatreAdInf

An extraordinary performance OBSERVER An admirable, infinitely gentle and wordless story of loss and remembrance 

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Experience a journey of life, death and enduring love. After his wife passes away, William escapes to a paradise of fantasy and past memories, a place far from the reality of his grief. Returning from beyond the grave, Rose performs one last act of love: to help him let her go.

Winner of seven awards including: ‘Outstanding Theatre Award’ - Fringe Review 2011, Sarajevo International Theatre Festival ‘Audience Award 2011’ and Liverpool Daily Post ‘Best Fringe Show 2011’

AKHE - Russian Engineering Theatre | Russian Season 2012

www.akhe.ru | Facebook: AKHE.Theatre

The extraordinary becomes believable. As in love or in war. ELEONORA LOMBARDO, LA REPUBBLICA, 17/12/2011

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EDUCATING RITA

Menier Chocolate Factory Productions

Matthew Kelly and Claire Sweeney star in Willy Russell’s classic comedy. Rita, a brash, unschooled hairdresser, enrols with the Open University. Her fresh reaction to the classics challenges the attitudes of her lecturer Frank who begins to question his own understanding of his work and himself. Matthew’s extensive theatre credits include his Olivier award-winning role in Of Mice and Men. Television credits include Benidorm, Bleak House and Cold Blood. Claire is well known for roles on Brookside, Clocking Off and Merseybeat. West End roles include Roxie in Chicago and Adelaide in Guys and Dolls. www.menierchocolatefactory.com | www.assemblyfestival.com | Facebook: menchocfactory Twitter: @MenChocFactory

A truly great play DAILY TELEGRAPH Frequently hilarious... witty and warmly entertaining. WEST END WHINGERS

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DOUBLE EDGE’S FLAMES OVER NEW JERSEY

Perth Theatre Company | Side Pony Productions | Underbelly

Perth Theatre Company & Side Pony Productions present The Pride. From the producer of festival favourite The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik, The Pride is an award-winning comedy that takes a long, hard look at lions and explores people’s readiness to forgive, even in the face of gross moral misconduct.

Surreal, whimsical and joyous...The funniest show I’ve seen in ages. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN An outstanding night of theatre which leaves you with a meaningful aftertaste. ARTSHUB

www.doubleedgedrama.co.uk

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An innovative new play incorporating a brilliant, young 8 piece jazz band. Excitingly staged in a speakeasy in 1930s Princeton, with the audience at tables in the midst of the action, recalling the same team’s sensational 5-star ‘Pick of the Fringe’ award-winning Cabaret. We encounter gangsters and bootleggers, corrupt policemen, lovers and jazz artists, united in a maelstrom of sleazy excitement and glamour. Part of Double Edge’s 21st Anniversary Season.

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A vibrant exploration of our shared histories; The Ruby Dolls cross decades and continents to uncover their origins and sing their way home.

A travelling theatre spectacle  BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE Genuinely ingenious THE STAGE

1898 - An Italian boards a boat for America as a Russian Jew mistakes Cable Street for Cape Town; 1928 - Isabel waits for a soldier on a horse; 1938 - Pat spies a bald man at the bar.

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The Ruby Dolls in co-production with Assembly

Disembowelling an English legend, Total Theatre Award nominees Milk Presents seek their manliness within. Pedal-powered brute force, elegant lyricism, and a feisty original score collide, bringing you the story of St George. Follow George as he transcends boyhood to become a hero in this low-fi spectacular for adult audiences.

RUBIES IN THE ATTIC

Milk Presents

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UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY Amy Lamé

You’re invited to Amy’s birthday party; so is Morrissey. Will he turn up? Immerse yourself in cake and quiffs, beer and balloons, party poppers and pass the parcel against a soundtrack of nostalgic teenage obsession. Co-founder of the infamous London club/ collective Duckie, Amy creates a culture clash of party and performance. Director: Scottee. www.unhappybirthday.net | Facebook: unhappybirthday Twitter: @amylame, #unhappybirthday

emotion, bluntness and dark comedy  WHATSONTHEFRINGE.COM

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Do the footsteps following Lavinia across a dark moonlit ravine belong to The Lonely One? A tale of suspense, with shadow puppetry and light manipulation. Based on an extract from Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine. Following sell out performances at Little Angel Theatre. www.dottedlinetheatre.co.uk | Facebook: TheLonelyOneShow Twitter: @The_Lonely_1

…elegant and entertaining. Cleverness, wit and charm are its hallmarks. FRINGE REPORT ...a dark and shadowy tale, brimming with a simple brilliance. TOTAL THEATRE £6 £10 (£9) F

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Supported by Ontroerend Goed and Richard Jordan Productions in association with Pleasance

We are 2 girls. Desperately trying to feel something. In a world where there is so much to weep for. We play the crying game. www.ontroerendgoed.be

These two exciting young performers who we watched grow up in Ontroerend Goed’s award-winning ONCE AND FOR ALL WE’RE GONNA TELL YOU WHO WE ARE SO SHUT UP AND LISTEN now debut their first work at the fringe. BBC

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Someone’s been murdered. But there’s no body, no weapon and no motive. People Show 121 delves into the world of all things Agatha Christie; fictional and real lives merge, riddles are solved but the case files always remain open. Funny, frightening and ferocious. Let the search for clues begin... www.peopleshow.co.uk | Facebook: www.tinyurl.com/peepsfacebook Twitter: @peopleshowltd

Madly experimental, visually stunning theatre SUNDAY TIMES £8 £10 (£8) F

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Following worldwide acclaim for The World Holds Everyone Apart and The Lounge Room Confabulators, award winning Australian theatre maker Stuart Bowden returns with a poignant and playful tale. Accompanied by a live musical soundscape, The Beast will touch your heart and then tickle it (in a non-life-threatening way).

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Multi award-winning theatre company Dancing Brick blends humour and pathos with their innovative visual style to create a beautiful and poetic triptych about time, memory loss and science fiction.

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ONE MAN STAR WARS™ TRILOGY ONE MAN LORD OF THE RINGS™

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Gavin Roach and Assembly | Best of the Sydney Fringe

Felix has a date! So why is he freaking out? Join Felix on his comically awkward adventure through Grindr land, as he ponders: “What does one actually do on a date that doesn’t involve sex?” www.assemblyfestival.com

Gavin’s confident writing is matched with an assured, well-paced performance. STAGE WHISPERS

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Canadian actor Charles Ross returns with the two shows that have consistently played to sell-out audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe. Alternating them on a daily basis for just two weeks, he will recreate the worlds of Star Wars and Middle-earth respectively, armed with nothing more than a pair of elbow pads and his outrageous imagination. No props or costumes are required as he hurtles through both trilogies at breakneck speed, playing thousands of characters, singing the soundtracks and condensing the plots into just 70 minutes. Don’t miss out on seeing a Fringe favourite in action this year! One Man Star Wars Trilogy: 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 One Man Lord of The Rings: 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 www.onemanlotr.com | www.onemanstarwars.com Facebook: One-Man-Lord-of-the-Rings | Twitter: @OneManStarWars

Book fast - it will be a hot ticket.  WHATSONSTAGE.COM The films are high quality cinema and Ross is high quality entertainment... 5 stars for unbelievable talent.  EDINBURGH GUIDE £15 (£14) F

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TENDERPITS

AnimalParts theatre co. | written and performed by Anthony Johnston, cocreated and directed by Nathan Schwartz

A young wizard journeys from the wilderness of Canada to NYC on the back of a mystical moose. He buys a gun, crashes a Broadway production of ‘Three Sisters’, befriends an illegal Mexican immigrant and goes on a psycho-sexual rampage. The creators of FringeNYC 2009 “Outstanding Solo Show” bring you a fast-paced, genredestroying comedy possessed by bouts of unrestrained hopefulness and brutal intimacy. www.tenderpits.com | Facebook: AnimalParts | Twitter: @tenderpits

hilarious and harrowing avant-garde autobiography FLAVORPILL NYC

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MEDEA HARDCORE teatrodicapua | Russian Season 2012

Award winning, Russian post punk version of the ancient myth. Tell the new world order to shut up and listen. Medea is cool, unapologetic, is Kurt Cobain, has anger, feels vulnerable, her energy is infectious. Information warfare involves you. You are guilty. You are blindfolded in a 30 kilowatt soundcloud, tied up. Stay in touch with your own rebellious side.

For over 28 years, the Pleasance Theatre Trust has supported the work of performers and technicians. To help us do this, we have started to build a new space at our home in London, but we need to complete it.

www.teatrodicapua.com

prepared for provocative sensory overload? GQ, RUSSIA a hardcore manifesto of the repelled. S.PETERSBURG VEDOMOSTI £9 £12 (£10) F

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THE TABLE Blind Summit

Is he a puppet prophet or a little twat on a table? Last year’s late night puppet sensation returns for 4 nights only. FRINGE FIRST WINNER 2011. www.blindsummit.com

Brilliantly funny  TIME OUT Astonishingly accomplished  TELEGRAPH Beautiful  TIMES

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RE-ANIMATOR THE MUSICAL

Dirty Stop-Out and TEAfilms

Red Hen Productions, The Schramm Group LLC and Gramily Entertainment In Association With Fringe Management LLC

6 outfits, 1 hour of make up, 1 push-up bra and 8 cigs. She’s ready. 6 minutes of porn, 20 minutes cleaning, 3 beers and a pube trim. He’s ready. Witness the rawest, most hilarious portrayal of male and female attitudes, anxieties and agonisingly familiar sex tricks as Ryan and Laura meet for their second date. A true story based on your sex life. Twitter: @dirrtystopout @TEAfilms Facebook: dirtystopoutproductions /TEAfilms

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BORIS & SERGEY’S VAUDEVILLIAN ADVENTURE

From the cult classic ‘H.P. Lovecraft’s Re-Animator’, this horror/comedy, ‘Musical of the Year’ (LA Weekly), is helmed by Stuart Gordon (the film’s director) featuring George Wendt (Norm from ‘Cheers’) and a Splash Zone! Telling the bizarre story of Herbert West, a medical student who has discovered a glowing green serum that can bring the dead back to life . . . with catastrophic results.

Join puppetry’s Balkan bad boys Boris & Sergey; Simply the greatest vaudevillian double act ever conceived for the small stage as they present for your viewing pleasure a plethora of pleasing plays and skits! Expect riotous exploits, malarkey, molestation and mirth hitherto unseen in Edinburgh

www.reanimatorthemusical.com | fringemanagement.com | Facebook: ReAnimatorTheMusical Twitter: @ReAnimatorMusic

Flabbergast Theatre

Eye-popping . . . A bloody good time LA TIMES Brillliant comic ensemble LA WEEKLY Not since LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS has a screamfest tuner so deftly balanced seriousness and camp VARIETY

www.flabbergasttheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @boris_sergey Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/pages/FlabbergastTheatre/119182934799882

Hilariously filthy but strangely full of pathos. WE LIKE THIS TOO £5 £9 (£8) F

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Circle of Eleven

Join LEO on his gravity-defying journey! LEO will leave you wondering which way is up and which way is down. Winner of the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award 2011. www.circleofeleven.de | facebook: pages/LEO Twitter: @CircleofEleven

Absolutely brilliant  THREEWEEKS Leo Soars! NEW YORK POST A deeply impressive work of sustained absurdist magic TimE OuT NEW YORK

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MOTHEr AfrICA FKP Scorpio Konzertproduktionen

14:30 (15:30) Over 18 acrobats, dancers and musicians from different countries of Africa present a colourful, magical, high octane show that combines breathtaking circus arts, high energy performance, traditional live music, fantastic dance and enchanting comedy to create an absolutely extraordinary experience.

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Hand Made Theatre, Andrey Knyazkov | Russian Season 2012

Feel the energy and joy of a continent that is said to be the cradle of mankind. www.circus-mother-africa.de | facebook: motherafricacircus

Think Cirque Du Soleil with an abundant African flavour  AuSTRALiAN STAGE Sheer versatility, boundless energy, infectious warmth, high energy production  ADELAiDE THEATRE GuiDE 2011

Ambassadors of a new Africa. A perfect mix of music, dance and high class acrobaticsand always with a smile ★★★★★ EL PAiS, SPAiN

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PLEASANCE DOME | JACkDOME This unique troupe from St Petersburg creates an exceptionally beautiful and upbeat show using only their hands. You’ll be surprised how rich a show could be without decor, props or costumes. Hundreds of images will catch your imagination: landscapes, willing heroes, funny situations, a ballet of birds and a parade of the delights of our lives. And for dessert - beautiful gifts for the inhabitants of Edinburgh & their visitors. With us you’ll enjoy life all over again. We’ll make your day!

THE GAMBLEr Theatre Re

Enthralling visual tale combining movement, live music and new writing. The Gambler is the story of Edgar, an old man trapped in his past. As he confronts his addiction, he wonders if his decisions were truly his own. Each spin of the wheel recalls the promise of a life he could have had. He gambles to remember, he gambles to forget.

handmadetheatre.ru | facebook: groups/handmadetheatre

These actors are incredibly talented, their imagination is boundless and their sense of humor is irrepressible. I admire their work, fantastic precision, charming enchanting poetry… NiCE-mATiN Hand Made expresses the beauty which surrounds us. Their language is understandable for everyone no matter what their age or country. SAiNT-PETERSBuRG mORNiNG

www.retheatre.fr | facebook: retheatre | Twitter: @guillaumePige

The physicality of the actors was enthralling and beautifully linked to the filmic piano playing.  LONDON FESTiVAL FRiNGE

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Recently named “Best Dance Performance” by the City Pages and won “”Best Ensemble and Performance”” at the SAGE Awards, Rhythmic Circus features 4 dancers and 7 musicians blending percussive tap with live funk, rock, blues and soul in a high-spirited, multi-genre show. Rhythmic Circus energizes their live performances with a blend of rapid-fire, hard-hitting tap and high-spirited humor while exploring rhythm and percussive dance through musical genres from funk to salsa. Their highly-acclaimed show, Feet Don’t Fail me Now! showcases the group’s technical virtuosity as dancers as they transform their tap shoes into innovative and captivating instruments of rhythm. www.rhythmiccircus.com | www.robinklingerentertainment.com

Rhythmic Circus brought the house down! miNNEAPOLiS STAR TRiBuNE Rhythmic Circus proves tap dancing can be funky, edgy, explosive and used as a tool to tell tales of life in the modern city. ST. PAuL PiONEER PRESS The dancers have limbs and torsos seemingly suspended by marionette strings, and feet that bounced as though on springs! HOW WAS THE SHOW

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fLASH MOB

From the world famous team behind festival hits COOKiN’, JumP and Korean Drum, a fiercely funny physical comedy with spectacular football and dance, chases the fortunes of a rag-tag side of unlikely heroes.

Where dance worlds collide! This dynamic show is packed with energy as stars from your favourite dance reality shows take centre stage.Don’t miss Olivier award nominee Tommy Franzen (BBC1’s So You Think You Can Dance) alongside the A-Team (BBC3’s move it Like michael Jackson), Alleviate and Brosena (Sky1’s Got To Dance) and Latin dance from mike Viry (StreetDance2 3D the movie). The best dance talent unites as Latin meets lockin’, jazz joins jump jive and contemporary goes Celtic as the show builds to a spectacular finale that guarantees everyone will be on their feet!

Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent by arrangement with World Dance Management

San Theatre and Seol & Company

Kicked out of their ground by a professional team, our newly homeless side refuses to lose faith. Finding innovative ways to train, the captain comes up with a bright idea to form a new team without limit on age or gender. Devising trials that bring forth the most unlikely of candidates - finally they get the chance to face their opponents in the game of a lifetime! facebook: thehikick

The Joy of Football on the stage! DAiLY NEWS Crammed with astonishing football techniques and witty ideas THE muSiCAL mAGAziNE One of the best football show you’ll ever see! THE EVENiNG NEWS

£8 £13 (£11)

Directed by Gary Lloyd - Artistic Director and Choreographer for Thriller Live (2010 Whats On Stage Nominee Best New musical and Best Choreographer) www.worlddancemanagement.com

supremely good GuARDiAN ON TOmmY FRANzEN it’s just perfection! KimBERLY WYATT ON BROSENA jaw-dropping... that was insane! ADAm GARCiA ON A-TEAm

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Riverdance refugees and YouTube superstars, up & Over it are back with their electro-pop, nouveau folk deconstruction of the irish dance blockbuster.

This compelling new work by the multi-award winning troupe is a gospel of dance, a personal journey and a declaration of love. “maybe it’s the end of Dance Theatre, maybe the madness of a world where people still make wars that divide the Gods….You forget that all the feelings of the world, the rains, the sounds, the cities, the birds, the people, the stars, and everything…is YOu. Don’t seek inspiration from what surrounds you. You will find it deep within your heart. And when you live with a rainbow in your heart then you need nothing else.” “Part of that Power that would The Evil ever do, and ever does the Good.” Goethe, Faust

Puck Productions

DEREVO | Russian Season 2012

www.upandoverit.com | facebook: upandoverit | Twitter: @_upandoverit

Phenomenal dancers and masters of rhythm  THE LiST A great success on every level...Refreshing and innovative THE STAGE Get ready for another Irish dance takeover of the world WASHiNGTON POST

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www.derevo.org | facebook: DErEVOgroup

DEREVO is absolutely stunning. The best of the best. SCOTSmAN Devised and performed with a splendour and finesse that speaks of the exquisite Russian traditions of dance, clowning and mime that are a bedrock element of this company’s world-renowned identity. HERALD Physical theatre at its most daring and spectacular. mETRO

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19:35 (20:35) Casus and Assembly with Marshall Cordell

Australia’s hottest new circus company CASuS, presents the gem of the Adelaide Fringe – walking on eggs, flying from the sky and breathtaking physical magic as four performers explore the boundaries of strength and tenderness. Bodies are pushed and pulled, weighed and tested as acts of intimacy compete with thrilling physical feats. Casus combines the talents of former members of Circa, The Flying Fruit-Fly Circus and Briefs to create a bold, breathtaking and beautiful displays of skill. www.assemblyfestival.com | facebook: assemblyfestival | Twitter: @assemblyfest

Best Circus/Physical Theatre nominee ADELAiDE FRiNGE

The crowd was in awe. ADELAiDE NOW

There is a wonderful childlike innocence about Knee Deep… turns a series of tricks into a work of art. ADELAiDE FRiNGE BENEFiTS

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Dr BuNHEAD’S BLAST Off!

Little Cauliflower

Dr. Bunhead’s Science Education and Assembly

Rocket ride into space as TV scientist Dr Bunhead (Brainiac) unravels the science of space travel. Get as close as possible to a rocket blast-off without actually blowing up. Featuring: the first hamster into space, exploding brains, stunt bananas and loads more. Blow your mind, pop your eyeballs and poop your pants as Dr Bunhead joyrides through 100% pure, live, scary, science for kids. Bring your own ear-defenders and extra strong underpants - umbrellas advisable! www.bunhead.com | Twitter: @drbunhead

silly, crazy, dirty, dangerous and magnificent DAiLY TELEGRAPH £5 £9 (£8) F

£10 (£9)

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10:30 (11:30) The machine travels around the world planting all the trees, the grass and the flowers. This morning, it broke down! Two bumbling assistants have been left in charge and they need your help! A madcap piece of theatre for all ages about the environment and chocolate pie.

ASSEMBLY GEOrGE SquArE | THEATrE

HAIrY MACLArY & frIENDS Nonsense Room Productions

www.littlecauliflower.co.uk | facebook: littlecaulilfower | Twitter: @caulitheatre

Funny and throughly slick production  BROADWAY BABY Packed with visual Invention  SCOTSmAN A Highlight of the 2011 Fringe  FRiNGE REViEW

£5 £6 (£5) F

£7 (£6) S

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10:30 & 11:45 (50 mins)

PLEASANCE COurTYArD | THE GrEEN Anyone with young children will recognise these immortal words instantly as the opening lines of the book ‘Hairy maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy’ by Lynley Dodd. Following a Sell-Out run at the Fringe 2010, a uK Tour in 2011 and the Christmas season at the Sydney Opera House, Hairy maclary and his friends are springing off the page once again this summer.

MIL’S TrILLS MuSIC & STOrIES Discover the world of instruments in an interactive music experience for families with young children. Led by New Yorker, Amelia Robinson (Lincoln Center, michael Nyman), playing original, whimsical songs on her electric ukulele with help from musical guests. Suitable for ages 0-2 (10:30am) and 3-5 years (11:45am)

Featuring many of the characters from the books like Hercules morse, as big as a Horse – Bottomley Potts, covered in spots – Schnitzel von Krumm, with the very low tum and Scarface Claw – the toughest tomcat in town. With music, singing and several of your favourite Hairy maclary stories, this show is a must for the whole family.

www.milstrills.com | facebook: milstrillsmusic | Twitter: @milstrills

www.hairymaclaryshow.co.uk | facebook: The-Hairy-Maclary-and-friends-Show Twitter: @Nroomproduction

What a great way to spend time! 

Hairy Maclary was fab, my nearly 3 year old practically levitated in excitement... mumS.NET Fans of the storybooks cannot fail to enjoy this performance and every child should see this.  ONE4REViEW.COm

BROOKLYN PARENT mAGAziNE

It’s fun for grown-ups, too! AOL’S PATCH

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10:30 & 11:45 & 13:30 (40 mins)

ASSEMBLY | rOYAL BOTANIC GArDEN

10:30 (11:15)

ASSEMBLY rOxY | uPSTAIrS

PAPErBELLE

PETYA AND THE wOLf

Paperbelle’s world is blank and plain and she likes it that way. She’s heard of colour; but would prefer things to stay as they are – blank and plain. The colours, on the other hand, want to play and they want Paperbelle to join in. Paperbelle’s world is changing – will she try to stop it or might she find it’s not as bad as it first seemed…? Paperbelle is an enchanting theatre performance for children aged 2 to 5 set in a magical world of paper. Part of made in Scotland 2012.

A musical fairytale for children aged 4 to 99.

Frozen Charlotte Productions

Theatre LA PUSHKIN | Russian Season 2012

Once upon a time, they met: a duck and an owl, a cat and Grandfather, two hunters... a wolf and Petya. A puppet theatre without puppets, a mute opera, a pocket circus, a dramatic and beautiful re-telling by two clowns. www.peter-wolf.tk | www.lapushkin.de

www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com | www.frozencharlotte.com facebook: frozencharlotte | Twitter: @frozen_C

beautifully engineered, full of really clever surprises  THE HERALD

£6 £8

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THE GOLDEN COwPAT

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

uNDErBELLY

0131 556 6550

11:00 (12:00)

0844 545 8252

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ANDY AND MIkE’S... TICk TOCk TIME MACHINE

Tucked In

Cheeky-Chap Productions

Plop! Wow! Another Golden Cowpat! Join naughty cow Betty and her farmer Hector on their magical adventure. This exciting fairytale is told through delightfully silly storytelling... oh! and don’t forget the catchy live folk music! From professional touring family theatre troupe, Tucked in, who brought you 2011’s 5-star Fringe favourite, ‘Tim & Light’. www.tuckedin.org.uk | Twitter: @tuckedinp

Tucked In are blessed with a fresh new vision STAGE Immensely entertaining and leaves a lasting impression. (on Tim & Light) PRimARY TimES £1 £7 (£6) F

£8 (£7)

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Andy Day, from Cbeebies ‘Andy’s Wild Adventures’ stars alongside comedy partner, mike James. Following their smash-hit show, ‘Andy and mike’s… Big Box of Bananas’ the dynamic duo brings you another brilliant adventure, this time they have a time machine! They are sent on a quest to collect things from the past and the future. Will they make it back to the here and now or be trapped in the mists of time forever? One thing’s for sure; they haven’t a chance without your help! www.andyandmike.com | facebook: andyandmikeuk | Twitter: @andyandmike

...off-beat mayhem that would appeal to pretty much any age... the duos rapport with the audience, witty dialogue, energy and drive is right on the money  THE LiST A perfect childrens show… great entertainment.  THREE WEEKS - EDiNBuRGH If I could go back in time and watch it all over again I would JuSTiN FLETCHER £6 £9 (£8) F

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11:00 (11:40)

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MONSkI MOuSE’S BABY DISCO DANCE HALL Monski Mouse Media

Retro-fabulous DJ Hostess, monski mouse, brings high energy smiling to mornings in this disco for under 5’s and their parents/ carers. Head and shoulders, knees and toes will be bopping along to lashings of swing, jazz, rock, pop, funk, latin, soul and more! Ages 0-5. monskimouse.com | facebook: MonskiMouse | Twitter: @MonskiMouse

Children were dancing, parents were singing and EVERYONE was smiling! RADELAiDE ROVER £5 £6

11:00 (12:00)

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | SPOrTSMANS

Mr SNOT BOTTOM’S STINkY SILLY SHOw A deeeesgusting kids comedian brimming with the topics kids love: bottoms, boogers, pop offs and smells. Expect gross gags, horrible stories and just wrong routines in this roller-coaster ride of weirdness! Perfect for odd kids 5-10.

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | BILLIArD rOOM

Filthy wee tykes  SCOTSmAN £5 (£4) £8.50 (£7.50)

11:00 (12:00)

£10 (£9) M

www.comicfestival.co.uk | facebook: ScottishfalsettoSocks Twitter: @falsettosocks

HERALD SuN

For the first time the stars of stage, screen, & Doctor Who DVDs present a show suitable for kids aged 7 upwards (and their pet grown-ups). Songs, sketches, socks and violence.

had the kids in stitches... parents won’t get left out

Gilded Balloon

www.mrsnotbottom.com | facebook: mrsnotbottom Twitter: @marktrenwith

THE SCOTTISH fALSETTO SOCk PuPPET THEATrE - CHuNkY wOOLLEN NITS

Mark Trenwith

£5 £9 (£8)

£7.50

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| DAILY fESTIVAL GuIDE - DAILY COVErAGE Of ALL THE fESTIVALS

11:15 (12:05)

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SuPErJOHN

TIDDLEr AND OTHEr TErrIfIC TALES

Firehouse Creative Productions

Superjohn loves to soar above the clouds. But one day... crash! ...his superpowers are stolen and he has to travel to a dangerous world to get them back. Come and join us in the quirkiest hospital on the planet, jump into the Field Of Flowers, seep into the magical world of Bloodbone, fight Heama The Blood Queen, and help Star, Superjohn’s big sister, to BRiNG Him BACK HOmE! firehousecreativeproductions.com

£5 £9 (£7.50) F

£10 (£8.50) S

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A brand new show from the award-winning Scamp Theatre (Stick man) adapted from the bestselling books by Children’s Laureate, Julia Donaldson, and illustrated by Axel Scheffler (creators of The Gruffalo). This is a magical collection of Julia Donaldson’s most popular titles including Tiddler, monkey Puzzle, The Smartest Giant in Town and A Squash and a Squeeze brought to the stage spectacularly by the team that brought you Aesop’s Fables, Stick man and Private Peaceful. under sea, over land, on the farm and in the jungle, these tales are woven together with music, songs, puppets and a host of colourful characters who will delight. www.scamptheatre.com | Twitter: @scamptheatre

Wonderfully exuberant and imaginative (for Stick Man)  TimE OuT CRiTiCS’ CHOiCE Zesty and delightful (for Stick Man)  iNDEPENDENT (For Stick Man)  SuNDAY EXPRESS £6 £10 (£9) F

£11 (£10) S

6&7

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

11:30 (12:30)

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | wEE rOOM

NICk COPE fAMILY SONGS AND MuSIC Nick sings about things that really matter to kids; monkeys, fluffballs, jumping in the mud, howling wolves, drums and goodnight kisses. www.nickcope.co.uk | www.gildedballoon.co.uk | Twitter: @nickcope4

if only all music for under 5s was made by indie-pop geniuises THE SCHOFiELD FAmiLY

£7.50 (£6.50) F

£8.50 (£7.50)

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11:30 (12:30)

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | wINE BAr

11:35 (12:20)

PLEASANCE COurTYArD | BELOw

TA DAAA!

LuMINOuS TALES

All the way from Eleventy 5 Jellybean Drive, Clown Town, best friends, Frehd & Tim Eee invite you to a packed hour of magic making, mirth giving, bubble blowing, song singing fun.

There’s a little old lady who won’t go to bed, a girl who wants to play with the moon and some boxing hares that fight over the moonlight. An animated mix of shadow play and storytelling that takes you on a gentle journey through the darkness of night, over the light of the moon and back in time for bed.

Gilded Balloon | Frehd Astarr and Tim Eee Presley

Ripstop Theatre/Escalator East to Edinburgh

Nominated Best Presentation for Children 2011 Adelaide Fringe.

www.ripstoptheatre.com | facebook: ripstopTheatre Twitter: @zanniefraser

www.gildedballoon.co.uk

Shadow puppetry with exquisite simplicity TimE OuT

... spark infectious laughter...  ADELAiDE ADVERTiSER 2012

£5 F

£5 £6 (£5.50)

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11:50 (12:40)

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0131 622 6552

12:00 (13:00)

BuBBLEwrAP & BOxES

The colourful stripes of a big top magically transform into circus characters – animals, trainers, acrobats and clowns. Every “act” has its own storyline with an unexpected outcome. Delightful entertainment for all the family.

This gorgeous little story about how to live bravely in a big world is told using acrobatics, clowning and a whole lot of cardboard boxes. Winners of both 2009 and 2010 melbourne Fringe ‘Best Family Show’ award.

handmadetheatre.ru | facebook: groups/handmadetheatre

www.askingfortrouble.com.au

It is true! There is genius in simplicity. SAiNT-PETERSBuRG THEATRE Hand Made expresses the beauty which surrounds us. Their language is understandable for everyone no matter what their age or country. SAiNT-PETERSBuRG mORNiNG

An imaginative piece of physical theatre  FEST adults rumbling and children shrieking with laughter  BROADWAY BABY enormously engaging performers  FRiNGEREViEW

£6 £8 F

£9 S

Presented by Asking for Trouble

£5 £8 (£7)

6&7

0844 545 8252

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DEBATING HALL

CIrCuS IN HAND

Hand Made Theatre, Svetlana Ozerskaya | Russian Season 2012

uNDErBELLY

0131 556 6550

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

12:05 (13:00)

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THE AMAZING BuBBLE SHOw

£9 (£8) S

12:15 (13:15)

PLEASANCE COurTYArD | BESIDE

THE I HATE CHILDrEN CHILDrEN’S SHOw

Lunchbox Theatrical Productions

Unusual Productions

magic for teens, tweens, and hot soccer moms! Now with 20% more child hating! Editor’s Choice - “Best Children’s Show 2011” 3 Weeks magazine Your child stars in the only children’s show that invites parents to get their drink on. www.ihatechildren.com | www.badmagician.com | facebook: paulnathan Twitter: @badmagician

Best Childen’s Show  THREE WEEKS £6 £8 (£7) F

£9 (£8)

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12:15 (13:15) All-new show from fringe favourite, Louis Pearl, the Amazing Bubble man (5 sell-out Edinburgh years). With infectious enthusiasm, Louis brings the art, magic and science of bubbles into the realm of fun. With bubblefuls of spellbinding new tricks, from Spinning Bubble Sculptures to people inside bubbles, the Amazing Bubble man conjures shrieks of laughter and gasps of amazement from all ages. Book early!

