Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh Comedy Festival Programme 2010 by Edinburgh Fringe and Comedy Festival

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VENUE DETAILS

We list shows for 20 different venues in this year’s brochure. For more information, visit www.edcomfest.com PLEASANCE

ASSEMBLY 1

Assembly @ Assembly Hall

Mound Place EH1 2LU | T. 0131 623 3030

Pleasance Courtyard

Assembly @ George St

Pleasance Dome

Assembly @ Princes St Gardens

Ghillie Dhu

Assembly @ Vittoria

The Royal Botanic Gardens

Assembly @ AGA Showroom

Thistle Street Bar

Milnes Bar

Pleasance at The Meadows

Multrees Walk

Assembly Rooms, 54 George St EH2 2LR | T. 0131 623 3030 Princes St EH2 2HG | T. 0131 623 3030

113 Brunswick St, Leith Walk EH7 5HR | T. 0131 623 3030 51 Frederick St EH2 1LH | T. 0131 623 3030 35 Hanover St EH2 2PJ | T. 0131 623 3030

1 Bristo Square EH8 9AL | T. 0131 556 6550 2-6 Rutland Place EH1 2AD | T. 0131 556 6550 Entrances on Inverleith Row and Arboretum Place Fletcher building is near the glasshouses, 10 min walk from each entrance EH3 5LR | T. 0131 556 6550 | 0131 552 7171 39 Thistle Street EH2 1DY | T. 0131 556 6550 T. 0131 556 6550

EH1 3DQ | T. 0131 623 3030

UNDERBELLY

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60 Pleasance EH8 9TJ | T. 0131 556 6550

Gilded Balloon Teviot

Teviot Row House, Bristo Sq EH8 9AJ | T. 0131 622 6552

Underbelly, Cowgate

Udderbelly’s Pasture

Just The Tonic at the Caves

(Entrances on Cowgate & Victoria Street) 56 Cowgate, EH1 1EG | T: 0844 545 8252 (Incorporating E4 Udderbelly, E4 Cow Barn & Underbelly’s McEwan Hall) Bristo Square, EH8 9AL | T: 0844 545 8252 Niddry St South, Cowgate, EH1 1NS | T: 0844 545 8252

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Bongo Club

37 Holyrood Road EH8 8BA | T. 0131 557 2827

Edinburgh Festival Theatre

13/29 Nicolson Street EH8 9FT | T. 0131 622 6552

The Space @ Surgeons Hall

Nicolson Street EH8 9DW | T. 0845 508 8515

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 Tim Groves

Edinburgh Military Tattoo T. 0131 225 1188

Traveline (Buses) T. 0871 200 2233

Design Heehaw Digital | www.heehaw.co.uk

Edinburgh Book Festival T. 0845 373 5888

Central Radio Taxis T. 0131 229 2468

Tourist Board T. 0845 225 5121

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Cover Design Tim Groves & Heehaw Digital Print Acorn Comedy Festival illustration Hannah Neale | www.hannahneale.co.uk Festival Portal Development Richard Jarmain

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HOW TO BOOK

You can book any show in this brochure at any of the venues below or by visiting www.edcomfest.com PLEASANCE

ASSEMBLY BY PHONE

0131 623 3030

BY PHONE

Call the Assembly box office between 10am and 6pm Monday to Saturday from 10th June until 4th August and from 9am to 11.30pm from 5th to 30th August.

0131 556 6550 Call the Pleasance Box Office from 7th June 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and 12pm to 6pm on Sunday. From 5th August 9am to 10pm (daily).

ONLINE

www.assemblyfestival.com

ONLINE

www.pleasance.co.uk

IN PERSON

Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street, EH2 2LR

IN PERSON

Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ Visit Pleasance’s main Box Office from 2nd August to 30th August 9am to Midnight (2nd and 3rd August 10am to 6pm).

Visit Assembly’s main box office at Assembly @ George Street between 10am and 5.30pm on 2nd and 3rd August. From 4th August to 30th August this box office will be open from 10am until 10 minutes after the last performance’s start time.

Pleasance Dome, 1 Bristo Square, EH8 9AL This Box Office will open from 4th August to 30th August from 10am – 01.30am. SELF SERVICE BOX OFFICE Box Office is open from 4th August 10am - Midnight. FAST TRACK TICKET BOOTH 10mins prior to show only, open until 10pm.

Assembly Hall, Mound Place, EH1 2LU This box office will be open 4th - 30th August from 10am to until 10 minutes after the last performance’s start time.

Assembly @ Princes Street Gardens This box office will be open 30th July – 30th August from 10am until 10 minutes after the last performance’s start time

GILDED BALLOON BY PHONE

0131 622 6552

UNDERBELLY BY PHONE

0844 545 8252 Call the Underbelly Box Office Pre Fringe between 10am - 8pm Daily. From 4th August 10am - 11pm Daily.

Call the Gilded Balloon Box Office from 10th June 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and 12pm to 6pm on Sunday. From 5th August 9am to 10pm (daily).

ONLINE

www.underbelly.co.uk

ONLINE

www.gildedballoon.co.uk

IN PERSON

Underbelly, Cowgate

IN PERSON

Teviot Row House, Bristo Square, EH8 9AJ

56 Cowgate, EH1 1EG (Entrances on Cowgate & Victoria Street) From 4th August 10am - 1am daily.

The Box Office will be open from the 3rd of August. Opening Hours: Noon to 5pm on the 3rd of August. 10am to 3am daily from 4th – 30th of August.

Udderbelly’s Pasture E4 Udderbelly, E4 Cowbarn & Underbelly’s McEwan Hall. Bristo Square, EH8 9AL. From 4th August 10am - 1am daily.

Just The Tonic @ the Caves Niddry Street South, Cowgate, EH1 1NS. From 5th August 10.30am - 1am daily.

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. There is a £1.00 handling charge per transaction for Underbelly’s book by text service.

Terms and Conditions

Concession prices (where listed) are available to children under 16, students, registered unemployed, Young Scots/Stage Pass holders, Senior Citizens and disabled persons, 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. No admission after 9pm for under 14s and no admission after 10pm for under 18s at the Gilded Balloon Teviot.

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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

Gilded Balloon

p10

Pleasance

p12

Underbelly

p16

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

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Baillie Room – Assembly @ Assembly Hall The Drawing Room – Assembly @ George St Gilded Balloon Balcony Gilded Balloon Billiard Room Pleasance Attic Pleasance Campervan Pleasance Cellar 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

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

Pleasance Dome Pleasance Courtyard

Fringe shows Theatre

p19

Dance & Physical Theatre

p47

Children’s Shows

p50

Musicals & Operas

p54

Music

p58

Films & Exhibitions

p63

Edinburgh Comedy Festival p65 Shows at a glance All shows listed by time

p140

Index

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

All shows listed by name

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SHOW INFORMATION LISTED FOR EACH ENTRY 2 FOR 1

Available for 9-10 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.

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CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF FESTIVE SUCCESS Welcome to Assembly 2010, the 30th year that we have presented a programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It is a formidable achievement. Over this time more than four million people have seen some two thousand shows. Our success has been driven by the hard work of thousands of performers, the brilliant work they have created and your support of what we do. More than anything I have to thank the thousands of staff that have worked with us over the years to make Assembly a remarkable festival operation.

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Assembly Rooms Venues.....Music Hall (630 seats) ..................Ballroom (335 seats) ..................Edinburgh Suite (156 seats) ..................Supper Room (150 seats) ..................Wildman Room (122 seats) ..................Drawing Room (96 seats) Bars ..........Lane Bar, Under Balcony Bar, ..................Club Bar (members only)

This year we have set out to celebrate by building

performances to be found on the coming pages

line up includes the unique combination of Soweto

on the success of our two principle venues, the

– if in doubt “look to red“.

Gospel Choir and the Bala Brothers plus Camille

Assembly Rooms and the Assembly Hall, by adding

Highlights include the return of Simon Callow in

O’Sullivan, Meow Meow, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers

a third new venture Assembly @ Princes Street

“Shakespeare – the Man from Stratford”, the two

and Antonio Forcione. For cabaret and circus, Soap!

Gardens. Under the splendour of Edinburgh Castle

wonderful Scottish productions “Sunset Song” and

The Show, will amaze and Julien Cotterau is magical.

our festival garden bar will offer up an outdoor bar,

“ Silver Darlings” and a new version of “Up’n’Under”.

Indulge yourself with comedy variety at The Crack and

tasty bites, live music, free shows and a wonderful

On the comedy front we have some of the biggest

rounding off the evenings in the gardens, with the

Belgian Spiegeltent raised on high. The combination

and the best including Jason Byrne, Mark Watson,

legendry club night Guilty Pleasures, an unashamedly

of spaces will give us ten temporary theatres in which

Ardal O’Hanlan, Sean Lock, Fascinating Aida, Kevin

glorious all singing, all dancing celebration of pop

we have programmed a stunning combination of

Bridges and as ever Best of the Fest. For music, our

music. William Burdett-Coutts, Artistic Director

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STAFF LIST Artistic Director ................................................. William Burdett-Coutts PA to Artistic Director ....................................... Judith Murrell Programme Manager and Producer .................................................... Alex Rochford Programme Consultant .................................. Mary Shields Managing Director ......................................... Guy Hornsby General Manager............................................ Margaret Moll Finance Manager ............................................ Yalamba Koroma Administrator .................................................... Jen Courtney Office Manager ................................................ Sarah Murray Box Office Manager ....................................... Jamie Snelgrove Brand and Sponsorship Manager ............... Lynsey Macdonald Companies Marketing Manager.................. Jayne Gross Promotions Manager...................................... Amy Shirlaw Head of Press ................................................... Catherine Bromley Press Manager ............................................... Ian Cuthbert Press Manager ............................................... Kelly Fogarty Anniversary PR ................................................. Borkowski PR Press Consultant .............................................. Liz Smith Web Coordinator ............................................. Rob Earl Technical Director ............................................ Ruari Cormack Technical Administrator .................................. Catherine Devereux Head of Sound ................................................. Chris Ekers Head of Lighting ............................................... Paul Lim

FOOD AND BEVERAGE Operations Manager ...................................... Nik Whybrew Bar Manager .................................................... Simon Donne

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Venues.....Assembly Hall (790 seats) ..................Rainy Hall (256 seats) ..................Baillie Room (60 seats) Bar............Courtyard Bar

Assembly Gardens

Assembly Hall

Venues .....The Tent Bars...........Tent Bar, Festival Garden Bar

ASSEMBLY ROOMS Production and Site Manager ....................... Dave Evans Venue Managers ............................................. Claire Walters and Steve Gove ASSEMBLY HALL Production and Site Manager ....................... Pete McCabe Venue & Company Manager ........................ Veronica Barton ASSEMBLY GARDENS Production and Site Manager ....................... Rab Randall Assembly Board of Directors ......................... Iain MacDonald (Chair) ............................................................................. William Burdett-Coutts ............................................................................. Michael Dale ............................................................................. Sandy Ross ............................................................................. Mary Shields ............................................................................. Sarah Smith All of Assembly’s wonderful, hardworking and sleep deprived staff Doug Cook at Heineken; Graham Patullo and Gill Petrie at STV; Rod Smith at Concept Group; Angela Mckenzie at National Express; Claire Wilson at Highland Spring; Eddie McNaughton at Big Byte; Huw and Stuart at Snow Creative; Kath Mainland, Christabel Anderson, Barry Church-Woods, Neil Mackinnon at Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Faith Liddell and Amy Saunders at Festivals Edinburgh; Neil Wurmel, Espen Brunborg and everyone at Heehaw; Veronica Barton for coordinating the programme; Karen Koren and Sharon Burgess; Anthony Alderson and Tim Groves; Charlie Wood, Ed Bartlam and Dave Michel; Andrew Eaton, Jackie McGlone, Joyce McMillan and Paula Bushell at The Scotsman; Lucy Henderson at Heineken, Adrian Searle at Stage Electrics; Guy Sissons at Grandstand Seating Structures; Mark Bonner and Steve Lutley at Delta Sound, Alistair MacDonald, Alex Innes, Kim Acland, Roger Spence, Susan Provan, Christie Anthoney, Julia Holt, John Pinder, Alex Reedijk, Mariko Tsukaguchi, Al Thomson, Mark Burlace, David Inns, Chris Barnes and Caroline Fraser, Heather Ruck, Rebecca Austin and everyone who has helped us over the last 30 years.

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Assembly would also like to thank the City of Edinburgh council especially: Steve Cardownie, Jim Inch, Lynne Halfpenny, Lindsay Robertson, Shona Clelland, Jackie Skinner, Lynn Baxter, Tom Gray, Karl Chapman, Linda Alexander, Tom O’Brien, John McNeill & Claire Miller

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Don’t forget to check out our brand new venue in West Princes Street Gardens at the Ross Bandstand which opens with the Edinburgh Jazz Festival on the 30th July. There’s an outdoor festival beer garden, tasty bites, live music, cinema, free shows and much more. See you there!

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All our shows are listed on the following pages â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if in doubt, look to red! Show information, tickets, offers, video clips and our latest news can be found on our website and the Assembly Apple App.

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25 years of the Gilded Balloon

I can’t believe that it’s 25 years since I started presenting shows in a tiny studio theatre in the Cowgate. Since these heady early days – when it all seemed so much easier; the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Festivals in August have become the biggest Arts Festiva l in the World and therefore play a vital part in the performing arts industry. Sounds very grand – however, looking through this programme – you can see why! Nowhere would you find as much enterta inment and talent in one city in such a short space of time. Certainly it is no coincidence that so many performers launch their careers in Edinburgh and over these last 25 years I have seen more than most. At the beginning of the Gilded Balloon I presented Arnold Brown, Liz Lochhead and Roland Rivron and was completely hooked. The following year Late’n’Live was born – the late night show that became the place comics came to see other comics live or die at the hands of the audience. From then on the Gilded Balloon was on the map and its been a roller coaster ride ever since. Late’n’Live soon became an Edinburgh institution, led by comperes like Mark Lamarr, Boothby Graffoe, Frank Skinner, Ross Noble, Daniel Kitson and Russell Howar d. Many performers, who are now household names started out at the Gilded Balloon. The most memorable include Caroline Quentin, Meera Syall, Helen Lederer, Cathy Burke and Arnold Brown, Sean Hughes, Steve Coogan and John Thomson all winning the Perrier Award. Michael Redmond, Norman Lovett, who are both returning this year, were Gilded Balloo n regulars. Others include Jo Brand, Patrick Marber, Arthur Smith, Kevin Day, The Doug Anthon y Allstars, Alistair McGowan, Ardal O’Hanlon, Mark Steel, Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey, Phill Jupitus, Alan Davies, Simon Pegg, Rich Hall, Lee Evans, Jeff Green, Johnny Vegas, Dara O’Briain, Tim Minch in and Flight of the Conchords. These are only a few – there are oh so many more that have contrib uted to our history and have stories to tell, staff too, have learnt and worked with the Gilded Balloo n early in their careers and gone on to greater things. Hundreds of performers have captivated audiences at the Gilded Balloo n over the last 25 years and that is what creating the Gilded Balloon has all been about. We are always searching for the newest, most talented and the best in entertainment and will contin ue to do so as long as I am around and hopefully long after.

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“The Gilded Balloon is real Fringe the Gilded Balloon is a pioneer” The Scotsman

Karen Koren Staff

Artistic Director General Manager Administrator Box Office Manager

Head of Press r Marketing Coordinato Production Manager Production Manager

Head of Lights Head of Sound Operations Manager Finance SYT YF? Producer Late’n’Live Co ordinator

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“One of the Fringe Busiest graph Buzziest Hotspots“ The Tele

“The Real Spirit of the Fringe“ The Scotsman

A Big Thank You! Helen Parker and Angela Robertson at Universal, Waitrose Ltd for their support this year, Bruce Hills at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival , Montreal. Susan Provan at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Julia Chamberlain and Frehd Southern for So You Think You’re Funny?, Caroline Edward s at Sparkle Productions, Rebecca Austin at The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival, Kilkenny , Chris Patton at Stage Electrics, Bradley Merchant at Arena Seating , Luke Hyde at Orbital Sound, Mark Taylor, Chris McCulloch and Brian Hutchis on at Capture Productions, Louise Dickins at Dickins Festival Lets, Anthony Blackshaw, Sam Mason, Chris Beddows, Alan Blackwood at EUSA, Tim Groves, Ryan Taylor, Anthony Alderson and all at Pleasance, Margar et Moll, Alex Rochford, Mary Shields, William Burdett Coutts and all at Assemb ly, Neil Wurmel at Heehaw Multimedia, Eddie MacNaughton at Big Byte, Paula Bushell at Scotland on Sunday, Kim Kinnie and Elizabeth Partyka at STV, Andrew Johnson at Beechwood Communication, Kath Mainlan d, Martin Chester and all at the Fringe Office, Ed Bartlam, Charlie Wood, David Michel and all at Underbelly, Ed Smith at Phil McIntyre’s, Tony Davey, Ann Russell and all at Red 61. Amy Saunders, Faith Liddell at Festivals Edinburgh, Kristian Koren at Loon Design and Scott Davison at Scotland Web Design. Steve Ullathorne, Iain McFadden, Lynne Crossan and of course all the wonder ful dedicated staff at The Gilded Balloon.

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Bunny Kerry Gilbert Blackout Rule of Three The Durham Revue

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5pm - 6pm Five Guys Named Moe Kai Humphries: Evolution The Magnets A Corner of the Ocean The Roaring Boys Will Set You Free Circus Trick Tease Djupid (the deep)

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6pm - 7pm Markus Makevellian's International Order Comedy Bitch: Them Is Us Keith Farnan Mark Nelson Beardyman Brazil! Brazil! Toby Hadoke Pedestrian

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7pm - 8pm Kev Orkian Waiting for Apollo Celebrity Autobiography Danny Bhoy: By Royal Disappointment Edward Aczel Paul Foot Dommett & Lampaert

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Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year Frisky & Mannish: School Of Pop John Cooper Clarke Rich Fulcher When the Sex is Gone The Beta Males Picnic Guest Who Sound & Fury's "Private Dick" Silent Disco Spank! Spanktacular!

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After Midnight… Midnight Matinee The Late Show Spank! The Big One!

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8pm - 9pm Susan Calman Jimeoin Rob Rouse Allsopp and Henderson's The Jinglists Of Women and Horses I Have Known Henry Rollins One Man Lord of the Rings Carl Donnelly Frisky & Mannish: The College Years Musical Comedy Awards 2010 Showcase

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10pm - 11pm Quality Control Barry and Stuart: 98% Seance Geraldine Quinn Storm Large Jim Jefferies Lovelace - A Rock Musical Drags Aloud At The Movies

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COLOURS Murungu Productions

Sex… Survival… Africa. A haunting and raunchy play about one woman’s survival in Africa. Featuring Marcella Sant’Anna and written by award winning writer Rory Kilalea. Winner of the Oxfam Suzie Smith Award www.assemblyfestival.com

An incandescent performance OxFAM AT WORK Poignant and funny ZIMBABWEAN £5 £10 (£9) W

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JACOB’S LADDER

THE BIG BITE-SIZE BREAKFAST

Does the end justify the means? Depends on the means, I guess... and the end. From exciting young playwright Emily Moir comes a twisted new play about just how far people will go to make friends.

A sumptuous smorgasbord of award winning theatrical delicacies! Drama, comedy, eccentricity. Three selections of new and favourite tenminute plays from around the world. Coffee, croissants, strawberries!! Top Five Carol Tambor Award, Scotsman Top 100: ‘A splendid showcase.’ (The Observer/Guardian). Now showing on Sky TV.

Pocketful Productions

White Room Theatre Ltd

A twisted comedy about religious politics, social position and sexual immorality.

Ticket includes Coffee, Croissants & Strawberries www.bite-size.org

A splendid showcase...without fail funny, strange and moving. GUARDIAN £6 £6.50 W

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THE SCOTSMAN FRINGE AWARDS

STATIONARY EXCESS

Taking place in the final week of the Fringe, the Scotsman Fringe First Awards are among the most sought after awards at the festival. They are awarded to outstanding new writing premiered on the Fringe across dance, physical theatre and children’s theatre. Winners will be announced each week in the Scotsman Festival Daily Guide on Friday 13th, 20th, 27th August. Plus a FREE final awards show at Assembly on Friday 27th August to which you are invited.

Imprisoned on an exercise bicycle, one woman tells the story of an extraordinary man. Hurling the audience through a rollercoaster of emotions, this brutally honest tale exposes the pain, absurdity and hilarity of being alone.

Made in China

The Scotsman

‘Stationary Excess’ will scream out to anybody who has loved and lost. www.madeinchinaperformance.blogspot.com

For ticket details pick up a Scotsman from Saturday 7th August or visit Assembly Box Office. First come, first served, subject to availability. www.assemblyfestival.com

£6 £6.50

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THE CHANGELING

RUNNING ON AIR

London. 2020. A man lies dying. His friend searches the streets to find a ‘word of the future’ to save him.

Join quirky and charming comedian Laura Mugridge in her vintage campervan and be one of five travellers on a funny, poignant journey from Lands End to Edinburgh, through life, love, domesticity and a performance in front of a giant kestrel. Sometimes it’s good to take the scenic route.

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Live music, film and puppetry transport you to another world. The Changeling is a surreal story of acceptance and the importance of companionship when all else is lost.

Tues, Weds and Thurs: 11:30 & 13:00

Don’t miss this unique piece of new writing showcasing London’s up and coming talent.

Fri, Sat and Sun: 13:00 & 15:00 lauramugridge.co.uk

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DO WE LOOK LIKE REFUGEES?!

Roll Up Roll Up! Enter if you dare. Behold the fall of the Magnificent Dr Faustus. Step inside our Hall Of Mirrors, play sleight-of-hand with Greed, have a toffee apple with Gluttony but beware the temptation of Lust. An exciting and contemporary interpretation incorporating live music, burlesque dance, circus skills and physical theatre.

Do We Look Like Refugees?! is a verbatim play by Alecky Blythe created from interviews recorded in a refugee settlement in Georgia. As the temporary shelter becomes more permanent, stories of love and enterprise emerge. Poignant and surprisingly humorous. A workshop collaboration with the Rustaveli Theatre, Tbilisi and the National Theatre Studio. Subtitles.

www.drfaustusfringe.co.uk

www.beyondborders2010.com | www.recordeddelivery.net

Beyond Borders Productions Ltd

...a wonderfully fresh, knowing and funny piece of work.

Raw energy  SCOTSMAN (ON LUTG’S 2008 THE REVENGER’S

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, FOR THE GIRLFRIEND ExPERIENCE (ALECKY BLYTHE, 2009)

TRAGEDY)

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DR FAUSTUS

The Offshoots (in association with Lancaster Univeristy Theatre Group)

UNDERBELLY

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SUNSET SONG

Assembly & Aberdeen Performing Arts

Sunset Song was voted Scotland’s Greatest Book in 2006 and is regarded as one of the greatest Scottish novels of all time. In this main stage production adapted by Alastair Cording from Lewis Grassic Gibbons’ novel and directed by Kenny Ireland we follow the life of Chris Guthrie from child to woman growing up on a small farm in the North of Scotland as events in the outside world affect her, the community and those she loves. Sunset Song gives an insight into life in rural Scotland in the first decades of the 20th century. Though written in the early half of the 20th century the characters and stories reflect wide-reaching issues that still concern us today: the affects of war, national identity and the impact of modern-ways on rural life. Cast: Duncan Anderson, Jimmy Chisholm, Hannah Donaldson, Jannette Foggo, Lesley Hart, Michael Mackenzie, Tom McGovern , Alan McHugh, Helen McKay, Cameron Mowatt, Heather Nimmo, Ronnie Simon. www.assemblyfestival.com

An assured production... vivacious performances... and a set of picture postcard landscapes THE LIST

...a vivid sense of the countryside in all its cruel beauty GUARDIAN ...one of the worlds great stories about the journey from tradition to modernity SCOTSMAN £10 £18 (£16) W

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I, ELIZABETH

Canal Cafe Theatre | Bea Roberts

Elizabeth I – Queen at 25, the most educated woman of her Age, political phoenix, famously unmarried… but who was the woman beneath the crown? Using Elizabeth’s own letters, speeches and writings, I, Elizabeth explores her struggle to reconcile her womanhood with sovereignty.

Give yourself the perfect lunchtime treat with this poignant yet humorous monologue by rising talent Bea Roberts about a woman coming to terms with her loss. Performed by Stage Award Nominee/ Funny Women Finalist Genevieve Swallow re-united with awardwinning director and NewsRevue producer Emma Taylor.

Rebecca Vaughan (Austen’s Women) Director: Guy Masterson (Morecambe)

Winning, funny, yet ultimately moving. GUARDIAN (ON THE

www.theatretoursinternational.com | www.dyadproductions.com

DARKLING PLAIN)

 Vaughan’s performance was unfaultable...

Swallow’s range is impressive. SCOTSMAN (ON DULCAS’S WOMEN)

EDINBURGH GUIDE (AUSTEN’S WOMEN)

£5 £6 (£4.50)

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MARION ALLEN’S NUMBER ONE HOBBY

Guy Masterson - Theatre Tours International in association with Dyad Productions (UK)

£8 £11 (£10)

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Explore Your Creativity Are you looking for a head start in the film, media & creative industries?

Acting Foundation Course - BA (Hons) Acting & Global Theatre, Creative Industries, Screenwriting & Producing - MA Writing for Screen & Stage Web: www.regents.ac.uk/LSFMP Email: LSFMP@regents.ac.uk Tel: 020 7487 7505

London School of Film, Media & Performance Regent’s College, Inner Circle Regent’s Park London NW1 4NS 11:45 (13:15)

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“NEXT!”

Bell Shakespeare

Liberated Theatre

You know what dying feels like - don’t you? The job interview that goes tits-up, redundancy, divorce. “NExT!” One-woman’s tragicomic exposé of real-life auditions, as she follows her dream but discovers a lot of muck amongst the stardust. Laugh or die experience from writer/producer of sell-out ‘BABOOSHKA’, ‘MUTTON’, ‘5065 LIFT’. www.liberatedtheatre.com

BABOOSHKA - Don’t Miss! INDEPENDENT  JO CAULFIELD  JENNY ECLAIR 5065 LIFT - I love this lift!  KATE COPSTICK £5 £10 (£9) W

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | BALCONY

Direct from Sydney Opera House - a really, really silly version of Shakespeare’s great big gory tragedy. Performed by six funny but tragic actors and a garden gnome. Includes a severed head that talks Shakespearean, witches, girl germs and weird Shakespearean things like soliloquies, sharp swords and other things beginning with S.

GIRL CONSTANTLY F***ING INTERRUPTED

Directed by Wayne Harrison (Producer, ‘Tap Dogs’) and loaded with gags aimed at children and adults alike, it’s an absolute treat for the whole family.

A moving modern day psychological therapy comedy.

Suitable for ages 7yrs + www.bellshakespeare.com.au

Ten-year-olds – and the 10 year-old in all of us – will love it SUN HERALD, AUSTRALIA ...a brilliant way of introducing young audiences to Shakespeare... directed with ingenuity and theatrical wit THE AUSTRALIAN ...this riotously funny adaptation of the bloodiest of tragedies... THE AGE £5 £8.50 (£7.50) W

Celia Peachey

A show with a multiple personality disorder taking you on a journey through the mind of a modern woman and her many alter egos. Expect to accept, get a piece of peace and get ready to discover discovery! celiapeachey.com

A real actress. MOTIV88 An enthralling performance, compellingly and engaging. URBAN LIFE MAGAZINE

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LITTLE BLACK BASTARD

£5 £9 (£7.50)

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ingenious GUARDIAN the purest of theatre METRO

Gripping and intensely moving, a remarkable performance, an extraordinary event. AGE

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Attention fringe-goers, you’re invited to join the movement and change your lives forever! Explosive new play from the writer and creative team behind 2009 award-winning hit Heroin(e) for Breakfast. www.uberhategang.com

The tale of a football mad boy from the backstreets of Zimbabwe. Multi-layered African beats, powerful acapella vocals and a wildly dynamic 30-strong company throwing heart and soul into a dizzyingly high-energy succession of jumping, jiving, acrobatic numbers.

The UK’s hottest young theatre company BBC Quite astonishingly accomplished... It takes ones breath away  SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Theatre’s power and all its possibilities are here 

www.zambeziexpress.co.uk

Infectious enjoyment DAILY TELEGRAPH Exuberant and heart warming SUNDAY TIMES Huge zest, phenomenal energy and exhilarating rhythm SUNDAY TIMES

£10 (£9) £8.50 (£7.50) S

Sabela Music Projects presents Siyaya Arts

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ZAMBEZI EXPRESS

Horizon Arts with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

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UBER HATE GANG

£6 £6.50

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pantsonfiretheatre.com

shakespeareaustralia.com.au

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

Pants on Fire’s actor-musician extravaganza relocates Ovid’s epic stories of miraculous transformation to 1940‘s wartime Britain. Heroics, love, gods, monsters and the secrets of the universe revealed through gasmasks, gramophones, puppetry, film and original live music and song from an Andrews Sisters chorus. Dynamic, magically moving and darkly comic storytelling.

Noel Tovey is mesmerizing. Australia’s most distinguished indigenous performer delivers an astonishing production that is more than a story of survival, it’s a story of a man who through art, is transfigured. Tovey gives an outstanding performance that recalls the verbal embroidery of Barry Humphries. LBB is sophisticated, articulate, thoroughly absorbing and laced with incisive humour.

PLEASANCE

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OVID’S METAMORPHOSES

Noel Tovey and Glenn Elston

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LIDLESS

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SMILER Richard Fry

HighTide | Escalator East to Edinburgh

Amnesty Award nominee, Richard Fry (BULLY, Killing Me Softly) returns to the Gilded Balloon with a brilliant new play about drinkdriving, disability, best friends and Right Said Fred. myspace.com/richardfry

Nothing short of outstanding. EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS Richard Fry is mesmerising... a phenomenal performance. BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

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Fifteen years ago, Alice was an interrogator in Guantanamo. Because of the pills she took at the time, she can’t remember what she did. Fifteen years ago, Bashir was a prisoner there. Now, dying of liver failure, he visits her. Lidless, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s devastating first play, won the 2009 Yale Drama Series Award for Playwriting. A work of extraordinary intelligence and finely-balanced sensibility, it marries the implacable logic of a Greek tragedy with an all-too-modern setting. From the UK’s leading new writing theatre company. www.hightide.org.uk

Lidless is an extraordinary and original attempt to show the enduring strain on the victims of the U.S’s deployment of torture at Guantanamo DAVID HARE HighTide is an important and effective company for staging new works NICHOLAS HYTNER HighTide’s Stovepipe: one of ‘Ten Best Theatre Productions of the Decade’  THE SUNDAY TIMES

£7 £10 (£9) W

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WOLF Authentic Artist Collective/Kath Burlinson/Escalator East to Edinburgh

Let us prey. Theatre for the senses exploring mythology, psychology, ecology of wolf/human relationship. Sexy, unpredictable, magical journey in Edinburgh’s atmospheric Caves. Text by Iain Finlay Macleod (St Kilda, EIF09) with performers from David Glass Ensemble/Dreamthinkspeak/Matthew Bourne’s ‘Swan Lake’. Composed by Kerry Andrew (BBC Radio3, ClassicFM). authenticartist.co.uk/wolf

One of the most charismatic productions of the Pulse festival MADDOG MAGAZINE £5 £8.50 (£7.50)

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AT HOME WITH MRS MONEYPENNY IMWP and Eleanor Lloyd

The ultimate working mother and FT columnist comes to life with hysterical tales of banking, business and cost centres one, two and three along with some demonstration cooking. Home is the Aga Showrooms where a complimentary glass of champagne and snacks for all make this a unique Edinburgh experience. Second show on these days: Aug (16:30) 13-15, 20-22, 27-29 www.mrsmoneypenny.com

Working mother, businesswoman, lots of media exposure …just like me really. ELLE MCPHERSON The only writer I know who can make finance funny. MONEYWEEK £12 W

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THE DOOR

SOME GORGEOUS ACCIDENT

Two men wait in a room with only each other and a banging door for company. They talk, bicker and joke about politics, religion, trivia and consequences. The banging of the door provides punctuation as we gradually realise they aren’t strangers; they have history. Somebody died… Winner of two Sir Michael Caine awards (best new writing, best actor).www .earnshawplays.co.uk

Link loves Fiddes like a brother - and Susie like a lover. Susie loves Link alright; Fiddes too, but not like any brother. And Fiddes? A story of friendship, loyalty, revenge, sex and drink, by the brilliant Scottish writer James Kennaway (‘Tunes of Glory’, ‘The Battle of Britain’). ‘James Kennaway was going for broke in this book.’ (Melvyn Bragg). ‘A blazing, rare and formidably great writer.’ (Edward Fox)

...skilful direction, a talented acting duo... ROBERT MEADOWS,

www.inside-intelligence.org.uk

GUILD OF DRAMA ADJUDICATORS

PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS SHOW, THREE WOMEN BY SYLVIA PLATH

...conjures up many emotions, leaving you hanging off the edge of your seat THREEWEEKS ON UNFIT PRODUCTIONS’ ‘FIT PIECE’

 EVENING NEWS  TIMES

by Tony Earnshaw | Unfit Productions with Spotlight Publications

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Inside Intelligence

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ALCATRAZ

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DIRECT FROM MELBOURNE COMEDY FESTIVAL

‘The audience loved every minute of it.’