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | BILLIArD rOOM

TrEASurE ISLAND Uncontained Arts

Join honest Jim Hawkins as he sets sail on a frantically funny high seas adventure. Outsmarting Long John Silver in search of buried treasure, Jim finds himself on a desert island with some cheesy characters and one pongy parrot. With barrels of laughter and lots of joining-in fun for the whole family!

www.lunchbox-productions.com/bubbles | facebook: Lunchbox Theatrical Productions

Highly recommended  BRiTiSHTHEATREGuiDE.CO.uK, 2011 Just brilliant GuARDiAN

www.derbytheatre.co.uk/uncontainedarts | facebook: uncontainedArts Twitter: @uncontainedArts

This company clearly know what kids want  THE STAGE £8 £10 (£8)

£12 (£10)

£5 £7 (£6)

6&7

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

12:40 (13:40)

PLEASANCE COurTYArD | BELOw

6&7

£8 (£7) T

12:45 (13:35)

ASSEMBLY GEOrGE SquArE | BOSCO

Dr. BrOwN BrOwN BrOwN BrOwN BrOwN AND HIS SINGING TIGEr

THE MArOON BALLOON Smash Productions

The heart-warming story of a boy who befriends a red balloon with a mind of its own in the streets of Paris. Follow them on their adventures as they get to know each other, helping and protecting one another through laughter and danger, running from bullies, going to school, meeting other balloons. This story will delight children and adults and make you think twice before popping a balloon ever again.

The Mason Sisters @ PBJ

A madcap adventure of “tremendous physical comedy” (FringeReview.co.uk). “Think mr Bean with added silliness” (BroadwayBaby.com). Winner: Best Kids’ Show - Adelaide Fringe and melbourne Comedy Festival 2012

Twitter: @maroonballoon12

pbjmgt.co.uk | facebook: drbrowncomedy | Twitter: @drbrowncomedy

squeal with delight at his antics... near-perfect hour  CHORTLE £5 £7 (£6)

£8 (£7)

£6 (£4)

6&7

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| TOP SHOw rEVIEwS EVErY wEEk Of THE fESTIVAL

13:00 (13:45)

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MONSTErS GOT TALENT

13:15 (14:00)

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THE MAGICIAN’S DAuGHTEr

Toby Mitchell

Little Angel Theatre in associaiton with the Royal Shakespeare Company

Once upon a time a little monster enters a talent competition. The judge is a vampire. The other contestants include a singing dragon, a joke-telling dinosaur and a tapdancing unicorn. Who will win? The audience decides, in this comical interactive puppet show, performed by Toby mitchell, co-director of Fringe favourites Tall Stories theatre company. music, comedy and silliness, in a show for everyone aged 5 and up. www.tobymitchell.com

Toby Mitchell has a natural ease and rapport with the audience THE STAGE £5 (£4) W

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14:00 (15:00)

ASSEMBLY GEOrGE SquArE | ELEGANCE Written by former Children’s Laureate, michael Rosen, and inspired by ‘The Tempest’, Little Angel Theatre, in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company, bring their trademark blend of dazzling puppetry, live music and song to this enchanting story of the adventures of a young girl on a magical faraway island. Join miranda’s daughter as she discovers for herself Ariel, Caliban and the wonders of the ‘isle full of noises’. Spellbinding and immensely enjoyable for the whole family - 3yrs +

JAMES CAMPBELL’S COMEDY 4 kIDS IMWP

For children over 6, their parents and anyone who likes comedy without the rude words, a show which might or might not discuss scooters, Scottish country dancing and what we’ll do with all these gregarious giraffes. Since last Edinburgh, James has taught Blue Peter’s Helen Skelton to do stand up and hosts his own TV show called The Big Book Babble which makes children’s authors more interesting.

www.littleangeltheatre.com | facebook: little angel theatre | Twitter: @LittleATheatre

Little Angel Theatre’s puppetry and Michael Rosen’s humorous writing prove a magical combination - more successful storytelling would be hard to conjure THE STAGE As I left the theatre, there were smiles on every face. Smiling children, smiling parents. A treat for everyone! SPECTATOR A charming piece GuARDiAN

www.thejamescampbell.com

Has achieved almost holy status - don’t miss  SuNDAY TimES

£7 £11 (£10)

£7.50 F

6&7

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

14:30 & 15:45 (45 mins)

£12 (£11)

PLEASANCE COurTYArD | THE GrEEN

15:00 (15:45)

PLEASANCE COurTYArD | BEYOND

THE SNAIL AND THE wHALE

rONNIE LE DrEw’S BrILLIANT BAG SHOw

Tall Stories - Based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Pleasance Theatre Trust

Ronnie’s show will delight the young and old first time audience to puppets! Each puppet performs a turn to inspire a new audience to the wonders of Puppet Theatre. Note - 2 shows per day. www.pleasance.co.uk

£6 (£5) F

6&7

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

13:00 & 15:45 (45mins)

PLEASANCE COurTYArD | THE GrEEN Tall Stories (creators of the ‘Gruffalo’ and ‘Room on the Broom’ stage shows) present their latest exciting collaboration with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. A tiny snail longs to see the world, so she hitches a lift on the tail of a humpback whale. But when the whale gets beached, how will the snail save him? Follow the tiny snail’s amazing journey, as seen through the eyes of an adventurous young girl and her seafaring father... Storytelling, live music and lots of laughs, in a show for everyone aged 4 and up.

rOBIN’S ukuLELE ExTrAVAGANZA Modify the Van

Be whisked away to a world of ukulele family fun with Robin and friends. Learn your first few chords and then play along to timeless classics such as ‘Stand By me’, ‘Yellow Submarine’ and maybe even something by Jessie J!

www.tallstories.org.uk | facebook: tallstoriestheatre | Twitter: @TallStoriesNews

The Snail and the Whale is an exquisite piece of theatre... A show that leaves you smiling THE STAGE

Show Times: 14th - 19th at 15:45, 20th - 24th at 13:00

The Snail and the Whale is interactive, moving, fun and captivating… The show is fantastic

www.modifythevan.com/edfringeuke

STOCKTON EVENiNG GAzETTE

When am I going to be old enough to have lessons with Robin? TOmmY’S YOuNGER BROTHER THEO, AGED 5 Brilliant! JESSiCA, AGED 7

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uNDErBELLY, COwGATE | DELHI BELLY

MArk GrIST: rOGuE TEACHEr

Timely, patriotic, touching and consistently funny.  SCOTSmAN £10 (£9)

6&7

uNDErBELLY, COwGATE | BELLY LAuGH

www.lukewright.co.uk | Twitter: @lukewrightpoet

£10.50 (£9.50) S

18:30 (19:30)

0844 545 8252

After sell-out, five star success with Cynical Ballads, the Fringe favourite returns! Expect thigh-slapping acerbic wordplay and bawdy bar room ballads. meet Jeremy, the public schoolboy who draws penises on everything; scandal-drenched tabloid fodder The Crumps; and kung-fu fighting French copper Jean-Claude Gendarme.

An Internet sensation. THE SuN Brings the house down. GuARDiAN

uNDErBELLY

0131 556 6550

CKP by arrangement with Escalator East To Edinburgh

www.markgrist.com | Twitter: @montygristo

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

LukE wrIGHT - YOur NEw fAVOurITE POET

Earlier this year, millions watched an ex-English teacher defeat a teenage grime artist in a rap battle. But it’s a lot more complicated than that. Since quitting his teaching post mid-recession, mark Grist (the suited half of Dead Poets) has been treading the fine line between bravery and stupidity. it’s all very exciting, but is it enough to make you forget who you are? Warning: Contains poetry.

£6 £9.50 (£8.50)

GILDED BALLOON

0131 623 3030

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uNDErBELLY, BrISTO SquArE | ErMINTruDE

6&7

19:30 (20:30)

£11 (£10) F

19:50 (20:50)

DEATH BOOGIE

Canadian spoken word virtuoso Shane Koyczan has earned standing ovations around the world with his emotionally charged performances. Winner of the uS Slam Poetry Championship and Canadian Spoken Word Olympics, he has published three volumes of poetry and was dubbed ‘a poet who touched hearts’ by CBC News after performing at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics. His show will leave you laughing through your tears.

A multimedia Hip Hop poetry musical following the story of Victor Spartan, a blue collar worker who lives a comatose lifestyle by day and at night, hears the poetic sounds of revolution. A political romp with a Pee-Wee Herman meets Che Guevara flare featuring music by The mighty Third Rail.

uNVEiLED ARTS

£5 £10 (£8) F

A slammin’, lively, provocative show

£12 (£11) M

THE NEW YORK TimES

EDiNBuRGH BOOK FESTiVAL

A polished, invigorating spoken word performance.

Best poetry reading: Shane Koyczan SCOTSmAN AT 2005

DDMcG Productions

www.shanekoyczan.com | Twitter: @koyczan facebook: pages/Shane-koyczan/255800007835806

ASSEMBLY rOxY | uPSTAIrS

SHANE kOYCZAN - TALk rOCkEr

£10 (£9)

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6&7

12:45 (13:45)

£12 (£10) F

CIRCUS

She was among the biggest stars of the 1950s, her private life - as wife to the future 007 - constantly making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Now Welsh-born Dorothy’s fabulous ballads and scandalous story live on, performed by Al Pillay (Channel 4’s The Comic Strip) and a stunning supporting cast.

BEST CIRCUS SHOW

£10 (£9)

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17:20 (18:20)

3.40PM (4.40PM)

ASSEMBLY GEOrGE SquArE | THrEE

kEIrA DALEY: LADYNErD

2-27 AUGUST 2012 (not 13) 18:15 (19:05)

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EDwArD rEID: LIVING THE DrEAM ONE SONG AT A TIME

Keira Daley, Assembly | Best of the Sydney Fringe

indulge your inner (or not-so-inner) nerd with this award-winning smash hit from Sydney Fringe – a funny, fact-packed cabaret tribute to some of history’s greatest minds, from marie Curie to Ada Lovelace… via that woman who invented Liquid Paper. With pianist mark Chamberlain in the key of nerd.

Aria Entertainment - Katy Lipson

international cabaret sensation and Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist brings you an intimate cabaret performance telling you the real story of Edward Reid. This show is a retrospective journey through Edward’s life to his successes. Filled with funny tales, poignant moments and larger than life characters, we invite you to get to know the man whom Britain came to love.

www.ladynerd.com.au | www.assemblyfestival.com

full of warmth, quirky wit, and terrific singing STAGE WHiSPERS fun, fresh, laugh-out-loud humour... a rollicking show

www.aria-entertainment.com | facebook: AriaEntertainment Twitter: @AriaEnts

AuSSiE THEATRE

Wow! Thank God for Edward Reid! DAViD HASSELHOFF

£8 £10 (£9) S

ADELAIDE FRINGE 2012

WINNER!

THIS IS WHAT WE DO FOR A LIVING

Pillay... is perfect GuARDiAN Hollywood can wait EVENiNG STANDARD

TUMBLE

The Biggest Diva of Them All

Underbelly Productions in association with Tumble Circus present

DOrOTHY SquIrES: MrS rOGEr MOOrE

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fASCINATING AÏDA: CHEAP fLIGHTS John Mackay & David Johnson

Continuing their smash-hit sell-out tour, the Olivier Award-nominated and now a global internet sensation, Fascinating Aida is still Britain’s best comedy cabaret trio. Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza Pullman return to Edinburgh with several numbers hot off the press, plus a few old favourites including their infamous anthem to budget travel, Cheap Flights (nine million plus hits on YouTube) as well as the Dogging Song, a fond homage to the joys of al fresco sex. www.fascinatingaida.co.uk | facebook: #!/fascinatingaida

Cabaret Heaven ... hilarious  mETRO I can’t recommend this show highly enough  mAiL ON SuNDAY Feckin hilarious  TELEGRAPH

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LADY SINGS IT BETTEr Smashing expectations one soaring harmony at a time, these women reinvent tunes from the greatest male musicians. Soulful, sassy and surprising, the Ladies romp through popular culture, with stellar vocals and a little ridiculous dancing.

Mick Perrin for Just For Laughs Live

imagine if Derren Brown was funny. Last year’s sell out hit returns! A mind reading show unlike any other! Learn to read minds, detect lies & more. What’s On Stage, Public Reviews ***** Skinny, Edinburgh Spotlight ****

ladysingsitbetter.com | blackcatproductions.com.au facebook: Lady Sings it Better | Twitter: @lady_sings_it

www.dougsegal.co.uk

Talk about sisters doing it for themselves…the showstopper was just the start of the show. AuSTRALiAN STAGE A sheer joyful explosion of sound  ADELAiDE ADVERTiSER

£14 (£12) S

Leaves people open mouthed with astonishment and on their feet  EDiNBuRGH EVENiNG NEWS The excitement you get when a show is catching fire HERALD £5 £8.50 (£7.50)

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DOuG SEGAL: HOw TO rEAD MINDS AND INfLuENCE PEOPLE

Blackcat Productions

£6 £12 (£10)

19:00 (20:00)

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19:10 (20:10)

£9.50 (£8.50)

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CABArET wHOrE HEr fINEST HOur

it’s 2012, the Year of the Dragon, and Piff’s back. But more importantly, so is mr Piffles! See the World’s First million Dollar Chihuahua™ cheat death on a nightly basis as he is laminated live on stage, escapes a flaming straight-jacket and is fired from the Cannon of Certain Death! Book early to avoid disappointment. Total sell-out 2011. As seen on BBC, iTV, C4 & C5

Brilliant character comedy, sparkling original songs. A limited run featuring favourite faces from three sell-out fringes, from tortured French chanteuse La Poule Plombée to washed-up lounge crooner Bernie St Clair. Created by award-winning Sarah-Louise Young, as seen in Fascinating Aïda. music by michael Roulston.

£7 £11 (£10)

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A model of polished musical storytelling. Edinburgh loves her. So do we.  TimE OuT - TOP TEN CABARET ARTiSTS

£11 (£10) S

www.cabaretwhore.com | www.festivalhighlights.com facebook: festhighlights | Twitter: @cabaretwhore

A stunningly good magician PENN & TELLER

Sarah-Louise Young - Festival Highlights

www.piffthemagicdragon.com | Twitter: @thepiff facebook: facebook.com/piffthemagicdragon

£6 £10 (£9)

uNDErBELLY, BrISTO SquArE | ErMINTruDE

PIff THE MAGIC DrAGON IN... JurASSIC BArk David Johnson | John Mackay | Debi Allen

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Eastend Cabaret in association with Underbelly Productions

Soho Theatre | Tim Whitehead Management in association with Underbelly

Twisting modern life into some of the catchiest, most peculiar pop songs you’ll hear this year, award-winning cabaret duo Bourgeois & maurice bring their unrivalled mix of social commentary, musical comedy and fashion so high you’ll wonder what you’ve taken back to the Edinburgh Fringe. www.bourgeoisandmaurice.co.uk | facebook: bourgeoisandmaurice Twitter: @bourgmaurice

Talented to within an inch of their lives, you’ll fall in love.  TimE OuT £6 £10 (£9) F

£11 (£10)

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LADY rIZO

Armed with an arsenal of musical instruments from piano accordion to musical saw, and lauded as the cult hit of Edinburgh Fringe 2011, the debauched double act are fresh from sell-out performances at this year’s Adelaide Fringe and melbourne Comedy Festival. These critically-acclaimed “cabaret superstars” (Time Out London) are “a must-see show!” (The Stage).

The ‘Cabaret Superstar’, comedienne and chanteuse revives the genre by combining vintage arrangements & theatrical explorations of pop songs from every decade with original material. Join Grammy winning diva as she combines glamour, wit and insane charm in a fascinating mix of bawdy humor and polished hyperfemininity.

£11 (£10)

Lady Rizo Entertainment

www.ladyrizo.com | facebook: ladyrizo | Twitter: @ladyrizo

Marvellously funny, genuinely naughty and utterly in control, they leave the audience screaming for more.  SCOTSmAN Comic genius.  THREE WEEKS - EDiNBuRGH £6 £10 (£9)

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Winners of the “Best Cabaret” Award at Adelaide Fringe 2012, irrepressible musical comedy duo Bernadette Byrne (deviant diva) and Victor Victoria (freakish multi-instrumentalist) will captivate and titillate with hilarious original songs, quick-witted improvisation and tales of the playfully perverse.

www.eastendcabaret.com | facebook: eastendcabaret | Twitter: @eastendcabaret

When she belts the last note, everything is in place. The hand is daintily raised just so, the immobile coiffed hair frames her face and the monstrous eyelashes consume the eyes... you’d barely know what decade it is. NEW YORK £8 £12 (£11)

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JONNY wOO: wONDEr wOOMAN

22:45 (23:45)

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Hilarious DAiLY TELEGRAPH Guaranteed to make you forget all your worries HEART Fm Which way to the toilet please? CHERiE LuNGHi £5 £10.50 (£9.50)

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www.scalesoftheunexpected.co.uk | facebook: Scales-of-the-unexpected Twitter: @unexpectedScale

The bastard love child of Kenny Everett and Marlene Dietrich THE TimES  TimE OuT

Six legs ... three hats ... one beard ... no dignity! madcap medleys, pop parodies and literal choreography! As seen on Sky One’s ‘Don’t Stop me Now’, this musical comedy group is on a mission to save the world one harmony at a time.

www.jonnywoo.com | www.tim-whitehead.com | facebook: jonnywoouk

Scales of the Unexpected

Award winning drag fabulist Jonny Woo brings a host of surreal characters, songs and tongue twisters in this rollercoaster hour of modern cabaret. The Scouse Pope, Spam Ayres and Wonder Wooman are interspersed with hilarious tales from his club kid days. The ultimate one man/woman variety show.

£12.50 (£11)

SCALES Of THE uNExPECTED

Tim Whitehead Management

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VIVE LE CABArET

The most dazzling show on the Fringe is back for three nights only, featuring the finest entertainment that Edinburgh has to offer. With previous guests including Camille O’Sullivan, Tim Vine, Fascinating Aida and Frisky and mannish, Vive le Cabaret sets the gold standard for festival Variety. Described by critics as a guaranteed evening of first class entertainment again and again and again, this strictly limited run of Vive le Cabaret is the hottest ticket on the Fringe this year.

PLEASANCE DOME | ACEDOME

www.lililascala.com | www.gagreflex.co.uk | facebook: lililascala Twitter: @lililascala

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Let luscious Lili la Scala, and some of her favourite Festival reprobates entertain you at this rollicking late night show stuffed to the gunnels with enough laughs, variety, songs and burlesque to keep everyone happy. With some of the worlds best performers including comedy genius The Boy with Tape on His Face, the outstanding mr. mat Ricardo (as seen on Jonathan Ross), miss Behave and many more.

£10 (£8)

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Lili la Scala : Lee Martin for Gag Reflex Management

www.vivelecabaret.co.uk | www.blondambitionproductions.com facebook: vivelecabaret

LILI LA SCALA: ANOTHEr f*CkING VArIETY SHOw

Pleasance, Blond Ambition and O’Connor Arts and Ents

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CHAZ rOYAL’S SExY CIrCuS SIDESHOw

Underbelly Productions and FaananaRepulic

Mark Henderson

Chaz Royal’s SEXY CiRCuS SiDESHOW in association with London Burlesque Festival. A ‘Carnival Cavalcade’ of Saucy Showgirls, Sexy Sideshow Stunts, Neurotic Novelty & Vaudeville Variety at it’s Very Best! NEW SHOW NiGHTLY. WARNiNG: Contains Nudity & Strong Language 18+ internationally recognised as the ‘King of Burlesque’ and one of the world’s most influential and innovative burlesque producers; the ‘Chaz Royal stamp’ guarantees the very highest quality of burlesque entertainment. £8 £10 (£8.50) F

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23:59 (00:59) Briefs slams together a beef-caked and disorderly line-up of Australia’s award winning mischief-makers in a circus-infused variety show for the not-so-faint-hearted. Host Shivannah - love-child of the ringmaster and bearded lady - leads a ragtag team of skilful buccaneers in a contortion of vaudeville, burlesque, dance and clowning. Raw and savvy, a mix of political conscience, theatrical rule-breaking with heaps of clever parody and good old fashioned entertainment. www.briefsboys.com | facebook: briefsallmalecircuscabaret

Absolutely Mesmerising  SCOTSmAN Show stopping, pants dropping, circus burlesque  HAiRLiNE Laugh-out-loud funny THE DAiLY TELEGRAPH (AuS)

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MArCEL LuCONT: CABArET fANTASTIquE Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

France’s greatest flâneur, raconteur and bon-viveur presents a midnight feast of the Fringe’s finest alternative acts. The cult hit from London and festivals worldwide comes to Edinburgh for THREE NiGHTS ONLY! Contains magic and tits. marcellucont.com | objectivetalentmanagement.com facebook: marcellucont | Twitter: @marcellucont

A perfect night out. No night is the same, but every one is a delight  ADELAiDE ADVERTiSER £8 £10 (£9)

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BEST Of THE fEST VArIETY

BOOM BOOM CLuB

Hosted by the sensational miss Behave, join us for a late night extravaganza in the glorious Spiegeltent Teatro for the all new Best of the Fest Variety.

Cabaret, live music, promenade performance and after-hours revelry. “London’s trailblazing, hell-raising cabaret troupe” (Time Out) arrive at the Fringe to present a 3-room immersive extravaganza in the depths of the underbelly.

Assembly and Miss Behave

Underbelly Productions and 33 Events

A Pandora’s box of comedy, cabaret, music, circus and all the wonderful worlds between. Enter a world of licentious late night treats as the finest performers from the Fringe come together to showcase their weird and wonderful talents for you delight.

Spectacular sideshow, surreal comedy and heart-breaking song rub shoulders at the party which never, ever ends. Boom Boom’s house band provides a Vintage-Jump Jazz-Rockabilly soundtrack, the old vaults keep rocking to Electro-Swing and jukebox gems into the wee small hours.

Note: Performances on 16th and 18th will take place at Spiegel Elegance.

Dusty Limits, Kitty Bang Bang, The Late Night Shop & special guest appearances from some of the biggest names in town.

www.assemblyfestival.com | facebook: assemblyfestival | Twitter: @assemblyfest

www.boomboomclub.co.uk

Consistently cutting edge and always entertaining KEViN SPACEY

A true highlight of the cabaret scene THE TimES (ON miSS BEHAVE)

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rOBErT wELLS - CLOSEuP CLASSICS

Out of the Blue

Robert Wells

The Royal Academy of music years saw the evolution of Robert´s musical project covering very different styles of music. Always using classical music as the starting point, following up with Jazz,Boogie-Woogie, Folk music, musical theatre and Hard Rock. All in the name of true entertainment with a contemporary touch of Victor Borge, Jerry Lee and Liberace. www.wellsmusic.se

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14:30 (15:30) Oxford’s all-male a cappella sensation return for their ninth incredible Fringe run! Expertly mixing stunning solos, astounding arrangements and mind-boggling musicality, be blown away by these lads’ boyish charm and unbelievable energy. As seen on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, Out of the Blue’s vibrant vocals, outrageously unprofessional choreography and occasionally unintentional comedy never fail to amuse or amaze – and they always make sure to leave a lasting impression. Prepare for an unforgettable musical experience – this truly is a cappella like you’ve never heard it before!

PLEASANCE COurTYArD | CABArET BAr

fLANDErS AND SwANN Tim FitzHigham and Duncan Walsh-Atkins

www.ootb.org.uk | facebook: ootboxford | Twitter: @ootboxford

If you don’t enjoy this you’re officially the curmudgeon of the millennium SCOTSmAN True, simple entertainment  WHATSONSTAGE.COm Brilliant! miCHAEL mCiNTYRE

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ASSEMBLY GEOrGE SquArE | ELEGANCE Celebrate the most important anniversary of 2012: not the Diamond Jubilee (vital as that is) but the 90th Anniversary of the birth of michael Flanders! Join multi-award winner Tim FitzHigham and BBC Radio 4 musical maestro Duncan Walsh-Atkins as they starch the keyboard, polish the dinner jackets and celebrate michael with his classic songs and legendary wit. HiPPOPTAmuS, GNu, GASmAN and all the favorites will be joined by other special finds to make this a celebration of which the great duo would be proud! Critics’ Choice: SuNDAY TimES, GuARDiAN and EVENiNG STANDARD.

ANDA uNION - THE wIND HOrSE Anda Union

www.flandersandswann.info

Muddy marvellous! EVENiNG STANDARD Such energy and relish iNDEPENDENT Classic... joyously frivolous SuNDAY TimES

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18:00 (19:00) Anda union’s haunting harmonies and vibrant strings evoke the endless beauty of the mongolian grasslands, combining throat singing and longsong with horse head fiddles, they bring this powerful ancient music to life as never heard before. Anda union’s thoroughly addictive combination of mongolian musical styles is a reflection of their roots. Hailing from differing ethnic nomadic cultures the ten strong band unite tribal and music traditions from all over inner mongolia. Anda union bring a wide range of musical instruments and vocal styles together in a fusion that Genghis Khan himself would have been proud of. www.andaunion.com | facebook: andaunion | Twitter: @andaunion

A thrilling debut  SONGLiNES This is a band we’re sure to be hearing more of!  EVENiNG STANDARD Anda Union, with its stirring musical styles ... remarkably accessible to western audiences.  GuARDiAN

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PETEr STrAkEr’S BrEL MKG Productions

Award-winning legend Peter Straker pays homage to the brilliant Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel in a show spanning Brel’s life and incorporating a host of his best known songs. many great artists have covered Brel but none with the passion of Straker, whose interpretations of Jacky, Amsterdam, if You Go Away, When We Only Have Love, are simply outstanding. This is the ultimate tribute to Brel by the ultimate showman Straker.

One of the must-see shows of the Fringe!  SCOTSmAN

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VOCAL IS LEkkA

Alistair Izobell Productions in association with the Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town and Assembly South African Season 2012

South Africa’s symphony of six present a musical journey weaving together genres from swing to motown, featuring slick choreography, exceptional vocal harmonies and improvised instruments. This is a cappella – Cape Town style! www.baxter.co.za | www.assemblyfestival.com

THE VOCAL OrCHESTrA Underbelly Productions

Created by internationally acclaimed beatboxer Shlomo, this breathtakingly original show is performed by a company of some of the world’s most exciting beatboxing superstars. Get ready for an uplifting mash-up of intricate group beatboxing routines and roof-raising interpretations of all time classics that will leave you whooping and clapping all the way home. www.thevocalorchestra.com | www.underbelly.co.uk/productions | facebook: thevocalorchestra Twitter: @vocalorchestra

Local performers give Capetonians something to be proud of.  NEXT 48 HOuRS … exuberantly, and beautifully, living up to the name of the show.  CAPE TimES A fresh take on a cappella with fierce Gumboot dancing  CAPE ARGuS

Glorious  TimE OuT Slick theatrics, vocal gymnastics, brilliant  EVENiNG STANDARD Energetic, effervescent, audience grabbing  THE TimES £10 (£9) £14 (£12.50)

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uNDErBELLY, BrISTO SquArE | E4 uDDErBELLY

This spine-tingling hour of incredible musical entertainment is a critically-acclaimed celebration of everyone’s favourite tunes using seven mouths, seven mics and no instruments.

Six of Cape Town’s most talented and award-winning stars present an a capella mash-up of pop classics and traditional folk songs.

£10 £15 (£14)

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DAVID HASSELHOff LIVE: AN EVENING wITH THE HOff Neil O’Brien Entertainment

An intimate, hilarious and fun filled behind the scenes look at his amazing life through media, song, dance and audience interaction. He will take you on a Knight Ride through the soaps, Knight Rider, and from Baywatch (the most watched show on the planet) to Broadway to the Berlin wall. Be prepared because there are bumps along the way and don’t be surprised if you find yourself on stage. The show is Hoff the charts with nothing in his personal life left uncensored to his highly acclaimed Broadway and West End performances of Roger Debris/Hitler in the Producers to Billy Flynn in Chicago and his iconic role of Jekyll and Hyde. it’s an Evening with the Hoff...Hoffcrazy? Hoffnuts? You bet it is! Come party Hoffstyle! P.S. You’ll like him he’s nice! Tall but nice! www.davidhasselhoff.com | www.neilobrienentertainment.com

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TOM THuM - BEATING THE HABIT

Forever 27 Productions

Underbelly Productions and Strut & Fret

Greatest myth of Rock ‘n’ Roll. 7 rock legends, 1 fateful number. Curse, coincidence or phenomenon? A breathtaking night of music with the legends of rock who lived fast, burned bright, died young. Live band playing homage to Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Jim morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones and master bluesman Robert Johnson, where the legend begins. An inspiring musical journey unravelling this mysterious phenomenon of rock stardom.

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ASSEMBLY GEOrGE SquArE | BOSCO The star of Fringe sell-out hit, TOm TOm CREW, returns to Edinburgh via London’s Southbank for his solo debut. Experience ‘artistry out of addiction’ as Thum attempts to Beat the Habit that no amount of rehab can cure! Armed with a healthy dose of humour and charisma, Thum takes you on a sonic journey into the mind and overworked vocal chords of Australia’s most prolific beatboxer. An amusing and alarming story of the boy who developed a voice box with a mind of its own. Packing an entire sound system into his throat, but with only a microphone in hand, Thum creates mind-blowing soundscapes of impossible beats, phenomenal sounds and a whole big-band’s worth of instruments.

THE LES CLÖCHArDS: DIrTY BuT NICE uK-debut for five part-time hobos performing songs you thought you knew with shameless rockstar habits, high energy instrumental acrobatics in shabby suits, served tasty like vintage corsican camembert. An audiovisiual orgasm which attacks eyes, ears and abdominals. This slugfest of music comedy and Rock’n’Roll will take Edinburgh by storm.

WINNER UNDERBELLY EDINBURGH AWARD – ADELAIDE FRINGE 2012 facebook: tomthummer | Twitter: @tomthummer

Thum is truly phenomenal iNDEPENDENT Tom Thum appears to have swallowed an entire orchestra and several backing singers

www.cloechards.de | facebook: cloechards | Twitter: @Cloechards

The 12th sexiest band on earth TAGESPOST £5 £10 (£9) F

GuARDiAN

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THE MAGNETS: HOMEGrOwN

ANTONIO fOrCIONE - SkETCHES Of AfrICA

Simply great music, simply with the mouth. The magnets follow-up three consecutive sell-out years on the Fringe with the première of this brand new Best-of-British show. Classics, recent hits and forgotten gems by Britain’s greatest songwriters are reinvented totally a cappella, alongside a taste of the band’s awardwinning original material.

The Fringe’s favourite guitarist returns with music from his latest album - Sketches of Africa. A beautifully captured concoction of world music with an emphasis on what African music does best; rhythm and melody. This is a show packed with stunning melodies and toe-tapping beats. Joined by internationally renowned guests, Antonio’s unique blend of genius, comic timing and charm will have audiences on the edge of their seats in awe and on their feet with applause.