Aireborne Theatre

DOMINION POST

One moment will create, destroy or alter perspectives. Alcatraz explores the perforations and cracks in the walls of perception, as four characters invisibly influence and disturb one another without knowledge or intent. One man’s disability is another’s aspiration: ‘Every window on Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco.’

Remember the name Aireborne Theatre... Go and see whatever they put on SCOTSMAN

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CLINT’S REALITY Aireborne Theatre

Clint is a media icon disgraced for rigging his reality TV shows. He has one evening to turn this around and solve problems both professional and personal. Vanity, insanity and pastry combine in a world that’s anything but real. Fast paced 21st century farce from the writer of Poets’ Corner.

Hilarious and witty...Excellent (on Poet’s Corner) THREEWEEKS Go and see whatever Aireborne put on SCOTSMAN

£6 £6.50 W

IF PARTIAL NUDITY OFFENDS, BEST YOU DON’T ATTEND!

‘Clever, liberating and laugh out loud funny’

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EXPECTATIONS

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THE GLENN MILLER MYSTERY

Future Legend Theatre

Moving, hard hitting and funny! **** (What’s On Stage) Two young couples deal differently with the news that their child will be born disabled. There are choices to be made, secrets to share. Based on the authors own experiences. Premiered in Sweden and at Contact Theatre, Manchester, receiving rave reviews.

A brand new thriller with a sting in its tail. Twinwood Airfield, December 15 1999. The setting: a damp and dreary dressing room. As a Frank Sinatra tribute artist prepares for his final performance, a stranger enters dressed in U.S. Military uniform... However, something is wrong... a disturbing truth is about to be revealed. Licensed by CMG Brands, Hollywood, CA.

www.gest.se

glennmillermystery.com

Snappy, Raw and Heartfelt GOTHENBURG POST A gem of a play PUBLIC REVIEW

Totally outstanding writing performed by two accomplished actors PAUL ROSS

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Massive. Timely. Multiple award-winner Jack Klaff releases decades of pent-up fury in an attack on the theatre, our culture and the abuse of power. Direction: Colin Watkeys, collaborator with Claire Dowie and Ken Campbell. Gladly risking career suicide, Jack the Knife skewers, slashes, slices through to the heart of things.

The wild-girl woman awakens within her suit-clad veneer of straight lace. Tamara Lee astounds from the first seed of dissatisfaction through to the powerful spellbinding conclusion, baring every nuance, emotion, doubt and turmoil. A smash hit in Adelaide Australia, Sheila Duncan’s tour de force, directed by Michael Allen, is a gripping, satisfying banquet. www.theatretoursinternational.com

A triumph NEW YORK TIMES A breathtaking blend of feral physicality, searing intellect and honest emotion. SCOTSMAN

 Lee’s performance is sensational. With brilliant comedic talent, a wonderful personality and a realism that captured the hearts of all. A wonderful experience.

£8 £11 (£10) F

ADELAIDE THEATRE GUIDE

£9.50 (£8.50) S

Guy Masterson - Theatre Tours International in association with Allee Way Productions (AUS)

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A SOLITARY CHOICE

Jack Klaff

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JACK THE KNIFE

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Wonderland presents

The true story of Lewis Carroll and Isa Bowman, the actress who played Alice on stage A new play by Gyles

Brandreth and Susannah Pearse

Director: Iqbal Khan Designer: Ciaran Bagnall Musical arrangements: Jeremy Sams

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Ginny Davis Productions and Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

www.carolinehorton.net

Ruth Rich, the Fringe’s infamous “sandwich generation” mother returns with an uproarious new show tackling badly behaved teenagers, a bewildered granny and surgically enhanced friend. Economies of truth are called for in order to keep up appearances. But where there are sex, lies and videotape the truth will out and what others have been hiding proves to be much more interesting.

Perfectly pitched and delivered by Caroline Horton THE STAGE

www.ginnydavis.com

ON ‘ALMOST 10’ (2009)

Bridget Jones meets Outnumbered in this funny and sharply written family comedy.  BBC RADIO

Caroline Horton commissioned by Warwick Arts Centre | mac | China Plate

Paris 1945. Christiane waits to be reunited with her English fiancé. A tender, comic portrayal of one woman’s experience of love and war from Best Solo Performance nominee (The Stage Awards 2009).

Caroline Horton’s impressive performance is riveting throughout THREE WEEKS ON ‘ALMOST 10’ (2009) £5 £8 (£6.50) W

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Alicia’s an ‘actress’… crap agent, ‘profit’ shares, one line on Casualty. Her latest role... dog sitting. With an overactive imagination, and only the increasingly spooky and selectively incontinent pooch for company, Alicia sets about righting the wrongs.

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Tom asked Grace out when they were sitting on the Quay. She was fifteen, he a year older, and they were very happy together. But then she had to go away – something to do with her parents. So he waited for her on the Quay. And one day she came back. A love story.

Based on the best-selling novel and the cult film. Directed by Peter Darney.

realcircumstance.com

Intriguing and deeply poetic STAGE

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Moving, gut-wrenching contemporary theatre 

Raw. Graphic. Written in fire. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Razor-sharp and Lacerating. THE ADVOCATE

Real Circumstance | York Theatre Royal | Escalator East to Edinburgh

16+

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE TWO

A searing, explicit exploration of sexuality, misguided desire, and the unlikeliest of friendships. Brian’s and Neil’s parallel lives link to unlock the past.

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OUR SHARE OF TOMORROW

By Scott Heim | Adapted by Prince Gomolvilas | Em-Lou Productions and Neil Sheppeck

£12 (£11)

MYSTERIOUS SKIN

Anna Reynolds (Precious; Red; Push!) and Moira Buffini’s (Dinner; Dying for It; Gabriel) compelling and urgent play, combined with Allie Croker’s electric performance, creates an unmissable and vital powerhouse both for women and theatre. BBC RADIO

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Winner of the Writers’ Guild Award for Best Play. Jordan is the powerful and moving true story of a young woman’s journey from the soggy chip papers of Morecambe to her trial for the murder of her baby boy to save him from his abusive father.

A perceptive script and a substantial performance… definitely worth your lunch hour TIME OUT It is everything you want in a show: witty, slick and superbly acted BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

Richard Jordan Productions Ltd in association with Assembly

www.reclaimltd.com | www.thatmomentplay.com

JORDAN BY ANNA REYNOLDS WITH MOIRA BUFFINI

THAT MOMENT

by Dougie Blaxland | Reclaim Productions with SPL

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SOMETIMES I LAUGH LIKE MY SISTER

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YOUR DREAM WEDDING Anything Bloody Goes

Single, married, straight, gay, female, male - everyone is welcome at Michael’s luxury bridal salon. A site specific shopping experience. Planning a wedding should be magical, whoever you are.

Vital Digression | Obviam Est

BBC journalist Kate Peyton’s murder has catapulted her sister Rebecca into a bizarre new world. With alacrity, Rebecca’s onewoman show gallops through the curious corollaries of The Worst Of Times. Forever discussing death at dinner parties, Rebecca crashes through all social niceties, naming our fears and articulating the unspeakable.

It’s all about your dream wedding. Second show every performance day (15:00)

vitaldigression.org

www.michaelsbrides.tumblr.com | @michaelsbrides

Passion, wit, depth and a ridiculous amount of charisma. No-one can tell a story like Rebecca Peyton CHRIS ADDISON £5 £7.50 (£6) W

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

Roundhouse Theatre Company

A soldier with combat stress, a lady blogger, a blind girl in mourning, a phantom hacker – they all meet in cyberspace where their fantasy lives are played out by their avatars. In a world where it is hard to tell the difference between what is real and what is virtual, it is easy to start losing your mind. Will you be able to hold onto your sanity?

Richard Jordan Productions Ltd in association with Assembly

One of Edinburgh’s most legendary shows returns to Assembly following sell-out seasons in New York and London. The electrifying presence of Thomas on his last great lecture tour, enroute to the White Horse Tavern, brought magically to life through Bob Kingdom’s spellbinding performance and Anthony Hopkins’ original direction.

Press play now. www.roundhouse.org.uk

A thrilling lyrical journey GUARDIAN £5 £11 (£10)

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13:30 (15:00) Swedish Theatre in Helsinki | ACE Production

Famous theatre director Karlo has both wife, best friend and glittering career. One bad review later, however, and he’s a cuckolded has-been, burning for revenge. But life is infinitely more dangerous than theatre, so who gets the last laugh in this macabre comedy?

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‘Shh! Robbie’s dreaming!’ When he wakes can he silence the explosion still ringing in his ears?

In a time of economic crisis, downbeat cabbies are driven to strike against the powers-that-be. An episodic tale of love, loyalty and toothpicks by Clifford Odets. Originally set during the depression of the 1930’s, the intertwined struggles of the workers blend into a powerful, timeless mosaic.

www.halchambers.com

New, intelligent, moving... Had me smiling for days afterwards ALAN AYCKBOURN ON HAL CHAMBERS’ PRODUCTION OF ‘JACKAJACK’

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Following sell-out runs at the Hackney Empire Studio, Angie Le Mar’s cutting edge teenage drama has arrived! A fast paced play, witnessing the tensions in the relationship between a mother and daughter and the devastating consequences of peer pressure.

£5 £9.50 (£8.50) F

Offers Checkovian realisim and the jagged teeth of inyour-face theatre STAGE A powerful play that jumps out and reaches for the heart SPECTATOR

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www.angielemar.com/daughters

Zach Lee is an enigmatic, incredibly watchable actor THE STAGE

Straight to Audience Productions Limited

www.clubwebsite.co.uk/twobrothersandoneworldcup

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | NIGHTCLUB

Each audience chooses the way the story is told. New comedy. Sibling secrets, lies and songs set against the backdrop of football World Cups 1982-2010. We follow ‘The Vindaloo Brothers’-UK’s No1 England Footy Song Tribute Act, as they try to reconnect with family. One brother’s got a secret that will crush everybody. How one moment can shape a life.

Stripes Theatre Company

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DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR DAUGHTER IS?

£8 (£6)

TWO BROTHERS AND ONE WORLD CUP

£6 £6.50

the stars of tomorrow’s theatre before they’ve barely hatched TIMEOUT.COM a group of great promise and talent FRINGEREVIEW

Hal Chambers directs an all-male cast.

King’s Players

Puppetry, visual theatre and vivid electronic music help bring this uplifting story to life. Robbie Wakes examines terrorism and loss through the eyes of a young boy.

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BESIDE

WAITING FOR LEFTY

Double Edge

£6 £8.50 (£7.50)

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ROBBIE WAKES

FINLAND

£10 (£9)

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... intelligent and beautifully written play... ÅBO UNDERÄTTELSE,

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svenskateatern.fi | ace-production.com

www.pintsizedtom.wordpress.com

DEATH OF A THEATRE CRITIC

Welcome to number 54. Are you sitting comfortably? Then let us tell you a story. Or twelve. The joys of tenement living, the loneliness of city dwelling, love, a cat, television nap-time and taking a shower. We got it all. Over the course of a day, eight narrators, taking on a host of unusual roles and voices, will use various methods of storytelling to offer snapshots from inside of each flat. Fun, new writing that mixes the fanciful with the slightly ordinary in a heartfelt, humorous and eclectic way.

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | UPSTAIRS

Pint-Sized Tom Productions

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WONDERLAND

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Work of Genius Ltd

Dogstar Theatre Company

Matthew Zajac’s story of his Polish father, a powerful, unforgettable exploration of identity, resonating with audiences worldwide. Fringe First, Stage Best Solo Performer (2008), CATS Best Actor (2009). With outstanding live violin, an exceptional theatre experience. Wonderful press and audience reaction on our website. www.dogstartheatre.co.uk

A beautifully realised tale of the reality of survival in wartorn Eastern Europe... Zajac’s moving performance is a triumph of evocative staging and storytelling THE OBSERVER

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Wonderland: the true story of Lewis Carroll and the actress Isa Bowman. Michael Maloney (Hamlet / Truly, Madly, Deeply / Love on a Branch Line) stars in the world premiere of a new musical play by five-star Edinburgh awardwinner Gyles Brandreth and New York musical award-winner Susannah Pearse. Set in the 1880s – in Eastbourne, Oxford and through the looking-glass – this is the extraordinary untold love-story of a world-famous author, mathematician and photographer, and the actress who played Alice in Wonderland on stage. Suitable for 11yrs + Director: Iqbal Khan Musical arrangements: Jeremy Sams Designer: Ciaran Bagnall

Alice in Wonderland meets Lost in Translation. Wonderfully funny, touching and unexpected; this is a comedy, a musical, a box of tricks – and a revelation. £5 £14 (£13) W

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LONG LIVE THE KING Guy Masterson - Theatre Tours International in association with The Fixed and The Free

Meena, Indian, heavily pregnant, touches down in Australia the day Elvis Presley dies. Both events, equally shocking, her vagina clenched against her overwhelming grief, she braces herself for the after-life in the New World. A rockin’ and rollickin’ tale of spice, soul and sunburn! Writer-performer Ansuya Nathan (“Feasting on Flesh” 2008) is directed by Guy Masterson, multiple Fringe First Awardee and director of last year’s hits, the Olivier Award winning “Morecambe” and “Austen’s Women”, and this year’s “I, Elizabeth”. www.theatretoursinternational.com

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MEMOIRS OF A BISCUIT TIN

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UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BELLY BUTTON

STICKS, STONES, BROKEN BONES

Maison Foo

Bunk Puppets & Scamp Theatre

From Montreal, Jeff Achtem transforms bits of junk into surreal shadow puppets. Flying chickens, brain transplants and sneaky Ninjas! Come play in the dark. In each shadow puppet scene, the audience simultaneously watches the visual transformation of household junk, into shadow puppet cartoons. A feast for the imagination. www.bunkpuppets.com | www.scamptheatre.com

The laughs began within seconds and didn’t stop until the end... a truly captivating performance INDEPENDENT WEEKLY £6 £6.50 W

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14:00 (15:00) A topsy turvy tale for grown-ups. This intriguing tale follows the story of a decaying house, a forgotten old lady and the memories that lie within. With an inventive blend of clowning, visual theatre and puppetry, Maison Foo brings to life the imaginative topsy turvy world lurking behind the door of number 92.

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE BABY GRAND

DIARY OF A SENTIMENTAL KILLER Teatro Dei Borgia

Is there a more positive value than professionalism? A murderer is in crisis. His perspective is a boring and lonely retirement, but the killer, a great professional, will find a way to revive brilliantly.

Co-commissioned by Deda, supported by National Lottery through Arts Council England. maisonfoo.co.uk

Quite simply a stunning piece of theatre. DERBY EVENING TELEGRAPH Ingenious. LEICESTER MERCURY Surprise hit of the season...deeply poignant, highly original, extremely inventive and also very funny. SIMON HOLLINGWORTH LINCOLN DRILL HALL

By Luis Sepulveda, with Gianpiero Borgia.

this performance is a real tour de force, both nuanced and heartfelt  SCOTSMAN (ON INSIDE YERMA) a mesmerising experience STAGE (ON INSIDE YERMA) go and see this very special production  EDFRINGE.COM (ON INSIDE YERMA)

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Pleasance | Written by Tim Norton with original music & lyrics by Ned Bennett

Pleasance’s own ‘very remarkable company’ (BBC Scotland) return to Edinburgh with their epic 1950’s musical drama set to the sounds of Jazz, Jive and Beebop. As migrants from all over the globe begin a new life in London’s Soho, the wrong boy falls for the wrong girl. Please note that this show has different start times on different dates: 8-12 August: 15:15 (1hr 15mins) 13-21 August: 14:00 (1hr 15 mins) www.pleasance.co.uk

Breathtaking...who needs Broadway? SCOTSMAN Extraordinary...lavish...explosive BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE Exquisite and gorgeous SCOTSMAN The word extravaganza was invented for shows like this...the spectacle is breathless  FEST Enviously talented cast perform with unsurpassed mastery...they don’t put a foot wrong  EDINBURGH GUIDE £11 (£10) £11 (£10)

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THE TERRIBLE INFANTS Les Enfants Terribles Theatre Company

After performing all over the world Les Enfants Terribles return with this multi award-winning show for one week only! Roald Dahl meets Tim Burton in this hugely theatrical, scary, funny, sad, silly, junk-filled, puppetry-packed, dark, delicious, musical, magical piece of performance. Suitable for big kids and small grown ups. www.lesenfantsterribles.co.uk

 Deliciously dark and very twisted.. Like giving your inner child an enormous sack of sweets. METRO Taking the spirit of Struwwelpeter, Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl screeching and laughing into the 21st century…Captivating.” STAGE  A beautifully realised slice of vaudevillian puppet theatre and crawls with characters that could have escaped from Lewis Carroll’s waste paper basket EVENING STANDARD

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RACHEL ROSE REID: I’M HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

THE HUB Big Can Productions

Should we follow our dreams, or get on with things and live in the real world? Is everyone other than us just a bit mental? Find out in this hilarious comedy about five very different people thrown together doing a job they hate, hoping for something better.

Pleasance

And so are you. A new work from last year’s debut hit Rachel Rose Reid: ***** Three Weeks; *****Hairline; ****The List; **** Broadway Baby. Directed by Fringe First award winning Phillip Breen (‘The Stefan Golaszewski Plays’... and ‘Party’ by Tom Basden).

The laughs come thick and fast  LIST  HERALD Very funny THE STAGE

www.rachelrosereid.com

...a glimpse of magic LYN GARDNER, GUARDIAN ...has the audience hanging on her every word THE TIMES £5 £8.50 (£7) W

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“given (bagpipes) a rock ‘n’ roll edge which definitely earns them the Biffy seal of approval!” Biffy Clyro

10-15 August 18.30 • Tickets £15

“laugh-out-loud... has the compelling ring of truth” (Irish Theatre Magazine)

4 TH - 29 TH AUGUST

PLEASANCE DOME/JACK DOME TIME: 17.20 TICKETS: £7.50 - £11 PREVIEWS: 4 TH-6 TH AUGUST £5

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“Soul star Omar endows the genre with street cred” Independent on Sunday on Been So Long Edinburgh 2009

Omar in

L oves ong 4 - 21 August at 5.20pm Running time 50 mins. Contains graphic language

Photo: Dan Burn-Forti

Written and directed by Ché Walker Music by Omar Lyefook

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BUNNY

PRAISE FOR FOURPLAY, DIRECTED BY VIVIAN MUNN

Close to Perfection THE STAGE Has distinct west-end potential METRO

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Directed by Vivian Munn. Dario Fo’s satire of bourgeois hypocrisy where the burglar turns out to be the virtuous one! A profusion of spouses and lovers, mistaken identity, thwarted passion and a web of marital intrigue... no one does farce better!

A challenging, disturbing and distinctive new voice TIMES The dynamic young theatrical group nabokov INDEPENDENT

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A missing library book. Abandoned trousers. An existential detective story. Joshua Edelman directs Philip O’Sullivan in ‘a cosmic puzzle that makes the Da Vinci Code look like a game of hide-and-seek’ (Variety). Some of life’s biggest questions are asked (and answered) in Glen Berger’s funny, heartbreaking and life-affirming play.

A tour-de-force exploration of the NYC public school system by acclaimed actress and teaching artist Nilaja Sun. Meet the teachers, students, parents, janitors, and security guards who inhabit the schools and shape the future of America in this multiaward winning hit.

Supported by Culture Ireland.

Directed by Hal Brooks.

www.landmarkproductions.ie

www.barrowstreettheatre.com

brilliantly and movingly played... provocative, mournful and extremely funny... unmissable  IRISH TIMES

A heartening case for the transformative power of theatre. Marvelous, touching and funny. NEW YORK TIMES

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A macabre coming-of-age tale contending with sex, isolation, and identity. Four students are under confinement, as their ‘infected’ classmates rampage across the school grounds. Risking everything to find escape, they find themselves, and each other.

www.cirquedelegume.com

It’s simply ingenious; A literary master-stroke which is performed with edgy passion  SCOTSGAY (ON GOLDEN)

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Bleak Heart

A maniacal journey of unashamed fun... a show so deliciously constructed the audience is powerless against its seduction  IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINE The Greatest Vegetable Circus on Earth  IRISH TIMES

PLEASANCE DOME | JOKERDOME

Pure mayhem as two idiots put on the greatest vegetable circus on Earth! Marvel at the Veget-animal! Gape at the Magical Carrot! Fantasize over the Onion Strip Tease! In these acts and more the award-winning Cirque de Légume shows us how beautiful life can be if we only stop to play with it.

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FIND LOVE MAKE LOVE DIE

Cirque de Légume

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CIRQUE DE LéGUME

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NO CHILD...

Landmark Productions (Ireland)

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UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL

£5 £12 (£11)

0844 545 8252

Hilarious Farce from Nobel Prize-winner!

www.nabokov-online.com

UNDERBELLY

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SPL

Feisty 18 year-old Katie is thrust into a journey she’ll never forget after her boyfriend is attacked on the street. Exposing the complexities of multicultural inner-city life, internationally acclaimed new writing company nabokov return to the Fringe with this remarkable comingof-age tale by exhilarating writer Jack Thorne.

PLEASANCE

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Nabokov | Watford Palace Theatre | Mercury Theatre Colchester Escalator East to Edinburgh

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NICKI HOBDAY CONQUERS SPACE Nicki knows how clever you are. That’s why she’s made this show for you. Especially. This is über-theatre for the connoisseur. This is a comedy show with real meaning, and danger, and punch. Nicki is aiming for the stars, and she doesn’t expect to miss...

David Benson directed by Hannah Eidinow - Festival Highlights

When 270 people were killed in Britain’s worst terrorist atrocity, grieving father Jim Swire found his faith in his own country’s justice system shattered. Since that fateful night in 1988, Swire has tirelessly campaigned for justice. The full shocking story is retold in this new play by a triple Fringe First award-winning team.

tracetheatre.co.uk

www.FestivalHighlights.com | www.DavidBenson.info

Pure Fringe theatre at its best. Genuinely unique and inspiring.  EDINBURGH GUIDE £5 £9 (£8) W

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SIMON CALLOW IN SHAKESPEARE - THE MAN FROM STRATFORD

Howard Panter for Ambassador Theatre Group, Assembly Theatre with Marshall Cordell and Act Productions

Rediscover Shakespeare with one of Britain’s best-loved actors. Simon Callow celebrates the real man behind the legend, bringing to life both the Bard himself and his unforgettable characters in this new and definitive stage production. Following the worldwide success of The Mystery of Charles Dickens (West End/Broadway) and hot on the heels of his sell-out hit Dr Marigold & Mr Chops, Callow joins forces with Jonathan Bate (pre-eminent Shakespeare biographer) and director Tom Cairns (All About My Mother - Old Vic, NT’s Aristocrats) to fill the stage with Shakespeare’s real and imagined worlds. A warm, classy and jovial production not to be missed. www.assemblyfestival.com

 Callow fills the auditorium with his energy and enthusiasm. This is theatre in its purest and most noble form. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ON DR MARIGOLD & MR CHOPS This new Complete Works from the RSC is a glorious edition of one of the world’s most important books. All human life is here - and every home should have one. DAME JUDI DENCH, PRAISE FOR JONATHAN BATE

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Waiting For Godot, May 2009 Photo: Tristram Kenton

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THE SILVER DARLINGS Assembly & Aberdeen Performing Arts

The Silver Darlings written in 1941 is an epic tale of land and sea – a story of love lost and found again. When a community is forced from the land to the coast they struggle to find a new living from the sea along the North Coast of Scotland. Catrine’s new husband Tormad is taken from her and press-ganged into a life at sea: she has to continue without knowing if he is alive or dead. The relationships between Catrine, her new love Roddie, and her son Finn are at the heart of this adaptation by Peter Arnott of Neil Gunn’s celebrated novel. Directed by Kenny Ireland. Cast: Duncan Anderson, Jimmy Chisholm, Hannah Donaldson, Jannette Foggo, Lesley Hart, Michael Mackenzie, Tom McGovern, Alan McHugh, Helen McKay, Cameron Mowatt, Heather Nimmo, Ronnie Simon. www.assemblyfestival.com

...a tremendously successful piece of popular theatre... full of passion SCOTSMAN ...a touching portrait of the survival of the spirit GUARDIAN This is Scottish Theatre with a compassionate heart and an articulate voice THE SKINNY A confident and memorable piece of theatre THE STAGE £10 £18 (£16) W

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THE BALLAD OF BACKBONE JOE

ANIMAL FARM

A whisky-soaked tale of murder and deceit in a small country town, packed with rollicking live music, visual trickery and dark comic stylings from junkyard theatre trio and masters of Australian gothic The Suitcase Royale!

Now in its 17th year, for ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY, in celebration of Assembly’s 30th anniversary, Guy Masterson rekindles his extraordinary solo rendition of George Orwell’s barnyard classic. One Man, a farmful of animals, and one of the greatest political allegories of all time. How it’s done has to be seen to be believed. Utterly brilliant! Simply unmissable!

The Suitcase Royale

Guy Masterson - Theatre Tours International

thesuitcaseroyale.com

www.theatretoursinternational.com

 has the power to beguile its audience with the sheer breadth of its originality. They are superb SCOTSMAN  Jules Verne meets The League of Gentlemen in this comic book of macabre characters come to life BROADWAY £5 £10 (£9) W

 Guy Masterson IS Animal Farm! SUNDAY TIMES  Some actors are more equal than others, but few are quite as equal as Guy Masterson! TIMES

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MARY AND WILLIAM

Can reliving a moment in our teens make us see what’s important now?... Three men, three women - all one time school friends, reunite for a joyous, poignant trip that asks ‘Did we get where we wanted to go? Have we stayed on the highway? And can we still remember the lyrics?’

Shakespeare has a powerful resonance in the life of a woman seeking intimacy and her place in the world. The voices of Hamlet, Ophelia, Lear, Juliet ... become Ms. Hamill’s own in this deeply personal autobiography. The New York Times has called Hamill a performer of “dignity and grace”.

Hilarious... Absolutely Cassidy-licious! MEL GIEDROYC, ACTOR

www.la2edinburgh.info

AND WRITER

Riveting! The relevance of Shakespeare’s words brought into our very lives. RACHELLE BENVENISTE, POET Astonishing! KEVIN GOETZ, EMMY NOMINATED PRODUCER

MILLAR, JOURNALIST AND WRITER

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Ines Wurth Presents

So evocative, also funny, sharp and relevant today FIONA

£5 £9 (£8)

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COULD IT BE FOREVER?

by Lucie Fitchett and Victoria Willing | On & Up Productions

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BLACKOUT

Now in its 18th year, for ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY, in celebration of Assembly’s 30th anniversary, Guy Masterson returns with his globally acclaimed multi-award winning rendition of Dylan Thomas’ timeless masterpiece, bringing its magical world of Llarregub fantastically to life in an astonishing solo performance.

Inspired by the stories of a young offender from Glasgow, Blackout is a 45-minute smack in the face.

ThickSkin

Guy Masterson - Theatre Tours International

Directed by Neil Bettles (Creative Associate, Frantic Assembly). ThickSkin debuts at Edinburgh Fringe 2010 with a cast of emerging Scottish talent. From a company producing heart-stopping visual theatre, Blackout is a mix of striking physicality and Anderson’s hardhitting text.

www.theatretoursinternational.com

 One of the most inventive, remarkable performances of the decade! TIMES  Impeccable, dextrous, precise! Tremendous sensitivity and panache! GUARDIAN

A ‘must see’ for this years fringe. www.thickskintheatre.co.uk

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Big Wow, two-time Stage Best Ensemble Award nominees, return to Underbelly with a brand new show about the trials and pitfalls of friendship. Creators of previous fringe hits, ‘Insomnobabble’ and ‘Dark Grumblings’, this is another fine example of full-throttle, high energy comic storytelling. Tell your friends.

Pip Utton is one of the Fringe’s most successful solo performers. His plays ‘Adolf’, ‘Bacon’ and ‘Chaplin’ tour the world and have been translated into 7 languages. Pip uses Victor Hugo’s classic tale of Beauty and the Beast as inspiration, telling the story through the eye of hunchback Quasimodo; reflecting today’s preoccupation with beauty and image.

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BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

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Pip Utton is the doyen of the fringe one man show DAILY TELEGRAPH All Utton’s performances are masterclasses in acting

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www.pip-utton.com

A duo in the style of The Right Size... they bridge the gap between theatre and comedy GUARDIAN Comic genius STAGE

Pip Utton

www.bigwowtheatre.co.uk

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HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

Big Wow in association with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

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UNDER MILK WOOD

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE BENEATH

SIX AND A HALF LOVES

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HIT ME! THE LIFE AND RHYMES OF IAN DURY

Terry Saunders

Festival Highlights - Gilded Balloon Productions | Written and directed by Jeff Merrifield

Using animation and storytelling, a tale of perfect couples that never quite reach their perfection. Adapted from Saunders’ muchloved YouTube animation series. Chortle Innovation Award Winner. Writer and star of Radio 4’s Dad Designs and BBC Online’s Missed Connections. www.terrysaunders.co.uk

Creating moving, yet richly funny results GUARDIAN Wonderfully inventive... before you know it you are immersed in his beautiful, bizarre world TIME OUT CRITIC’S CHOICE

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OTHERS

This warts-and-all portrait of the Blockheads’ lead singer explores the highs and lows of Ian Dury’s extraordinary career and inspirational life story. Featuring many of his best songs performed live, including ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’ and ‘Reasons To Be Cheerful’.

Multi award-winning female collective premiere their visual, political exploration of women as Other and ‘Other’ women. Based on an exchange of letters/ emails with an Iranian artist, prisoner and a celebrity. Through live music, movement, verbatim text and audience input ‘Others’ attempts to give voice to three absent women.

Publicly, Ian Dury was a cheeky chappie and purveyor of saucy lyrics. Privately, he was a flawed maestro wrestling with demons and disability. This brilliant drama sees him reunited with his tour manager and friend Fred ‘Spider’ Rowe, blending amazing music with powerful scenes exploring Dury’s incredible triumph over adversity.