The Magnets and Assembly

Antonio Forcione and Assembly

Festival favourites from Adelaide to Glastonbury, this six-man sound machine’s fusion of glorious harmony and jaw-dropping beatboxing has made them a must see act on the international music scene. As seen and heard on TV, Radio 2, Comic Relief and T-mobile ads. www.themagnets.com | www.assemblyfestival.com

A sonic phenomenon you have to see and hear to believe  GuARDiAN Breathtaking, sexy and postmodern  THE SCOTSmAN Singing from the Gods  EDiNBuRGH EVENiNG NEWS £10 £14 (£13) F

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www.antonioforcione.com | www.assemblyfestival.com | facebook: assemblyfestival

One of Europes best kept secrets-unmissable!  SCOTSmAN Forcione plays unstringed parts of the guitar other players cant hope to reach. iNDEPENDENT A performer of world class status...Forcione boldly goes where no guitarist has gone before and the results are quite spectacular...miss him at your peril. STAGE

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20:50 (13th) & 22:15 (14th) 1hr

uNDErBELLY, COwGATE | BELLY DANCEr

SHLOMO: MINISTrY Of MOuTH

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CHrIS DIffOrD & NOrMAN LOVETT: IT’S ALL ABOuT ME!

After last year’s acclaimed sell-out Edinburgh debut, World Loopstation Champion and World record holding beatboxer Shlomo returns with this thrilling new one-man show. Become part of the act as he breaks down the elements of his magical musical world, taking vocal music to a new level in a dazzling combination of intricately crafted loops, beats and basslines. Also bring your little ones to Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventure… for Kids! Two shows only: 16.55 on 13 Aug & 15.35 on 15 Aug £8.00 (£6.50).

ShowBooker Ltd

Chris Difford has brought us characters and sketches from every day life for over 30 years. Chris is joined by Red Dwarf star and comedian Norman Lovett for an evening of music and humour. Chris tells the story of his musical life - from the 50p advert that was the start of Squeeze, through to playing madison Square Garden and beyond. A night of tall tales, big laughs and great songs! www.chrisdifford.com | show-booker.com facebook: pages/Chris-Difford | Twitter: @mrsmarshmellow

Photo: Nathan Gallagher www.shlo.co.uk | facebook: shlomizzle | Twitter: @shlomo

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ASSEMBLY GEOrGE SquArE | ONE

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ASSEMBLY GEOrGE SquArE | ELEGANCE

MIkE OLDfIELD’S TuBuLAr BELLS fOr TwO

ALI MCGrEGOr’S ALCHEMY

One album. Two men. Too many instruments. A marathon of multi-instrumentalism.

Ali mcGregor returns to Edinburgh with her new show. Following on from successes with La Clique, Opera Burlesque and Jazz Cigarette, ‘Alchemy’ draws on her influences from opera and cabaret to trashy 80’s pop divas. With the finest jazz musicians, Ali creates unique hybrids from popular songs and standards creating mash-ups and genre-defying versions of the likes of madonna, Salt ‘n Pepa and KiSS.

places+spaces and Assembly | Best of the Sydney Fringe

Ali McGregor and Assembly

Two ambitious musicians take up more than 20 instruments to present mike Oldfield’s classic hit in a unique musical - and acrobatic - performance. Sydney multi-instrumentalists Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts have arranged the entire score of Tubular Bells to be played live by just two blokes, bringing the influential masterpiece to life in all its multilayered madness and subtle beauty.

As one of Australia’s most versatile singers with her incredible vocal range and emotive performance style, she turns trash into treasure by taking the Top 40s back to the 1940s... www.alimcgregor.com | www.assemblyfestival.com | facebook: thealimcgregor | facebook: assemblyfestival

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Cabaret gold  ADELAiDE ADVERTiSER, AuSTRALiA Her velvet vocals have the ability to transport the audience to a smoky 1940s jazz bar, blending modern popular hits with the great jazz divas... THE LiST Ali McGregor has the kind of silky smooth singing voice that transports you to a different plane  SCOTSmAN

Winner: Best Musical Moment SYDNEY FRiNGE A musical tour de force  SYDNEY mORNiNG HERALD A two-man performance that is part musical, part acrobatic. THE AuSTRALiAN A hilarious and strangely moving night ABC £10 £14 (£13) F

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PLEASANCE COurTYArD | THE GrEEN

fOLk AT THE PLEASANCE Critically acclaimed Scottish songstress Sophie Ramsay hosts a show of contemporary and traditional folk music featuring eclectic, brilliant guest musicians including east London troubadour Robin Grey, supremely talented Gwendolen Chatfield and leading Scottish fiddler Pete Clark.

22:10 (23:30)

uNDErBELLY, BrISTO SquArE | ErMINTruDE

www.movinmelvin.com | Twitter: @movinmelvin

Songs which have never sounded better, even by Ray Charles’ standards!  THE LiST £7.50 £12.50 (£11.50)

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Ray Charles ‘genius’ and Sammy Davis come together through movin’ melvin’s greatness. A “must-see” show filled with singing, tap-dancing, comedy, robotics… Oozing charisma, the incredible versatility, talent and sheer joy of melvin turn classic entertainment into an electrifying performance! melvin has shared the stage with BB King, Stevie Wonder, James Brown…

On Sophie Ramsay: Beautiful person, beautiful songs, beautiful show.  SCOTSmAN Gwendolen is especially compelling...her performance pitched perfectly THREE WEEKS S

Movin’ Melvin Brown (USA)

www.modifythevan/folkatthepleasance | Twitter: @sophie_ramsay facebook: Sophie-ramsay/24254532543

MOVIN’ MELVIN: ME, rAY CHArLES AND SAMMY DAVIS Jr

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Kaya- Dream Interpreter Baby Wants Candy Workshop Steve Ullathorne’s Annual Photo Fest Fresh Fringe’s 24-Hour Challenge - Free The Machine Hairy Maclary & Friends Dr. Bunhead’s Blast Off! Paperbelle Petya And The Wolf Mil’s Trills Music & Stories The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show Humans V Nature: Engineering Ftw Golden Cowpat Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall Zimbabwe Sculptures Allotment Mr Snot Bottom’s Stinky Silly Show Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Chunky Woollen Nits Peep Andy And Mike’s... Tick Tock Time Machine The Wind In The Willows The Two Most Perfect Things Captain Ferguson’s School For Balloon Warfare Tiddler And Other Terrific Tales Card Ninja: Redeal Superjohn Ta Daaa! Nick Cope Family Songs And Music Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide: Live! Pleasance Bytes Seeing Double: Figures Seeing Double: Vision Zombie Prom Luminous Tales John Peel’s Shed By John Osborne Life Is Too Good To Be True / Bye Bye World Candida Female Gothic Tommy Talks Hell’s Bells By Lynne Truss Thin Ice Circus In Hand Julian Ignores His Friend And Talks To A Pretty Girl Ragged Trousered Philanthropists An Audience With The Duke Of Windsor - Bob Kingdom Tam O’Shanter Bubblewrap And Boxes Croft & Pearce - Do It Like A Lady Dancing About Architecture Funbags Present “Unusual Suspects” Horrible Histories - Barmy Britain As Ye Sow The Life And Sort Of Death Of Eric Argyle Double Edge’s Apples Razing Eddie Amazing Bubble Show Continuous Growth Anne Edmonds In My Banjo’s Name Is Steven Graham Rex Statements After An Arrest Under The Immorality Act Virginia Ironside: Growing Old Disgracefully Treasure Island The Comedian’s Comedian Live With Stuart Goldsmith The I Hate Children Children’s Show Us Beef Bob And Jim - Go Death Of Chatterton The Fantasist Rock ‘N’ Roll Politics Soldiers’ Wives The Big Value Comedy’s ‘Lunchtime Club’ Would Be Nice Though... My Elevator Days St Andrews Revue Fat Jubilate The Silencer - David Calvitto Maroon Balloon Dr. Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown And His Singing Tiger Michael Workman - Mercy Uncoupled Dorothy Squires: Mrs Roger Moore Gordon Southern’s A Brief History Of History

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The Boy With The Cuckoo Clock Heart Punch & Judy Jenny Fawcett Double Edge’s Spring Awakening Horse & Louis: The Curse Of... Everything Else Happened Leo Slice By Mel Giedroyc Clinton The Musical Anthony King: Songs Of Love And Death Jim Smallman’s Group Therapy Monsters Got Talent Robin’s Ukulele Extravaganza Mervyn Stutter’s Pick Of The Fringe The Temps E4 Udderbelly Podcalf 2012 Slapdash Galaxy Sad Faces Remember It Differently The Trench Best Of Edinburgh - The Showcase Show Letter To The Man (From The Boy) Educating Ronnie Love Child Afternoon Delight The Magician’s Daughter The Night Of The Big Wind Will Marsh’s Ruination Dirty Great Love Story Jay Foreman’s Mixtape And The Girls In Their Sunday Dresses Dirty Barbie Big Sean, Mikey And Me Simple Matters The Lad Himself David Odoherty Presents 403 Second Masterwork Showstoppers’ Family Matinees Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel Back To School Camille Claudel As You Like It Chris Corcoran And Elis James - The Committee Meeting Gareth Morinan: Truth Doodler You Obviously Know What I’m Talking About Botallack O’clock Jessica Pidsley’s I Can Make You Thin(K) Perle Two Worlds Of Charlie F George Ryegold’s God-In-A-Bag Othello - The Remix Hand Over Fist The Half Endure: A Run Woman Show James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids Robert Wells - Closeup Classics Out Of The Blue Funny Women At The Fringe Lara A King - People Pleaser Mies Julie Donkey And A Parrot Martin Dockery: Wanderlust Hannah Gadsby - Mary. Contrary. Bristol Revunions: Destination Adventure Luke And Harry’s Dot Dot Dot World’s Greatest Walking Tour Of Edinburgh Anything But (A One-Woman Play) Bottleneck Exterminating Angel - An Improvisation Proof Mon Droit Sandi Toksvig Live: My Valentine Coalition Mayday Mayday The Early Edition Wheelchair On My Face Scotsman Best Of Fest Best Of The Fest Daytime Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs By Mike Daisey Gagging For Attention Beasts Mother Africa Love All Eric’s Tales Of The Sea - A Submariner’s Yarn Jack Jerome’s Journey Of Life

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Satan’s Playground The One Hour Plays Time For Fun Visiting Time Square Eye Pair Miriam Margolyes - Dickens’ Women Ronnie Le Drew’s Brilliant Bag Show Flanders And Swann Comedian Dies In The Middle Of A Joke Jessie Cave: Bookworm CountryBoy’s Struggle The Sewing Machine Vinegar Knickers: On The Edge The Static Dylan Thomas: Return Journey Thread Bec Hill Is More Afraid Of You Than You Are Of Her! Winston On The Run The Gambler Peter Panic The Prize Fran Moulds: Significant Human Error Hennessy & Friends: A History Of Violence Chapel Street Double Edge’s Almost Nothing To Do With Frogs The Man Who The Day The Sky Turned Black Miss Havisham’s Expectations The Snail And The Whale Rachel Stubbings Is Stubbing Out Problems School Of Night Kaput My Stepson Stole My Sonic Screwdriver Katherine Ryan: Nature’s Candy I, Tommy Murder, Marple and Me The Oxford Imps The Intimate Strangers Ford & Akram: Bamp! Kieran & Joe: Friends Of Steel Maurice Roëves ‘Just A Gigolo’ Four Screws Loose In #Screwtheworld Kevin Tomlinson: Crazy Little Thing Called Love! Kevin Tomlinson: Seven Ages! A Boy Growing Up - Starring Rodney Bewes Silky Pair: Happy To Help (Plus Special Guests) Molly Naylor & The Middle Ones: My Robot Heart Nothing Is Really Difficult Anda Union - The Wind Horse Oliver Reed: Wild Thing Dave Mcneill Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Show Helen Keen: Robot Woman Of Tomorrow Max & Ivan Are... Con Artists Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus Nola Bruce Hammers’ Bananapocalypse Through The Looking Screen Rhythmic Circus: Feet Don’t Fail Me Now! Thea-Skot’s Miss Adventures Tom Goodliffe: All In Good Time A Clockwork Orange Sharron Matthews Superstar: Gold After The Rainfall Tumble Circus: This Is What We Do For A Living Punch Waiting For Stanley Munfred Bernstein’s Cabinet Of Wonder The Tim Vine Chat Show The Dog Eared Collective: You’re Amazing (Now Look At Me) Mother To Mother A Midsummer Night’s Dream Woza Albert! Beard Hangman How’s About That Then? Fred Cooke - Standing, Tilted Pun Run Mae Day A Modern Town Matthew Crosby Is Matthew Crosby In Matthew Crosby... Paul Merton’s Impro Chums Kemble’s Riot

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Rod Is God The Cambridge Footlights: Perfect Strangers Bitch Boxer The Oxford Revue: Prattle Royale Hi-Kick Matt Forde: Eyes To The Right, Nose To The Left Shirley And Shirley Unleashed Strong Arm Deborah Frances-White: Cult Following Genevieve Swallow Is Sharing Juana In A Million Gravity Boots Gráinne Maguire: Where Are All The Fun Places And Are Lots... Maurice’s Jubilee Hervé - A Collection Of Songs, Dances And Stories Shopping Centre by Mathew Osborn Asher Treleaven: Troubadour Jim Smallman: Let’s Be Friends Morgan & West: Clockwork Miracles Gilbert And Sullivan In Brief(S) Chris Mccausland: Not Blind Enough Mcneil And Pamphilon Itch: A Scratch Event Thomas Nelstrop: Great(Ish) Hits Swamp Juice Otto Kuhnle: Ich Bin Ein Berliner Holly Burn: The H Club Joyced! Formby Not Treasure Island Ginge, The Geordie And The Geek- All New Show 2012 Cariad Lloyd: The Freewheelin’ Cariad Lloyd Erich Mcelroy: The Brit Identity Jigsaw: Gettin’ Jiggy Pin Lights! Camera! Improvise! Vocal Is Lekka Alan Hudson’s Not So Secret World Of Magic Discover Ben Target Bad Musical Diane Spencer: Exquisite Bad Taste The Leeds Tealights: Sexy Chubby The Pauly Show - Episode One The Noise Next Door: Bring The Noise One Rogue Reporter Glory Dazed Leads And Stern A Soldier’s Song Sheeps: Dancing With Lisa Nicholas Parsons’ Happy Hour Mark Grist: Rogue Teacher Dirty Paki Lingerie Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut Man 1, Bank 0 Michael Redmond: Mannequins, Fishmongers, Guacamole... The Vocal Orchestra Keira Daly: Ladynerd Hanks And Conran: Pigs In Blankets Bane 1, 2 & 3 One Hour Only Laurence Clark: Inspired Bad Bread: 2012- The Survival Guide Don Quixote! Don Quixote! Translunar Paradise Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee Barry Cryer & Ronnie Golden - Going Gaga Sean Hughes - Life Becomes Noises Nick Helm: This Means War! Benny Boot: Def-Con 4 The Great Puppet Horn Milo Mccabe: Kenny Moon This Is Your Life I Heart Peterborough Educating Rita The Three Englishmen: Squares Catriona Knox: Hellcat The Magical Adventures Of Pete Heat Chris Brain: A Better Place Fitzrovia Radio Hour Maff Brown’s Parade Of This Beta Males In... The Space Race Chris Stokes: An Opera Written On Napkins Ed Eales-White: Champions The 27 Club

Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly Cowgate, Big Belly Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Assembly Hall, Main Hall Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Pbh’s Free Fringe, Shanghai - Le Monde Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Assembly George Square, Bosco Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Assembly George Square, Two Assembly George Square, One Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Below Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Assembly George Square, Elegance Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Stairs Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron Pleasance Courtyard, Above Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Assembly George Square, Three Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly Cowgate, Big Belly Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Pleasance Dome, Kingdome Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Forth Pleasance Dome, Queendome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Assembly George Square, Theatre Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro

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Flash Mob Peter Straker’s Brel Mr. Carmen Big Value Comedy Show - Early Loretta Maine: Bipolar David Hasselhoff Live: An Evening With The Hoff Josie Long: Romance And Adventure Axis Of Awesome: Cry Yourself A River Nick Mohammed Is Mr. Swallow: 2012 Rob Beckett’s Summer Holiday Stephen Carlin - Pandas Vs Penguins Suzi Ruffell:let’s Get Ready To Ruffell Susan Calman: This Lady’s Not For Turning Either Up & Over It - Back On Our Feet Sammy J And Randy: The Inheritance Rick Shapiro: Rebirth Chris Dugdale’s 2 Faced Deception Basic Training Edward Reid: Living The Dream One Song At A Time Greg Proops Andy Wilkinson: My Name Is Not Smug Roberts A Betrayal Of Penguins - Harmed And Dangerous Billy The Mime Frimston And Rowett: Huge Mistakes Helen Arney - Voice Of An Angle Carl Hutchinson: Acceptable? Caimh Mcdonnell: The Art Of Conversation Marek Larwood - Typecast Wittank Newsrevue Double Edge’s Flames Over New Jersey The Pride Alfie Brown: Soul For Sale Denise Scott Rubies In The Attic Fascinating Aida:cheap Flights Jess Fostekew: Brave New World Luke Wright - Your New Favourite Poet Deckchair Diaries - The Durham Revue Ian D Montfort - Unbelievable Unhappy Birthday Kerry Gilbert Triumphs Chortle Presents: Fast Fringe Totally Tom A Real Man’s Guide To Sainthood Mark Nelson - Under The Radar Alexis Dubus: Cars & Girls Lady Sings It Better Tom Thum - Beating The Habit Andrew Bird’s Global Village Fete Wild West End Dan Nightingale: The 11 & 1/2 Ill Concieved Edinburgh Shows... Alistair Barrie: Urban Fogey The Lonely One Barry Castagnola In Where’s Barry? Doug Segal: How To Read Minds And Influence People Celia Pacquola - Delayed Trevor Browne - I Think...I Am Daniel Simonsen - Champions Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay’s Bum Notes Elis James: Speaking As A Mother Josh Widdicombe: Further Adventures Of... Tom Deacon: Deaconator Jim Campbell: Nine-Year-Old Man Xxxo Piff The Magic Dragon In... Jurassic Bark Aaa Stand-Up Charlie Baker: Freshly Baked Marlon Davis: Enter The Davism Trevor Noah: The Racist John Robins: Incredible Scenes! David O’doherty: Seize The David O’doherty Barry Morgan’s World Of Organs People Show 121: The Detective Show Les Clöchards: Dirty But Nice Baby Wants Candy The Completely Improvised Full Band... The Magnets: Homegrown Frisky & Mannish: Extra Curricular Activities Carl-Einar Häckner: Handluggage Deanne Smith: Livin’ The Sweet Life Big Value Comedy Show - Middle Comedy Gala 2012: In Aid Of Waverley Care Tim Fitzhigham: Stop The Pigeon

Assembly Hall, Main Hall Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Assembly Roxy, Central Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Below Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Assembly George Square, Bosco Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Assembly George Square, Two Assembly George Square, One Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Assembly George Square, Elegance Assembly George Square, Elegance Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Stairs Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Pleasance Courtyard, Above Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Assembly George Square, Three Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Cowgate, Big Belly Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Pleasance Dome, Queendome Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Forth Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Pleasance Dome, Kingdome Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Pleasance Courtyard, Below Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Assembly George Square, Two Assembly George Square, Bosco Assembly George Square, One Assembly Hall, Main Hall Assembly Hall, Main Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Pleasance Courtyard, The Green

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Stuart Goldsmith: Prick Horne And Key And... The Funeral Of Conor O’toole Shane Koyczan - Talk Rocker Cabaret Whore - Her Finest Hour Craig Hill - Jock’s Trap! Paul Foot: Kenny Larch Is Dead Knee Deep Jen Brister - Now & Then Antonio Forcione - Sketches Of Africa Mark Watson: The Information Adam Hills: Mess Around School Of Comedy - The Next Generation The Not Quite Quartet Andrew Ryan: Ryanopoly Chris Ramsey: Feeling Lucky The History Girls Present: A Summary Of Things So Far Michael Downey Standing Up Again Ginge, The Geordie And The Geek- All New Show 2012 Claudia O’doherty - The Telescope Catie Wilkins: Joy Is My Middle Name Death Boogie Pattie Brewster’s Friendship Venture (For Some Friends) Seann Walsh: Seann To Be Wild Tiffany Stevenson: Uncomfortably Numb Des Clarke: Final Destination Assembly Gala Press Launch Mephisto Waltz Kumail Nanjiani Patrick Monahan - Shooting From The Lip! Bob Downe - Smokin’ Andrew Doyle: Whatever It Takes Rhys Darby - This Way To Spaceship The Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit Tom Stade Totally Rocks! Captain Ko And The Planet Of Rice Naz Osmanoglu: Ottoman Without An Empire Sound & Fury’s ‘Doc Faustus’ Hannah Gadsby - Hannah Wants A Wife Thom Tuck Flips Out Vikki Stone: Hot Mess The Beast Alan Francis Expands Al Pitcher - Tiny Triumphs Gearóid Farrelly: Turbulence Sean Hughes Stands Up James Acaster - Prompt Joel Dommett - Nunchuck Silver Medallist 2002 Rob Deering - The One Richard Herring: Talking Cock - The Second Coming Amused Moose Comedy Awards Showcases Danielle Ward: Speakeasy/Play Dead Cardinal Burns Mick Miller & Jimmy Cricket Pappy’s: Last Show Ever! Nish Kumar - Who Is Nish Kumar? Carl Donnelly: Different Gravy Danny Mcloughlin -The Truth, The Half Truth And Nothing... Joe Lycett: Some Lycett Hot Pat Burtscher’s Patopotamoose Sarah Kendall: Get Up, Stand-Up Shappi Khorsandi: Dirty Looks And Hopscotch Nina Conti: Dolly Mixtures The Chris & Paul Show Presents: Volume Ii Roisin Conaty: Lifehunter Pete Johansson: Utopian Crack Pipe Chris Martin - Spot The Difference Luke Benson- Backseat Hero Des Bishop Likes To Bang Andrew Lawrence Is Coming To Get You Heath Franklin’s Chopper In A Hard Bastard’s Guide To Life Eastend Cabaret: Notoriously Kinky Shlomo: Ministry Of Mouth Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventures... For Kids! Al Murray - The Pub Landlord: The Only Way Is Epic The Super Serious Show Checkley & Bush’s Comedy Riot! One Man Star Wars / One Man Lord of the Rings Musical Comedy Awards Showcase Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells The Pajama Men’s Improv Show Confessions Of A Grindr Addict Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional

Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Pleasance Dome, Queendome Site Specific, Meet At Udderbelly Box Office, Bristo Sq Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Assembly @ George Street, Drawing Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Stairs Assembly George Square, Elegance Assembly George Square, Theatre Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron Pleasance Courtyard, Above Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly Roxy, Upstairs The Counting House, The Ballroom Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Assembly George Square, Three Assembly Hall, Main Hall Assembly Roxy, Central Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Underbelly Cowgate, Big Belly Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Pleasance Dome, Acedome Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Pleasance Dome, Acedome Pleasance Dome, Acedome Pleasance Dome, Queendome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Courtyard, Below Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Forth Pleasance Dome, Kingdome Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Assembly George Square, Two Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro Assembly George Square, Bosco Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Stairs Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Assembly George Square, One Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Assembly Hall, Main Hall

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Chris Difford & Norman Lovett: It’s All About Me! Chris Kent - Plugged In Big Value Comedy Show - Late No Pants Thursday: T’il Death Do Us Party Alan Anderson : Whisky Fir Dummies 2.0 Neil Delamere: Delamere Mortal Andrew Maxwell: That’s The Spirit Doctor Brown: Befrdfgth Luke Toulson: Luke Who’s Talking Ali Mcgregor: Alchemy Marcus Brigstocke: The Brig Society Barely Legal: 18 Years Of South African Comedy Pete Firman - Hoodwinker Jonny & The Baptists Sara Pascoe - The Musical! Rory Scovel: Illuminati Only Sam Simmons - About The Weather Colour Ham Henning Wehn: Henning Knows Bestest Dave Thornton - The Some Of All The Parts Danny Buckler: The Phantom Reginald D Hunter: A Work In Progress. With Support From... Paul Mccaffrey: Pills’n’thrills And Bellylaughs Sexytime! Truth Mark Restuccia: How To Succeed At Internet Dating Dan Wright: Michael Jackon Touched Me The Blanks’ Big Break Jarred Christmas: Let’s Go Mofo Jeff Leach: Boyfriend Experience And Now For A Nice Evening With Wallan Simon Evans: Friendly Fire Michael Mittermeier Comedy Reserve Tenderpits Armageddapocalypse: Threat Level Dead The Boy With Tape On His Face: More Tape Peacock & Gamble Don’t Even Want To Be On Telly Anyway John Shuttleworth: Out Of Our Sheds Iain Stirling: Happy To Be The Clown? Michael Winslow: Noizeyman Gareth Richards: Introvert - Never Been To Disneyland Hannibal Buress : Still Saying Stuff Pretending Things Are A Cock Hal Cruttenden: Tough Luvvie Abandoman - Party In The Key Of C Major Alfie Moore - I Predicted A Riot Paul Chowdhry - What’s Happening White People Carey Marx In Sane Casual Violence: A Kick In The Teeth Back To School’s Disco Folk At The Pleasance Storytellers’ Club Late Night Gimp Fight Brendon Burns, Home Stretch Baby! Felicity Ward: The Hedgehog Dilemma Believe - Starring Shane Dundas From The Umbilical Brothers Movin’ Melvin: Me, Ray Charles And Sammy Davis Jr John Robertson: The Old Whore Medea Hardcore David Whitney - Struggling To Evolve Kwat: Greetings From Kwat Bourgeois & Maurice: Sugartits Lady Rizo Mark Little: Thebullshitartist Paul Ricketts - Ironic Infinity Wonderful World Of Wilfredo Sitcom Double Bill Fork - Electrovocal Circus Marcel Lucont: Gallic Symbol Oyster Eyes Presents: Some Rice Jonny Woo: Wonder Woo-Man The Bar At Buena Vista Presents El Rey, King Of Cuban Music Who’s Your Daddy Dan Mitchell - Free Egg Imaginary Radio Programme Best Of So You Think You’re Funny? Greg Proops Podcast: The Smartest Man In The World Terry Alderton So You Think You’re Funny? Rubberbandits The Table Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron Pleasance Courtyard, Above Assembly George Square, Theatre Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly George Square, Elegance Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Assembly George Square, Three Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Underbelly Cowgate, Big Belly Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Below Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Pleasance Dome, Queendome Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Pleasance At Braidwood Centre, Back To School Disco Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Forth Pleasance Dome, Kingdome Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Assembly George Square, Two Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Assembly Roxy, Central Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Stairs Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Assembly George Square, Bosco Assembly George Square, One Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron Pleasance Courtyard, Above Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly George Square, Three Assembly Hall, Main Hall Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One

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Dead Cat Bounce... Howl Of The She-Leopard Idiots Of Ants: Antology Joy Of Sketch Anthony Rapp - Without You Foil Arms And Hog - Late Night Sketch Comedy Things We Did Before Reality Dana Alexander: Breaking Through Re-Animator The Musical Comic Strip Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Boo Lingerie Scottish Comedian Of The Year 2011 - Jamie Dalgleish Best Of Scottish Comedian Of The Year Scales Of The Unexpected Davey Connor, Lucy Beaumont & Ed Patrick - The Big Comedy... Splitting The Bill - Michael Workman & Tommy Little Late Night Laughs Vive Le Cabaret Andrew O’neill Is Easily Distracted The Comedy Zone David Trent - Spontaneous Comedian James Dowdeswell : Urban Wurzel Boom Jennies: Mischief A Guide To Second Date Sex The Special Reserve Comedy Benefit Tom Cottle’s ‘These Twisted Folk’ Tania Edwards: Killer Instinct BBC Comedy Presents The Showstoppers Boris & Sergey’s Vaudevillian Adventure Aaa Stand-Up Late Mark Watson’s Edinborolympics Rob Deering’s Beat This Steve Shanyaski Lili La Scala: Another F*Cking Variety Show Garrett Millerick: Sensible Answers To Stupid Questions Barbershopera: The Three Musketeers Monkey Toast: The Improvised Chat Show Humphrey Ker Is.. Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher! I Am, I Am Horne Section - Live At The Grand! Briefs Comx Pappy’s Flatshare Slamdown & Do The Right Thing Voices In Your Head Taylor Glenn - Reverse Psycomedy Tim Key - Masterslut Eddie Pepitone’s Bloodbath Chaz Royal’s Sexy Circus Sideshow Al Murray The Pub Landlord: The Guv’s Olympic Pub Quiz Frisky & Mannish: 27 Club Denis Krasnov’s Hour Of Intellectual Filth Guardian Reader Guilt & Shame: Up All Night Live At The Electric: Live At The Fringe! The New Conway Dimension Humble Quest For Universal Genius Eleanor Conway’s Midnight Rumble Best Of The Fest Variety Marcel Lucont: Cabaret Fantastique Best Of The Fest Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net Hot Dub Time Machine A Little Perspective With Imaan Morgan & West: Lying, Cheating Scoundrels The Death Of Comedy Just The Tonic Comedy Club’s Midnight Show School Night Spank! The Late Show Beta Males’ Midnight Movie Theatre The Room Hedluv + Passman: Two Cornish Rappers And A Casiotone Boom Boom Club The Secret Comedy Lock-in After Hours Comedy Spanktacular! Late’n’live

Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Assembly George Square, Theatre Assembly George Square, Elegance Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Underbelly Cowgate, Big Belly Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover BBC @ Potterrow, Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Pleasance Courtyard, Below Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Pleasance Dome, Queendome Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Pleasance, Various Venues Just The Tonic At The Tron Assembly George Square, Threeassembly @ George Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro Assembly George Square, Bosco Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro Assembly George Square, Elegance Assembly Hall, Main Hall Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Assembly George Square, Theatre Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Underbelly, Cowgate, Top Floor Gilded Balloon, Third Door Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall

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A A BETRAYAL OF PENGUINS - HARMED AND DANGEROUS 95 A BOY GROWING UP - STARRING RODNEY BEWES 37 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 38 A GUIDE TO SECOND DATE SEX 47 A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE WITH IMAAN 137 A MODERN TOWN 39 A SOLDIER’S SONG 42 AAA STAND-UP 100 AAA STAND-UP LATE 133 ABANDOMAN - PARTY IN THE KEY OF C MAJOR 125 ADAM HILLS: MESS AROUND 104 AFTER HOURS COMEDY 139 AFTER THE RAINFALL 38 AFTERNOON DELIGHT 73 AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS BY MIKE DAISEY 33 AL MURRAY - THE PUB LANDLORD: THE ONLY WAY IS EPIC (SPECIAL PREVIEWS)116 AL MURRAY THE PUB LANDLORD’S OLYMPIC PUB QUIZ 136 AL PITCHER - TINY TRIUMPHS 110 ALAN ANDERSON : WHISKY FIR DUMMIES 2.0 116 ALAN FRANCIS EXPANDS 110 ALAN HUDSON’S NOT SO SECRET WORLD OF MAGIC 87 ALEXIS DUBUS: CARS & GIRLS 98 ALFIE BROWN: SOUL FOR SALE 96 ALFIE MOORE - I PREDICTED A RIOT 125 ALI MCGREGOR: ALCHEMY 63 ALISTAIR BARRIE: URBAN FOGEY 98 ALLOTMENT 21 AMATEUR TRANSPLANTS: ADAM KAY’S BUM NOTES 99 AMAZING BUBBLE SHOW 54 AMUSED MOOSE COMEDY AWARDS SHOWCASES 111 AN AUDIENCE WITH THE DUKE OF WINDSOR - BOB KINGDOM 24 AND NOW FOR A NICE EVENING WITH WALLAN 121 AND THE GIRLS IN THEIR SUNDAY DRESSES 29 ANDA UNION - THE WIND HORSE 60 ANDREW BIRD’S GLOBAL VILLAGE FETE 98 ANDREW DOYLE: WHATEVER IT TAKES 107 ANDREW LAWRENCE IS COMING TO GET YOU 116 ANDREW MAXWELL: THAT’S THE SPIRIT 119 ANDREW O’NEILL IS EASILY DISTRACTED 131 ANDREW RYAN: RYANOPOLY 104 ANDY AND MIKE’S... TICK TOCK TIME MACHINE 52 ANDY WILKINSON: MY NAME IS NOT SMUG ROBERTS 95 ANNE EDMONDS IN MY BANJO’S NAME IS STEVEN 70 ANTHONY KING: SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH 72 ANTHONY RAPP - WITHOUT YOU 65 ANTONIO FORCIONE - SKETCHES OF AFRICA 62 ANYTHING BUT (A ONE-WOMAN PLAY) 31 ARMAGEDDAPOCALYPSE: THREAT LEVEL DEAD 121 AS YE SOW 24 AS YOU LIKE IT 29 ASHER TRELEAVEN: TROUBADOUR 84 ASSEMBLY GALA PRESS LAUNCH 107 AUSTENTATIOUS: AN IMPROVISED JANE AUSTEN NOVEL 73 AXIS OF AWESOME: CRY YOURSELF A RIVER 92