The Paper Birds

Returning to the Fringe after a sell-out 2008 premiere and an acclaimed West End season. 16+ www.HitMeTour.com | www.FestivalHighlights.com

www.thepaperbirds.com

Spot-on live renditions of Dury’s late-70s hits. TIME OUT, CRITICS’ CHOICE There are stories, music, humanity and more within this fine production.  SCOTSMAN Brilliant. Tells a fascinating story with both humour and brutal reality.  BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

 Disarming, totally original theatre SCOTSMAN Absorbing, inventive, highly relevant work. STAGE £5 £9 (£7.50) W

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BRIGHT IS THE RING OF WORDS

THE MEETING

Not sex, drugs and rock and roll - but sex, booze and opera. An aging, fallen diva confronts a young, hopeful comedian forced into caring for him by a community service order following a racist attack. Sparks fly when the embittered wannabe meets the charismatic has-been. Directed by Julian Garner.

2009 NSDF Best Emerging Artists, Fiddy West Productions return with Reuben Johnson’s, The Meeting. Before Jake can be released from prison he has to face his biggest challenge yet... The Meeting. Tense and touching this is a story about how one incident can change so many lives forever.

barebawds.co.uk

Johnson’s writing is raw and heartfelt...from one so young this is frighteningly accomplished SCOTSMAN

Fiddy West Productions | Reuben Johnson | Pleasance

Bare Bawds - Jeffrey Mayhew

 A wondrous stage creation - for ‘Cyril’ SCOTSMAN  Mayhew is a natural performer, effortlessly engaging. - ‘Swift’ EDINBURGH GUIDE £5 £9 (£7) W

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10 boys. 2 girls. 1 tent. Set in Salford, Manchester a group of lads are ready to have the night of their lives, until a new arrival changes everything. Winners of the “NSDF Emerging Artists Award 2009,” Fiddy West Productions return to mark their Territory for 2010.

Meet Dave, a man in a pub who wants to tell you the truth, no matter what the fall-out. Performed in Milnes Bar on Hanover Street, DC Moore’s darkly comic story puts you up close with a young man eager to share his story over a pint. Royal & Derngate, Northampton presents its critically acclaimed production.

SCOTSMAN

www.royalandderngate.co.uk

it carries a message that stands a very good chance of actually being heard SCOTSMAN

Gets you where it hurts  GUARDIAN  SUNDAY TIMES

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Gritty and powerful without being patronising 

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HONEST

Fiddy West Productions | Reuben Johnson | Pleasance

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TERRITORY

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TOUCHING THE BLUE

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EMMA THOMPSON PRESENTS: FAIR TRADE

Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent by Arrangement with Chaplins Theatre Productions

At seventeen Derek Hodges was a Snooker World champion; forty years later he arrives at the World Championships washed up, broke, a shadow of his former self. Clive Russell gives the performance of a lifetime as the player with everything to live for, nothing to lose and everything to prove.

Every Pro will recognise something of himself in Touching the Blue WILLIE THORNE, BBC & SKY SPORT COMMENTATOR Great Entertainment JOHN VIRGO, 1979 UK CHAMPION, BBC SPORT VOICE OF SNOOKER

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“One of the best scripts I’ve seen in years; I’m extremely proud to be involved in this production” - Academy award winner Emma Thompson. Two verbatim-inspired accounts of sex trafficking are told through drama, comedy, live music and physical theatre. Directed by Lotte Wakeham. shatterbox.co.uk

An insightful, thought provoking play, most definitely worth a watch.  TOTALLYTHEATRE. COM

A talented cast, decent set and great live music - features not always evident in fringe theatre. COMMUNITY CARE

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FIRING BLANKS

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MISCONCEPTION Jeremy Meadow

Having a baby is complicated. It’s even tougher when you need another man’s sperm. Richard finds an unlikely therapist in the form of Kate, a quiet but fierce-witted teenage girl, alone on a park bench. A truly touching and often funny new play by Tom Spencer, with live music. From makers of ‘Be My Eyes’ (2009).

A new comedy of moral confusion by Bill Dare, Sony and British Comedy Award winner. Two old friends and one woman who needs to conceive... tonight. A sharp contemporary satire, exploring love, sex, friendship and the rights and responsibilities of twenty-first century parenthood.

www.finechisel.co.uk

The dialogue crackles and fizzes in compelling fashion.

Excellent, really very funny SCOTSMAN (ON ‘BE MY EYES’) A poignant depiction of the journeys we face in life

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Rattling, quick writing... laced with wit and humour... heart-warming SCOTSMAN

THREEWEEKS (ON ‘BE MY EYES’)

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I, CLAUDIA

Guy Masterson - Theatre Tours International in association with Crow’s Theatre (CAN) and Brian Robertson

Charting the raw, but beautiful interior life of a misfit adolescent, Claudia suffers the triple afflictions of puberty, unpopularity and her parent’s divorce. Using four astonishingly expressive masks, writer/ performer Kristen Thomson casts a spell of rare, bewitching power. Triumphantly packing houses and receiving standing ovations, it’s an award-winning Canadian gem. Directed by Chris Abraham. www.theatretoursinternational.com | www.crowstheatre.com

Blissfully funny, unexpectedly touching, I, Claudia is a must see. RICHARD OUZOUNIAN, TORONTO STAR £8 £12 (£11) W

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SINGIN’ I’M NO A BILLY, HE’S A TIM

THE CAGE

What happens when you lock up a Celtic fan with a Rangers fan on the day of the Old Firm match? Fireworks, that’s what! Celtic-mad Tim and Rangers-daft Billy find themselves banged up in the same police cell.

Dugald Bruce-Lockhart (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 39 Steps, Deep Blue Sea) leads the cast in the world premiere of this powerful psychological thriller about betrayal and revenge that is both unnerving and touching. Betrayed by his wife to be and his best man, Jack seeks retribution with the perfect present in a masterstroke of manipulation. Directed by Richard Baron.

NLP Theatre

BBL Productions in association with Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

Can Harry, the ever watchful turnkey, keep them apart?

One of the most gripping shows in current Scottish theatre. THE HERALD First Class! SUNDAY MAIL A genuine must see BIG ISSUE Consistently funny and highly authentic SCOTSMAN

thecageonstage.com

Superb performance from Dugald Bruce-Lockhart DAILY TELEGRAPH Richard Baron is... one of the most imaginative and accomplished directors working today THE STAGE £5 £10 (£8.50)

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JACOBITE COUNTRY Fringe First Winner Henry Adam’s scintillating comedy from the edge of Europe and sanity. Burned out TV comic Haggis Mcsporran returns to the Highlands looking for his mojo. Craiturface, Granny, the Loch Ness Monster and MI5 might help... With live music. Straight after Dogstar’s international hit The Tailor of Inverness.

PLEASANCE DOME | JACKDOME

nakedliveandneveragain.com

Tread? The guy gave me the horror, no question. MARLON BRANDO Buy, beg or steal a ticket... the acting was superb. TIMES £5 £9 (£7.50)

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Jack Treadwell’s last stand against dumbing down. After a blistering world tour the acting guru reveals secrets of his performance techniques, and other secrets. No one is safe: Hollywood stars, celebrities, politicians - nor is Tread.

...at once a hilarious comedy and a deadly serious statement... (Henry Adam’s The People Next Door) EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS A major play... (‘e Polish Quine) SCOTSMAN

Counterblast and Tread Tours with Andrew Hawkins

www.dogstartheatre.co.uk

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NAKED, LIVE... AND NEVER AGAIN - MY LAST DISCOURSE ON DRAMATIC METHOD

Dogstar Theatre Company

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JOE POWER - THE MAN WHO SEES DEAD PEOPLE

KEEPERS

Joe Power is the new exciting UK Liverpool Medium taking the psychic world by storm.

200 years ago, far off the Welsh coast, one man faced an ordeal so diabolical that it would go down in maritime legend, changing the way that lighthouses were run forever.

Come and see his live one hour psychic show, where Joe will reveal your secrets and speak with the dead. His scouse humour will make you laugh, and his startlingly accurate information will prove there is life after death.

Using original live music and little more than a ladder and a trapdoor, The Plasticine Men conjure up the confines of the infamous Smalls Lighthouse and the stormy companionship of its two keepers.

As seen on Channel 4’s Derren Brown investigates. Come and make your own mind up.

Based on an extraordinary true story, an enchanting tale of the sudden loss of life and drawn out loss of sanity unfolds between the flashes of the lamp that the ill fated pair must tend each and every night.

Norwell Lapley Productions LTD

The Plasticine Men

www.joepower.co.uk

theplastcinemen.co.uk

Startlingly Accurate... his accuracy has left me speechless DAILY ExPRESS Amazing predictions PEOPLE Joe Power, the UK’s next John Edwards 790 KABC LA

£5 £12 (£11) W

Occasionally a new play comes along that totally reinforces your faith in the magic of theatre and the Plasticine Men’s impressive Keepers does just that. THE BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE The Plasticine Men are theatre-makers who can tell a damn good story in a simple but captivating way MAYFEST, BRISTOL

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THE TRUMAN CAPOTE TALK SHOW - BOB KINGDOM

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THE FRAGILITY OF X Coal

A new play, directed by John Wright (co-founder of Told By An Idiot).

Richard Jordan Productions Ltd in association with Assembly

A woman and her autistic teenage son go on an extraordinary journey. Unblinkingly unsentimental, funny, alarming, provocative... and strangely life affirming. Made by Coal in association with the Royal Exchange Theatre and 3-sixty.

The Fringe First Award-Winning production returns to Assembly. Having spellbound audiences worldwide, Bob Kingdom reprises his critically acclaimed performance as the brilliant, adorable, wicked, and infamous writer of ‘In Cold Blood’ and ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’.

www.coal-theatre.co.uk

Terrific script, tight funny, poignant and bursting with celebrated one liners. Go straight to this show. GUARDIAN Bob Kingdom is a tour-de-force NEW YORK TIMES

Director John Wright has a wonderfully unashamed sense of theatre INDEPENDENT Brimming with imagination  (Not With That Hand) METRO

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STRIPPED

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the dark, deceiving world of the Strip Club? Come laugh, cry, cringe and be touched (but that may cost extra), as this wickedly funny, achingly honest and beautifully shrewd performance takes you on an emotional rollercoaster into the exhilarating, scheming and outrageous industry of exotic entertainment.

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BELLY BUTTON

A darkly comic new drama by one of the UK’s most exciting new writing talents. www.reclaimltd.com | www.budtheplay.com

     Outstanding METRO £6 £9.50 (£8.50)

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Arson, abortion and dead frogs… A gay son, a small village and a thatcher who hates Thatcher. ‘Bud’ chews up rural entrapment, spits up countryside clichés and writes a twisted love song to our green and pleasant land.

www.scamptheatre.com

by Clara Brennan | Reclaim Productions with SPL

Based on real exploits from Hannah’s pole dancing days (don’t tell her Mum).

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BUD TAKE THE WHEEL I FEEL A SONG COMING ON

Hannah Chalmers

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POLAND 3 IRAN 2

30 Bird Productions | Escalator East to Edinburgh

Tomaszewski v Ali Parvin. Poland win, just.

www.30birdproductions.org

Comedians would kill for such timing.’ Sunday TimeS

‘Supremely Funny’

£10 (£8.50) S

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First Love directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett 17.30pm 4th-25th August Tickets £11/10 Pleasance two

Grab a pint and enjoy!

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Performed by Conor Lovett ‘Exquisite.

Chris Dobrowolski & Mehrdad Seyf discuss football. revolution, swimming, chess, love and subbuteo with match footage and stills from their family histories.

PLEASANCE

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1976, the best ever Polish football team played the best ever Iranian football team.

£5 £9 (£7.50)

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WHY MEN CHEAT

REAL BABIES DON’T CRY

The Hit Comedy from Ireland! Ever cheated? Ever been cheated on? Ever wondered why men can’t keep it at home? Over 250 men and women were interviewed to find out Why Men Cheat.

Sally, a widow buys a ‘new-born baby’, a life-like doll, from Jeanette, a ‘new-born’ artist. But Sally’s obsession with her ‘baby’ threatens to destroy her relationships. A bizarre comedy verging on tragedy from the celebrated writer Stewart Permutt, cast includes Janet Prince.

Gilded Balloon

Joseph Winogradoff

Get inside the minds of a lot of unfaithful men… Why Men Cheat.

...played brilliantly by Janet Prince 

www.whymencheattheplay.com

METRO (ON DURANG DURANG)

…the must see show of the Dublin Fringe Festival SUNDAY

...an evocative and original playwright whose work is outside the field of ordinary vision THE INDEPENDENT

WORLD

Will have audiences rolling in the aisles SUNDAY TRIBUNE £5 £12 (£10) W

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LOVESONG

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10 DATES WITH MAD MARY A ROMANTIC COMEDY (SORT OF)

Written & directed by Ché Walker | Music by Omar Lyefook | English Touring Theatre

by Yasmine Akram Calipo Theatre Company

I wanna be your man from now til I’m put in the ground… Oscar lives in the fast lane. He pays for sex and drugs but something’s missing. Brooding over what might have been, he is forced to reflect on his reckless lifestyle and is taken by surprise, finding love where he could never have expected… Featuring his own music and lyrics, this unmissable one-man show is performed by soul legend Omar founder of nu-classic British Soul, who again joins forces with award-winning writer/director, Ché Walker following their triumphant collaboration last year on the soul/funk musical Been So Long (Young Vic London, Latitude & Edinburgh Festivals).

Mary McArdle is the toughest fighter in town, a title that earned her the moniker ‘Mad’ Mary when she was 15. Now she’s 25, and just out of prison. Back home, everything has changed: all the old gang have grown up, and the only thing Mary has to look forward to is being bridesmaid at her best friend’s wedding. But even this comes at a price - she has to find a date for the big day, and finding a date in a town where everyone knows your name is not gonna be easy. www.calipo.ie | www.twitter.com/calipotheatre

Contains graphic language. Recommended for ages 16+ ett.org.uk

Laugh out loud funny...an accomplished piece of work. IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINE Sets the serially abused monologue back on it’s feet for one last stagger through the underbelly of Irish urban life. THE IRISH INDEPENDENT

Soul star Omar endows the genre with street cred INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY (ON BEEN SO LONG) Nu soul stirrer Omar Lyefook in fine form and fine voice METRO £6 £10 (£8.50) W

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MY HAMLET WITH LINDA MARLOWE

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MEMORY CELLS

Watford Palace Theatre | NFA | Fingers Theatre Tbilisi | Escalator East to Edinburgh

Pleasance

Inside everyone there is a Hamlet. They just need a stage... Bravura solo artist Linda Marlowe, Shakespeare’s greatest text, and six brilliant puppeteers from Georgia (Fingers Theatre). Hamlet as you’ve never seen him before. www.lindamarlowemyhamlet.com

Breathtakingly versatile... A veritable tour de force SCOTSMAN ON LINDA MARLOWE IN BERKOFF’S WOMEN

Fingers Theatre can say much more than we could imagine MERIDIAN £5 £11 (£10) W

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IMPERIAL FIZZ

A deadly battle of wills plays out in this chilling tale of abduction, sexuality, power, and obsession. Barry has convinced himself that holding Cora as his victim is a legitimate act, an expression of love, a necessary protection. But is Cora as weak as she seems, or does she have her own agenda?

Cocktails, witty banter, and pointed barbs. An elegant couple jigger and joust their way to the ultimate nightcap. Surreal, intoxicating comedy from Fringe First winner Brian Parks. Starring Olivier Award nominated Issy van Randwyck and ‘Stage’ Best Actor and Adelaide Fringe 2010 Best Theatre Performer winner David Calvitto.

Double Fringe First winner Hannah Eidinow directs Louise Welsh’s chilling, new play. Cast includes Emily Taaffe, lead in Royal National Theatre’s ‘Nation’.

Absurdum International in Association with Paula Frits & Wordmonger

pleasance.co.uk

Hannah Eidinow’s production is the most daring and psychologically complex I have seen... SUNDAY TIMES (FOR THE LADY FROM THE SEA) Beautifully designed, beautifully performed, powerfully directed... SCOTSMAN (FOR WHAT

Issy van Randwyck is one of the fizziest talents in British showbiz CHARLES SPENCER, DAILY TELEGRAPH David Calvitto...[is] a single performer gifted enough to rivet an audience BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE, TIMES £5 £12 (£10) W

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Rarely can such gothic material have been treated with such subtlety...For Louise Welsh (Tamburlaine Must Die) TELEGRAPH £5 £10 (£9)

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UP ‘N’ UNDER Hull Truck Theatre Company

John Godber directs the 25th Anniversary production of his Olivier Award-winning comedy. Actress and TV personality Abi Titmuss, fresh from a critically-acclaimed performance as Lady Macbeth, stars as a gym instructor attempting to kick an unruly bunch of amateur Rugby League misfits into touch in just eight short weeks. When Rugby League obsessive Arthur Hoyle bets his savings on the team from the Wheatsheaf Arms, a squad with a less than impressive reputation for losing every single match they have ever played, nothing short of a miracle can help. Arthur has to turn the unwilling team into the best squad north of the Humber as they prepare to face their arch rivals, the Cobbler’s Arms. But help is at hand in the form of a gym instructor who may just have what it takes to prepare the boys for the match of their lives…

Delightful GUARDIAN Had the audience cheering at every try EVENING STANDARD A classic… a brilliant piece of theatre WHATSONSTAGE.COM

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PRIMADOONA

FIRST LOVE

Doon MacKichan | Gilded Balloon

by Samuel Beckett | Gare St Lazare Players Ireland

Internationally acclaimed Irish actor Conor Lovett in one of Samuel Beckett’s early novellas where a young man falls reluctantly in love with a prostitute. Lovett and director Judy Hegarty Lovett have toured to over 65 cities in 24 countries worldwide with 10 Beckett prose pieces. In Ireland the company are something of a national treasure although they maintain their edginess with a thrillingly raw performance style that highlights Beckett’s humour, humanity and integrity. If you weren’t a Beckett lover already you will be. Culture Ireland Showcase of Irish Theatre. gslp.ie

Outstanding... Perfect... Kill to get a ticket! THE SCOTSMAN (ON MOLLOY) £5 £11 (£10) W

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TONY TANNER’S CHARLATAN

In this powerful one-woman show, award-winning comedienne and actress Doon MacKichan takes you on a hilariously brave and physical journey into the depths of three dark, painful and miraculous years and what it meant to survive.

A lush, sexy and painful revealing of the life of the world’s greatest impresario, Sergei Diaghilev. Revel in an orgy of life, loves, and personal/professional loss voiced by the master himself. During this centenary of Ballets Russes storming Paris, embrace colorful yarns of life backstage, presenting and loving superlative artists.

Best known for the double Emmy award winning Smack The Pony, Doon’s extensive television work includes the groundbreaking Chris Morris Brasseye specials and The Day Today as well as Nighty Nighty and Knowing Me, Knowing You … With Alan Partridge. She has just completed work on Morris’ debut feature film comedy Four Lions.

SST Productions

gildedballoon.co.uk

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quite simply, the funniest woman around THE EVENING STANDARD comedy genius TIME OUT Oustanding timing GUARDIAN

Vivid descriptions beautifully capture Paris Premieres NEW YORK TIMES

utterly captivating OFF-OFF-BROADWAY REVIEW £5 £10 (£9) W

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| DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE - A FIVE STAR SUPPLEMENT EVERY DAY

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PLEASANCE DOME | 10DOME

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | WEE ROOM

REVERIE

HOMO ASBO

The latest in a string of sell-out 5-star shows from the awardwinning writer and multi-award-winning company. This enchanting new play follows James on a bold journey to harness the power of his dreams and live forever. A funny, poetic, bittersweet tale of love, perfection and flying too close to the sun.

The hardest man on the estate has just come out and has decided to go straight. Armed with only his guitar and ghetto blaster, he rewrites gay history and assassinates celebrity bad boys, bigots and men who wax.

threescompany.co.uk

Fry has a captivating talent. EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS Stunningly good...it looks like Fry will be sticking around.

Three’s Company | Tom Crawshaw

Richard Fry

www.twitter.com/homoasbo | www.myspace.com/richardfry

Crawshaw is the master of his materials... his next play will be watched with interest. SPECTATOR Any who suggest that innovation is waning at this year’s festival, should be silenced by this. SCOTSMAN (ON AUDITORIUM) £5 £8 (£6.50) W

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THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY

DJUPID (THE DEEP)

With the Global War on Terror raging, Agent Syme has infiltrated the International Terrorist Council to bring it down from the inside.

Djupid (The Deep) is based on a miraculous true ocean event.

THE JAM Theater Collective

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Labrador

Trapped in a maze of deadly plots and double identities, can he tell friend from fiend, let alone Good from Evil?

A beautiful and universal story of love in adversity, brilliantly and movingly performed by Liam Brennan and directed and translated by Graeme Maley.

Mashing political thriller with breakneck farce, THE JAM’s 21stcentury riff on Chesterton’s 1908 detective tale targets the terrorist in all of us.

 Maley and Brennan in superb form SCOTSMAN Liam Brennan gives a tremendous performance HERALD

thejamtheatercollective.com

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PETER STRAKER: I’M STILL HERE Pleasance | Peter Straker | Mel Smith

EDINBURGH’S HOTTEST MUSICAL

5.15pm UNDERBELLY’S MCEWAN HALL

Mel Smith writes and directs Peter Straker in this cabaret performance that celebrates his 40 years in show business. Songs include hits from Peter’s first show “Hair”, classics from Stephen Sondheim, Freddie Mercury and material from his hit show about Jacques Brel, with anecdotes of his experiences along the way. pleasance.co.uk

Peter Straker is a unique artist, blessed with an extraordinary and beautiful singing voice. His Jacques Brel with Mel Smith directing was a corker, expect more mellifluous marvels in their latest cabaret collaboration.  MICHAEL COVENEY His voice is soft, clear and complex, with an astonishing range  SCOTSMAN

CO ME DY

‘He doesn’t just have a sixth sense, but a seventh, eighth and ninth as well. I was bewitched and bedazzled’ Time Out Critics Choice

‘A unique, must-see performer’ Evening Standard

16-22 August 18.15 Tickets £13 (£12 conc)

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MARKUS MAKAVELLIAN’S INTERNATIONAL ORDER proudExposure | Conflux | MadeInScotland

Join New York performance artist Markus Makavellian for this year’s poetry show: a gender-bending comedic glitter encrusted perspective on the modern psyche... This mad-cap romp, featuring tales of displaced lovers, Lady Gaga haters, perils of the office poo, aspirations of fatherhood and feeling the weight of the world... will brighten, bemuse and astound. www.proudExposure.com | www.myspace.com/orderofmarkusmakavellian

...a formidable performance poet. His voice is raw, clever and disturbing, and we will be hearing much more of it in years to come SCOTSMAN £6 £6.50 W

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MIRANDA Tara & Lucid Arts

A monologue for a Dancer and 2 musicians. Miranda, a Bollywood wannabe, joins a British theatre troupe in Goa to re-enact the illusions of ‘The Tempest’ and discovers that illusion is not confined to the stage. Indian & contemporary dance, music and voice combine to evoke the story of sex, desire and revenge in the heat of Goa. Written by Farrukh Dhondy. Directed by Jatinder Verma.

Tara creates a world of authentic magic GUARDIAN

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PEDESTRIAN

Bristol Old Vic | Theatre Bristol | SEArED

Brilliant new solo show from Tom Wainwright. Finely-tuned storytelling. Breathtaking animation. A cinematic fishbowl. An epic journey from a neverending pedestrianised shopping precinct to the gates of heaven and back... pursued by a giant fish. A perversely comic razor-sharp satire about attempting to suppress ‘The Fear’; about apathy; about wanting to change the world. And doing nothing. www.pedestriantheplay.co.uk

Caustic, jaundiced, razor-sharp comedy, fresh as a daisy and tight as a drum VENUE MAGAZINE (JESUS CHRIST IT’S CHRISTMAS) Watch this boy VENUE MAGAZINE £6 £6.50 W

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WAITING FOR APOLLO

Washing Line Productions | Freely adapted from Euripides’ Orestes

Acclaimed physical theatre company ‘Washing Line’ fuse Euripides’ verse and surreal humour to create an immersive cabaret of racing tongues and egos. Electra is Joan Collins in this unmissible clash of Gods and pop culture. An electric performance which remixes Greek Tragedy and 80s glamour; the poetic and the vomitile. www.washinglineproductions.org.uk

 Pitched somewhere between a Parisian clown show and a Jane Fonda exercise video TIME OUT They are masters of the unexpected word, movement, grimace BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE (ON ‘THE TAIL OF THE RAMPANT RABBIT’) £6 £6.50 W

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SOAP! THE SHOW

Circle of Eleven & Assembly wih Marshall Cordell

Trapeze, slapstick, dance, stunning aerial acrobatics and awe-inspiring water antics abound in this refreshingly fun, bubbly, exhilirating and exciting show. Sound interesting? Come along, bring the family or friends and be refreshed by our foamy family of stunning performers. SOAP! The Show is the all singing, all dancing arena of aquatic amazement! Dazzling, daring and dangerous, you will be amazed by the agility of Soap’s eight acrobats as they perform inspired and stunning routines in, on and around multiple bath tubs! Come along and bathe with our soapy s(t)uds and s(t)uddettes. Bath time will never be the same again!! www.assemblyfestival.com

Awe inspiring THE STAGE Bubbling over with invention… fantastic METRO Family friendly fun… A spectacular aquatic-themed showcase of acrobatic, aerial and clowning skills TIME OUT Simply Gorgeous THE STAGE £10 £15 (£14) W

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Frantic Assembly: 14 years of producing superb physical theatre GUARDIAN The National Theatre of Scotland has emerged as an iconic 21st-century institution, born of the times we live in SCOTSMAN

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DANNY BHOY - BY ROYAL DISAPPOINTMENT Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

Danny returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand new standup show for his Scottish fans. Since his last festival Danny has continued to delight audiences around the world with his unique and personal brand of storytelling. He is one of the most perceptive and travelled comedians working in the world today. Early booking highly recommended. www.dannybhoy.com

Bhoy remains in a class of his own HERALD One of the most sparkling wits in the world MONTREAL GAZETTE He creates a remarkable intimacy with his audience. A must-see AGE, AUSTRALIA

This show is not part of the Edinburgh Comedy Festival.

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Badac Theatre Company | Escalator East to Edinburgh | Pleasance | Ghazi Hussein

Jeremy Meadow in association with Danielle Tarento

Site-specific examination detailing the true story of the brutal torture and imprisonment of poet Ghazi Hussein, and the governments who attempted to crush both his spirit and his artistic freedom. An intense, moving and violent retelling of human suffering, highlighting the persecution suffered by artists across the world. badactheatre.com

The absolute fury feels empowering... surprisingly life-affirming SCOTSMAN The visceral power of the work is extremely rare STEVEN BERKOFF £5 £9 (£7.50) W

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PLEASANCE DOME | 10DOME “I must confess, there’s an emptiness, each night the music ends... Underneath the mess, and beneath the dress, I’m best when I pretend...”

BANE 2

Whitebone Productions

Join Tony Award winner and West End and Broadway star of Les Misérables and Chicago, Frances Ruffelle, on an exciting musical journey as she explores and reveals the true ‘Frankie Ruff’... Old standards like you’ve never heard them before and new songs you’ll wanna hear again. Cheeky, sexy, hauntingly beautiful; Edinburgh’s hottest and most glamorous new venue plays host to one of our best-loved and most unique performers and her ritzy live band.

Bruce Bane returns to the stage in the sequel to last years sell out show ‘Bane’. A hired hand working on the streets one-man plays all the characters in this hilarious film noir parody with a live music soundtrack. ‘Bane’ won a FringeReview Outstanding Theatre award and was nominated by the Stage for Best-Solo-Performance at last years Fringe.

www.francesruffelle.com

whiteboneproductions.com

Sexy, visceral and vulnerable STAGE A funky, spunky evening that is playful and teasing, an unpredictable delight

 One man shows rarely come better than this. This ceaselessly engaging and extraordinary episode will leave you anticipating the next instalment of Bane

MARK SHENTON, SUNDAY ExPRESS

THREEWEEKS

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20:40 (21:40)

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | IRON BELLY

OF WOMEN AND HORSES I HAVE KNOWN

Goldoni’s classic comedy, live music, fine dining: La Locandiera transforms Edinburgh’s favourite Italian restaurant into an eighteenth century Florentine Inn. Wonderland’s sparkling period production has repeatedly toured Ireland to packed houses and popular acclaim. Includes a delicious lunch or dinner, accompanied by love, laughter and Neapolitan song.

Slip of Steel

A woman addicted to speed, crosswords and gin who bred the greatest racehorse of the 20th century. The only woman ever nominated as Private Eye’s ‘Shit of the week’.

Lunch (13:30) Aug 7-8, 13-15, 20-22, 27-29

How does someone become a story? An anecdote?

www.wonderlandtheatre.com

An international company unpack this very English, very true story of violence, extravagance, humour and horseplay.

 An exuberant battle of the sexes METRO  Fantastic Night Out! IN DUBLIN

www.slipofsteel.co.uk

LUNCH £29.50 £39.50

£36.50 S

£6 £6.50 F

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21:30 (22:45)

PLEASANCE AT GHILLIE DHU

VIVE LE CABARET

£10.50 (£9.50) £9.50 (£8.50) S

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22:00 (23:10)

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | IRON BELLY

LAST EASTER Article 19

Pleasance | Desmond O’Connor | Blond Ambition

A contemporary British tragicomedy which explores the miraculous powers of good wine, bad jokes and road trips as four friends embark on a sordid pilgrimage to Lourdes – a journey in which they can all smoke, drink and laugh themselves better. Part story, part drag show and part stand-up, Bryony Lavery’s funny tragedy is an intimate depiction of four people’s search for a cure for cancer via a holy place and home again.

 BROADWAY BABY (ARTICLE 19’S ‘ART’ 2009) Article 19 are to be watched REMOTEGOAT  FRINGE REVIEW £6 £6.50 W

£10.50 (£9.50) £9 (£8) S

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22:10 (23:10)

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BIG BELLY

Vaudeville, comedy and cabaret reign supreme in a late night feast of first rate fun. Edinburgh’s newest, most enchanting fringe venue provides the decadent setting for an evening of glittering delights, featuring A-list names from the world of international entertainment.

QUALITY CONTROL

Lovingly curated by Blond Ambition Events and hosted by Desmond O’Connor, Vive le Cabaret gives a well loved artform a new, explosive lease of life. Magic and music, circus and spectacle. A stunning show with thrilling new guests every night of the festival.

How in control of ourselves are we? How much easier is it to let someone else worry for us? In this big, busy bankrupt world, how easy is it, really, to just get on with it all? Especially when a 7ft talking crayon is trying to cut off your fingers... Scottish collective proudExposure presents a new poetic black-comedy... beguiling, bewildering and highly sexually charged.

pleasance.co.uk

The best in late night sexy and salubrious entertainment. THREE WEEKS Endlessly entertaining  SCOTSMAN

proudExposure

Written and Directed by Drew Taylor. www.proudExposure.com

...reminiscent of a David Lynch film... ROYAL COURT THEATRE  SCOTSMAN (ON SUB-OPERA) £6 £6.50

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22:45 (UNTIL LATE)

PLEASANCE DOME | PALM COURT

THE VAUDEVILLAINS Les Enfants Terribles Theatre Company

The multi-award winning Les Enfants Terribles take over the Pleasance Dome for one night only with their brand new macabre musical extravaganza, The Vaudevillains. You’re invited to The Empire music hall for a night you’ll never forget. Charlie the owner is dead – but whodunnit? After the show, the doors of ‘The Empire’ remain open and the band will play on as the party continues into the night... Entrance to the party is included in the ticket price, or can also be purchased separately. www.lesenfantsterribles.co.uk

 Deliciously dark and very twisted (on “The Terrible Infants”) METRO £15 W

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Theatre

FROM

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ASSEMBLY

GILDED BALLOON

0131 623 3030

23:00 (00:00)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | HUT

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

23:15 (00:15)

ERNEST AND THE PALE MOON

Dishing out advice on stock buying, deal-making and sleeping with assistants, this bisexual TV host takes on the tanking economy. What begins as a send-up of financial gurus and selfimportant bankers becomes a searing exploration of finance and the state of America today.

After 2009’s sell out run and 2010’s national tour, ‘Ernest’ returns to the festival for two nights only!

Les Enfants Terribles Theatre Company

Multi award-winning Les Enfants Terribles, in association with Pins and Needles Productions, present Oliver Lansley’s noir horror, which blends live music, inventive design and physical storytelling into a thrilling and terrifying experience.

www.RighteousMoney.tv

Prepare to be ROCKED! HUFFINGTON POST Crowley is a witty writer and a sexy performer.

www.lesenfantsterribles.co.uk

 Fresh as a new wound METRO  A gloriously gothic production TELEGRAPH

NEW YORK BLADE

£5 £7.50 (£6.00) W

£10 (£8)

£9.50 (£8) S

0844 545 8252

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE GRAND

RIGHTEOUS MONEY Wolf 359

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

23:00 (00:00)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE ARK

TALES FROM THE CROW’S NEST

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

23:00 (00:00)

PLEASANCE AT GHILLIE DHU

MOOD SWING: A MANHATTAN CABARET

Pleasance | Rachel Rose Reid

Pleasance | Michael Zegarski

Anchors away! Join Rachel Rose Reid and guests for late night taletelling and story-reading aboard the deck of the Ark. Much loved authors, festival stars and newcomers share their favourite tales before the distribution of the midnight rum rations. May contains sea shanties. www.twitter.com/crowsnesttweets

£6.50 W

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23:15 (00:40)

ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | BALLROOM New York phenomenon, the wickedly enticing Michael Zegarski enchants us with his alternative New York songbook. Directed by Double Fringe First winner Hannah Eidinow.

GUTTED A REVENGER’S MUSICAL Assembly & Marshall Cordell by Arrangement with Ward & White

Michael is a graduate of the Juilliard School and was a member of the Juilliard Opera Center for two years. He is the winner of numerous awards including the Carson Silver Medal in the Savannah Music Festival American Traditions Vocal Competition. pleasance.co.uk | www.michaelzegarski.com

Delicately articulate yet commanding NEW YORK TIMES Blessed with a terrific voice VARIETY Wildly funny CLASSICS TODAY

£10 (£9) W

£11 (£10) S

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23:30 (00:35) The comedians’ musical. Imagine hating someone so much you marry them. At aged seven, Sorrow saw her parents murdered in a brutal incident. Twenty years later she has found the man who did it, married him and now it’s payback time. Gutted is a tale of revenge, murder, love and idiots. From the creators of runaway cult hits Karaoke Circus and Psister Psycho. Warning: This show does include songs, jokes and people off the telly. Cast includes: The Penny Dreadfuls, Anna Crilly and Katy Wix, Colin Hoult, Doc Brown, Lizzie Roper, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Jim Bob from Carter USM and very special cameo appearances.

Shock! - A Good Comedy Musical! LIST Finely crafted writing GUARDIAN The tunes are pretty damn good, too! CHORTLE

Better Bradley Productions and Green Room Presents

Alluring and darkly comical cabaret that explores the erotic life of a hermaphrodite living a dual existence as stripper Charlie and boxer Alastair. Winner Best Newcomer and Best Cabaret, Melbourne Fringe 2009. Winner Bank SA Support Act Award, Adelaide Fringe 2010. Hilarious. Sleazy. Savage. Cabaret.

One of the most confronting, absorbing, original, very funny, very wicked, very clever, sexual 70 minutes you are ever likely to spend anywhere!  ADELAIDE THEATRE

PRAISE FOR WARD & WHITE

WHEN THE SEX IS GONE

www.tommybradson.com

www.assemblyfestival.com

£5

GUIDE

£6 £6.50

£15 (£14) S

UNDERBELLY | IRON BELLY

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| DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE - DAILY COVERAGE OF ALL THE FESTIVALS

Dance & Physical Theatre

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ASSEMBLY

GILDED BALLOON

0131 623 3030

14:20 (15:20)

PLEASANCE DOME | JACKDOME

THE BIG SMOKE

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

13:00 (14:20)

0844 545 8252

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE ONE

DEREVO: HARLEKIN

Theatre Ad Infinitum | Amy Nostbakken and Nir Paldi

Derevo

Stage Award Winners (2009). ‘Best of Fringe’ (Observer 2008). Lecoq-trained company presents the poignant tale of a search for identity that becomes a descent into madness. Inspired by the lives and works of Virginia Woolf, Silvia Plath and Anne Sexton, one woman sings to life this poetic waltz with death. theatreadinfinitum.co.uk

Theatre ad Infinitum have moved to the front of the pack GUARDIAN

Talent like this is breath taking, if you only see one show this is it EDINBURGH FESTIVAL MAGAZINE £5 £9 (£8) W

£10 (£9) S

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14:50 (16:00)

PLEASANCE DOME | 10DOME If God and the Devil were playing chess, Harlequin would be the chessboard

ODYSSEY

Following the success of the ‘heavy metal’ La Divina Commedia, the shimmering Islands In The Stream and the epic Ketzal, the legendary dance-dada-mime-butoh-theatre-clowning troupe from St. Petersburg springs its latest surprise on the Fringe…..the Harlekin!

A devised adaptation by George Mann and Nir Paldi

Winner: Stage Best Solo Performer Award (2009). Best of Fringe (Observer 2008). Lecoq-trained company reinvent the timeless Greek myth. One man’s epic quest to reunite with his family and seek his bloody revenge. Passionate, highly physical, and poignant storytelling brings this breathtaking adventure to life.

Under ‘occupation’ on the customs form I had put ‘Harlequin’. The policeman asked me what it meant. I answered, “this has been my role in theatre for many years”. “You should write ‘Actor’ ”, said he. I apologised. He smiled.

theatreadinfinitum.co.uk

derevo.org

Theatre Ad Infinitum have moved to the front of the pack.

Derevo is absolutely stunning. It’s the best of the best... SCOTSMAN Bravo, Derevo, for reminding us that it’s better to be heart-broken than heartless... HERALD In a five-star galaxy, they’ve gifted Edinburgh audience with a six star SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

GUARDIAN

Breathtaking, if you see only one show this is it  EDINBURGH FESTIVALS MAGAZINE

£5 £9.50 (£8.50) W

£9 £12

£10.50 (£9.50) S

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15:45 (16:45)

UDDERBELLY’S PASTURE | E4 UDDERBELLY

£14 S

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

16:15 (17:15)

PLEASANCE AT GHILLIE DHU

FLAWLESS - CHASE THE DREAM...

CABARET CHORDELIA: MAKING A SONG AND DANCE

The stars of Britain’s Got Talent 2009 make their Edinburgh debut! This inspirational dance act have become an international phenomenon with stunning street dance and jaw dropping moves. They’ve been crowned World Dance Champions, International Dance Champions and star in the feature film StreetDance 3D.

A highly charged and witty reinterpretation of the live cabaret form, full of corsets and intimate sensuality. The elegance of dance with a superb song selection sung by baritone Damian Thantrey... sumptuous, classy and mischievous, Cabaret Chordelia takes you through places of comedic lightness to the darkly profound.

Flawless have worked with some of the biggest names in the business including Madonna, Beyonce, Leona Lewis, Westlife, Victoria Beckham, Sugababes, Lemar, Estelle and Jamelia.

Doors open 16:00 for 16:15 start

Company Chordelia

Underbelly Productions

Bar open

Don’t miss this breathtaking, dizzying, gravity defying hour of incredible entertainment for all, from one of the UK’s hottest dance acts.

www.chordelia.co.uk

witty, good fun and full of charm  Company Chordelia / Cinderella, Pilot Error TIMES sung beautifully by the excellent baritone Damian Thantrey: Company Chordelia / Les Amoureux SUNDAY HERALD

www.officialflawlessent.com

£8 £13.50 (£12.50) W

£5 £10 (£8)

£16.50 (£15) £15 (£13.50) M

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£12 (£10) S

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| THE BEST OF THE FESTIVAL EVERY WEEKEND

16:15 (17:15)

ASSEMBLY @ PRINCES ST GARDENS

17:25 (18:25)

FROM

16:15

ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | BALLROOM

JULIEN COTTEREAU: IMAGINE-TOI

ANATOMY OF FANTASY

World Class Family Entertainment. Julien Cottereau, the star clown of Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Saltimbanco’, brings his acclaimed solo show to Edinburgh following a sell out seven-month run in Paris and a successful season at the Sydney Opera House. A virtuoso clown and mime artist who has been likened to Harpo Marx, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, Julien Cottereau has created a show for audiences of all ages. ‘Imagine-toi’ draws us into a Universe populated with incongruous and astonishing characters that we experience through Cottereau’s acrobatic elasticity and gift for sound effects.

Triple ‘Fringe First’ winners, Do-Theatre, are back at last!! In Anatomy of Fantasy (UK premiere) unforgettable, effortlessly expressive dance touches our emotions and thoughts: human subconsciousness shifts into breath-taking physicality and the virtual molecules of pulsating life join in a mesmerising Fantasy that takes in the cycle of life and human relationships from birth to death, while the red thread of knitting opens up new channels of human communication. Balancing on the edge of reality, nerve-tingling body drama and the ephemeral magic of dance, music, delusions and dreams unfold as a wind light sensation brushes our skin.

Assembly, TRS5 & Little One

Do Theatre

He speaks the language of joy, reminding us all of the child we left behind. Winner Best Newcomer Moliere Awards 2007 (National Theatre Awards of France) www.assemblyfestival.com

Irresistibly funny… a star is born! LE PARISIEN Funny, touching & sensitive… allows audiences of all ages to live a moment of magic. LE FIGARO, FRANCE An extraordinary actor, clown and mime AUSTRALIAN STAGE £5 £13 (£12) W

Avant-garde theatre of the highest quality that casts an irresistible, lingering spell as it inexorably draws you in... KLEINE ZEITUNG, GRAZ/AUSTRIA With its breathtaking, physical expression Anatomy of fantasy – the stuff of genius – was a highlight amongst highlights ELISABETH WILLGRUBER-SPITZ

£5 £12 (£11)

£14 (£13) S

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17:35 (18:35)

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BIG BELLY

A CORNER OF THE OCEAN

£13.50 (£12.50) S

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

18:55 (19:55)

UDDERBELLY’S PASTURE | E4 UDDERBELLY

BRAZIL! BRAZIL!

Jammy Voo

Underbelly Productions | World Stage Productions | DWH (Developing World Health)

Following their success with sell-out, hit show ‘Something Blue’, Lecoqtrained Jammy Voo return with their beautiful and darkly comic take on the world. Puppetry, physical storytelling and a live score reveal the mystery of a diver’s disappearance that ripples through four women’s lives… www.jammyvoo.com | www.mobiusindustries.com

 The company are a delight to watch, teasing out tremendous amounts of comic and emotive content from the smallest of moments SCOTSMAN Utterly beguilling. An absolute gem DUBLINER, ON ‘SOMETHING BLUE’ £6 £6.50 W

£10.50 (£9.50) £9.50 (£8.50) S

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18:30 (19:30)

PLEASANCE DOME | PALM COURT

Carnival! Football! Samba!

TEA DANCE

South American circus, football fever and sizzling samba combine in this spectacular global phenomenon – direct from London’s Southbank.

Get dancing the Fly Right way at their 7th annual Legendary Tea Dance!

Witness capoeira – the rare and beautiful Brazilian fusion of dance and martial arts, as its masters leap, flip and spin at breathtaking speed. Feel the carnival beats and be swept away on this incredible journey to the pulsating heart of Brazilian passion. Unstoppable rhythm, indescribable feats of acrobatics and a breathless display of football magic from the world champions of the beautiful game.

Pleasance | Fly Right Dance Company

After a brief Palm Court-inspired PUBLIC masterclass, learning some Foxtrot or Charleston basics, enjoy cocktails and have fun practising your newly-acquired dancing skills. Strictly for Fun!!

Accompanied by the stunning singers, dancers and musicians of Rhythm Carnival, Brazil’s hottest samba band. A World Cup summer party for all! Ole! Ole! Ole!

pleasance.co.uk

www.brazilbraziltheshow.com

Packed with muscle, backflips, blistering samba beats. A big hunk of upbeat Brazilian soul SCOTSMAN

£8 £12.50 (£11.50)

£7 W

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£15 (£13.50) M

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Children’s

FROM

10:00

ASSEMBLY

GILDED BALLOON

0131 623 3030

UNDERBELLY

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

0844 545 8252

0131 556 6550

10:00 (10:55) & 11:30 (12:25)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE ONE

CHARLIE AND LOLA’S BEST BESTEST PLAY Watershed Productions present the BBC Worldwide and Polka Theatre production Based on the characters created by Lauren Child, adapted by Jonathan Lloyd

Everyone’s favourite brother and sister are coming to Scotland for the first time with their extremely everso wonderful stage show! A magical mix of puppets, live action and music, adapted from some of the freshest and funniest episodes of the hit BBC TV series. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS ONLY A SINGLE SHOW ON THE 4th AT 11:30 (12:25) www.charlieandlola.com | www.watershedtheatre.com

It’s a gentle little show, pitched just right for its target audience! An ideal early theatre experience. GUARDIAN Funny, subtle and charming. PRIMARY TIMES I thoroughly enjoyed the creative yet faithful translation of the books for the stage. More importantly, do did my three year old. 4 stars. TIME OUT Charlie and Lola ™ and © Lauren Child 2005. Charlie and Lola is produced by Tiger Aspect Productions and distributed by BBC Worldwide Ltd. BBC Worldwide logo ™ & © BBC 1996.

£9 £10 W

£11 S

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10:30 (11:20)

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DINING ROOM

10:30 (11:15) & 11:30 (12:15)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | ARK

FAIRY FAIL

MONKEY MUSIC

Goldilocks the most popular girl in all of Fairyfail is missing! Join Brownilocks - Goldilocks’ less popular little sister - as she travels through Fairyfail looking for her and discovering that no one quite lives up to their reputation. Cheeky and high-energy. For children 4-11 and their families.

Back by popular demand award winning Monkey Music is running 2 age specific fun filled workshops for babies and children. There will be action songs, games and fun with percussion instruments. Come and join in the fun with Monkey.

Tumbleweed Theatrical Productions

Monkey Music

tumbleweed.org.au

10.30am show: 6 months – 2 years 11.30am show: 2 years – 5 years

Excellent...kids and adults alike love this show! TALKFRINGE.

Previews 4th and 5th August

COM.AU

2for1 offer on the 6th, 7th & 8th August only

An enjoyable show for everyone! TALKFRINGE.COM.AU

monkeymusic.co.uk

£5 £7 (£6) W

£6.50 children / £1.50 adults

£8 (£7) S

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10:40 (11:30)

ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | EDINBURGH SUITE

HAIRY MACLARY AND FRIENDS

Out of the gate and onto the stage went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy. Come and see the UK show, based on Lynley Dodd’s much loved children’s books. Featuring many of your favourite characters such as Bottomley Potts covered in spots, Muffin Maclay like a bundle of hay, Schnitzel von Krumm with a very low tum and the wickedest tomcat of all... Scarface Claw!

11:00 (12:00)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BENEATH

dadrules.co.uk

Clover is hugely likeable with an infectious enthusiasm for conceiving and delivering stories LIST

£5 £9 (£7) S

Andrew Clover (Perrier Nominee, Sunday Times Columnist, and star of BBC2’s My Almost Famous Family), shares his Seven Secrets of Storytelling in a hilarious show which makes children laugh, shout things out and eager to write tales of their own.

THE LISTENER

RBM

The fun is that we all know dogs like this. Dodd’s skill has been to capture it all on paper, in words, colour and line.

ANDREW CLOVER’S ALMOST FAMOUS STORY SHOW

NonsenseRoom Productions

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

£9 (£7) S

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Children’s

| DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE - FOR THE SHOWS YOU SHOULD SEE

11:00 (11:55)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE BENEATH

SILLY BILLY BUM BREATH STRIKES BACK

11:20 (12:20)

FROM

11:00

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | ABOVE

PENGUIN

Polly Dunbar | Long Nose Puppets

Long Nose Puppets are proud to present their spectacular new show Penguin, adapted from the award winning book by Polly Dunbar. Follow the twists and turns of this wonderful tale, in which a silent Penguin turns marvelously eloquent and a little boy finally gets his heart’s desire.

Black Can Productions

Laura Black and Feri Tezcan return to the Pleasance with their sellout kids’ comedy favourite. The girls have gone back to prison to find their eponymous imaginary friend and get him to be good. Silly Billy Bum Breath be good? No chance! Hilarious characters & sketches.

longnosepuppets.com

The most entertaining children’s show on the fringe  THE STAGE Had parents and children hooting with laughter 

Restore your faith in all that is good about being alive with Long Nose Puppets’ Penguin. ARGUS

SCOTSMAN

£5 £7 (£6)

£8.50 (£7.50) W

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

11:30 (12:30)

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DEBATING HALL

£8 (£7) S

11:45 (12:45)

FARM BOY MICHAEL MORPURGO

A fun filled, energetic musical adventure that invites you to join in the action when Baloo and Mowgli meet again several years after Mowgli left the jungle. Together they recall Mowgli’s exiting escapades growing up in the jungle with all the other animals. A concert style show full of surprises and great interactive fun.

This compelling sequel to the award-winning War Horse, the funny, touching story of four generations on a family farm, and the extraordinary history behind the old Fordson tractor tucked away at the back of the barn, is now brought to life in a magical new production.

shakespeareaustralia.com.au

So powerful - moments of high drama - lots of comedy the children just can’t contain their joy. STAGE

£5 £10 (£9)

£8 (£7) S

www.newperspectives.co.uk | www.scamptheatre.com

Great hysterical fun for the whole family, thoroughly recommended. AGE

New Perspectives & Scamp Theatre

Glenn Elston and the Australian Shakespeare Company

ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | EDINBURGH SUITE

JUNGLE BOOK: THE NEXT CHAPTER

£5 £7 (£6)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

12:15 (13:15)

£11 (£10) S

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | BILLIARD ROOM

PRINCE OF CRINGE

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex Management presents

All is not well in the land of Cringe. An evil wizard has taken over and turned the Prince into a frog, and that’s the easy bit to deal with. Flying axes, walking on raw eggs and a trick with balloons that will leave you speechless…or gagging, The Prince of Cringe promises to entertain young and old alike. Can you walk on raw eggs? Would you lower your face on a Rat trap? Would you hammer a nail four inches into your head? Why would you when you can see someone else do it!! gagreflex.co.uk

£5 £7 (£6) W

£8 (£7) S

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12:20 (13:20)

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE WEE ONE

SEYMOUR MACE’S DAFTERNOON SHOW Just the Tonic

Are you an idiot? Do you like being stupid? Got a friend made of wood? If you answered yes, then come to The Dafternoon Show, join in the fun and win fabulous prizes! Grown ups - half price! www.justthetonic.com

More variety than a whole week of CBBC CHORTLE A wonderfully childish event THE STAGE

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ASSEMBLY

GILDED BALLOON

0131 623 3030

12:30 (13:00) and 13:15 (13:45)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | ARK

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

12:30 (13:20)

0844 545 8252

UDDERBELLY’S PASTURE | E4 UDDERBELLY

STICK MAN LIVE ON STAGE!

PHIL KAY’S GIMMEYOURLEFTSHOE

Scamp Theatre | Watford Palace Theatre | Escalator East to Edinburgh

Phil Kay

All kids give Phil their Left shoe then come up with a fun skit to win it back from all the super props that are lying around-Come dive into this marvelous Show of Shoe-Shows within a Show..left is right to give;be left with the right. There are two different shows! Each is around 30 minutes long. philkay.co.uk

 Phil Kay was born to work with children LIST

£5 W

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PLEASANCE DOME | QUEENDOME ‘Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their Stick children three...’ Julia Donaldson’s fabulous book brought vividly to life by a trio of top actors. The world is a dangerous place for Stick Man. A dog wants to play with him. A swan builds a nest with him. He even ends up on a fire! Will he ever get back to the Family Tree? Packed full of puppetry, catchy songs, live music and funky moves, it’s more fun than you can shake a stick at! From the award-winning team behind PRIVATE PEACEFUL, AESOP’S FABLES & THE MOZART QUESTION.

TALL STORRIE & WEE GODLEY Ashley Storrie and Janey Godley

Scots mother and daughter team Janey Godley and Ashley Storrie have games, storytelling, funny improv and music for kids who are encouraged to bring their own favourite instrument and join our house band. An hour where the show is never the same twice parents can also have a laugh.

www.scamptheatre.com

     WHATSONSTAGE.COM It is wonderful to see the quality and intelligent work of Scamp... so finely paced and directed, so carefully choreographed, so musically sound and so well performed. Stand if necessary LONDON THEATRE REVIEWS I think the quality of what Scamp do is amazing MICHAEL MORPURGO, INDEPENDENT

janeygodley.com

Ashley Storrie - “had stand-up fans rolling in the aisles” TIMES

Janey Godley - “the funniest mum on earth” NEW ZEALAND HERALD £5 £8.50 (£7.50) W

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TWINKLE TWONKLE

£11 (£9) S

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13:00 (14:00)

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Tall Stories

Uncontained Arts

Alice’s adventures begin as she abandons her grassy bank one blissful summer’s afternoon to follow a white rabbit underground, where she meets all kinds of strange and wonderful characters. Expect the unexpected in this delightful and imaginative version of Alice, using a magical mix of music, a burst of energy and an explosion of colour to bring to life the original story of Alice’s extraordinary adventures.

This was a truly memorable experience - the kids are still talking about it. MARYPORT TIMES AND STAR £5 £8.50 (£7.50) W

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13:30 (14:20) & 16:30 (17:20) Stella loves the stars. But one night her brother Ryan looks through their telescope and sees a cow jumping over the moon. Something is wrong in the night sky...

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN | THE FLETCHER BUILDING

THE SONGBIRD Giant

When Ryan disappears into the stars, will Stella be able to find him and bring him back home?

PS Come along to ‘Tall Stories’ New Show’ at Pleasance Courtyard on 7 and 8 August at 4pm to help us decide what our next show will be!

Live music, sound poetry and sensory theatre tells the tale of an exotic bird captured by a ruthless logger who is captivated by her song. A subtle story with an emotional punch. For everybody 8 years and over. Off-site at the Botanics. Allow time for travel from ticket collection point.

tallstories.org.uk

N.B. No 13:30 performances on the 19th, 23rd or 25th.

Inspired by nursery rhymes and the Big Bang, this is a sparkling new adventure from Tall Stories, the company that brought you ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘Room on the Broom’.

Tall Stories sets the benchmark for children’s theatre SUNDAY TIMES Tall Stories have gathered a loyal audience with their polished performances SCOTSMAN Tall Stories has a reputation for creating innovative, well-crafted theatre for children THE LIST £6.50 £8.50 (£7.50) W

giantproductions.org | madeinscotland2010.com

 Ravishing and poignant, the piece is a gem of alluring composition HERALD

£9

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| DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE - PAGES OF REVIEWS EVERY DAY

14:30 (15:25)

FROM

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | CABARET BAR

THE LIST OPERATORS FOR KIDS Dirty Work Comedy

Nominated Best Show Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2010. A cool show for anyone aged 5-500 million (dinosaurs allowed). GUARANTEED NOT EDUCATIONAL and More Fun Than A Wii! This show is 1. Rude 2. Gross 3. Funny 3a. Funny Looking 4. Silly 5. Downtownwrongtown 6. Awesome. PS We just bought a new fart machine! www.dirtywork.net.au

Take every child you know, and if you don’t know any kidnap one! AUSSIESTAGE  Comedy mayhem...absolutely genius FRINGEREVIEW £5 £9 (£8) W

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14:30 (15:30)

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JAMES CAMPBELL’S COMEDY & SONGS 4 KIDS IMWP

James’s brand new stand-up comedy show is now mixed with funny songs about life, sausages and how superheroes go to the toilet. Some artists go to the desert to write songs. James went to Essex - the nice part (with windows). Accompanied by a piano teacher he found in a forest this show is like none other more than it is like the last one. www.thejamescampbell.com

Has achieved almost Holy status - don’t miss. SUNDAY TIMES Absurdist genius. GUARDIAN £8 W

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE ONE

POTTED PANTO

CBBC’s Dan and Jeff - Festival Highlights

CBBC’s Dan and Jeff present their most extravagant show yet, now in amazing 3D! The creators of Potted Potter and Potted Pirates cram all the classic pantomimes into just 70 minutes. Why wait until Christmas and see one pantomime, when you could see seven come along at once this August? With only a glass slipper and some magic beans, the dastardly double act dash from Aladdin to Dick Whittington while trying to work out how two of them can play all seven dwarves. The best show on the Fringe. Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! It’s unmissable fun whether you’re six or 106. www.PottedPanto.com | www.FestivalHighlights.com

Fabulously funny… a classic double act, with serious Jeff taking the Ernie Wise role and silly Dan as a latterday Eric Morecambe. DAILY TELEGRAPH Blissfully funny... terrific family entertainment. A winner in every way. GUARDIAN Joyous, very lovable and gloriously irreverent. TIME OUT, CRITICS’ CHOICE £5 £9 (£8) W

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Children’s

FROM

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15:15 (16:15)

ASSEMBLY

0131 623 3030

GILDED BALLOON

0131 622 6552

PLEASANCE

0131 556 6550

UNDERBELLY

0844 545 8252

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | NIGHTCLUB

PATRICK MONAHAN STORIES & TALES FOR KIDS, WHO CAN RUN FASTER THAN SNAILS Phil McIntyre Entertainments | Vivienne Smith Management

Following sell-out dates at The Royal Albert Hall this award-winning Irish/ Iranian/Teeside comedian returns with a hilarious, new family show. Stand up, stories including ‘The Amazing Aventures of Towel Man’ and ‘Sinbad The Fat Cat’ and dancing! “Instantly Loveable, wonderfully unique” Metro Magazine. As seen on Sorcerer’s Apprentice CBBC and Paul O’Grady Show CH4. www.patrickmonahan.co.uk

Big Hearted Show  LIST Children in stitches  FESTIVAL MAGAZINE £5 £7 (£6) W

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JOHN HEGLEY: ANIMAL ALPHABOAT John Hegley

Aunt Heaps, Bees Needs..a chance to make certain bird sounds and gestures. And to answer questions about the difference between dogs and sheds. For children and adults. Photo credit: John H Hutchinson www.johnhegley.co.uk

The poems and songs are fantastically funny and Hegley’s delivery is stronger than ever. This is something special, a true joy to watch CHORTLE ON ‘BEYOND THE KENNEL’

£7 (£5) W

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CLOSEST TO THE MOON By Richard Taylor, Directed by Philip Howard

Why would anyone undertake something as foolhardy as climbing Everest? Premiere of an exciting new work in progress about ambition, achievement, real and metaphorical mountains, and what it takes to reach the top. www.rsamd.ac.uk/oneacademy

Deserves more stars than I can hand out… masterfully executed… the best night out I’ve had in years BROADWAY BABY (ON ONE ACADEMY PRODUCTIONS 2009)

£5 £7 (£6) W

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PLEASANCE DOME | 10DOME

IN TOUCH By Dougal Irvine

Is the internet running or ruining our lives? Intriguing exciting new work in progress exploring love, sex and death in real and virtual worlds. If we can be in touch with everybody are we losing touch with ourselves? www.rsamd.ac.uk/oneacademy

A dazzling display of performing talent and singing prowess FEST MAGAZINE ON ONE ACADEMY PRODUCTIONS, 2009

£5 £7 (£5) W

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| DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE - DAILY COVERAGE OF ALL THE FESTIVALS

12:40 (13:40)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | ABOVE

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE

12:45 (13:45)

FROM

12:40

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | WEE ROOM

TERRY & JACKIE MRS BARRY CRYER & MRS EDMUND HOCKRIDGE

Out of the Bubble

This ‘Friends’ meets ‘Pride and Prejudice’ musical comedy follows four young New Yorkers as they explore the difficulties of dating and falling in love. Described as “full of wit, zest and fun” this OffBroadway rom-com updates a traditional love story for a modern audience. If you Loved ‘You’re Perfect, Now Change’, you’ll Love this… Because.

Gilded Balloon

The Taylor-Maids’, stars of 1950’s cabaret and musicals are back! From ‘The Pajama Game’ to ‘Wonderful Town’ and ‘The Billy Cotton Band Show’.

outofthebubble.co.uk

Recalling life as a double act with songs, anecdotes and laughter.

A slick, witty, moving and beautifully directed piece. A remarkable group of talented young people - perfect!

gildedballoon.co.uk

ONLINE REVIEW

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WAR NOTES

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PLEASANCE DOME | QUEENDOME

JUMP

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex Management presents

TANK Productions

Are the roses blooming in Picardy? Will we gather lilacs? Did that nightingale sing in Berkeley Square? You’ll know, ‘cause you were there… Be entranced by Lili la Scala as she sings for you, ‘War Notes’. An emotive combination of the most recognisable songs from wartime and the touching letters sent by modern day soldiers who have been killed in combat. After street-performing all over the world, Lili decided it was time to indulge her passion for vintage song, and so ‘War Notes’ was born. gagreflex.co.uk

Pure joy ADELAIDE ADVERTISER £5 £8 (£7) W

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JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE BIG ROOM Ever wish you could change the past? Ever long to go back and undo all the awful things you did? Ever wonder what could have been if only you’d.... and what the hell happened to the girls and the money and the drugs and the fame? In a world obsessed with ‘living the dream’ can our poor bewildered hero discover what really matters in life? A hilarious new musical about sex, lies, dreams of love - and hoping it’s not too late!

OBAMA MIA!

Carron, Fitzpatrick, Quinn & Smyth

Prepare to laugh and cry at the Comedy Musical of this summer in a tongue-in-cheek look at what really happened the few days before an election that captivated a planet.

2for1 offer only available on 9th & 10th Suitable for ages 14+

Already a hit in Dublin, come catch this original, unique and a hilarious experience! You’ll be singing these songs for days.

www.jumpthemusical.com

 Terrific! HAMPSTEAD & HIGHGATE ExPRESS, LONDON. Funny and touching - a rollicking delight! ExTRA! ExTRA! A very witty show. MUSICAL STAGES

www.obamamia.net

Brilliant! THE TIMES No Comment! THE WHITE HOUSE £5 £6 (£5) W

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SWING!

Scottish premiere of the radical, explosive and powerful multi award-winning indie-rock musical inspired by Wedekind’s banned masterpiece; says the unsayable about sex, religion, freedom and growing up.

Backhands, Big bands and bonking at Wafthead Tennis Club in a musical satire with heart (and balls) featuring a toe-tapping live score. Young love battles provincial prejudice when a new arrival threatens the ladies’ regime of groundstrokes and gossip. From the team behind 2008 hit ‘Kiddy-Fiddler on the Roof’.

 Irreverent, ballsy... superlative comic writing

Raw, intense and vulnerable… full of wit and beauty

WHATSONSTAGE.COM

THE TELEGRAPH

A rowdy romp… hilarious LIST

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unexpectedcomedy.com

www.rsamd.ac.uk/oneacademy

Ben Monks & Will Young for Unexpected Productions and Silenus Productions

Warning: contains Adult content

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DINING ROOM

SPRING AWAKENING

Directed by Andrew Panton, Books and Lyrics by Steven Sater Music by Duncan Sheik

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0131 623 3030

17:15 (18:45)

GILDED BALLOON

0131 622 6552

PLEASANCE

0131 556 6550

UNDERBELLY

0844 545 8252

UDDERBELLY’S PASTURE | UNDERBELLY’S MCEWAN HALL

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE

Underbelly and Theatre Royal Stratford East in association with Cameron Mackintosh Ltd.