B BABY WANTS CANDY THE COMPLETELY IMPROVISED FULL BAND MUSICAL! BABY WANTS CANDY WORKSHOP BACK TO SCHOOL BACK TO SCHOOL’S DISCO BAD BREAD: 2012- THE SURVIVAL GUIDE BAD MUSICAL BANE 1, 2 & 3 BAR AT BUENA VISTA PRESENTS EL REY, KING OF CUBAN MUSIC, THE BARBERSHOPERA: THE THREE MUSKETEERS BARELY LEGAL: 18 YEARS OF SOUTH AFRICAN COMEDY BARRY CASTAGNOLA IN WHERE’S BARRY? BARRY CRYER & RONNIE GOLDEN - GOING GAGA BARRY MORGAN’S WORLD OF ORGANS BASIC TRAINING BBC COMEDY PRESENTS BEARD BEAST BEASTS BEC HILL IS MORE AFRAID OF YOU THAN YOU ARE OF HER! BELIEVE - STARRING SHANE DUNDAS FROM THE UMBILICAL BROTHERS BENNY BOOT: DEF-CON 4 BEST OF EDINBURGH - THE SHOWCASE SHOW BEST OF SCOTTISH COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR BEST OF SO YOU THINK YOU’RE FUNNY? BEST OF THE FEST BEST OF THE FEST DAYTIME BEST OF THE FEST VARIETY BETA MALES IN... THE SPACE RACE BETA MALES’ MIDNIGHT MOVIE THEATRE BIG BITE-SIZE BREAKFAST SHOW, THE BIG SEAN, MIKEY AND ME BIG VALUE COMEDY SHOW - EARLY BIG VALUE COMEDY SHOW - LATE BIG VALUE COMEDY SHOW - MIDDLE BIG VALUE COMEDY’S ‘LUNCHTIME CLUB’, THE BILLY THE MIME

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BITCH BOXER BLANKS’ BIG BREAK, THE BOB AND JIM - GO BOB DOWNE - SMOKIN’ BOOM BOOM CLUB BOOM JENNIES: MISCHIEF BORIS & SERGEY’S VAUDEVILLIAN ADVENTURE BOTALLACK O’CLOCK BOTTLENECK BOURGEOIS & MAURICE: SUGARTITS BOY WITH TAPE ON HIS FACE: MORE TAPE, THE BOY WITH THE CUCKOO CLOCK HEART, THE BRENDON BURNS, HOME STRETCH BABY! BRIEFS BRISTOL REVUNIONS: DESTINATION ADVENTURE BRUCE HAMMERS’ BANANAPOCALYPSE BUBBLEWRAP AND BOXES

38 122 70 108 59 131 47 30 31 58 124 27 126 59 75 80 54

C CABARET WHORE - HER FINEST HOUR CAIMH MCDONNELL: THE ART OF CONVERSATION CAMBRIDGE FOOTLIGHTS: PERFECT STRANGERS, THE CAMILLE CLAUDEL CANDIDA CAPTAIN FERGUSON’S SCHOOL FOR BALLOON WARFARE CAPTAIN KO AND THE PLANET OF RICE CARD NINJA: REDEAL CARDINAL BURNS CAREY MARX IN SANE CARIAD LLOYD: THE FREEWHEELIN’ CARIAD LLOYD CARL DONNELLY: DIFFERENT GRAVY CARL HUTCHINSON: ACCEPTABLE? CARL-EINAR HÄCKNER: HANDLUGGAGE CASABLANCA: THE GIN JOINT CUT CASUAL VIOLENCE: A KICK IN THE TEETH CATIE WILKINS: JOY IS MY MIDDLE NAME CATRIONA KNOX: HELLCAT CELIA PACQUOLA - DELAYED CHAPEL STREET CHARLIE BAKER: FRESHLY BAKED CHAZ ROYAL’S SEXY CIRCUS SIDESHOW CHECKLEY & BUSH’S COMEDY RIOT! CHORTLE PRESENTS: FAST FRINGE CHORTLE STUDENT COMEDY AWARD FINAL CHRIS & PAUL SHOW PRESENTS: VOLUME II, THE CHRIS BRAIN: A BETTER PLACE CHRIS CORCORAN AND ELIS JAMES - THE COMMITTEE MEETING CHRIS DIFFORD & NORMAN LOVETT: IT’S ALL ABOUT ME! CHRIS DUGDALE’S 2 FACED DECEPTION CHRIS KENT - PLUGGED IN CHRIS MARTIN - SPOT THE DIFFERENCE CHRIS MCCAUSLAND: NOT BLIND ENOUGH CHRIS RAMSEY: FEELING LUCKY CHRIS STOKES: AN OPERA WRITTEN ON NAPKINS CIRCUS IN HAND CLAUDIA O’DOHERTY - THE TELESCOPE CLINTON THE MUSICAL COALITION COLOUR HAM COMEDIAN DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF A JOKE COMEDIAN’S COMEDIAN LIVE WITH STUART GOLDSMITH, THE COMEDY GALA 2012: IN AID OF WAVERLEY CARE COMEDY RESERVE COMEDY ZONE, THE COMIC STRIP COMX CONFESSIONS OF A GRINDR ADDICT CONTINUOUS GROWTH COUNTRYBOY’S STRUGGLE CRAIG HILL - JOCK’S TRAP! CROFT & PEARCE - DO IT LIKE A LADY

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D DAN MITCHELL - FREE EGG DAN NIGHTINGALE: THE 11 & 1/2 ILL CONCIEVED EDINBURGH SHOWS OF DAN NIGHTINGALE. DAN WRIGHT: MICHAEL JACKON TOUCHED ME DANA ALEXANDER: BREAKING THROUGH DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE DANIEL SIMONSEN - CHAMPIONS DANIELLE WARD: SPEAKEASY/PLAY DEAD DANNY BUCKLER: THE PHANTOM DANNY MCLOUGHLIN -THE TRUTH, THE HALF TRUTH AND NOTHING LIKE THE TRUTH DAVE MCNEILL DAVE THORNTON - THE SOME OF ALL THE PARTS DAVEY CONNOR, LUCY BEAUMONT & ED PATRICK - THE BIG COMEDY SHOWCASE SHOW DAVID HASSELHOFF LIVE: AN EVENING WITH THE HOFF DAVID O’DOHERTY: SEIZE THE DAVID O’DOHERTY DAVID ODOHERTY PRESENTS 403 SECOND MASTERWORK DAVID TRENT - SPONTANEOUS COMEDIAN DAVID WHITNEY - STRUGGLING TO EVOLVE DAY THE SKY TURNED BLACK, THE DEAD CAT BOUNCE... HOWL OF THE SHE-LEOPARD DEANNE SMITH: LIVIN’ THE SWEET LIFE DEATH BOOGIE DEATH OF CHATTERTON

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DEATH OF COMEDY, THE DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE: CULT FOLLOWING DECKCHAIR DIARIES - THE DURHAM REVUE DENIS KRASNOV’S HOUR OF INTELLECTUAL FILTH DENISE SCOTT DES BISHOP LIKES TO BANG DES CLARKE: FINAL DESTINATION DIANE SPENCER: EXQUISITE BAD TASTE DIRTY BARBIE DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY DIRTY PAKI LINGERIE DISCOVER BEN TARGET DOCTOR BROWN: BEFRDFGTH DOG EARED COLLECTIVE: YOU’RE AMAZING. NOW LOOK AT ME., THE DON QUIXOTE! DON QUIXOTE! DONKEY AND A PARROT DOROTHY SQUIRES: MRS ROGER MOORE DOUBLE EDGE’S ALMOST NOTHING TO DO WITH FROGS DOUBLE EDGE’S APPLES DOUBLE EDGE’S FLAMES OVER NEW JERSEY DOUBLE EDGE’S SPRING AWAKENING DOUG SEGAL: HOW TO READ MINDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE DR. BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN AND HIS SINGING TIGER DR. BUNHEAD’S BLAST OFF! DYLAN THOMAS: RETURN JOURNEY - BOB KINGDOM, ORIGINAL DIRECTION BY ANTHONY HOPKINS

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E E4 UDDERBELLY PODCALF 2012 EARLY EDITION, THE EASTEND CABARET: NOTORIOUSLY KINKY ED EALES-WHITE: CHAMPIONS EDDIE PEPITONE’S BLOODBATH EDINBURGH FRINGE SURVIVAL GUIDE: LIVE! EDUCATING RITA EDUCATING RONNIE EDWARD REID: LIVING THE DREAM ONE SONG AT A TIME ELEANOR CONWAY’S MIDNIGHT RUMBLE ELIS JAMES: SPEAKING AS A MOTHER ENDURE: A RUN WOMAN SHOW ERICH MCELROY: THE BRIT IDENTITY ERIC’S TALES OF THE SEA - A SUBMARINER’S YARN EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENED EXTERMINATING ANGEL - AN IMPROVISATION

72 75 58 91 135 22 44 28 56 137 99 32 85 76 28 32

F FANTASIST, THE FASCINATING AIDA:CHEAP FLIGHTS FAT FELICITY WARD: THE HEDGEHOG DILEMMA FEMALE GOTHIC FITZROVIA RADIO HOUR FLANDERS AND SWANN FLASH MOB FOIL ARMS AND HOG - LATE NIGHT SKETCH COMEDY FOLK AT THE PLEASANCE FORD & AKRAM: BAMP! FORK - ELECTROVOCAL CIRCUS FORMBY FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARDS SHOW FOUR SCREWS LOOSE IN #SCREWTHEWORLD FRAN MOULDS: SIGNIFICANT HUMAN ERROR FRED COOKE - STANDING, TILTED FRESH FRINGE’S 24-HOUR CHALLENGE - FREE FRIMSTON AND ROWETT: HUGE MISTAKES FRISKY & MANNISH: 27 CLUB FRISKY & MANNISH: EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FUNBAGS PRESENT “UNUSUAL SUSPECTS” FUNERAL OF CONOR O’TOOLE, THE FUNNY WOMEN AT THE FRINGE

26 57 27 126 24 91 60 49 128 63 78 64 42 79 78 77 82 69 95 136 104 70 103 75

G GAGGING FOR ATTENTION GAMBLER, THE GARETH RICHARDS: INTROVERT - NEVER BEEN TO DISNEYLAND GARRETT MILLERICK: SENSIBLE ANSWERS TO STUPID QUESTIONS GEARÓID FARRELLY: TURBULENCE GENEVIEVE SWALLOW IS SHARING GEORGE RYEGOLD’S GOD-IN-A-BAG GILBERT AND SULLIVAN IN BRIEF(S) GINGE, THE GEORDIE AND THE GEEK- ALL NEW SHOW 2012 GINGE, THE GEORDIE AND THE GEEK- ALL NEW SHOW 2012 GLORY DAZED GOLDEN COWPAT GORDON SOUTHERN’S A BRIEF HISTORY OF HISTORY GRAHAM REX GRÀINNE MAGUIRE: WHERE ARE ALL THE FUN PLACES AND ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE HAVING BETTER FUN? GRAVITY BOOTS GREAT PUPPET HORN GREG PROOPS GREG PROOPS PODCAST: THE SMARTEST MAN IN THE WORLD GUARDIAN READER GUILT & SHAME: UP ALL NIGHT

76 48 125 133 110 83 75 40 86 106 42 52 71 70 83 84 89 95 129 136 136

SHOW INDEX H HAIRY MACLARY & FRIENDS HAL CRUTTENDEN: TOUGH LUVVIE HALF, THE HAND OVER FIST HANGMAN HANKS AND CONRAN: PIGS IN BLANKETS HANNAH GADSBY - HANNAH WANTS A WIFE HANNAH GADSBY - MARY. CONTRARY. HANNIBAL BURESS : STILL SAYING STUFF HEATH FRANKLIN’S CHOPPER IN A HARD BASTARD’S GUIDE TO LIFE HEDLUV + PASSMAN: TWO CORNISH RAPPERS AND A CASIOTONE HELEN ARNEY - VOICE OF AN ANGLE HELEN KEEN: ROBOT WOMAN OF TOMORROW HELL’S BELLS BY LYNNE TRUSS HENNESSY & FRIENDS: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE HENNING WEHN: HENNING KNOWS BESTEST HERVÉ - A COLLECTION OF SONGS, DANCES AND STORIES HI-KICK HISTORY GIRLS PRESENT: A SUMMARY OF THINGS SO FAR HOLLY BURN: THE H CLUB HORNE AND KEY AND… HORNE SECTION - LIVE AT THE GRAND! HORRIBLE HISTORIES - BARMY BRITAIN HORSE & LOUIS: THE CURSE OF... HOT DUB TIME MACHINE HOW’S ABOUT THAT THEN? HUMANS V NATURE: ENGINEERING FTW HUMBLE QUEST FOR UNIVERSAL GENIUS HUMPHREY KER IS.. DYMOCK WATSON: NAZI SMASHER!