The first major revival of the smash hit West End and Broadway musical Five Guys Named Moe. Sizzling with dance, comedy and the irresistible music of jazz legend Louis Jordan, this 20th anniversary production stars the show’s original creator Clarke Peters. The musical originally won an Olivier Award before going on to run for over 400 performances on Broadway. Clarke Peters is a West End superstar with performances including the title role in Trevor Nunn’s production of the Gershwin classic Porgy and Bess and Billy Flynn in Chicago. Most recently Clarke has appeared as Lester Freamon in the phenomenally successful HBO TV series The Wire. The score of this award-winning show includes ‘Early In The Morning’, ‘Choo, Choo, Ch’Boogie’, ‘Saturday Night Fish Fry’ and of course ‘Five Guys Named Moe’ and features dazzling choreography and unforgettable comic performances. Come join the party! Directed by Paulette Randall | Choreographed by Paul J Medford PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Clarke Peters’ show based on Louis Jordan Hits like Choo Choo Ch’Boogie is cute, clever and utterly exhilarating SUNDAY ExPRESS Winner of Lawrence Olivier Award for BEST ENTERTAINMENT, 1991 £10 £15 (£14) W

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18:00 (19:10)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE GRAND

REEL TO REAL: THE MOVIES MUSICAL Huairou Management Company | Broadway Asia International

This spectacular show marries clips from Warner and MGM movie musicals with live performers singing the greatest songs of Broadway. The latest in multimedia technology seamlessly integrates classic Hollywood film footage with an original and fun story. Two siblings compete for their family fortune by taking on an epic quest devised by their father to decide who should inherit his movie empire. Racing against time in this challenge of brother against sister, our wannabe millionaires dash around the globe from glamorous New York to sumptuous China, traveling to exotic locations in glorious musical numbers. This epic show is performed by a brilliant American cast, who come to Edinburgh hot on the heels of an acclaimed world premiere season in Beijing. Featuring vibrant Broadway hits such as ‘Singin’ In The Rain’, ‘New York, New York’, ‘Puttin’ On The Ritz’, ‘Luck Be A Lady’ and ‘Some Enchanted Evening’, together with iconic Hollywood footage from ‘Casablanca’, ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’, ‘South Pacific’, ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ and ‘Guys and Dolls’. www.ReelToReal.co.uk | www.FestivalHighlights.com

An eye-popping spectacle! BEIJING YOUTH DAILY NEWS An exhilarating blend of the best of Broadway and Hollywood. BEIJING MORNING PAPER Multimedia effects form a spectacular backdrop to the unfolding drama. CHINA DAILY Takes audiences on an exciting and innovative journey through classic films. BEIJING DAILY £9 £13.50 (£12.50) W

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| THE FESTIVAL UP CLOSE

17:00 (18:15)

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | WINE BAR

THE SINGALONG GLEE CLUB

22:50 (00:00) Matinee 15:00 (16:10)

FROM

17:00

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DEBATING HALL

SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL

David Benson & Stewart Nicholls - Festival Highlights

Showstopper Productions | Festival Highlights

Riotous celebration packed with show-tunes, pub songs and surprise specialities. Lyrics provided; requests welcome; singing optional! Your hosts: Fringe First winner David Benson and his nimble-fingered pianist Stewart Nicholls. www.GleeClubLive.com | www.FestivalHighlights.com

Benson has struck gold again, and delivers to perfection. TELEGRAPH

Delightfully entertaining and enlightening. As well as a smooth, multi- layered voice, Benson’s imaginative talent is quite brilliant.  EDINBURGH GUIDE £5 £10 (£9) W

£11 (£10) S

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A brand new musical is created from scratch at each performance of this Spirit of the Fringe Award-winning production. Audience suggestions help to create a show on the spot, as the all-singing, all-dancing cast improvise with unpredictable and hilarious results. Packed with drama, dazzling dance routines and catchy melodies, Showstopper! returns to Edinburgh following two sold-out Fringe runs, an acclaimed international tour, and a BBC Radio Four broadcast. 15:00 matinee shows on 10th, 17th, & 24th www.ShowstopperMusical.com | www.FestivalHighlights.com

Not only is each performance achingly funny, it’s a genuinely new musical every time. Worth seeing again and again  TIME OUT CRITICS’ CHOICE Astonishing. Has everything you could want from a blockbuster musical. It just happens to be made up on the spot. METRO £6 £11 (£10) W

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LOVELACE: A ROCK MUSICAL

Roz Bernstein Productions | William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

Multi-Award winning LOVELACE: A ROCK MUSICAL takes a deeper look into the life of porn legend Linda Lovelace. We watch her evolution from a naïve teenager to pornography’s first international superstar, whose infamous performance in the movie ‘Deep Throat’ sparked the Sexual Revolution in the early 1970’s. But there is much more to the story than meets the eye. Having just completed a six month sold out run in Los Angeles, California, the critically acclaimed LOVELACE: A ROCK MUSICAL has come to conquer The Fringe Festival with its original cast. Leading the pack, Katrina Lenk delivers a stunning performance as Linda Lovelace that should not be missed. This sung-through piece takes you to the highest highs and lowest lows of Linda’s journey with its non-stop, high-energy rock and roll and haunting melodies written by Anna Waronker (That Dog) and Charlotte Caffey (The Go-Go’s) with original concept and lyrics by Jeffery Leonard Bowman. www.Lovelacearockmusical.com

The most original musical since ‘Spring Awakening’ LA TIMES - CRITIC’S CHOICE Heartbreaking, first rate star turn by Katrina Lenk VARIETY We are undeniably watching something original, at once refined and electrifying LA TIMES

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GILDED BALLOON

0131 623 3030

12:45 (13:45)

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BELLY DANCER

THE UKULELE PROJECT

UNDERBELLY

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

0844 545 8252

0131 556 6550

14:00 (15:00)

UDDERBELLY’S PASTURE | E4 UDDERBELLY

BE-DOM

Underbelly Productions | Be-Dom | Bill Silva Entertainment

Le Nez Productions | Nick Rogers

Two boys. Two girls. Four ukuleles. From Elvis to Elgar, Greensleeves to Gaga. A microtastic hour of dizzying entertainment from the freshest act in Edinburgh. A medley of madness from the band that dares to be small. Prepare to get uked! www.theukesarecoming.com

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Portugal’s percussion-mad sextuplet make their Fringe debut with a dynamic show that combines the best of music, comedy and theatre elements. Using alternative instruments such as barrels, trash, bottles as well as the audience, Be-Dom have created a performance guaranteed to thrill, uplift and make you shake your booty. Part Rock Concert, part Vaudeville, part wise-cracking humour, it’s an absolute party inside a giant purple cow! www.be-dom.com | www.myspace.com/bedomworld

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PLEASANCE AT GHILLIE DHU

15:45 (16:45)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | CABARET BAR

FLANDERS AND SWANN: AGNOTHER GNEW AFTERGNOON

MERRILL GRANT: A TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX GG Productions & Green Room Presents

Infinite Number of Monkeys Ltd and Pleasance in association with Jeremy Meadow

New York sensation, and 1930s Idol Audience Favourite, Merrill Grant presents an homage to Shirley Temple and Hollywood’s leading ladies, including Alice Faye, Phyllis Brooks, Rochelle Hudson and more. Direct from performances in Lincoln & Kennedy Centers and Off-Broadway, celebrated too is the irrepressible and iconic Julie Andrews. Musical Director and pianist Paul Trueblood accompanies Merrill on stage in the opulent surroundings of the Pleasance at Ghillie Dhu. An afternoon of elegant and ebullient cabaret. merrillgrant.com | greenroompresents.com

Come and enjoy multi-award winning comedian Tim FitzHigham and BBC Radio 4 musical maestro Duncan Walsh-Atkins, back with aGNother, different selection of the classics, in their famed afterGNoon of mud, mirth and Madeira. Will the Hippo turn up? Join the mayhem and find out. www.flandersandswann.info

Astute wit and genius...great! GUARDIAN A muddy, marvellous evening. EVENING STANDARD

A multi-talented performer as a singer, storyteller and dancer BROADWAY AFTER DARK Grant is deftly and delightfully amusing. Makes one want to see and hear more of her WILLIAM WOLF. PRESIDENT, DRAMA DESK AWARDS

A sparkling new talent in the world of cabaret CABARET SCENES

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| DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE - A FIVE STAR SUPPLEMENT EVERY DAY

17:25 (18:25)

UDDERBELLY’S PASTURE | E4 UDDERBELLY

THE MAGNETS

17:30 (18:30)

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ASSEMBLY @ ASSEMBLY HALL | ASSEMBLY HALL

SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR

Underbelly Productions | The Magnets

Andrew Kay & David Vigo

Celebrating Assembly’s 30th anniversary, the internationally acclaimed Soweto Gospel Choir have long been regulars at the Edinburgh Fringe since exploding onto the world music stage. Soweto Gospel Choir will perform an unforgettable repertoire filled with rich harmonies, vibrant dance and African drumming. Perfect for the whole family! www.sowetogospelchoir.com

 Nothing can really prepare you for the riot of exuberance and depth of emotion SCOTSMAN

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17:30 (18:35) Flawless entertainment in the company of one of Britain’s hottest music acts, The Magnets, a six-man sound machine, fusing glorious harmonies with jaw-dropping beatboxing in a show packed with musical sophistication, cool moves, superb theatrics and infectious tunes - but absolutely no musical instruments.

ASSEMBLY @ ASSEMBLY HALL | ASSEMBLY HALL

SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR & THE BALA BROTHERS Andrew Kay & David Vigo

This brand new show is a journey through time - back to the songs of iconic performers such as Blondie and Kraftwerk, and forward to today with hits by current stars including Lady Ga Ga and Florence And The Machine. www.themagnets.com

Singing straight from the gods EVENING NEWS, EDINBURGH Hats off all round... The Magnets breathe fresh air into a cappella... the world is indeed their oyster LIST Taking a cappella performance to a whole new level HERALD

£8 £12.50 (£11:00) W

£14.50 (£13) M

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18:15 (19:15)

ASSEMBLY @ PRINCES ST GARDENS A unique and unforgettable musical collaboration between Soweto Gospel Choir and South Africa’s multi award-winning Bala Brothers.

ANTONIO FORCIONE’S GREATEST (ALMOST) HITS Assembly by Arrangement with Antonio Forcione

The internationally acclaimed choir have been regulars in Edinburgh since exploding onto the world music stage in 2003. They return to introduce South Africa’s new singing sensation, the extraordinary Bala Brothers. The Bala Brothers are renowned for their unique ability to infuse opera sounds with those of popular African music. The evening promises to be a kaleidoscope of rich harmonies and African soul. www.sowetogospelchoir.com

Truly inspirational... SUNDAY HEARLD Spectacular NEW YORK TIMES A truly otherworldly sound that literally takes the breath away ...dazzling. EDINBURGH REVIEW

£16 (£14) W

£19 (£17) S

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18:40 (19:35)

ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | SUPPER ROOM

Italian-born Guitar virtuoso Antonio Forcione is a long established Fringe favourite. His unique blend of absolute genius, comic timing, warmth and charm will have audiences on the edge of their seats in awe and on their feet with applause.

MARIA TECCE: STRAPLESS

7 shows only - don’t miss your chance to see Antonio performing a selection of his own work!

A smouldering night of song steeped in raw sensuality, elegance, and Spanish spice from international diva Maria Tecce. Musical influences from Eartha Kitt to Nina Simone meet sizzling Argentinian tango, served up with Tecce’s fiery, passionate style combining seductive vocals with the beguiling command of a leading actress.

Ines Wurth Presents (USA/Ireland)

www.assemblyfestival.com

     One of Europe’s best kept secrets – unmissable! SCOTSMAN Few acoustic guitarists can match Antonio Forcione for sheer instrumental virtuosity but fewer still come close to him as a composer. JAZZWISE 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 Forcione plays unstringed parts of the guitar other players can’t hope to reach.

www.la2edinburgh.info

Sheer class... Haunting. LIST A total striptease without removing so much as a shoe OBSERVER

THE INDEPENDENT

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£12 (£11) S

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ASSEMBLY

GILDED BALLOON

0131 623 3030

18:30 (19:30)

ASSEMBLY @ PRINCES ST GARDENS

RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

18:55 (19:55) on 16th | 21:55 (22:55) on 17th

0844 545 8252

UDDERBELLY’S PASTURE | E4 UDDERBELLY

BEARDYMAN UNSHAVED

Assembly by Arrangement with Red Hot Chilli Pipers

Unlike anything else you will see this year, UK Beatbox Champion and all-round vocal genius Beardyman will take you on a journey through his larynx, improvising his way out of reality with only the audience as a guide. Live and unplanned, with live visuals by fellow weirdo, Mr Hopkinson. www.beardyman.co.uk

Breathtakingly talented. An awe-inspiring vocal genius. Do whatever it takes to get a ticket TIME OUT Literally the most entertaining live human being I’ve seen in donkeys years ROB DA BANK, BBC RADIO 1 £14 (£12.50) W

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19:25 (20:15)

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE WEE ONE

Red Hot Chilli Pipers have fast become a global phenomenon, rocking far flung shores from Milngavie to Milwaukee and everywhere in between. A fusion of traditional pipe tunes and contemporary anthems. Get set for a massive helping of jock’n’roll!

THE NOT QUITE QUARTET

Since they won first prize on UK primetime TV talent show, ‘When Will I Be Famous’, Red Hot Chilli Pipers haven’t stopped for a breath, other than to inflate their bagpipes!

The NQQ crowbar great music, percussive guitar, improvisation, and hilarious stand-up into every energetic show. Age 14+.

www.redhotchillipipers.co.uk

thenotquitequartet.com

Bag Rocks!... great live performers with passion and enthusiasm - great ambassadors for Scotland. I’m a fan! THE DUKE OF ARGYLL Awesome! Phenomenal! Wicked! When all the superlatives have been shouted out, I can only say that there is nothing on this planet to compare with a live performance by The Red Hot Chilli Pipers! PIPES IN THE VALLEY CELTIC FESTIVAL, CONNECTICUT One of these great festival nights you’ll never forget. HEBRIDEAN CELTIC FESTIVAL

… wit, intelligence, music… very funny. RICHARD O’BRIEN … better than getting a b***j** off two girls at the same time BEARDYMAN … better than that! ROBIN INCE

Just The Tonic

£6 (£5) £7.50 (£5)

£15 W

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20:00 (21:00)

ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | SUPPER ROOM

ALI MCGREGOR’S JAZZ CIGARETTE

20:00 (21:00)

ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | SUPPER ROOM

20:00 (21:00)

After triumphant shows at Sydney’s Opera House a brief return visit to Edinburgh from Fullmooner’s Lady Carol. With more tales of whimsy and stunning vocals for your listening pleasure.

Wonderful... I long for a CD  SCOTSMAN Husky voiced songbird who puts delicious twists on cool tunes. METRO Utterly intoxicating  TIME OUT

£10

£14 (£13) T

www.brettvincent.com | www.assemblyfestival.com

Sensational - A performer of volcanic ebullience and good humour NEW YORK TIMES

Assembly & Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com

www.barbjungr.co.uk

ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | SUPPER ROOM

Barb Jungr - The Men I Love - ‘A British Piaf’ - award winning, top song stylist, singer and performer, with great repertoire by Springsteen, Dylan, Cohen and more from her new album. Championing ‘The New American Songbook’, critics say - ‘takes your breath away’, ‘sensational’, ‘a superlative interpreter of the great song-books’”.

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LADY CAROL: MALADY

Dave Mauchline

ASSEMBLY @ PRINCES ST GARDENS

BARB JUNGR

£17 (£15)

20:00 (21:00)

Brought the house down with their silky voices. SOWETAN

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£12 (£11)

www.thebalabrothers.co.za

£14 (£13) S

Trained at the world famous Drakensburg Choir School for Boys, the extraordinary Bala Brothers, captivate through their soaring harmonies and unique ability to infuse Opera sounds with those of Popular African Music.

…stunning, seldom does one find such grace and energy combined in one voice MELBOURNE HERALD SUN

Multi award winning trio, the Bala Brothers are the latest singing sensations from South Africa.

www.assemblyfestival.com

Andrew Kay & David Vigo

Don’t miss this superb hour of operatic highs and velvety lows from one of Australia’s most versatile singers.

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THE BALA BROTHERS

Ali McGregor (La Clique, Variety-Nite) returns with her debut solo show. Backed by a trio of the finest musicians, Ali sings classic jazz ballads and sassy blues made famous by Billie, Ella and Britney.

£5 £12 (£11)

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| PAGES OF REVIEWS EVERY WEEK OF THE FESTIVAL

20:00 (21:00)

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | SPORTSMANS

20:00 (21:00)

FROM

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MEOW - FELINE INTIMATE

NOT THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND

Kay & McLean Productions in association with Meow Meow Revolution

A Londoner, a New Yorker and a Glaswegian tell their stories... The Incredible String Band were one of the most unusual groups of the 60s and 70s – the first to play ‘world music’. They split in 1974 at the height of their fame after sold-out European and American tours headlining some of the world’s most prestigious venues. Former band members Malcolm le Maistre, Stan Schnier and Graham Forbes will be playing together again and telling hilarious and fascinating stories gathered over 40 years, from gigging in bar bands to working alongside Led Zepellin, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Muddy Waters, Rolling Stones and many others. 3 NIGHTS ONLY! £9.50 (£10.50) W

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20:20 (21:20)

ASSEMBLY @ ASSEMBLY HALL | RAINY HALL

PATTI PLINKO & THE BOY ALL IS UNRAVELLING

Spectacular crowd-surfing queen of song and star of LA CLIQUE, international kamikaze-cabaret phenomenon MEOW MEOW ‘drags cabaret kicking and screaming into the 21st century’ (Time Out NY), wowing sell-out audiences worldwide from David Bowie and Pina Bausch, to London’s Soho Theatre and Sydney Opera House.

Following a sold out run at London’s Leicester Square Theatre, Patti Plinko returns with All Is Unravelling.

www.meowmeowrevolution.com

Patti Plinko & Paul Lucas Productions

She is SENSATIONAL TIMES Deconstructed cabaret at its hilarious best TIME OUT, CRITICS’ CHOICE A cabaret diva of the highest order TIME OUT, CRITICS’ CHOICE

www.pattiplinkoandherboy.com | www.paullucasproductions

 Patti might be a wisp of a thing, but she sings like a hell cat, all purrs, growls and deranged. A dreamy, dark, bourbon-soaked show full of fire and attitude, Patti Plinko is an unmissable chanteuse. TIME OUT NY No-one could fail to be seduced by the hiss and purr of Plinko’s voice ARGUS

£14 £16.50 (£14.50)

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22:25 (23:35)

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CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN: CHAMELEON

Selling out Edinburgh 04-09, she’s stunned audiences with 5-star performances including Sydney Opera House, her West End run, La Clique, Royal Albert Hall and show-stealing appearance on Later with Jools.

23:00 (01:30)

PLEASANCE AT GHILLIE DHU

£10 (£8)

£18.50 S

Like a big shot of good Bourbon, these guys have great taste, a strong kick and plenty of Southern heat. You can’t help twitchin’ MAMA TOKUS, SOUL-JAZZ-BLUES FLOOZY The Denbone Walkers rocked the joint from the off, making an electric atmosphere and a fine honkin’ sound THE B-BAR, PLYMOUTH [Denny Ilett is] unreservedly recommended to those who like their music intelligent, soulful, rooted and delivered with class. DR J, VIA AMAZON

A major star  SCOTSMAN Ravishing... superb performer  GUARDIAN Exceptional voice  TIME OUT Hypnotic  INDEPENDENT

www.denbonewalkers.co.uk

With her talented band and heart on her sleeve - expect fire, ice; tears, laughter and pure passion in her new show.

This is an all-star band, formed this year to celebrate the birth in May 1910 of guitar legend, T-Bone Walker. Denny Ilett (guitar and vocals) is one of Britain’s undiscovered musical gems – a rare and infectious talent. Andy Williamson on sax is a fringe favourite from his days with the Honkin’ Hep Cats and Big Buzzard. This is joyful, rockin’ music played by musicians who love what they do, and always leave audiences begging for more. A great night guaranteed.

Camille enjoys a formidable reputation for her dramatic interpretations of Brel, Cave, Waits, Radiohead, Bowie. Chameleon-like, each song becomes a different character with its story to tell.

The Denbone Walkers

‘Raunchy, dangerously fragile’ Edinburgh News 

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T-BONE WALKER CENTENARY TOUR

Phil McIntyre Entertainments

£10 £16.50

£18.50 (£16.50)

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GILDED BALLOON

0131 623 3030

21:45 (22:45)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE TWO

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

00:00 (01:30)

ALAN CUMMING I BOUGHT A BLUE CAR TODAY

‘A truly extraordinary atmosphere, dark gypsy cabaret shimmering with menace, gorgeously beautiful, tender and delicate – although the sweetness is almost always followed by some outrageously funny or horrible twist. I urge you to seek out a ticket for this glorious show’ (The Scotsman). www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.thetigerlillies.com

Olivier and Tony Award winning Scottish star of stage and screen, Alan Cumming unleashes his favourite tunes, belting out celebrated hits alongside little known gems, whilst captivating his audience with poignant anecdotes from his colourful and fantastic past. A musical journey peppered with material by Frank Sinatra, Dory Previn, Kander & Ebb, Cyndi Lauper and many more. Joined on stage by Musical Director, Emmy award-winning Lance Horne.

The execution is impeccable throughout. Phenomenal.

www.assemblyfestival.com

Assembly by Arrangement with Untitled Entertainment & CAA

Guaranteed laughter, and a little wisdom too TIME OUT

GUARDIAN

£10 £14 (£12.50) W

£20 (£18)

£15 (£14) S

0844 545 8252

ASSEMBLY @ ASSEMBLY HALL | ASSEMBLY HALL

THE TIGER LILLIES LIVE IN CONCERT

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Tim Whitehead | The Tiger Lillies

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

23:30 (02:30)

ASSEMBLY @ PRINCES ST GARDENS

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00:15 (LATE)

PLEASANCE AT GHILLIE DHU

GUILTY PLEASURES

DENISE BLACK’S LOOSE SCREW

The biggest club and party night of Edinburgh 2010.

Famed as Queer as Folk’s Hazel and Coronation Street’s temptress hairdresser, Denise lures Gryphon guitar genius Graeme Taylor to host a midnight party. Sexy humour and heart pumping pop, folk and rock.

Denise Black

Assembly & Sean Rowley Organisation

Guilty Pleasures is an unashamedly glorious all-singing, all-dancing celebration of pop music. Illicit loves of Hall and Oates, Dolly Parton or Toto are no longer shamefully hidden away. We have set these records free. Anyone can play them, but our cast of djs, performers extraordinaire and resident priest rejoice in them to unbridled dizzy heights of euphoric glee. Join us. www.assemblyfestival.com | www.guiltypleasures.co.uk

The Superclub bible has been torn up…Guilty Pleasures is a putative global phenomenon GUARDIAN

Fabulous new songs. Eclectic covers (Blondie, Rufus Wainwright, Kirsty MacColl). A lifetime’s devotion to stage and screen. Tarantino Chic! directed by Hannah Chissick “Wonderful actress, divine singer” (Guardian) SPECIAL GUESTS ANNOUNCED DAILY, NEW YORK STYLE CABARET AND LATE LATE BAR!! www.deniseblack.co.uk | www.myspace.com/deniseblacksloosescrew

It’s infectious and theatrical and rousing and makes you want to dance yourself silly

Vibrant, kooky and funny CLASSICAL SOURCE Exquisite taut explosions of guitar MOJO Husband stealing bitch DEIDRE BARLOW

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Pleasures seekers should unite, we’re all guilty MIRROR £5 £10 W

£10 S

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00:00 (04:00)

UDDERBELLY’S PASTURE | UNDERBELLY’S MCEWAN HALL

00:30 (03:00)

LACH’S ANTIHOOT

Take 1,000 people, some headphones, 2 DJs… and silence. A club experience like no other. Two DJ’s play totally different sets. Switch your headphones’s frequency to tune in. Plus live, interactive visuals, disco, rave and lounge all in. Over 200,000 people across Europe have danced to their weird and wonderful tunes. You will not experience any other night like this in Edinburgh.

NYC’s coolest hangout and longest running open stage comes to Edinburgh for the first time. Birthplace of Beck, Moldy Peaches, Regina Spektor and hundreds more. Think Letterman meets American Idol. Catch some late night fringe performances from names you know and some you don’t… yet. Jokes, songs and late night nonsense guaranteed.

Back in Edinburgh for its 4th year and returning to the magnificent McEwan Hall for 11 nights only.

dabsterproductions.com

SCOTSMAN

£10 (£9)

£10 F

Face ache funny. GUARDIAN Definitely a show worth getting out the house for.

www.silentdisco.com

Dabster Productions and Gilded Balloon

A refundable deposit of £5 for your headphones will be required.

GILDED BALLOON | NIGHTCLUB

SILENT DISCO

Underbelly Productions | 433FM.com

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PLEASANCE AT GHILLIE DHU

THE BURLY CEILIDH CLUB The Burly Ceilidh Club offers a modern twist on a traditional Ceilidh.

A documentary on Comedy Store Player and Edinburgh veteran who retired from performing in 2007 because of MS. Interviews with Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Greg Proops, Mike McShane and Eddie Izzard. Director Seeta Indrani. Proceeds donated to www.msrc.co.uk

Friday 13th of August Wild Geese Friday 20th August Mental Notes Friday 27th August Wild Geese

jimsweeney.co.uk | mashmosh.co.uk

www.ghillie-dhu.co.uk

I heart Jim PHIL JUPITUS The Best Improviser ever! COLIN MOCHRI

Ghillie Dhu is stomping all over that rather twee image with their weekly ceilidhs. SCOTSMAN

£10 (£9)

£15 (£14) S

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DINING ROOM

JimSweeney | Seeta Indrani

Friday 6th of August Sandy Brechin Band

£10 £5

17:00 (19:00)

FROM

10:00

THE SWEENEY - THE LIFE AND WORK OF JIM SWEENEY

Ghillie Dhu

Films & Exhibitions

| DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE - DAILY COVERAGE OF ALL THE FESTIVALS

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01:00 (05:00)

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PLEASANCE AT GHILLIE DHU

GHILLIE GIGS Ghillie Dhu

Every saturday throughout the Fringe, Ghillie Dhu offers up Ghillie Gigs, with traditional favourites, up-beat classics and a bit of rock ‘n’ roll. Saturday 7th of August Replay Saturday 14th of August Replay Saturday 21st August Pure Saturday 28th August Dead Man’s Shoes www.ghillie-dhu.co.uk

Ghillie Dhu offers everything from live music and ceilidhs to club noir and comedy. SUNDAY HERALD MAGAZINE £10 £5 W

£15 (£14) S

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10:00 (01:00)

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | CAFE

STEvE UllATHORnE – PERfORmERS AND PERFORMANCES PART TWO Award winning photographer Steve Ullathorne’s 4th solo exhibition at the Gilded Balloon featuring live and studio photography of comedians, actors, singers and cabaret artists from the Fringe and beyond. Steve’s photographs have appeared on over 350 posters in Edinburgh, London, New York and around the UK and in magazines and newspapers worldwide from Vanity Fair to The Guardian via Hello... www.SteveUllathorne.com

The Annie Leibovitz of Comedy CLAIRE SMITH, THE SCOTSMAN Iconic COLORLINES (USA) FREE W

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10:00 (23:00)

ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | UNDER BALCONY BAR

ZIMBABWE SCULPTURE Vhukutiwa Gallery

Vhukutiwa Gallery returns for its eighth exhibition of small scale sculpture, presenting a haunting range of work, all with a remarkable tactile quality evoking a world part natural, part spiritorientated, from some of the finest sculptors in the world. www.assemblyfestival.com

Free W

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Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the third Edinburgh Comedy Festival on the Fringe. We’ve excelled ourselves with this year’s programme with no less than 362 quality shows cementing our reputation as the biggest (and best) comedy festival on the planet! Even a fleeting glance through these 80 pages reflects the quality of our programme. 14 Edinburgh Comedy Award winners (and a further 36 nominees) are performing new shows at this year’s festival, as well as scores of new comedians and companies who have come to cut their teeth on the greatest festival in the world. We’re proud to welcome other venues into our programme again, with Just The Tonic At The Caves, Ghillie Dhu and shows at The Festival Theatre, 150 @ EICC, Bongo Club and The Space @ Surgeons Hall joining Assembly, Gilded Balloon, Pleasance and Underbelly. And the great news is that once again you can book for any show 24 hours a day via our website edcomfest.com or until at least 10pm every night by phoning or calling into any one of our box offices. If you’re a festival newcomer, come and be entertained by both the TV favourites, recognisable for their years in the business, and take a chance on the new talent that has travelled to Edinburgh to be discovered - you won’t be disappointed! You can quite literally watch great shows from the moment you wake until the time you eventually sleep; and even after 25 days, still have to do the same for another 4 months to see them all. In the first half of this brochure are delights to be wondered at, with wonderful theatre highlights, exciting kids’ entertainment, an international music programme, upbeat musicals and extraordinary dance and physical theatre. In fact, why would you sleep? We hope you have a wonderful festival, William, Karen, Anthony, Ed and Charlie and all at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival Team

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edcomfest.com

DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE – MORE REVIEWS THAN ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER

11:25 (12:25)

ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | SUPPER ROOM

YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED: THE MATHS OF DEATH

11:30 (12:35)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE TWO

JOHN HEGLEY: MORNING WORDSHIP

Matt Parker & Timandra Harkness

John Hegley

Cows kill 20 Americans every year. 8 bottles of wine a week halve your chance of a fatal heart attack. You have a 0.000043% chance of dying during this show. Stand up mathematics that will make sure you at least die laughing.

Ocean-going, emotion-flowing communion.

Timandra Harkness has a deadly wit. She tosses away subtle one-liners as though they were chocolate wrappings SCOTSMAN Infects the audience with so much laughter someone should call a paramedic GUARDIAN (ON THE LEISURE VIRUS)

Delightfully inventive OBSERVER Awesomely mundane INDEPENDENT

Some poetry, no refreshments.

NEIL WALKER

johnhegley.co.uk

£5 £9 (£7) W

£12 (£10) S

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11:35 (12:35)

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE FANCY ROOM

11:35 (12:35)

At night there is ‘Fordy’s Lock In’, then free entry to a party, now we have ‘Fordy’s Morning Hangover Show!’ Hopefully the same people as last night’s ‘Fordy’s Lock In’...all worse for wear! Chat, news reviews, and a catch-up on Fordy’s and his guests’ antics. Half price if you came last night. Bacon butties at the bar!

Wake up and smell the comedy. The cult duo return with some songs and sketchy banter. Come along for complimentary chuckles, coffee and croissants. Breakfast – it’s the most important gig of the day.

 Dark, dry and delightful THREEWEEKS Unpretentious, intelligent and funny SCOTSMAN Bone-dry, original and very funny THE WORD

£6 (£3) S

theaspidistras.com

Sore throats and stomach cramps guaranteed. Pure dead brilliant! THREE WEEKS Who the f*#! is Matt Forde!? NOEL GALLAGHER

Gerardine Coyne and Maria Hodson

www.mattforde.co.uk

£3

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE BAR

T HE ASPIDISTRAS – SECRET BREAKFAST GIG

Matt Forde

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FORDY’S MORNING HANGOVER SHOW

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£5 (£4) T

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12:10 (13:10)

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | DELHI BELLY

12:00 (13:00)

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST OUT OF THE BOX

PRODUCTIVITY: A PRODUCTION ABOUT A PRODUCT

MAGICIANS! BEHIND THE MAGIC!!

The phrase ‘pyramid-scheme’ is always bandied about. The phrase ‘prism investment’, however, may signal your opportunity to make a million. In this dazzling pitch/showcase spectacular, two entrepreneurs/ enthused performers professionally dazzle you with the story of their dazzling new product. Let them cut through the business chaff (lies) to find the kernel (kernel) of wheat (success/truth). Agricultural references will otherwise be at a minimum.