L 51 125 32 31 39 89 108 75 125 114 139 95 79 23 77 120 40 49 106 85 104 135 24 72 64 39 69 137 134

I I AM, I AM I HATE CHILDREN CHILDREN’S SHOW, THE I HEART PETERBOROUGH I, TOMMY IAIN STIRLING: HAPPY TO BE THE CLOWN? IAN D MONTFORT - UNBELIEVABLE IDIOTS OF ANTS: ANTOLOGY IMAGINARY RADIO PROGRAMME: DRENNON DAVIS PRESENTED BY PAJAMA MEN INTIMATE STRANGERS, THE ITCH: A SCRATCH EVENT

135 54 43 36 123 97 129 129 78 84

J JACK JEROME’S JOURNEY OF LIFE JAMES ACASTER - PROMPT JAMES CAMPBELL’S COMEDY 4 KIDS JAMES DOWDESWELL : URBAN WURZEL JARRED CHRISTMAS: LET’S GO MOFO JAY FOREMAN’S MIXTAPE JEFF LEACH: BOYFRIEND EXPERIENCE JEN BRISTER - NOW & THEN JENNY FAWCETT JESS FOSTEKEW: BRAVE NEW WORLD JESSICA PIDSLEY’S I CAN MAKE YOU THIN(K) JESSIE CAVE: BOOKWORM JIGSAW: GETTIN’ JIGGY JIM CAMPBELL: NINE-YEAR-OLD MAN JIM JEFFERIES: FULLY FUNCTIONAL JIM SMALLMAN: LET’S BE FRIENDS JIM SMALLMAN’S GROUP THERAPY JOE LYCETT: SOME LYCETT HOT JOEL DOMMETT - NUNCHUCK SILVER MEDALLIST 2002 JOHN PEEL’S SHED BY JOHN OSBORNE JOHN ROBERTSON: THE OLD WHORE JOHN ROBINS: INCREDIBLE SCENES! JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH: OUT OF OUR SHEDS JONNY & THE BAPTISTS JONNY WOO: WONDER WOO-MAN JOSH WIDDICOMBE: FURTHER ADVENTURES OF... JOSIE LONG: ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE JOY OF SKETCH JOYCED! JUANA IN A MILLION JUBILATE JULIAN IGNORES HIS FRIEND AND TALKS TO A PRETTY GIRL JUST THE TONIC COMEDY CLUB’S MIDNIGHT SHOW

76 110 55 132 122 73 123 104 72 97 75 77 86 99 118 84 72 112 110 23 127 101 124 118 58 99 91 130 42 40 27 69 137

K KAPUT KATHERINE RYAN: NATURE’S CANDY KAYA- DREAM INTERPRETER KEIRA DALY: LADYNERD KEMBLE’S RIOT KERRY GILBERT TRIUMPHS KEVIN TOMLINSON: CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE! KEVIN TOMLINSON: SEVEN AGES! KIERAN & JOE: FRIENDS OF STEEL KNEE DEEP KUMAIL NANJIANI KWAT: GREETINGS FROM KWAT

77 78 21 56 39 97 79 79 78 50 107 127

LAD HIMSELF, THE LADY RIZO LADY SINGS IT BETTER LARA A KING - PEOPLE PLEASER LATE NIGHT GIMP FIGHT LATE NIGHT LAUGHS LATE SHOW LATE’N’LIVE LAURENCE CLARK: INSPIRED LEADS AND STERN LEEDS TEALIGHTS: SEXY CHUBBY, THE LEO LES CLÖCHARDS: DIRTY BUT NICE LETTER TO THE MAN (FROM THE BOY) LIFE AND SORT OF DEATH OF ERIC ARGYLE, THE LIFE IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE / BYE BYE WORLD LIGHTS! CAMERA! IMPROVISE! LILI LA SCALA: ANOTHER F*CKING VARIETY SHOW LIVE AT THE ELECTRIC: LIVE AT THE FRINGE! LONELY ONE, THE LORETTA MAINE: BIPOLAR LOVE ALL LOVE CHILD LUKE AND HARRY’S DOT DOT DOT LUKE BENSON- BACKSEAT HERO LUKE TOULSON: LUKE WHO’S TALKING LUKE WRIGHT - YOUR NEW FAVOURITE POET LUMINOUS TALES

N 30 58 57 75 126 132 138 139 89 87 87 48 62 28 24 23 86 58 136 45 92 34 29 75 114 118 56 53

M MACHINE, THE 51 MAE DAY 82 MAFF BROWN’S PARADE OF THIS 91 MAGICAL ADVENTURES OF PETE HEAT, THE 91 MAGICIAN’S DAUGHTER 55 MAGNETS: HOMEGROWN, THE 62 MAN 1, BANK 0 88 MAN WHO 36 MARCEL LUCONT: CABARET FANTASTIQUE 59 MARCEL LUCONT: GALLIC SYMBOL 128 MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE: THE BRIG SOCIETY 119 MAREK LARWOOD - TYPECAST 96 MARK GRIST: ROGUE TEACHER 56 MARK LITTLE: THEBULLSHITARTIST 127 MARK NELSON - UNDER THE RADAR 98 MARK RESTUCCIA: HOW TO SUCCEED AT INTERNET DATING 123 MARK WATSON: THE INFORMATION 105 MARK WATSON’S EDINBOROLYMPICS 133 MARLON DAVIS: ENTER THE DAVISM 100 MAROON BALLOON 54 MARTIN DOCKERY: WANDERLUST 32 MATT FORDE: EYES TO THE RIGHT, NOSE TO THE LEFT 82 MATTHEW CROSBY IS MATTHEW CROSBY IN MATTHEW CROSBY (THE SHOW) 82 MAURICE ROËVES ‘JUST A GIGOLO’ 37 MAURICE’S JUBILEE 41 MAX & IVAN ARE... CON ARTISTS 79 MAYDAY MAYDAY 33 MCNEIL AND PAMPHILON 84 MEDEA HARDCORE 47 MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS 37 MEPHISTO WALTZ 50 MERVYN STUTTER’S PICK OF THE FRINGE 72 MICHAEL DOWNEY STANDING UP AGAIN 106 MICHAEL MITTERMEIER 123 MICHAEL REDMOND: MANNEQUINS, FISHMONGERS, GUACAMOLE AND ME...AND OTHER THINGS 88 MICHAEL WINSLOW: NOIZEYMAN 124 MICHAEL WORKMAN - MERCY 71 MICK MILLER & JIMMY CRICKET 112 MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM 39 MIES JULIE 33 MIKE OLDFIELD’S TUBULAR BELLS 63 MILO MCCABE: KENNY MOON THIS IS YOUR LIFE 90 MIL’S TRILLS MUSIC & STORIES 51 MIRIAM MARGOLYES - DICKENS’ WOMEN 34 MISS HAVISHAM’S EXPECTATIONS 36 MOLLY NAYLOR & THE MIDDLE ONES: MY ROBOT HEART 37 MON DROIT 33 MONKEY TOAST: THE IMPROVISED CHAT SHOW 134 MONSKI MOUSE’S BABY DISCO DANCE HALL 52 MONSTERS GOT TALENT 55 MORGAN & WEST: CLOCKWORK MIRACLES 85 MORGAN & WEST: LYING, CHEATING SCOUNDRELS 138 MOTHER AFRICA 48 MOTHER TO MOTHER 39 MOVIN’ MELVIN: ME, RAY CHARLES AND SAMMY DAVIS JR 63 MR SNOT BOTTOM’S STINKY SILLY SHOW 52 MR. CARMEN 43 MUNFRED BERNSTEIN’S CABINET OF WONDER 80 MURDER, MARPLE AND ME 37 MUSICAL COMEDY AWARDS SHOWCASE 114 MY ELEVATOR DAYS 26 MY STEPSON STOLE MY SONIC SCREWDRIVER 78

108 117 137 96 88 53 90 93 29 113 112 117 87 37 105 86 37

NAZ OSMANOGLU: OTTOMAN WITHOUT AN EMPIRE NEIL DELAMERE: DELAMERE MORTAL NEW CONWAY DIMENSION NEWSREVUE NICHOLAS PARSONS’ HAPPY HOUR NICK COPE FAMILY SONGS AND MUSIC NICK HELM: THIS MEANS WAR! NICK MOHAMMED IS MR. SWALLOW: 2012 NIGHT OF THE BIG WIND, THE NINA CONTI: DOLLY MIXTURES NISH KUMAR - WHO IS NISH KUMAR? NO PANTS THURSDAY: T’IL DEATH DO US PARTY NOISE NEXT DOOR: BRING THE NOISE, THE NOLA NOT QUITE QUARTET, THE NOT TREASURE ISLAND NOTHING IS REALLY DIFFICULT

O 37 43 76 46 87 31 85 60 78 82 128

OLIVER REED: WILD THING ONE HOUR ONLY ONE HOUR PLAYS, THE ONE MAN STAR WARS / LOR ONE ROGUE REPORTER OTHELLO - THE REMIX OTTO KUHNLE: ICH BIN EIN BERLINER OUT OF THE BLUE OXFORD IMPS, THE OXFORD REVUE: PRATTLE ROYALE, THE OYSTER EYES PRESENTS: SOME RICE

P PAJAMA MEN’S IMPROV SHOW PAPERBELLE PAPPY’S FLATSHARE SLAMDOWN & DO THE RIGHT THING PAPPY’S: LAST SHOW EVER! PAT BURTSCHER’S PATOPOTAMOOSE PATRICK MONAHAN - SHOOTING FROM THE LIP! PATTIE BREWSTER’S FRIENDSHIP VENTURE (FOR SOME FRIENDS) PAUL CHOWDHRY - WHAT’S HAPPENING WHITE PEOPLE PAUL FOOT: KENNY LARCH IS DEAD PAUL MCCAFFREY: PILLS’N’THRILLS AND BELLYLAUGHS PAUL MERTON’S IMPRO CHUMS PAUL RICKETTS - IRONIC INFINITY PAULY SHOW - EPISODE ONE, THE PEACOCK & GAMBLE DON’T EVEN WANT TO BE ON TELLY ANYWAY PEEP PEOPLE SHOW 121: THE DETECTIVE SHOW PERLE PETE FIRMAN - HOODWINKER PETE JOHANSSON: UTOPIAN CRACK PIPE PETER PANIC PETER STRAKER’S BREL PETYA AND THE WOLF PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON IN... JURASSIC BARK PIN PLEASANCE BYTES PRETENDING THINGS ARE A COCK PRIDE, THE PRIZE, THE PROOF PUN RUN PUNCH PUNCH & JUDY

118 51 135 112 113 108 107 125 104 121 83 127 88 124 21 45 31 119 113 36 60 51 57 86 22 125 44 36 33 82 38 27

R RACHEL STUBBINGS IS STUBBING OUT PROBLEMS RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS RAZING EDDIE REAL MAN’S GUIDE TO SAINTHOOD RE-ANIMATOR THE MUSICAL REGINALD D HUNTER: A WORK IN PROGRESS. WITH SUPPORT FROM JOHN GORDILLP RHYS DARBY - THIS WAY TO SPACESHIP RHYTHMIC CIRCUS: FEET DON’T FAIL ME NOW! RICHARD HERRING: TALKING COCK - THE SECOND COMING RICK SHAPIRO: REBIRTH ROB BECKETT’S SUMMER HOLIDAY ROB DEERING - THE ONE ROB DEERING’S BEAT THIS ROBERT WELLS - CLOSEUP CLASSICS ROBIN’S UKULELE EXTRAVAGANZA ROCK N ROLL POLITICS ROD IS GOD ROISIN CONATY: LIFEHUNTER RONNIE LE DREW’S BRILLIANT BAG SHOW ROOM, THE RORY SCOVEL: ILLUMINATI ONLY RUBBERBANDITS RUBIES IN THE ATTIC

77 25 25 44 47 121 108 49 111 94 93 111 133 60 55 71 39 113 55 139 120 130 44

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SHOW INDEX S SAD FACES REMEMBER IT DIFFERENTLY SAM SIMMONS - ABOUT THE WEATHER SAMMY J AND RANDY: THE INHERITANCE SANDI TOKSVIG LIVE: MY VALENTINE SARA PASCOE - THE MUSICAL! SARAH KENDALL: GET UP, STAND-UP SATAN’S PLAYGROUND SCALES OF THE UNEXPECTED SCHOOL NIGHT SCHOOL OF COMEDY - THE NEXT GENERATION SCHOOL OF NIGHT SCIENTIST TURNED COMEDIAN TIM LEE SCOTSMAN BEST OF FEST SCOTTISH COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR 2011 - JAMIE DALGLEISH SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE - BOO LINGERIE SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE - CHUNKY WOOLLEN NITS SEAN HUGHES - LIFE BECOMES NOISES SEAN HUGHES STANDS UP SEANN WALSH: SEANN TO BE WILD SECRET COMEDY LOCK-IN SEEING DOUBLE: FIGURES SEEING DOUBLE: VISION SET LIST: STAND-UP WITHOUT A NET SEWING MACHINE, THE SEXYTIME! SHANE KOYCZAN - TALK ROCKER SHAPPI KHORSANDI: DIRTY LOOKS AND HOPSCOTCH SHARRON MATTHEWS SUPERSTAR: GOLD SHEEPS: DANCING WITH LISA SHIRLEY AND SHIRLEY UNLEASHED SHLOMO: MINISTRY OF MOUTH SHOPPING CENTRE BY MATHEW OSBORN SHOWSTOPPERS’ FAMILY MATINEES SHOWSTOPPERS, THE SILENCER - DAVID CALVITTO, THE SILKY PAIR: HAPPY TO HELP (PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS) SIMON EVANS: FRIENDLY FIRE SIMPLE MATTERS SITCOM DOUBLE BILL SLAPDASH GALAXY SLICE BY MEL GIEDROYC SNAIL AND THE WHALE, THE SO YOU THINK YOU’RE FUNNY? SOLDIERS’ WIVES SOUND & FURY’S ‘DOC FAUSTUS’ SPANK! SPANKTACULAR! SPECIAL RESERVE COMEDY BENEFIT, THE SPLITTING THE BILL – MICHAEL WORKMAN & TOMMY LITTLE SQUARE EYE PAIR ST ANDREWS REVUE STATEMENTS AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT STATIC, THE STEPHEN CARLIN - PANDAS VS PENGUINS STEVE SHANYASKI STEVE ULLATHORNE’S ANNUAL PHOTO FEST STORYTELLERS’ CLUB STRONG ARM STUART GOLDSMITH: PRICK SUPER SERIOUS SHOW SUPERJOHN SUSAN CALMAN: THIS LADY’S NOT FOR TURNING EITHER SUZI RUFFELL:LET’S GET READY TO RUFFELL

SWAMP JUICE TA DAAA! TABLE, THE TAM O’SHANTER TANIA EDWARDS: KILLER INSTINCT TARTAN RIBBON COMEDY BENEFIT, THE TAYLOR GLENN - REVERSE PSYCOMEDY TEMPS, THE TENDERPITS TERRY ALDERTON THEA-SKOT’S MISS ADVENTURES THIN ICE THINGS WE DID BEFORE REALITY THOM TUCK FLIPS OUT THOMAS NELSTROP: GREAT(ISH) HITS THREAD THREE ENGLISHMEN: SQUARES, THE THROUGH THE LOOKING SCREEN TIDDLER AND OTHER TERRIFIC TALES TIFFANY STEVENSON: UNCOMFORTABLY NUMB TIM FITZHIGHAM: STOP THE PIGEON TIM KEY - MASTERSLUT TIM VINE CHAT SHOW, THE TIME FOR FUN TOM COTTLE’S ‘THESE TWISTED FOLK’ TOM DEACON: DEACONATOR TOM GOODLIFFE: ALL IN GOOD TIME TOM STADE TOTALLY ROCKS! TOM THUM - BEATING THE HABIT TOMMY TALKS TOTALLY TOM TRANSLUNAR PARADISE TREASURE ISLAND

146 | INDEX

73 120 94 76 120 113 34 58 138 105 78 90 34 131 131 52 90 111 107 139 22 22 137 34 121 56 113 80 88 83 63 41 74 133 27 79 123 30 127 28 28 55 129 27 109 138 139 132 132 77 71 25 35 93 134 65 126 40 103 116 53 93 94 41 53 47 25 132 109 135 73 46 129 80 23 130 110 85 35 90 80 53 107 103 136 80 48 132 100 80 109 62 69 98 43 54

TRENCH, THE TREVOR BROWNE - I THINK...I AM TREVOR NOAH: THE RACIST TRUTH TRUTH DOODLER TUMBLE CIRCUS: THIS IS WHAT WE DO FOR A LIVING TWO MOST PERFECT THINGS, THE TWO WORLDS OF CHARLIE F

28 100 100 121 74 38 21 30

U UNCOUPLED UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY UP & OVER IT - BACK ON OUR FEET US BEEF

27 45 50 26

V VIKKI STONE: HOT MESS VINEGAR KNICKERS: ON THE EDGE VIRGINIA IRONSIDE: GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY VISITING TIME VIVE LE CABARET VOCAL IS LEKKA VOCAL ORCHESTRA, THE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD

110 77 26 34 58 61 61 135

W WAITING FOR STANLEY WHEELCHAIR ON MY FACE WHO’S YOUR DADDY WILD WEST END WILL MARSH’S RUINATION WIND IN THE WILLOWS, THE WINSTON ON THE RUN WITTANK WONDERFUL WORLD OF WILFREDO WORLD’S GREATEST WALKING TOUR OF EDINBURGH WOULD BE NICE THOUGH... WOZA ALBERT!

38 33 130 65 73 65 35 96 127 33 27 40

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