Fabuloso and Dupont present an intimate lunchtime soirée of love and toast and magic. And magic. Gasp! at the sleight behind the hand. Sob! at the tears behind the handkerchiefs. A charmingly riotous tale of spangly leggings, French accents and bad hair. Sometimes, magic is a four letter word.

Grouped Objects

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Swift and Crawley

www.swiftandcrawley.co.uk

www.productivityproduction.com

WINNER Best Student Comedy Group 2009 NATIONAL STUDENT £6 £6.50 W

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GILDED BALLOON

0131 623 3030

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

12:15 (13:15)

0844 545 8252

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | WHITE BELLY

EVERYTHING ELSE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE (BUT DIDN’T CARE TO ASK)

Featuring the music of Louis Jordan

Bad Bread

E’ ‘FIVE GUYS NAMED MO IE’ ‘CHOO CHOO C’BOOG FRY’ ‘SATURDAY NIGHT FISH

After a sell-out at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival, Bad Bread return to deliver more fast-paced, original sketch-comedy, in their continual attempts to answer all the questions you’ve never dared to ask. We explore further into the mind than Freud, move beyond Socrates and make Einstein’s theories look watered down!

 A well oiled machine... A pleasure to watch THREEWEEKS  Clever and hilarious BROADWAY BABY

5.15pm

£6 £6.50

UNDERBELLY’S MCEWAN HALL

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12:15 (13:15)

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KATE FOX NEWS

12:30 (14:00)

PLEASANCE DOME | ACEDOME

Comic poet and sometime journalist Kate Fox anchors her life story to the big news events.

AL MURRAY THE PUB LANDLORD’S COMPETE FOR THE MEAT

While The Satanic Verses burned in Bradford, Kate hit local headlines after eloping with a gunrunner. As the Twin Towers fell she was crafting it into a soundbite for radio news. From Thatcher to MP’s expenses, Radio 4 ‘Saturday Live’ regular asks: where were you when the news broke?

avalonuk.com

New Writing North and ARC

The Pub Landlord returns to the Fringe with COMPETE FOR THE MEAT – the ultimate lunchtime pub quiz. Pub quiz questions, Pub Landlord Rules! Test your general knowledge and win a frozen chicken! Sausages for the runners-up! Shame for the losers!

www.katefox.co.uk

funny, quirky and a wonderful writer SARAH MILLICAN £6 £8 (£7) W

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12:30 (13:30)

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THE TALK SHOW

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12:30 (13:20)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BELOW

HOW TO MAKE A MILLION BEFORE LUNCH

Assembly

Rachel Bridge

Want to be the next Richard Branson but have no idea where to start? Dream of being a fabulously successful entrepreneur but daunted by the time and effort it will involve? Well don’t be. The Sunday Times Enterprise Editor and author Rachel Bridge will show you the shortcuts and secrets to success. Her entertaining account of how real-life entrepreneurs make it work will show you that if they can do it, then so can you. Fascinating, revealing and informative, this show could literally change your life - before lunch. rachelbridge.com

£9 (£7.50) W

£10 (£8.50) S

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12:30 (13:30) To celebrate 30 years on the Fringe, Assembly presents The Talk Show. In the time that we have been running, a staggering number of people have launched their careers at Assembly and remained ongoing friends of the festival. The stories are legend - from winning awards to going to Hollywood; from playing a 100 seat theatre to becoming a household name on TV; to endless marriages and personal sagas - much of it began in the Crucible of the Festival and the Fringe. The Talk Show will be hosted by one of the success stories of the Fringe, Frank Skinner. Each day will see different guests drawn from the past and present. Expect to see the likes of Jo Brand, Alan Cumming, Simon Callow, Johnny Vegas, Mel Smith, Alistair McGowan, Al Murray, Lee Mack and many more. Join us as we delve into the history of the festival, people’s own careers, what’s hot, what’s not and the general intrigue of the entertainment industry.

Baba Brinkman/SPL

Baba Brinkman explores the history and current understanding of Darwin’s theory, combining hilarious remixes of popular rap songs with clever lyrical storytelling and improvised freestyle rhymes. Winner of Scotsman Fringe First Award in 2009 and fact-checked by eminent evolutionary biologists, here’s a second chance to see the first-ever laugh-out-loud, peer-reviewed rap-show.

intelligent, informative, and, crucially, hugely entertaining CHORTLE Brilliantly conceived and effervescently performed… not only is it factually correct, it’s also dazzingly intelligent… SCOTSMAN

The Jewel in the crown of the Fringe SCOTSMAN Fringe Powerhouse EVENING NEWS

THE RAP GUIDE TO EVOLUTION

www.babasword.com

www.assemblyfestival.com

£14 (£13)

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | NIGHTCLUB

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12:40 (13:55)

PLEASANCE DOME | ACEDOME

12:40 (13:35)

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST UP THE ROAD

AMUSED MOOSE COMEDY’S GANGSHOW

TOM WILLIAMS - LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY

Grab your hot tickets to talent-spot the next Rhod, Jimmy, Sarah, Jack, Mark and Simon amongst this year’s stellar crop of Amused Moose Comedy’s Hot Starlets, plus a past Hot Starlet or two who are now rather famous.

Tom likes watching court cases, because you get the interesting story without having to worry about going to jail afterwards. He has seen quite a few, but there is one case that stuck in his head like a wayward javelin. So he wrote this show about it.

A M Entertainments in association with 4DVD

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amusedmoose.com/shows | twitter.com/amusedmoose

twitter.com/tomwcomedy | unexpectedcomedy.com

The place to see tomorrow’s stars today THREEWEEKS Damn good standard ... hard to beat value for money ONE4REVIEW

See a star of the future BROADWAY BABY £5 £8 (£6.50) W

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12:40 (13:40)

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CELLOPHANE A hit comedy about the modern woman trying to make it on all frontiers. Being a brilliant mom, foxy career bitch, wife with a volcanic sex-life and being tops 40 kilos - looking like Angelina Jolie while she’s at it.

£8 (£6) S

13:00 (13:55)

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13:10 (14:10)

Abie Philbin Bowman deserves a comic sainthood STAGE A Fringe favourite... Miraculous  NATIONAL STUDENT

£9 T

AbieLaughs.com

She’ll make you chuckle your pants off TIME OUT Calman is properly Scottishly funny KATE COPSTICK - SCOTSMAN

Emily Gough

objectivetalentmanagement.com

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE BAR

Do you support homophobic marriage? Are we naturally monogamous, or “romantic multi-taskers”? How does the Ku Klux Klan view President Obama? The creator of ‘Jesus: The Guantanamo Years’ investigates (exclusively interviewing the KKK). Sold Out Edinburgh Fringe 06, 07, 08. Toured London, Hollywood, Pakistan. Boycotted by Ian Paisley’s DUP.

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Join Susan Calman (Rab C Nesbitt, MacAulay and Co, News Quiz) for a lunchtime chatshow featuring stand-up, news, reviews and special guests. Fresh from presenting Funny Friends, BBC Radio Scotland’s home grown host serves up the best banter and showcases the finest talent on the Fringe.

£10 (£8.50)

SEX, LIES & THE KKK

Russell Garnett for Objective Talent

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BEYOND

SUSAN CALMAN CHATS UP...

The perfect ﬁ rst stop for fringe arrivals – a vibrant and stimulating showcase of talent. SCOTSMAN

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE FANCY ROOM

£5 £7.50

mervyn@mervynstutter.com

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12:55 (14:10)

12:55 (14:25)

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Mervyn Stutter

www.cellophane.is | www.interprod.fi

Just arrived? Then see this show hosted by Fringe legend Mervyn Stutter. See live extracts from eight of the best shows packed into a 90 minute showcase of talent. Then go see the ones you like. Simple! Brilliant! Comedy, Theatre, Music, Dance, the lot. And every day there are different shows. 19th year.

... the audience were ecstatic... ZURICHER ZEITUNGEN, SWITZERLAND ... such a briliant idea one wonders why it hasn’t been written before... MORGUNBLADID, ICELAND The auditorium sizzles and boils with excitement and laughter... JENS PETERSON, NÖJES BLADET, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

MERVYN STUTTER’S PICK OF THE FRINGE

Himnariki/Interprod

£5 £10 (£8.50)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | CABARET BAR

EST Of EDInBURGH – B THE SHOWCASE SHOW

£10 (£9) S

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IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE! V2 Helen Keen

Helen Keen’s award-winning space-based show (soon to be a BBC Radio 4 series) relaunches! With a meteor shower of new bits, a cosmos of costumes and approximately 99 feet of tinfoil. Come and join her whistlestop tour around the Great Brains who put monkeys, ladies, dogs and gentlemen into orbit.

EdCom

The famous lunchtime Showcase Show featuring a different comedy line-up daily. Special guest hosts, top headliners and hot new acts. A handpicked show great for talent spotting, where the comedians showcase their show and you get a hilarious sneak preview. A must see for comedy fans. 7th Sell-out year.

helenkeen.com

This rising star is one to watch GUARDIAN One of the most original shows on the Fringe THREEWEEKS

www.edcomproductions.com

A perfect bite-size flavour of the festival - a must see. THREEWEEKS

£7.50 (£6.50) W

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PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

13:20 (14:20)

DAMION LARKIN: CUDDLY LOSER

Returning with their stellar improvised extravaganza after Sell-Out Shows The Oxford Imps will teach you the meaning of flying by the seat of your pants! Armed with audience suggestions the Imps create a ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ style show, blending a range of improv formats . Suitable for families.

He left a successful career in stockbroking to talk to strangers. One day he’s on Radio 4 and ITV’s Working Lunch. The next he’s sitting in his underpants wondering how to be a comedian. Themes: Joy, loneliness and what happens when you chase your dreams.

oxfordimps.com

www.facebook.com/damionlarkin

Darrell Martin

2 for 1 offer available on 5th, 9th and 10th.

This is the best improvised comedy I have ever had the pleasure to witness THREEWEEKS For the Imps are quite simply, bloody brilliant WWW.HAIRLINE.ORG.UK £5 £8.50 (£7.50) W

One of the country’s top new comedians BBC Larkin’s a highly enjoyable experience CHORTLE

£5

£9.50 (£8.50) S

0844 545 8252

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST OUT OF THE BOX

THE OXFORD IMPS Jennifer Cutting

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

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13:25 (14:25)

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BELLY LAUGH

STRUTS AND FRETS

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13:30 (17:00)

PLEASANCE | THE MEADOWS

THE INAUGURAL 3 SIDED FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Cambridge Footlights

Keith’s failing – as actor, lover, and liver. Middle-aged, middle-of-theroad and middle-talented, he’s finally cast in his dream play. In his nightmare role: “Ones to watch.” (Jonny Sweet). “Fun in abundance... a little ray of sunshine.”  (TCS). “An abomination.” (British Shakespeare Association). Shortlisted for Cambridge Footlights Harry Porter Prize.

The Invisible Dot Ltd

Compete for the prestigious Mike Sheilds Sheild at the fringe’s first 3 sided football tournament. One ticket enters a team of 6. In East Meadows Park, next to the tennis courts. Huge prize for the champions. More at www.theinvisibledot.com. theinvisibledot.com

www.strutsandfretsfringe.com

Very funny GERMAINE GREER  Flawlessly acted, and very, very funny... You won’t just enjoy Struts and frets – you’ll remember it VARSITY £6 £6.50 W

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£30 F

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13:30 (14:20)

GEMMA GOGGIN: GET LAID OR DIE TRYING

As Broken Britain crumbles, Clarkson and Crouch denounce the horrors of modern life no one else admits.

Laying herself bare to a room of strangers daily, sharp and sassy stand-up Gemma Goggin shares a hilarious account of the dating disasters and sexual shenanigans of her 20s. No holds barred.

directed by Logan Murray

slightly warped genius FEST

www.twitter.com/TheGoggin

£5 £7 (£6)

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“Sex is all about negotiation. I have a repeat entry fee. I like to call it dinner...”

clarksonandcrouch.com

Flavia Fraser-Cannon

Concerned that aliens have infiltrated the Government? Sick of wishywashy liberals saying werewolf marriage is okay? Wonder who – or what – your kids are chatting to on Facebook? You are not alone.

£5 £8.50 (£7.50)

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CLARKSON & CROUCH: NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH Quicksticks

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SARAH BENNETTO: THE KING AND I

£8 (£7) S

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THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH Random Entertainment Ltd

David Mitchell hosts the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies, and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they are able to smuggle past their opponents. (Please note - there is no interval).

Sarah Bennetto

It’s the most important party of her life. To her horror: she’s late, dressed in polyester and probably not even invited. Direct from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, comes the hilarious true story from the host of Storytellers’ Club. Find out how an innocent Aussie ended up dining with Prince Charles. You have been summoned.

There are limited seats for this show - tickets are available from Assembly box offices. www.bbc.co.uk/radio4

twitter.com/sarahbennetto

 Effervescent, confident stand-up. AGE £5 £8 (£6.50) W

Free Ticketed

£9 (£7.50) S

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| DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE - FOR THE SHOWS YOU SHOULD SEE

13:30 (14:30)

PLEASANCE AT GHILLIE DHU

ME! ME! ME!

13:40 (14:40)

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JAY FOREMAN: PRETEND YOU’RE HAPPY

Blond Ambition, Renegade and O’Connor Entertainment

BBC New Talent Pick of the Fringe, Musical Comedy Awards ‘best newcomer’ 2009 and ‘finalist’ 2010, Jay Foreman brings his guitar and an hour of his newest, darkest songs to Edinburgh for his biggest show yet. ‘Pretend You’re Happy’ is a surprisingly uplifting show you won’t want to miss! www.jayforeman.co.uk

 Snap up this young talent THREEWEEKS One of the most musically talented finalists CHORTLE £6 £6.50 W

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13:45 (14:45) Me! Me! Me! gathers a trio of Britain’s most talented new musical comedians to create a show that is hilarious, uplifting and sublime.

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE WEE ONE

AAAAAAY-UP! TOPLESS COMEDY MEETS BOTTOMLESS TALENT

Virtuoso performances combined with razor sharp wit guarantee a sure-fire hit of the fringe.

Joe Stillers, Francis Foster

See tomorrow’s stars today. The cream of London’s Open Mic circuit, including up-and-coming stars from Time Out-featured clubs, Good Times and Comedy Mayhem @ The Miller, such as Comedy Store Gong Show winner Ian Baker, Joe Stillers (aka topless comedian Mr Stillers), Francis Foster, Jo Lacey, Shane Mallon, etc...

Outstanding cabaret TIME OUT Intelligent and unforgettable comedy THE LIST Funny, clever and fresh...thoroughly entertaining CHANNEL FOUR

aaaaaay-up.com

Ian Baker is the hoodies with the goodies IAN BAKER Joe Stillers is Peter Kay meets the darkside STAGE FREE!

£10 (£8) W

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BBC Radio 4 brings a mix of old favourites and new comedies to the Edinburgh Fringe this August. Don’t miss your chance to see live radio comedy in action.

Award-winning comedian, Andrew Lawrence.

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Day

Venue

Title

Show Time

Details

Tuesday 17th

Grand

Just A Minute 1 Just A Minute 2

14.15 – 15.15 16.15 – 17.15

Chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Paul Merton and fellow witty and loquacious panellists, try to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation.

Wednesday 18th

Pleasance Upstairs

Radio Comedy Writers Seminar

10.45 – 11.45

Producers and writers from BBC Radio Comedy offer advice and tips about what it takes to write a radio comedy and get it on-air. Includes a Q & A session.

Wednesday 18th

Beyond

Front Row

10.45 – 11.45

Mark Lawson and guests with the hits, misses, debates and talking points from this year’s Festival and Fringe in a recording of BBC Radio 4’s nightly arts programme.

Wednesday 18th

Beyond

Comic Fringes

15.30 – 17.00

Be part of the audience as three leading comedians perform their specially written short story for BBC Radio 4’s ‘Afternoon Reading’.

Wednesday 18th

Beyond

The NonConformists’ Guide to Civic Responsibility

19.30 – 20.30

Award-winning comedian, Andrew Lawrence records two fifteen minute monologues for BBC Radio 4 in which he skirts around some of life’s big questions without drawing any useful conclusions.

Wednesday 18th

Beyond

Curiosity Killed the Cabaret

23.00 – midnight

Ali McGregor, Australian cabaret star and all round diva, hosts a special cabaret show for BBC Radio 4 featuring the best cabaret and burlesque acts appearing at this year’s Fringe.

Thursday 19th

Beyond

Arthur Smith’s Edinburgh Bash

12.00 – 13.00

Arthur Smith hosts a special Edinburgh edition of his BBC Radio 4 comedy and music show from the Pleasance. Be prepared to travel around the nooks and crannies of this festival landmark!

Thursday 19th

Beyond

An Audience with Ed Reardon

14.15 – 15.15

BBC Radio 4’s most celebrated impoverished author presents his favourite prose and poetry, all written by himself. Annoyingly enough, Ed’s helped by two so-called celebrity actors he’s never heard of. He’d rather do it himself and trouser the fee.

Saturday 21st

Grand

Loose Ends

11.00 – 11.45

Clive Anderson ties up the Loose Ends with cool music, lots of comedy and, of course, scintillating conversation.

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‘A QUICK-SILVER MIND AND A TOUCH OF MADNESS MAKE HIM ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS’ TIME OUT

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PENSION PLAN

CHARMED FORCES

Leisa Rea (Adams & Rea – 4 Stands Up, BBC Radio 4) flaunts her failures from cycling proficiency to Life in general. Her pension plan is fully loaded. Join the conga and celebrate Losing, like a Winner. Expect origami, dark mischief and a visit from The Biscuit-Eyed Lady.

Charmed Forces have arrived in Afghanistan to entertain the troops with their variety act. Having met with moderate success at some small British coastal holiday resorts, the team behind Charmed Forces hope that their distinctive act, including songs, plays and games, will be well received by the soldiers.

Leisa Rea

Charmed Forces

www.leisarea.com

Superlative talent  THREEWEEKS Lightning fast comedy  FEST

Gleefully un-PC SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY Exquisite TIME OUT Imaginative, unique and really, really funny THREE WEEKS £5 £8.50 (£7) W

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ITCH: A SCRATCH EVENT

comedianstheatre@googlemail.com

 A rattling good romp (THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL) TELEGRAPH a double espresso of a show (THE ZOO STORY) METRO a gold nugget among the rubble (FOR TRUE WEST) GUARDIAN £6.50 (£5) F

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theboomjennies.com

bizarre, ridiculous and hilarious...irrepressible silliness... intelligent nonsense...very funny and original 

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BELLY DANCER

KERRY GILBERT GIVES LOVE A BAD NAME

£9 (£8) S

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | HUT

www.iandmontfort.com

Exquisite writing SCOTSMAN Pick of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival £5 £9 (£7.50)

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£10 (£9) £9 (£8) S

Tom Binns the creator of Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominated Ivan Brackenbury has a new character. Ian D Montfort the Sunderland Psychic, who talks to dead famous people. Celebrities that may or not make an appearance are William Shakespeare, Jesus, Rod Hull, Ernie Wise and Hitler. Ian is actually psychic. The D stands for Dean.

Confident, colourful, compelling comedy… innovative, sexy and ludicrously funny SCOTSMAN Continually funny… smart and sharp… hilarious METRO French and Saunders started out doing surreal sketches like these... prodigiously talented SCOTSMAN

Cheerful Earful Productions Ltd

A comedy show for lovers and losers.

TOM BINNS IS IAN D MONTFORT: TOUCHING THE DEAD

Do you remember the first time? Ever had an achy breaky heart? Wanna know what love is? Join Kerry Gilbert as she explores the stranger side of being in love.

£6 £6.50

Simply great Fringe comedy.  THREE WEEKS

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14:15 (15:10)

hopelessproductions.co.uk

£5 £8 (£7) F

LATEST MAGAZINE

£9.50 (£8) T

Hopeless Productions

 Bubbly, naughty, engaging fun... Three girls, one stage, an enormous capacity for wit: a great show. THREEWEEKS  Sharp, fast paced and funny... Simply smart, effervescent comedy, with nothing to prove. FRINGEREVIEW

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE BAR

Hats will be worn, songs will be sung, accents will be slaughtered and sketches will be sketched in Strong and Wrong’s debut sketch show. The humour is Strong, the topics are Wrong. (contains live original music and insightful sociopolitical commentary)

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Do you care about things? Issues and stuff? We do, and we’ve got plans: big ones. The revolution’s here. Join us to talk tactics, eat Tic Tacs and march for change. No one said this would be easy. And yeah, people might get hurt. The fight’s beginning. Get ready please.

£10

STRONG & WRONG

BONGO CLUB | BONGO CLUB

THE BOOM JENNIES: WE WANT ACTION

Fine and often quirky FRINGE REPORT Prestigious talent search ENTS24 Potential television presenters ... potential comedy stars CHORTLE

The Boom Jennies

amusedmoose.com/shows | twitter.com/amusedmoose

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | CELLAR

£5 £8.50 (£7)

Vote for hot, breakthrough stars-of-tomorrow battling brilliantly for fame, fortune and shiny Moose trophies, following in the footsteps of Jimmy Carr, Simon Amstell, Rhod Gilbert, Sarah Millican, Mark Watson and Jack Whitehall. Stephen K Amos skilfully hosts awardwinning AmusedMooseComedy’s prestigious talent search Grand Final, in association with 4DVD.

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Image by Robin Ann Walker, robin@art-girls.com

Comedians Theatre Company presents Itch - a mixed bag of brand new work. Rehearsed and unrehearsed scripts, a bunch of talent, and lots of fun! Original, funny, often moving.... sometimes entirely unpredictable... Rotating line-up includes Jack Whitehall, Phil Nichol, Hattie Hayridge, Stephen Frost, Sara Pascoe and many others...

AMUSEDMOOSE LAUGHOFF 2010 GRAND FINAL

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CHECKLEY BUSH

Assembly

Dressing Room 5

Checkley Bush are the most exciting new comedy duo in the country with sell-out shows at The Camden Festival, Canal Cafe and Soho Theatre. A clever mixture of dark humour and show-stopping numbers, make Checkley Bush your first stop!

Laura Checkley dazzles in a succession of characters  WHATSONSTAGE.COM Chissick’s production is wickedly funny NORTHERN ECHO £5 £8.50 (£7.50) W

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In 2010 Assembly turns 30 and we intend to celebrate in style by creating a daytime version of our celebrated comedy strand, ‘Best of the Fest’. This new show will bring you a mix of comedy, cabaret, music and more from the very best shows at the festival. With at least four fantastic acts per day and presented by special guest hosts it will give you a great taste of the festival whilst also pointing you in the direction of what shouldn’t be missed.

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GORING & STOKES: NERDS OF A FEATHER Fluid Thinking

Hilarious double-bill from pair of geeks LOL! Award winning Graham Goring and Chris Stokes. Graham and Chris have geekdom pretty much covered. With intelligent, thoughtful material and audio-visually enhanced rapid-fire gags about videogames, movies and sci-fi, everyone can enjoy this laughter-packed hour. Unashamedly nerdy. Universally funny.

A compilation of quality, the good times are guaranteed. www.assemblyfestival.com

The Jewel in the crown of the Fringe SCOTSMAN Fringe Powerhouse EVENING NEWS National Theatre of the Fringe THE STAGE

flui d-thinking.co.uk

Best Show Manchester Comedy Festival 2009 LOL!! MANCHESTER COMEDY AWARDS 2009

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A BETRAYAL OF PENGUINS: DON’T RUN WITH SCISSORS

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Two of the freshest and most energetic performers in Edinburgh this year JAMES CORDEN These girls are going all the way HERALD £5 £10 (£9)

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 Unmissable... The next big thing in Irish comedy LIST  Excellent THREEWEEKS

Comedy duo, Shirley & Shirley are back in town with their wild new sketch and stand-up show. Brace yourselves as they fling open the doors to The Winnie Mandela Community Centre for ‘Dance Under Pressure’, ‘Improve Your F***ability’ and ‘Life Drawing For The Nifty Fifties’, and much much more.

www.abetrayalofpenguins.com

Shirley & Shirley

After last year’s sell-out runs in Edinburgh, London and Dublin, A Betrayal of Penguins are back - and this time they’ve remembered their insulin. Join the boys as they host the ultimately doomed kids’ TV show ‘Don’t Run With Scissors’. Expect laughter, chaos, penguins and some serious conflict resolution. A Fringe afternoon highlight!

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A Betrayal of Penguins

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DOMESTIC GODDI WONDERLAND

Fringe sellouts Domestic Goddi bring their Wonderland to Edinburgh. In a brand new sketch show, yummy mummy Rosie Wilkinson weens her baby on udon noodles, clinically single Helen O’Brien reminisces about assassinated presidents and borderline homeowner Genevieve Swallow studies for a PhD in game show formats.

Sketch + Sit-Com = Sketch-Com. A dysfunctional couple and their quirky best mate try to negotiate modern living, interrupted by a plethora of larger-than-life characters from the world of sketch: perverted employers, a philosophical pizza delivery guy, hairy blind dates and friends that range from the obsessively clingy to the gleefully vain.

avalonuk.com

Stupidly talented.....seamlessly funny sketches LIST

Quality comedy... a very funny show  REMOTEGOAT Fast-paced, anarchic fun TIME OUT £6 £6.50

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RULE OF THREE: THE SKETCH-COM

Avalon Promotions Ltd

£5 £8.50 (£7)

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Audience members with a keen sense of humour required for light work at the award-winning Durham Revue’s latest sketch show. Wit, whimsy and chairs will all be provided. All genders, accents and haircuts welcome. Salary (non-negotiable): an hour of original and ground-breaking hilarity. Apply on the door.

Eric

Smash Hit of last year’s Fringe, gifted raconteur Eric is back; with the aid of some astonishing visuals, we get an insider’s view of the mysterious world beneath the waves in a Nuclear Submarine. Unique, riveting, funny and poignant... Three Weeks Editors Award Winner 2009

durhamrevue.com

ericdotcom.co.uk

Both funny and original... had the house beside itself

Thrillling - a One in a Million Show  THREEWEEKS A Quietly Wonderful Show  TIMES Truly excellent  FRINGEREVIEW.CO.UK

A great hour’s entertainment SCOTSMAN

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THE DOG-EARED COLLECTIVE’S JOYRIDE

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ERIC’S TALES OF THE SEA A SUBMARINER’S YARN

THREEWEEKS

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NO SON OF MINE

Rufus Jones and Alex Kirk | Festival Highlights

The Dog-Eared Collective

Dennis Hazeley (Actor, Delusional) and his father Don (Excruciating, Grimsby-based) offer up fun and dysfunction. For anyone who looked at their father and craved adoption. Starring Perrier Nominee Rufus Jones (Dutch Elm Conservatoire, Lead Balloon, Peep Show) and Alex Kirk (Peep Show, Jam & Jerusalem). www.FestivalHighlights.com

Hilarious…One of the most amusing shows on the Fringe. SCOTSMAN ON ‘DUTCH ELM’

A good head above the rest. SUNDAY TIMES ON ‘DUTCH ELM’ £5 £9 (£8) W

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15:15 (16:15) Fun-junkies The Dog-Eared Collective set a sketch comedy crash course to Cloud 9! Morris dancing with missiles, falafel freefall and Team GB’s Olympic dragon - whatever flips your switch and fires up your funny bone, join the DEC for a full throttle thrill ride. Strap in punks, we’re not leaving without you.

www.dogearedcollective.co.uk

It’s The Mighty Boosh meets The League of Gentlemen FEST  I’ll be recommending it to everyone I know THREEWEEKS  Has every member of the audience grinning from ear to ear HAIRLINE

RAY GREEN ADVENTURES IN TELLY LAND 3D Vivienne Smith Management

TV legend Ray Green takes us on a whirlwind journey through the televisual highs and lows spanning his 30 year career in the business we call ‘show’ (show-business).With various treats along the way, Ray will be attempting to include ALL the elements of an award-winning show. Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Finalist 2010 Laughing Horse New Act of the Year Finalist 2010

One of Fringe Review’s Top Ten Sketch Shows at Brighton Fringe 2010.

£6 £6.50

www.getlearned.co.uk

Thoroughly entertaining CHORTLE Hilarious WILL FERRELL £5 £8.50 (£7.50)

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PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON: PIff-TACUlAR 2 – GET RICH OR DIE TRYING

pretty bloody good THREEWEEKS Any of these ideas could have proven to be dry wells to less inventive minds, but every one is hilarious’ THEATRE GUIDE LONDON

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www.theleftoverscomedy.com

Unbelievable! BBC Cute, inspired and very funny TIME OUT

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Sketch comedy that dares to dream.* Jez is shouting (again), Neil can’t think (he’s spilt tea on his new deck shoes) and Simon is blowing a whistle (he. won’t. stop). It’ll be a sketch show (definitely) but it’ll be wonky and charming(?). *modest results

www.piffthemagicdragon.com | bendavidproductions.co.uk

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Lock up your princesses! Piff’s back with brand new tricks and a magic-performing Chihuahua…this time he means business!

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THE LEFTOVERS

Ben David Productions

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EIRLYS BELLIN: UNACCUSTOMED AS I AM Eirlys Bellin

The hilarious journey of four unique characters faced with the momentous task of speaking in public for the very first time. From the hopelessly indiscreet Venezuelan cleaner to the nightmare pushy bridesmaid, join them as they’re thrust into the spotlight... Directed by Logan Murray (We Are Klang) eirlysbellin.com

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SADIE HASLER - LADY BONES Avalon Promotions Ltd

A rising star of character comedy and fresh from appearing in ‘Russell Kane’s Fakespeare’, Sadie Hasler (Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder, ITV1) presents her bastardised biographies of ladies who lived, and some who did not. avalonuk.com

Superb THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS Comedy gold FRINGE REVIEW

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HOLLY BURN - LIVING AND DYING

THE FITZROVIA RADIO HOUR

After 2009’s critically acclaimed, sell-out show “At Home with Holly”, Holly returns to Edinburgh with more renegade character comedy that breaks all the rules. This year’s must-see show sees Holly stage her own birth and death in another hour of distinctive silliness.

Classic radio yarns, brilliantly evoking a dinner-jacketed age of casual imperialism. Gasp at ‘The Man Who Was Ten Minutes Late’! Puzzle over ‘The Four-Minute Mystery’! Thrill to ‘Mudmen from the Thames’! Original 40s-style rip-roaring tales, with sound effects created live by an acclaimed cast fresh from two sell-out London runs.

Holly Burn – Bombshell productions

Festival Highlights

hollyburn.org.uk

www.FitzroviaRadio.com | www.FestivalHighlights.com

Highly talented… Wonderfully abstract… surreal TIME OUT,

A ripping blend of pastiche and homage. The show’s also a triumph of visual comedy  TIME OUT, CRITICS’ CHOICE Dramatic entertainment redolent of a bygone era GUARDIAN

CRITICS’ CHOICE

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AT lUURTSEmA – n IN MY HEAD I’M A HERO

Baba Brinkman/SPL

Fringe First Award winner 2009 for ‘his brilliantly conceived, effervescently performed’ (Scotsman) ‘Rap Guide to Evolution’, Baba Brinkman returns with a dangerous new comedy rap invention. Gangsters, gold-diggers, and the science of behaviour.

After last year’s sell-out hit, ‘Superclump’, Nat, (Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee and star of The Comedy Zone) returns to the Fringe with her debut solo show.

www.babasword.com

avalonuk.com

One of the World’s great intelligent rappers... what Baba does is amazing THREE WEEKS Brinkman is a latter day wandering minstrel, a “raptroubadour” NEW YORK TIMES

A distinctive comedy voice CHORTLE

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THE RAP GUIDE TO HUMAN NATURE

If there was a crisis, Nat would be awesome.

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MORGAN & WEST: TIME TRAVELLING MAGICIANS

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WIL HODGSON - PUNKANORY Just the Tonic

Punk folk storyteller, Perrier Best Newcomer Winner and cult favourite, as seen on ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’ and supporting Mark Thomas on tour; Wil returns for a laid back afternoon affair with tales of childhood fears, his life as a collector and half-baked ideas for 80’s cartoons. www.justthetonic.com

a wonderful, rolling, easy to listen to, hour-long masterpiece of the minutiae of life SCOTSMAN An Alan Bennett for the South West GUARDIAN £5 £8 W

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15:50 (16:50) Great Scott! Victorian magic duo Morgan and West travel 100 years into the future presenting an hour of baffling magic, unparalleled precognative powers and a totally genuine ability to travel through time. No future is left unforeseen, no timeline left unaltered as this pair of temporal tricksters burst into the twenty-first century with their trademark mixture of magic, wit and whimsy.

PLEASANCE DOME | ACEDOME

FOOTLIGHTS IN ‘GOOD FOR YOU’ The Cambridge Footlights

Sell out show 2009 morganandwest.co.uk

 ...they are 100% genuine about their mental magic gift. LIST  You know you are being conned, but you can’t work out how. FRINGEREVIEW ...well worth going to see for a look at how these two men’s brilliant minds work. BROADWAY BABY

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ADAM RICHES RIDES!

In their 127th year the Cambridge Footlights return to Edinburgh with a brand spanking new hour of topclass sketch comedy. Tickets always sell fast, so book now to avoid disappointment.

Tigco in association with United Agents

footlightstour.com

‘Gloriously funny character comic’ (Scotsman), Adam Riches returns with a brand new hour of ‘raucous daftness’ (Metro)

A must-have ticket TIMES Very funny indeed’ GUARDIAN Fast, well-observed, hilarious - lives up to the hype FEST

Total sell-out 2009 ‘Rogue Males’ ***** Chortle; **** Times; **** Scotsman; **** Metro; **** List; **** Fest; **** Three Weeks

Quite simply the best sketch show I have ever seen. Masterfully written, perfectly pitched and expertly performed with every ounce of funny lovingly splattered across the audience CHORTLE £5 £10 (£8.50) W

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MIKE NEWALL: MR FAMOUS

MIFAFF, CJ Corporation

Fluid Thinking

An insight into the life of Mr Famous (a name given to Mike by friends because of his ‘Glamorous’ stand-up career), his life, the sex, drugs and rock’n’roll….the car journeys, b&b’s and bacon rolls. A journey of highs, lows & ambitions and the tales of people who influence and have an impact on his life. fluid-thinking.co.uk

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From the creators of ‘Cookin’ ‘, the festival triumph that went on to tour the world. Great news for all theatre-loving Foodies! A Culinary Comedy for all five senses in a breathtaking, über-cool show about Chef’s epic search for the secret recipe of Korea’s gastronomic delight – the legendary Bibimbap. Join cold-hearted Chef as he journeys towards both culinary and spiritual enlightenment with the Wulin Warrior-cooks. A stunningly unique hour incorporating Beatbox, A Cappella, Acrobatics, B-boying, Korean music, Interactive imagery and Cooking from the creative team responsible for ‘Jump’ – Edinburgh Fringe 2007’s top-selling show. ‘Chef!’ is presented by Project Bibap Korea to introduce Korea’s popular dish Bibimbap to the world.

(MTV)

“The strength of his scatty character rips through the room like a mini-hurricane, destroying complacency dest and raising the spirits” CHORTLE

joel dommett (SKINS, E4)

“His approach, delivery and overall style was epic!... the perfect stand up” VIBRANT MAGAZINE

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eric Lampaert

DOMMETT and LAMPAERT

Feverish Cooks… Dynamic Dancing Mayhem YONHAP NEWS A musical delight not only to the eyes and ears but also the mouth… both poignant and exhilarating at the same time ASIAECONOMY NEWSPAPER £5 £12 (£11)

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PAUL MERTON’S IMPRO CHUMS Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

Paul Merton and his highly acclaimed Impro Chums are wonders of nature. Impro Chums take audience suggestions and create cascades of fantastic tumbling laughter. Most of the time. The Impro Chums are Paul Merton, Suki Webster, Richard Vranch, Lee Simpson and Mike McShane. mickperrin.com

Every year they bring the house down...a testimony to their brilliance and consistency...you could see this every night and never tire of it  MIRROR These are masters of their craft and there wasn’t a dull moment. Terrific fun. MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS

A masterful demonstration of improvised comedy DAILY TELEGRAPH

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PHOTO CREDIT: ANDY HOLLINGSWORTH

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SCHOOL OF COMEDY

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E4’s hit adult sketch show returns to Edinburgh for one week only. Don’t miss their brand new characters and some of the best loved favorites from the series. Bugsy Malone on Speed. 12+ only. ‘Audacious success’ Times ‘Laugh out Loud Funny’ Metro ‘*****’ The List

Bec Hill is an adult. She does adult things, like watch the news, mind the gap and avoid eye contact with people on public transport. She has written a show about coming of age. Don’t laugh. “Coming” is not a funny word. No late-comers. www.bechillcomedian.com

 THE LIST A comic wonder woman RIP IT UP MAGAZINE

Leftbankpictures.co.uk

Audacious success TIMES Laugh out Loud Funny’ METRO

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AND CORRIE McGUIRE FOR OBJECTIVE TALENT PRESENT

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ROSIE WILBY: FURTHER SCIENCE OF SEX Rosie Wilby

Sequel to Fringe Report Award winning The Science Of Sex, Funny Women Finalist Rosie Wilby delves further into the science of attraction, love and sexual identity. Rosie has appeared on Radio 4, Radio 5, LBC, BBC London and Resonance FM. www.rosiewilby.com

Excellent and a bit posh TIME OUT Talented performer with a winning self-deprecating personality EVENING STANDARD £6 £6.50

STAR OF CHANNEL 4’S ‘DIRTY TRICKS’ AND ‘DERREN BROWN’S 3D MAGIC SPECTACULAR’

“This guy is a complete star”

★★★★★ TIME OUT

“The best magic tricks in the Universe” INDEPENDENT

“The Myspace generation’s Tommy Cooper” SCOTSMAN

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SUNDAY TIMES

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I haven’t seen a Revue this good in years, if ever. DAILY INFO The audience were in absolute hysterics throughout  OxFORD THEATRE REVIEW

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slick, brilliantly acted and original CHORTLE.CO.UK Thoroughly Enjoyable SUN

Blending the absurd and the sharply real with effortless ease, not dropping the energy or gag rate for a moment

Are you a failure? We think so. But we like you. You have Potential. So get your ass to our Self Help Seminar, where we’ll supply MOTIVATION, PERSPIRATION, and SHOULDER-PADS. Soon, you too could be Going Places. The critically acclaimed Oxford Revue return with more surreal, subversive sketch comedy.

Award winning comedians Joe Wilkinson and Diane Morgan present their new sketch show. Find out what happens when Rapunzel uses an intercom system and a depressed woman goes on Ready Steady Cook. Low-key deadpan surrealism meets mundane madness!

Fresh from sell-out London previews, the Tealights return to the Fringe with a brand new, charmingly witty and curiously dark, sketch-comedy show. Come and experience their quest to seek salvation; as the Tealights are back… for your sins.

Two Episodes of Mash

THE OXFORD REVUE IS GOING PLACES

PLEASANCE DOME | 10DOME

THE LEEDS TEALIGHTS: FOR YOUR SINS

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GYLES BRANDRETH - THE ONE TO ONE SHOW

PLEASANCE

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UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

16:30 (17:20)

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I KID YOU NOT

Bound and Gagged Comedy by arrangement with International Artistes | Gyles Brandreth

Hilarious anecdotes from Actor Andy Linden’s colourful life. Van Morrison’s Fan from Hell, Up Close with Roman Polanski, Queasiness in Cuba and Carol Singing in April. True Stories from the school yard to showbiz via all manner of mischief. (Appearing soon in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Andy’s many credits include Not Going Out, Merlin, Drop the Dead Donkey, Rome, The Business and Lock Stock.)

One of the funniest people alive INDEPENDENT Hilarious and a bit freaky! BBC Uncle Fester’s less attractive brother is full of surprises CHORTLE £5 £8 (£7) W

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16:30 (17:30) Gyles and the stars he’s met - one to one. From politics and show-business to the Queen and Countdown, without hesitation or repetition (and just a touch of deviation) Gyles delivers a dazzling sixty minutes of wit, wordplay and hilarious name-dropping. He’s been to Edinburgh before, scoring multiple Five Stars and winning Most Popular Show of the Fringe Award. He’s back - and not a jumper in sight. ‘His performance should be required viewing for anyone who fancies themselves as a comedian,’ says The Scotsman. Tea time will never be the same again. www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.gylesbrandreth.net

Incredibly funny, wildly indiscreet. Britain’s best raconteur. DAILY MAIL A dead-pan comic to rival Jack Dee. DAILY TELEGRAPH Brilliant. A serious talent for making people laugh. MIRROR

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Higgins is rarer than a blessing of unicorns… oddly alluring and deftly honest IRISH TIMES

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BABY GRAND

MOULD AND ARROWSMITH IN 3D

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ARTHUR SMITH MY NAME IS DAPHNE PAPERBACK

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theunexpecteditems.com

Saariously funny SUNDAY TIMES A YouTube sensation EVENING STANDARD Just hilaire GRAZIA

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Time Out Critics’ Choice 2008, 2009, 2010.

NURSE GAVIN, MIDWIFE KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL 1954

A brand new hour of sketches, songs and satire from the creators of YouTube smash hit, Gap Yah.

Inspired comic writing... GUARDIAN This is one of the ugliest babies I have ever seen

The Unexpected Items

The life and tall times of an Edinburgh legend. The truth naked.

THE UNEXPECTED ITEMS

Arthur Smith

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The most original sketch act around TIMES Quality simply shines through... CHORTLE Wrenchingly Funny FEST

Beyond nerdy and ingeniously funny LIST Endlessly clever, riotously funny from start to finish  FRINGEREVIEW

pbjmgt.co.uk/artist/sophie-black

mouldandarrowsmith.com

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Sophie Black (from if.comedy nominated sketch group Fat Tongue) returns to Edinburgh for her first solo show. Meet the only art teacher in Britain who can make Leonardo di Caprio look like an ageing triad and the movie producer who almost cast E.T. in 8 Mile.

Mould & Arrowsmith are back - and this time in glorious 3D! They’ll be bringing their own avatars, as well as the usual mix of geeky sketch comedy and banter. A brand new hour from the duo that brought you A Sketch Show in PowerPoint and their Inventions. 3D glasses provided.

£5 £8 (£6.50)

£9.50 (£8.50)

SOPHIE BLACK - A SKETCH SHOW

Mould & Arrowsmith

I don’t say things like this lightly but… I have a really funny and good show this year! Also I love watching other great shows, so the festival is really playing into my hands. Huzzah!

£5 £8.50 (£7.50)

16:30 (17:30)

lisa Richards Ltd in association with EdCom

Finally, I’m thrilled to be in the lovingly battered old dream castle that is ‘The Gilded Balloon.’

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MAEVE HIGGINS PERSONAL BEST

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COLIN HOULT: ENEMY OF THE WORLD

CAROLINE MABEY: EAT YOUR FRIENDS Just the Tonic

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

Breakfast- the difficultest meal of the day, especially at 4.35 pm. Caroline Mabey has a cartoon coffee pot and a drawing of some scrambled egg. That might help. Animation! Mayhem! Cannibalism! After the success of 2009’s Go Go Go Coffee Show she’s back. And she’s looking for biscuits. Let’s kick this breakfast in the nuts. carolinemabey.com

The slightly deranged offspring of a menage a trois between between Vic Reeves, Harry Hill and Floella Benjamin EVENING STANDARD

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UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | IRON BELLY Chortle Award nominee Colin Hoult returns with a shockingly different character sketch show; a nightmare of paranoia, prejudice and general pissing about. Praise for 2009 sell out ‘Carnival of Monsters’:

ROSS SUTHERLAND: THE THREE STIGMATA OF PACMAN

‘A magical, awe-inspiring hour’ **** Daily Express, ‘Comic Genius’ The Stage, ‘Haunting and Hilarious’ ***** Three Weeks, ‘Demands to be seen’ **** Fest, Top Ten Tee Hee Acts for 2010 The Sun, ‘Lusty gags and hilarious characters ****’ - Brian Donaldson, The List

The Times’ Top Ten Literary Star combines animation with poetic lyricism in this darkly comic true-story. Transforming from a tabloid hack to a timeline-altering saboteur, Ross explores the power of selffulfilling prophecy, memory and media, using some of the cheapest and least reliable forms of time-travel.

mickperrin.com

Lewis Carroll meets The League of Gentlemen...will draw out laughter from the deepest recesses of your soul’ TIME OUT Tear-inducingly funny  CHORTLE A hugely arresting and memorable hour GUARDIAN

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Sutherland has the verbal urgency of rap, the wry selfmockery of stand-up and a linguistic inquisitiveness all of his own TIME OUT, CRITICS’ CHOICE OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER £6 £7 W

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THE GINGE, THE GEORDIE AND THE GEEK

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | HUT

Bespectacled duo Phil Gilbert and Jacob Edwards proudly present their hotly anticipated follow-up to last year’s sell-out show ‘Friend and Foe’. The live favourites present their unique blend of classic double act banter, smart character comedy and irreverent sketches. ‘Two fantastic performers…some of the best writing I have seen.’ ***** Fringe Guru. ‘A superb double act’ London Is Funny. **** Edinburgh Guide.

One of the most innovative sketch groups around...A terrific duo. TIME OUT Hotly Tipped GUARDIAN Recommended INDEPENDENT £5 £8.50 (£7)

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mickperrin.com

Funniest reminder that Oxbridge has no monopoly on genius mucking about. All hail the new chiefs!  JOHNNY VEGAS Fantastic! Every single sketch is funny. They’re the must see sketch group! JAMES MCAVOY

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live by arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

gingegeordiegeek.com

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THE SUNDAY DEFENSIVE: FURTHER COMPLICATIONS

After selling over 3000 tickets playing to sell out crowds last year, the boys return with more silliness, surrealism, great characters and 80’s anthems as they continue their mission to put the fun back into comedy. Individual comedy credits include Little Britain, Simon Pegg’s Run Fat Boy Run, Skins, Rab C Nesbitt- not to mention 2 Fringe First Awards. So if you like your comedy served extremely funny then order a portion of Ginge, Geordie, Geek, but book early! ‘side-splittingly funny sketches’ **** THREEWEEKS ‘a trio whose talent and timing is so good.’ **** EDINBURGH GUIDE

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DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE – MORE REVIEWS THAN ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | CELLAR

JESSICA RAnSOm – RANSOM’S MILLION

Sam Simmons & David Quirk

Australian cult comedians Simmons (‘glorious… will tickle your soul’ Scotsman) and Quirk (‘blunt, brazen and brilliant’ The Age) join forces creating an emotional roller-disco of the mind. Godot meets Point Break… in a shop. The rise and fall of an entire relationship in one hour.

What would you do with a million pounds? Everyone could find a way to spend it, but does everyone deserve it? Join Ransom on a breath-taking multi character journey, where the cavalcade of creations all reveal why they should get the cash! A dazzling performance by the brilliantly funny comedy actress and regular co-star of BBC1’s ‘The Armstrong and Miller Show’ and cult sketch night, The Ransom Club.

www.assemblyfestival.com

This production fuses Simmons’ absurdist humour with Quirk’s pitch-black observational comedy, to great success  AGE

This versatile, fast-rising star, steals the show. As sharp as a young Victoria Wood TIMES

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MIKE WOZNIAK AND HENRY PAKER: THE GOLDEN LIZARD

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Sharp comic instincts... brilliantly professional CHORTLE Well-written, punchy and clever…I came out grinning from ear to ear SPOONFED Fiendishly funny…wickedly wry… a formidable comic force ExTRA! ExTRA!

A Gem THE SUN

thethreeenglishmen.co.uk

mickperrin.com

Fresh from sell-out shows in London and Brighton, The Three Englishmen (TimeOut Critic’s Choice 2009) are proud to present an unmissable hour of inspired sketches and music. Comedy to tickle your ribs, amaze your eyes, and make your heart sing!

Best New Show, Leicester Comedy Festival 2010.

United Agents

Who is Floyd Vernon? Two award winning comedians deliver a clutch of bizarre characters, bogus science and scrambled mystery. Henry Paker won Leicester Comedian of the Year, 2008. His cartoon ‘Why Steve Was Late’, appears regularly in the Times. Mike Wozniak was Time Out’s Best New Act, 2008.Directed by Matt Peover.

THE THREE ENGLISHMEN

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

£5 £8.50 (£7)

ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | DRAWING ROOM

THE INCIDENT

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with Dawn Sedgwick Management

£5 £8.50 (£7)

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BEYOND

HAMLET! THE MUSICAL

MATT TILLER’S AWKWARD SITUATION Lee Martin for Gag Reflex Management presents

By Alex Silverman, Timothy Knapman and Ed Jaspers

What do you do when you find out the girl you’re chatting up is racist, when a handshake goes wrong, when you’re walking at night in the same direction as a lone girl? Musical comic celebrates the moments - romantic disasters, social faux pas, professional humiliations - when you wish the ground would swallow you up. Quirky one-liners, songs and stand up in this warm, engaging show that’s full of laughs. gagreflex.co.uk

A very funny man xFM MANCHESTER Geekish likeability…awkward charm in bundles.’ CHORTLE £5 £7 (£6) W

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PLEASANCE DOME | JOKERDOME Join six fearless actors and a live orchestra as they squeeze murder, madness and musical theatre into this blissfully funny retelling of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy. This fast-paced, foot-tapping comedy boasts rapier-sharp wit and some colossal cod-pieces and is set to a sumptuous score. Follow our moody hero as he struggles to cope with a dead dad, psychopathic uncle, mad girlfriend and amorous mother. Inventive, imaginative and immaculately observed, Hamlet! The Musical will leave you helpless with laughter and singing in the aisles.

ADDICTED TO DANGER! McNeil and Pamphilon

Sketch comedy from the 2009 Sitcom Trials Award-Winners, Steve and Sam, with 2008 Funny Women finalist, Rachel Stubbings. As seen on Warner Bros’ ComedyBox, BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Directed by if.comedy Award-Winning director, Matt Holt.

See it or Elsinore!

mcneilandpamphilon.com

Directed by Ryan McBryde

Hysterically funny. Brilliant performances. LARRY CHARLES -

hamletthemusical.com

BORAT, SEINFELD, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

The inventiveness of this production never seems to let up. It’s brilliantly irreverent CHANNEL 4

Comic timing and instincts that cannot be taught. BRENDON BURNS - 2007 IF.COMEDY AWARD-WINNER

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | WINE BAR

THE CLINIC

PLEASANCE

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17:00 (18:00)

An afternoon of hilarious stand-up, interactive and comedy magic.

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | BALCONY

Gilded Balloon

Join us for your repeat appointment, showcasing the extraordinary talents of our ‘Comedy Graduates’ and hosted by famous UC tutors: Viv Gee, Paul Sneddon, Susan Calman, Jo-Jo Sutherland and Steven Dick.

Immediately recognisable from his role as Father Stone in the Channel 4 series, Father Ted, in which he hardly spoke. In this show, he will speak, about spare ribs, his moustache, and more.

Universal Comedy help people experiencing the downside of life get their voices heard - because everyone laughs in the same language.

gildedballoon.co.uk

Hilarious... a great comedian SCOTSMAN People often say to me... ’Hey you!.. get out of my garden.’ MICHAEL REDMOND A true legend of Irish comedy. THE IRISH TIMES

www.universalcomedy.co.uk

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lA PETITE mORT – THE ORGASm La Petite Mort is a raunchy cabaret romp through sex and sexuality. Isabel’s kinky, comic & shocking tales, accompanied by raunchy, sexy songs, will have you squirming, blushing, laughing & crying, perhaps even at the same time. Prepare for a post-coital smoke after this foxy ride. “Musical Genius” Arts Hub

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | ABOVE

**** Mail on Sunday www.avalonuk.com | www.laurasolon.com

 TELEGRAPH  TIMES An adventurous and hilarious masterclass SUNDAY TIMES

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**** Guardian

A truly original, delightful, accomplished show SCOTSMAN Adelaide Fringe top 3 Shows ADVERTISER (AUSTRALIA)

Steven is an island. Perrier Award winner Laura Solon returns with a brilliant new character comedy story about it. Contains owl.

www.ladieswholounge.com.au | www.greenroompresents.com

LAURA SOLON: THE OWL OF STEVEN

Ladies Who Lounge and Green Room Presents

£6 £6.50

0844 545 8252

IT’S NOT FATHER STONE IT’S... MICHAEL REDMOND!

Universal Comedy

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DEBATING HALL

THE RUPERT PUPKIN COLLECTIVE Gilded Balloon

Steve Steen, Stephen Frost, Andy Smart, Ian Coppingger and Dave Johns have been touring their Impro show over 4 continents for the last 30 years. Regular performances on Whose Line Is It Anyway? and with the Comedy Store Players, and with over 100 Edinburgh Festivals between them, you are in safe hands with these comedy giants. gildedballoon.co.uk

Some of the Funniest Improvisers in the World EDDIE IZZARD Witty, silly, satirical, occasionally ludicrous, ultimately crowd pleasing SKY ARTS They are all pure geniuses THE SOUTH CHINA POST These boys rock! TIME OUT NEW YORK

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DEBATING HALL

PLUCK: MUSICAL ARSON REIGNITED!

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NICHOLAS PARSONS’ HAPPY HOUR Pleasance

The world’s funniest string trio return to Edinburgh. Award-winning Fringe favourites Pluck wreak havoc between the harmonies in a raucous revamp of their original hit show. They compete, ridicule and seduce their way through the classics as they revisit the show that earned them a Tap Water Award (2003) and Spirit of the Fringe Award (2004). pluck.me.uk

Gloriously funny SCOTSMAN Classical music for all ages and shoe sizes SUNDAY TIMES £10 (£8) W

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He’s back! The legendary star of stage and screen and the inimitable host of Just A Minute on Radio 4 returns for the tenth successive year with his sell-out Edinburgh show Nicholas Parsons’ Happy Hour. Come and join in the fun and laugh with popular guests that will surprise and delight you.

IN O J E M O C ! THE PARTY

bbc.co.uk/comedy| ni cholasparsons.co.uk

Icon of Post Modern Cool INDEPENDENT Choose this one for smoothness DAILY ExPRESS That genial ease of manner...effortless rapport with the audience STAGE

5.15pm

£5 £11 (£9.50)

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | CABARET BAR

THE TIM VINE CHAT SHOW

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BESIDE

TOULSON & HARVEY USED TO BE FRIENDS

BOUND & GAGGED COMEDY | TIM VINE

Expect the Pun-expected. Join Tim and his very special guests for three shows only! ‘Vine is superb, as clever as anything being done today’ (The Guardian). BOOK EARLY!

Pleasance

Perrier Best Newcomer nominees in 2005, but no longer speaking to each other by 2007. As Lions befriend Christians, only to be eaten by Russell Crowe, and Justin Lee Collins claims credit for Toulson’s early career, it’s time for the audience to take sides…are they with Toulson, or with Harvey?

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com| www .timvine.com

A comedy virtuoso. SUNDAY TIMES Exceptionally amusing. TIME OUT

toulsonandharvey.com

endlessly inventive and achingly clever...very few sketch shows are quite as laugh-out-loud funny  FEST £11 (£9.50) W

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JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE FANCY ROOM

ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | EDINBURGH SUITE

Mon 23rd (19:20) & Tue 24th (17:20) www.assemblyfestival.com | www.funnywomen.com

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Please note - there are 2 different times for this show:

unique entertainment BROADWAY BABY the best THREEWEEKS

For details visit www.funnywomen.com.

http://sanbaka.fc2web.com/menu.htm

Funny Women is at the vanguard of nurturing and promoting female comedy talent, both new and established. The 2010 Funny Women Awards seek out the newest female comedy talent in this prestigious national competition. The best new acts will get a chance to perform for the title at the national final in London on 20th September.

The big storm is back from Tokyo! Through Japanese Manga, Anime and Game Shows, 3 GAGA HEADS show you 999 funny takes on daily life with non-verbal performances. A bit of Art, A bit Technological, and a lot of Modern Tokyo! Nominated for “The Malcolm Hardee Award 2009”

Funny Women

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FUNNY WOMEN AWARDS

“MANGA” THE BODY TIGHTS MAN SHOW

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NATHAN CASSIDY: THE FROG THAT SAYS SAUSAGES

Humphries had the crowd laughing hard with a loveable accent, silly stories and an exit joke, too rude to print, that had them in stitches FIFE GAZETTE Happy, original, surreal SKINNY £6 £6.50

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UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | DELHI BELLY

www.kaihumphries.com

An incredible act – gloriously entertaining CHORTLE.CO.UK

17:25 (18:15)

0844 545 8252

High-octane show of supremely funny, infectiously surreal and delightfully optimistic material from 2009’s ‘So You Think You’re Funny?’ finalist. Brilliant solo debut from Newcastle’s genuinely hilarious rising comedy star (catch Kai on Comedy Central’s ‘Comedy Store’).

nathancassidy.com

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

MZA

Nathan prepares for his Royal Variety Performance, where he will bin anything offensive and instead do jokes that everyone in the world adores. WARNING: Contains the most offensive joke ever. Debut solo Edinburgh show from the edgy, warm and award-winning stand-up.

PLEASANCE

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KAI HUMPHRIES - EVOLUTION

The Rat Pack Productions Ltd | Red 24 Management

£5 £6 (£5)

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PRINCESS CABARET

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BABY WANTS CANDY THE FULL BAND IMPROVISED MUSICAL Baby Wants Candy

Tumbleweed Theatrical Productions

The 2009 Fringe hit returns. Seven Aussie women bring you a satire dealing with those meek and male-dependent icons, the Disney Princesses. Using fast-paced sketches and songs they explore old conventions and their nostalgia for childhood heroines. Who knows, maybe happy endings don’t always require a prince! tumbleweed.org.au

I loved it… far smarter, and more fun than a barrel of Aladdin’s monkeys  SCOTSMAN Enjoy True Comedy Genius  HAIRLINE £6 £7.50 (£6.50) W

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UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BELLY LAUGH BWC, The original improvised musical returns to the Fringe! As one of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world, BWC runs in NYC, Chicago, and tours internationally. BWC has spawned careers of many top comic actors and writers in the U.S. Complete with a full band, the BWC show is a roller coaster of spontaneously choreographed dance numbers, rhyming verses and witty jawdropping comedy. BWC has performed over 2,000 completely improvised musicals. Start thinking of your title now!

THE ROARING BOYS WILL SET YOU FREE The Roaring Boys

NB. The Roaring Boys cannot actually set you free from prison. It’s more a metaphor for aspiration, corporate lies and stuff. With jokes and songs. From the creators of recent fringe sensations ‘TIM: Against All Odds’ (2009) and ‘Why We Ate Cliff Richard’ (2008).

www.BabyWantsCandy.com

 Baby Wants Candy are an entertainment phenomenon! SCOTSMAN Critic’s Pick! TIME OUT NEW YORK Critic’s choice! CHICAGO READER Baby Wants Candy sets the bar so high that the world’s greatest high-jumpers would have trouble Fosbury Flopping over it! NY PRESS

roaringboys.co.uk

 Too funny EDINBURGH FESTIVALS MAGAZINE One of the star productions at the Edinburgh Festival SUN Very funny GUARDIAN £6 £6.50 W

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GINGER & BLACK: THE CHILL FACTORY

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The underground hit of Ed Fringe 09...daffy humour and inspired songs...ones to watch in 2010 GUARDIAN Daft, deft and hugely inventive INDEPENDENT £5 £8.50 (£7)

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Superb TIME OUT So sharp it’s in danger of impaling the audience GUARDIAN

Having built a reputation as one of the most exciting new live acts on the circuit, sketch act DELETE THE BANJAx return to the Edinburgh Fringe. Known for their high energy performance style, Samuel Champion, Daniel Cook, Gareth Cooper and Caroline May-Jones present a show of subtly surreal sketches, characters and songs.

mickperrin.com

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

Ginger and Black enter Her Majesty’s Prison to hear the haunting, harrowing tales of the fallen inmates, turning their recollections into a fun packed, colourful hour of musical storytelling. As featured on E4, BBC3, and BBC Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4.

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DELETE THE BANJAX...AND YOU!

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

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| DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE - FOR THE SHOWS YOU SHOULD SEE

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE BENEATH

RONNA AND BEVERLY

Circus Trick Tease is a raucous & entertaining collection of misfits including a maladjusted strongman, his neurotic femme fatale & their international star. Together, they play out their chaotic roles in dazzling displays of acrobatics, precarious balances & hilarious antics.

L.A. cult hit and raucous chat show hosted by America’s favourite fiftysomething Jewish mothers (played by thirty-somethings Jessica Chaffin and Jamie Denbo). They interview guests! Give unwanted advice! Hawk their self-help book! Past guests include Matthew Perry and Russell Brand. Every night is different - You’ll laugh till you plotz.

www.circustricktease.com

 you will walk away amazed, chin to the floor and wanting to see more ADELAIDE ADVERTISER … a Comedy Festival treat of physical buffoonery THE AGE

mickperrin.com

Ronna and Bev are a tidal wave of talent! ASHLEY JENSON, (ExTRAS) Ronna & Beverly is top-notch satire and fall-down funny. You definitely want these mothers meddling in your life TIME OUT, NY

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CIRCUS TRICK TEASE

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BELOW

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Perrier Nominee, writer of The Sunday Times column Dad Rules and star of BBC2’s My Almost Famous Family in a show about learning the rules of love. How do you find a man? How do you keep him? Must he be trapped? An uplifting, hilarious hour of stand-up.

Fresh from her Australian sell-out comedy festival seasons, multi award-winning Celia takes you on a journey of risk-taking and going it alone.

dadrules.co.uk

Celia Pacquola is Adam Hills with ovaries….a warmly uplifting show that’s as inspiring as it is hilarious CHORTLE Exceptional  SCOTSMAN Jaw-achingly funny AGE

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NEWS OF THE WORLD

Gilded Balloon | Adams Management

I’d like to give Andrew Clover all the stars that other acts have thrown away.  SCOTSMAN An outrageous, irreverent adventure 

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CELIA PACQUOLA - FLYING SOLOS

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ANDREW CLOVER: LOVE RULES

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ERIC’S LAWS OF THE LAND

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | CELLAR

GARETH RICHARDS: STAND UP BETWEEN SONGS

Eric

Eric wants to make the world a better place, but how? Well make it law – simple! Eric’s laws will make life better for everyone, only trouble is they are not on the statute books, Yet! What laws get passed? You the audience decide…

Gareth Richards, star of Frank Skinner’s Absolute Radio Show, will be performing his “exceptionally inspired and truly memorable” standup (Chortle) between some funny, poignant and genre-defying songs – accompanied by the The Incredible Omnichord.

ericdotcom.co.uk

Gareth will be standing-up between songs but you don’t have to.

Everyone loved him, simply hilarious

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LANCASHIRE EVENING TELEGRAPH

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NICK MOHAMMED IS MR. SWALLOW

CKP by arrangement with United Agents | Nick Mohammed

All-new character comedy from star of Radio 4’s ‘Quarters’, BBC Three’s ‘The King Is Dead’, CBBC’s double-BAFTA-nominated ‘Sorry, I’ve Got No Head’ and BBC One’s ‘Reggie Perrin’. Total sell-out 2008/09. Critic’s Choice: Times, Guardian, Independent, Time Out, New Statesman, Radio Times. Follow Mr. Swallow on Twitter @MrSwallow nickmohammed.com | ckproductions.co.uk

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GILDED BALLOON

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THE PENNY DREADFULS

PLEASANCE

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UNDERBELLY

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TOM CRAINE - CHOIRBOY TO ADDICT & BACK AGAIN

Draw HQ

Bound & Gagged Comedy | Tom Craine

Top 50 Edinburgh picks 2009. Star of comedy shorts on Dave, ‘Tom Craine show’ (BBC Bristol), Songs Of Praise (head soloist, aged 9). With own sitcom and sketch shows commissioned for TV and BBC Radio2. Star of Superclump (sell out Edinburgh ’09). www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.tomcraine.com

Wonderful. TIME OUT Wry, intelligent humour, effortlessly funny. THREEWEEKS £6 £11 (£9.50) W

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JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST UP THE ROAD

Festival-favourites The Penny Dreadfuls, present their much-anticipated return to their original format sketch comedy. A all-new show of sketches and characters premiering at this year’s festival in the fantastic Pleasance One venue in the Courtyard. Do come. From the critically-acclaimed Aeneas Faversham Trilogy, ‘The Never Man’, Radio 4’s ‘Guy Fawkes’ and ‘The Brothers Faversham’. As seen on BBC2 and BBC3.

SIMON DONALD IS COMPLETELY HATSTAND

www.pennydreadfuls.co.uk

Viz co-founder turns character creating skills from comic page to comedy stage in this 5 character one-man show, a special Fringe version of his sell-out Theatre show. Opening with a brief history of Viz in amazing but true anecdotes, then using the ‘magic of showbusiness’ he becomes new outrageous creations.

Simply unmissable  THREEWEEKS Pythonic, Blackaddery excellence’  LIST Consistently and constantly had the audience in hysterics  EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

Just the Tonic

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COMEDY BITCH: THEM IS US

THE BROTHERS STREEP

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

EdCom

Do you enjoy songs about evil pirate captains, the global economy crisis, movie spoilers and scrunchy faced celebrities? Join Dylan and Simon for an evening of comedy and music. From humble beginnings in South Africa, The Brothers Streep stumbled into the spotlight on the Graham Norton Show playing to Anna Paquin. Now the comedic duo are stumbling into Edinburgh to share their songs with you. edcomproductions.com

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JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE BAR Comedy Bitch return following their smash hit 2009 sell out run. Witness for yourselves the joy and wonder of their new show “Them Is Us” brought to you in glorious sPaNaViSiOn... float through the colours of this six-strong sketch team. Go on... touch them.

HIS EYES WERE LIKE OYSTERS You have a tiny penis. I have a tiny penis. Come and see our tiny penises. A girl who looks like Barbara Streisand and a boy whose eyes are like oysters have organised a surreal and hilarious comedy show for the Fringe. You should definitely come and stare at it. Sponsored by Alan the DJ (Not available for Bah Mitzvahs).

www.mickperrin.com

A cult show... get your tickets now... will be a sell out  ONE4REVIEW.COM Wouldn’t look amiss amongst some of our current TV favourites  ALLTHEFESTIVALS.COM Delicious... perfectly formed... you can feel a TV contract beckoning  TIME OUT

www.oystereyes1.blogspot.com

They had tiny penises. SPORTY SPICE (FEB, 1997)

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Star of Channel 4Õ s 8 OUT OF 10 CATS, BBC 1Õ s LIVE AT THE APOLLO, ITVÕ s COMEDY ROCKS and THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

I’M TURNING INTO MY DAD 25 LONDON Hammersmith 0844 8444 748 EXTRA DATE 26 SCARBOROUGH Futurist Theatre 01723 374 500 27 SCARBOROUGH Futurist Theatre 01723 374 500 EXTRA DATE DECEMBER 2010 01 COVENTRY Warwick Arts Centre 02476 524SOLD 524 OUT 02 COVENTRY Warwick Arts Centre 02476 524SOLD 524 OUT 03 IPSWICH Regent 01473 433SOLD 100 OUT 04 LIVERPOOL Empire 0844 847 2525 08 WOLVERHAMPTON Civic 0870 320 7000 EXTRA DATE 09 WOLVERHAMPTON Civic 0870 320 7000 10 BLACKPOOL Opera House 0844 856 1111 0844 856 1111 EXTRA DATE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 11 BLACKPOOL Opera House 15 SOUTHAMPTON Guild Hall 02380 632 601 EXTRA DATE 7th-11th AUG 16 SOUTHAMPTON Guild Hall 02380 632 601 17 PRESTON Guildhall 0845 344 2012 18 PRESTON Guildhall 0845 344 2012 EXTRA DATE 0131 226 0000 JANUARY 2011 www.edfringe.com 19 HARROGATE International Centre 0845 130 8840 EXTRA DATE SEPTEMBER 2010 21 CROYDON Fairfield Hall 0208 688 9291 01 BUXTON Opera House 0845 127SOLD 2190 OUT 22 CROYDON Fairfield Hall 0208 688 9291 02 BUXTON Opera House 0845 127SOLD 2190 OUT 26 TORQUAY Princess Theatre 0844 847 2315 03 CHELTENHAM Town Hall 0844 576SOLD 2210 OUT 27 TORQUAY Princess Theatre 0844 847 2315 04 CHELTENHAM Town Hall 0844 576SOLD 2210 OUT 28 STEVENAGE Gordon Craig Theatre 01438 363200 08 SALISBURY City Hall 01722 434SOLD 434 OUT 29 STEVENAGE Gordon Craig Theatre 01438 363200 09 SALISBURY City Hall 01722 434 434 EXTRA DATE FEBRUARY 2011 10 NEW BRIGHTON Floral Pavillion 0151 666 SOLD 0000 OUT 01 LIVERPOOL Empire 0844 847 2525 EXTRA DATE 11 NEW BRIGHTON Floral Pavillion 0151 666 SOLD 0000 OUT 04 BRIGHTON Centre 0844 847 1515 14 CHESTERFIELD Winding Wheel 01246 345SOLD 222 OUT 05 BRIGHTON Centre 0844 847 1515 15 CHESTERFIELD Winding Wheel 01246 345 222 EXTRA DATE 09 DERBY Assembly Rooms 01332 255800 SOLD OUT 17 DUNFERMLINE Alhambra 01383 740384 10 DERBY Assembly Rooms 01332 255800 18 DUNFERMLINE Alhambra 01383 740384 EXTRA DATE 11 GRIMSBY Auditorium 0844 847 2426 22 BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Theatre 0844 847 2302 EXTRA DATE 12 GRIMSBY Auditorium 0844 847 2426 23 BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Theatre 0844 847 2302 16 LEICESTER De Montfort Hall 0116 233 3111 24 NOTTINGHAM Royal Concert Hall 0115 989 SOLD 5555 OUT 17 LEICESTER De Montfort Hall 0116 233 3111 25 NOTTINGHAM Royal Concert Hall 0115 989 5555 EXTRA DATE 29 OXFORD New Theatre 0844 847 1585 EXTRA DATE 18 READING Hexagon 0118 960 6060 30 OXFORD New Theatre 0844 847 1585 19 READINGHexagon 0118 960 6060 22 EDINBURGH Playhouse 0844 847 1660 OCTOBER 2010 23 EDINBURGH Playhouse 0844 847 1660 01 PORTSMOUTH Guildhall 02392 824 355 25 ISLE OF MAN Royal Hall Villa Marina 01624 600 555 02 PORTSMOUTH Guildhall 02392 824 355 EXTRA DATE 26 ISLE OF MAN Royal Hall Villa Marina 01624 600 555 06 YORK Grand Opera House 0844 847 SOLD 2322 OUT 07 YORK Grand Opera House 0844 847 SOLD 2322 OUT MARCH 2011 08 BRISTOL Colston Hall 0117 922 SOLD 3686 OUT 02 BRIDLINGTON The Spa 01262 678 258 09 BRISTOL Colston Hall 0117 922 SOLD 3686 OUT 03 BRIDLINGTON The Spa 01262 678 258 13 CARDIFF St David's Hall 02920 878 444 EXTRA DATE 04 NEWCASTLE City Hall 0191 261 2606 14 CARDIFF St David's Hall 02920 878SOLD 444 OUT 05 NEWCASTLE City Hall 0191 261 2606 15 SHEFFIELD City Hall 01142 789SOLD 789 OUT 09 DUBLIN Vicar Street 00353 818 719 390 16 SHEFFIELD City Hall 01142 789SOLD 789 OUT 10 DUBLIN Vicar Street 00353 818 719 390 20 SOUTHPORT Theatre 0844 847 2380 11 BELFAST Waterfront Hall 02890 334 455 21 SOUTHPORT Theatre 0844 847 2380 EXTRA DATE 12 BELFAST Waterfront Hall 02890 334 455 22 PLYMOUTH Pavillions 0845 146 1460 16 HULL City Hall 01482 226 655 EXTRA DATE 23 PLYMOUTH Pavillions 0845 146 1460 17 HULL City Hall 01482 226 655 27 HALIFAX Victoria Theatre 01422 351 158 EXTRA DATE 18 BOURNEMOUTH BIC 0844 576 3000 28 HALIFAX Victoria Theatre 01422 351SOLD 158 OUT 19 BOURNEMOUTH BIC 0844 576 3000 29 CARLISLE Sands Centre 01228 625222 30 NEW BRIGHTON New Pavillion 0151 666 0000 30 BRADFORD St George's Hall 01274 432SOLD 000 OUT 31 CARLISLE Sands Centre 01228 625 222 NOVEMBER 2010 APRIL 2011 SOLD OUT 04 CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange 01223 357 851 01 ABERDEEN Music Hall 01224 641 122 05 CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange 01223 357SOLD 851 OUT 02 DUNDEE Caird Hall 01382 434 940 06 BLACKBURN King George's 01274 432 000 06 NOTTINGHAM RCH 0115 989 5555 07 BLACKBURN King George's 01274 432 000 EXTRA DATE 07 NOTTINGHAM RCH 0115 989 5555 09 MANCHESTER Apollo 08444 777SOLD 677 OUT 08 DUDLEY Concert Hall 01384 812 812 10 MANCHESTER Apollo 08444 777SOLD 677 OUT 09 DUDLEY Concert Hall 01384 812 812 11 MANCHESTER Apollo 08444 777 677 EXTRA DATE 12 BASINGSTOKE Anvil 01256 844 244 17 ABERDEEN Music Hall 01224 641SOLD 122 OUT 13 BASINGSTOKE Anvil 01256 844 244 18 GLASGOW Clyde Auditorium 0844 395 SOLD 4000 OUT 19 NEWCASTLE City Hall 0191 261 SOLD 2606 OUT 15 LLANDUDNO Theatre Cymru 01492 872 000 20 NEWCASTLE City Hall 0191 261 2606 EXTRA DATE 16 LLANDUDNO Theatre Cymru 01492 872 000 24 LONDON Hammersmith 0844 8444 748 23 MANCHESTER MEN Arena 0844 847 8000 JULY 2010 14 STOKE Victoria Hall 15 STOKE Victoria Hall 16 MIDDLESBROUGH Town Hall 17 MIDDLESBROUGH Town Hall 20 HARROGATE International Centre 23 DONCASTER Dome 28 INVERNESS Eden Court 29 INVERNESS Eden Court 31 BRADFORD St GeorgeÕ s Hall AUGUST 2010

0844 871 SOLD 7649 OUT 0844 871 SOLD 7649 OUT 01642 729SOLD 729 OUT 01642 729SOLD 729 OUT 0845 130 SOLD 8840 OUT 01302 370777 01463 234SOLD 234 OUT 01463 234 234 EXTRA DATE 01274 432SOLD 000 OUT

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MULTI AWARD WINNING STAND-UP Ô ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENTLY FUNNY AND EFFORTLESSLY CHARMING COMICS AROUNDÕ JONATHAN ROSS

Ô SHARP OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY...INSPIRED ONE-LINERSÉ MANFORD CERTAINLY KNOWS HOW TO GET THE LAUGHSÕ METRO

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WitTank

Big characters, inventive sketches and fast-paced fun for those who enjoy a riot but would rather sit in a theatre and laugh. Hotly tipped as ones to watch for the future, come and be charmed by three men who take silly very seriously. Hurry, this is important.

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Brilliant, thought-provoking and laugh out loud funny TIME OUT A Comedian with formidable skill  THE LIST £6 £6.50

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UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BELLY DANCER

www.brettvincent.com

£9 (£8) S

0844 545 8252

Following the sell-out successes of ‘Cruel and Unusual’ and ‘No Blacks No Jews No Dogs No Irish’, Keith Farnan’s new show explores the value of women in society.

 WitTank are going places... Ones to watch METRO  As uniquely inventive as they are downright funny... Brilliant LIST

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com

wittank.com

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

KEITH FARNAN: SEX TRAFFIC HOW MUCH IS THAT WOMAN IN THE WINDOW?

WITTANK

£5 £8.50 (£7.50)

GILDED BALLOON

0131 623 3030

PLEASANCE DOME | JOKERDOME

ROISIN CONATY: HERO, WARRIOR, FIREMAN, LIAR

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MARC SALEM’S MIND GAMES Assembly by Arrangement with Andrew Fell Ltd

Surefire ‘you-gotta-see-this-show’ Variety. World-renowned mentalist Marc Salem takes his audience on a captivating excursion into the possibilities of the human mind through hilarious, astounding and mystifying mind games.

The hotly anticipated debut solo show from this very funny comedian. Love, death and magpies will be mentioned. Should be a laugh. avalonuk.com

Hilarious...A gifted performer SCOTSMAN Excellent…Divine…A seriously talented young lady TIMEOUT

www.assemblyfestival.com

He doesn’t just have a sixth sense, but a seventh, eighth and ninth as well. I was bewitched and bedazzled. TIME OUT CRITIC’S CHOICE

Takes your breath away THE TELEGRAPH Astonishing GUARDIAN

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LADY GARDEN: TOP SECRET GIG

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TOM WRIGGLESWORTH’S NIGHTMARE DREAM WEDDING

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

I don’t know what you’re talking about- what gig? “Naturally funny & cleverly subversive” The Metro “Frivolous and fun” Chortle Guardian Best Sketch Winner Edinburgh 2009

CKP by arrangement with Comedy Store Management | Tom Wrigglesworth

Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee, Time Out Breakthrough Performer of the Year & Chortle Best Show Winner 2009. Getting to the church on time should be straightforward, unless you’re embroiled in an ordeal you knew nothing about until you awoke.

mickperrin.com

www.tomwrigglesworth.co.uk | www.comedystoremanagement.com

One of the most exciting and laugh out loud funny young sketch groups. TIME OUT Gentle parody, well-thought out satire and expert timing TIMES

Magical storytelling… hysterical  TIME OUT The gods of comedy chose Tom for greatness  SCOTSMAN

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BARRY CRYER - BUTTERFLY BRAIN

In spite of a recent petition, Barry returns with a show of sit-down comedy.

£6 £6.50 T

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UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | DELHI BELLY

Blistering material which pushes dangerously near the boundaries of good taste SUNDAY TIMES Nelson possesses a talent that is simply obscene... LIST

GUARDIAN

16+ www.MZA-artists.com

Impossible to underestimate TIME OUT Could be one of our own JEWISH CHRONICLE A performer with no equals, but many superiors

Pure and hilariously unadulterated powerhouse standup from Winner of 2006’s SCOTTISH COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR award making his eagerlyawaited solo fringe debut. If you like your comedy on the strong, dark, rich side with no-holds-barred, then Nelson is your perfect blend.

gildedballoon.co.uk

MZA

Born outside the village of Wedlock, his first job was designing laptops or Y-fronts, as they became known.

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THE BRUCE COLLECTIVE Gilded Balloon

The Bruce Collective drag improv comedy kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Gasp and be dazzled as they improvise a Sci-Fi film in front of your face. Featuring: Jarred Christmas, Mike Wozniak, Simon Young, Chris Harvey John. 4 Men, 2 Laptops, 1 Green Screen, 1 hell of a movie! Winners Leicester Comedy Festival Best new Show 08 gildedballoon.co.uk

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THE HERALD

18:30 (19:30)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BEYOND

NEWSREVUE

Canal Cafe Theatre/Emma Taylor

5th-30th AUGUST

0131 226 0000 www.edfringe.com www.justinmoorhouse.com

18:30 (19:30)

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DEBATING HALL The constantly acclaimed NewsRevue returns with a compilation of the year’s best material from the Canal Cafe Theatre’s London shows. NewsRevue lampoons everyone from the spheres of politics and celebrity and is performed live by four performers plus an on-stage Musical Director (a post previously held by Bill Bailey). NewsRevue’s exceptional writing, outstanding performances and ever-original takes on current affairs have made it a Guinness World Record breaker, a Fringe First Winner and a Perrier Finalist. From airport scanning machines to volcanic eruptions and the UK elections no subject matter is left unscathed by this squad of comedy terrorists.

HARDEEP SINGH KOHLI - CHAT MASALA Festival Highlights | Gilded Balloon Productions

www.newsrevue.com | canalcafetheatre.com

I love NewsRevue! It’s almost too funny for Edinburgh! JOAN RIVERS Genuinely funny material delivered in an impeccably groomed manner. EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

NewsRevue truly deserves its place in the Fringe Hall of Fame. FEST £8 £11.50 (£10) W

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18:30 (19:30) After last year’s sell- out fringe debut in ‘The Nearly Naked Chef’, Hardeep returns with a chat show featuring top festival guests and live music at every show – all topped off with delicious curry cooked on stage by the Celebrity Masterchef finalist. Visit www.hardeeplive.com for guest line-up details and to suggest your favourite curry to be cooked especially for you!

MONSTER OF THE DEEP 3D Claudia O’Doherty

The performance on 5th August will be at 21:30 (22:30) www.HardeepLive.com | www.FestivalHighlights.com

A capacity crowd in the palm of his hand. His concoction on the night? Haggis and butternut squash vindaloo. Even funnier, it was delicious. THE SUN Hardeep is a generous performer who includes everyone in the process of filling the room with fun.  THREE WEEKS As multi-tasking cultural polymaths go, writer, cook, broadcaster, columnist and all-round top bloke Hardeep is pretty much up there in the can-do stakes. THE LIST £6 £11 (£10) W

The last survivor of a colony that lived in a deep-sea habitat called Aquaplex is giving a cultural presentation. Strap in. Winner – ‘best newcomer’, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2010 and ‘best comedy’, Melbourne Fringe Festival 2009. Claudia O’Doherty cowrote 100 Facts About Pandas with David O’Doherty.

Singular, cunning and actually funny, this show is of the quality for which one hopes but rarely finds.  AGE Hilarious...guaranteed to entertain and surprise throughout. BEAT MAGAZINE (AUSTRALIA) £5 £8.50 (£7.50)

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JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE FANCY ROOM

LORETTA MAINE: ‘I’M NOT DRUNK, I JUST NEED TO TALK TO YOU’

PLEASANCE

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UNDERBELLY

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18:40 (19:35)

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | CABARET BAR

TOM BINNS IN IVAN BRACKENBURY’S HOSPITAL RADIO REMIX CKP by arrangement with Ashley Boroda Entertainment | Tom Binns

Chambers Management

USA export Loretta Maine comes to the Festival with her band DogVagina, performing hits such as “Cock Sucking Mother F**ker” and telling tales of her shitty life. www.lorettamaine.com

The sexiest and most psychotic American singersongwriter you’ll ever come across TIME OUT She crosses Martha Wainwright with Alanis Morrisette at her most psychotic LIST £5 £9 (£8) W

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PLEASANCE DOME | ACEDOME Tom Binns is back as Ivan Brackenbury the insensitive hospital radio DJ. The 2007 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated show remixed with new bits and the best bits of his sell-out and critically acclaimed 2008 & 2009 shows. “THE funniest show at the fringe” Times . “Top 50 Most Memorable Gigs of the Decade” Chortle. Recently back from sell-out shows in Australia, they don’t really have hospital radio there but they know about it now! He was nominated for Best Act at the Adelaide Fringe and at Melbourne he was “Pick of the Festival” The Age.

DAnIEl SlOSS – mY GEnERATIOn MZA & Get Slossed Productions

www.ivanbrackenbury.com | www.ckproductions.co.uk

He comes across as special in all senses of the word  SCOTSMAN THE most enjoyable hour on the Fringe  GUARDIAN For simple laugh-’til you ache humour, Ivan Brackenbury is THE hit of the Fringe  EVENING STANDARD

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18:45 (19:30) Scotland’s 19-year-old comic prodigy and typical half-man-half-xbox, hormone-ridden teenager started doing stand-up when he was just 16. In 2008 Daniel became one of the youngest-ever SO YOU THINK YOU’RE FUNNY? competition finalists. He wrote for Frankie Boyle on BBC’s “MOCK THE WEEK”, was the first stand-up on Ch4’s “PAUL O’GRADY SHOW” and 100% soldout his first solo Fringe last year. CLIPS: www.danielsloss.co.uk

ANT DEWSON: I BOUGHT RICHARD HAMMOND’S UNDERPANTS ON EBAY Ant Dewson and Desperately Seeking Stagetime

BSL SIGN INTERPRETED THU 19 & SAT 28 AUGUST

This show contains songs about some / all / none of the following: love, puppies, alternative uses for gravy, 1000 years of AngloFrench relations, Carol Vorderman, necrophilia, pirates and Richard Hammond’s underpants. It also contains bad piano playing and jazz chords. Sorry.

For ages 12+ www.danielsloss.co.uk

Star of the future... Charming, self-deprecating and genuinely funny TIME OUT A high-energy dose of coming-of-age laughs INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Nothing short of hysterical… A stunning show of observational humour… We will be hearing a lot more from this boy in the future SUNDAY ExPRESS £6.50 £10 (£8.50) W

antdewson.co.uk

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JARLATH REGAN: NOT SO COMMON SENSE

ASSEMBLY @ ASSEMBLY HALL | BAILLIE ROOM

The hour is a pleasure albeit a guilty one. CHORTLE Adam is quite simply hilarious. BUZZCUTS

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www.edcomproductions.com

Comedy delivered in flawless fashion  FRINGE REPORT Excellent  THREEWEEKS

In November 2009 Adam Vincent graduated as a nurse. Three weeks later on an airplane thirty thousand feet above Indonesia, he was called upon. This is the story of a boy who is a comedian, who became a nurse, who saved a man.

mickperrin.com

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Edcom and Dick the Horse Productions

Following two consecutive years of sell-out shows, a milky way of stars and a mantelpiece of awards, Jarlath is back to present a stand-up comedy hour about the not so common sense behind modern life. Do your mood a favour. See this show!

£6 (£5)

ADAM VINCENT - VITAL SIGNS

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

£5 £8.50 (£7.50)

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST OUT OF THE BOX

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | SPORTSMANS

FELICITY WARD READS FROM THE BOOK OF MORON

Pleasance | Mackenzie & McGuire

Hell is other people, those people are live on air. Be a part of the studio audience and rubberneck as everybody struggles to stop Radio Hoohah going into cardiac arrest. Mackenzie & McGuire return to Edinburgh with the hilarious disintegration of a radio station in crisis.

One of Australia’s most exciting new comics, award-winning Felicity Ward returns to read stories that should have stayed in her diary. Come, sit and relax, knowing that it didn’t happen to you!

www.mackenzieandmcguire.co.uk

www.buxstock.com

Deftly written, impeccably acted. Must See TELEGRAPH Very Funny  LIST Inestimable talents...a French and Saunders for the facebook generation  ALLTHEFESTIVALS

Felicity Ward’s savage honesty, animated physicality and stories of personal bugbears evoke legendary comics such as Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

£5 £8.50 (£7)

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PLEASANCE DOME | JACKDOME

RADIO HOOHAH

Gilded Balloon | Laughing Stock

£5 £9.50 (£8.50)

18:50 (19:50)

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BUSTING OUT! Busting Out

A smash hit from Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Busting Out! is an audacious, raucously entertaining, funny, thoroughly theatrical, inclusive, empowering and affirmative celebration of the female body. Extraordinarily talented performers, songs and dance, a shadow play, sketches and incisive comedy. As Gok Wan would say ‘HERE COME THE HOOTERS!’ www.busting-out.com

Tasteful, clever, liberating and laugh out loud funny! DAILY TELEGRAPH, SYDNEY Mega talented… These girls sing, dance, bounce and squeeze through a non-stop show with clever skits, laugh out loud song and dance routines and ripping gags MELBOURNE HERALD SUN It’s a wonderful show… steeped in tradition that is as old as Aristophanes’ Lysistrata MANLY DAILY Hilarious... Brilliantly conceived. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD With your support we can Breakthrough Breastcancer.

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18:50 (19:50)

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CACTUS: THE SEDUCTION Directed by Mark Chavez of the ‘Pajama Men,’ Jonno Katz takes the audience on a lush tour of the psyche. Both a love story and a carnival of boundless imaginings, this multi-award winner is like the kicking love child of the Wachowski Brothers and Andy Kaufman.

Festival Highlights

A heartfelt love letter to Auntie Beeb, by Dawson Award winning creator of ‘Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf’. A romp through 30 years of TV icons: this is the only comedy show in history to mention Quatermass, The Clangers and Juliet Bravo. Passionate and stroppy enough to be on Points Of View (during the Wogan years).

www.epicworlds.com

Must-see, brilliant VICTORIA TIMES  If you can’t get tickets, it’s imperative that you steal them TERMINAL CITY, VANCOUVER Mesmerizing THE AGE

www.FestivalHighlights.com | www.TobyHadoke.com

Part memoir, part tribute, part stand-up, always riotously funny and sometimes surprisingly touching  TIME OUT £6 £6.50

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UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BELLY LAUGH

TOBY HADOKE NOW I KNOW MY BBC

Fringe Management | Epicworlds

£5 £11 (£10)

18:55 (19:55)

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CHARLYNE YI DANCES ON THE MOON

19:00 (20:00)

ASSEMBLY @ ASSEMBLY HALL | RAINY HALL

www.offthekerb.co.uk

 SCOTSMAN This will be one of the best shows of the festival. THE AGE

£10 £12 (£11)

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0844 545 8252

Australia’s Triple Perrier Nominee returns with something a little different. This year Adam’s throwing the script out the window and devoting an hour to ad-libbing with the audience. No script, no plan, no idea.

I love watching Charlyne perform - she is one of the funniest, most unique comic voices I have seen. JUDD APATOW Her comedy is uncynical - it’s feel-good without being brainless. STEVE COOGAN

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

Off The Kerb Productions

US Star/Creator of Sundance award-winning ‘Paper Heart’ and featured in Judd Apatow’s ‘Knocked-Up’. Comedy heartthrob Charlyne Yi will tickle your funny bone with songs and tales about love. Guaranteed to take your (bad) breath away. Free breath mints at the door!

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

ADAM HILLS - MESS AROUND

Assembly & Marshall Cordell

£5 £12 (£11)

GILDED BALLOON

0131 623 3030

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19:00 (19:55)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | ATTIC

DOC BROWN - UNFAMOUS

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE TWO

STRASSMAN: DUALITY

Doc Brown

Foster Entertainment

Being human, we all have a desire to be special- to leave our mark. But how far would you go to be remembered? What’s so special about human beings anyway? Witness a lifetime of extremes as Doc recalls the remarkable events that for him should have spelt infamy. But only spelt unfamy. What led Doc to leave behind crowds of 40,000, sharing stages with Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen…? Why did he walk away from the star treatment, the adulation…? The Fringe provides a chance to see him explain his idiocy to about 50 people in an attic. www.docbrown.co.uk

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PLEASANCE DOME | 10DOME The world’s Dark Master of Ventriloquy returns!

JOLLIE: ROGER!

Following his total sell out in 2005, Strassman reinvents the art of ventriloquism in this World Premiere event written and directed by Steve Altman.

Jollie

Jollie (John and Oliver) have, due to unforeseen circumstances (John’s alcoholism), been forced to lower their artistic standards and earn cash by doing a show on a miserable cruise ship. Jollie: Roger! is a wondrous mixture of story, song and sketch which was wasted on those stinking geriatric CRETINS onboard.

Teetering on the edge of psychosis, Strassman battles his alter ego for sanity, finally crossing to the dark side with this compelling psychological comedy. Radically original, disturbingly funny … and not to be missed! chuckwood.com

 His hysterical show reinvents the art of ventriloquism with the help of a renegade band of puppets you wouldn’t want to meet on a dark night SCOTSMAN Brilliant GUARDIAN

Brilliant musical sketch show CHORTLE Refreshingly complex double act ... fabulously animated and creative hour TIME OUT

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PLEASANCE DOME | QUEENDOME

THE GODLEY HOUR

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BABY GRAND

 Supernaturally quick minds. THREEWEEKS  Unmissable! FRINGEREVIEW £6 £11 (£9.50)

19:00 (20:00)

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www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.thenoisenextdoor.co.uk

TELEGRAPH

Earth-shattering secrets. Impossible odds. Our mission: Protect mankind, kick ass…bag sexy chicks. Audience suggestions expose society’s secrets and unleash ludicrous characters, witty one-liners and explosive physicality. White-hot improvised comedy that’ll leave you gasping for air. Join us.

Scotland’s funniest woman... The Godmother of Scottish Comedy. SCOTSMAN The most outspoken female stand-up in Britain. DAILY

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Comic Voice Management The Noise Next Door

janeygodley.com

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THE NOISE NEXT DOOR CHAOS CONTROL

Every year, Janey’s Edinburgh show is like listening to an overfriendly cleaner telling you all the things that ever happened in her life but in a funny way. Some stories are whimsical, some plain daft, some involve talking animals but all wonderfully spun by the multiaward winning Scot.

£5 £11.50 (£10.50)

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MATTHEW HARDY- WILLY WONKA EXPLAINED: THE VERUCA SALT SESSIONS EdCom

Don’t miss this refreshing show which was a smash-hit at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Matthew Hardy and Julie Dawn Cole, the original actress who played the little tyke Veruca Salt in the classic ‘70’s film, appear as if sat on their respective therapist’s couches. Dawn Cole in London complains about being a former child star, while Hardy, in Australia, bemoans his unshakable obsession with the film she starred in. Hardy’s Wonka love shines through and Cole’s presence is the icing on the cake. Caution: May contain hilarious multi-media interludes. Ommpalicious!

Marking the publication of ‘How I Escaped My Certain Fate, The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian’ PS: This event is not part of the Edinburgh Comedy Festival

www.edcomproductions.com

Wonderful… Delightful… Endearing AGE

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | WEE ROOM

WENDY WASON IN OTHER PEOPLE’S SECRETS

Gilded Balloon

Colourful interwoven strands of natural material, twisted for extra strength and a rough warmth. Phil Kay gets closer and this year he will smoke the belly button fluff of the audience in a wee pipe!

Wendy Wason loves Secrets – knowing them, telling them and keeping them. It seems there are a lot of them about – ask any politician or footballer. The delightfully funny Miss Wason will let us in on a few whoppers.

gildedballoon.co.uk

Genuinely magnetic stage presence FEST MAGAZINE Phil Kay is a comedy jesus METRO Such outlandish behaviour attracts and repels the audience in equal measure FEST MAGAZINE

She’s charming, clever and funny. THE SUNDAY TIMES A naturally funny and charismatically beguiling performer. CHORTLE

£6 £10 (£9)

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UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | WHITE BELLY

KEV ORKIAN - THE ILLEGAL TOUR

PLEASANCE DOME | KINGDOME

sets the pace for comedy-meets-magic in the 21st century A complete star TIME OUT £6 £12 (£10.50)

19:10 (20:10)

£12 (£11) S

www.petefirman.co.uk

Kev Orkian arrived on the comedy circuit with a bang! He lifts a tired crowd, conquers cynicism and regularly earns standing ovations JONGLEURS

Prepare to be amazed and amused by Britain’s leading comedy magician as he returns with “the best tricks in the universe”(Independent).After sell-out shows in 2007/08/09 Pete has established himself as one of Edinburgh’s hottest tickets.Television appearances include ‘Monkey Magic’(FIVE),‘Dirty Tricks’ and ‘Derren Brown’s 3D Magic Spectacular’(Channel4) and ‘For One Night Only’(ITV1).

www.kev-orkian.com

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Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with Corrie McGuire at Objective Talent

One of the UK’s most talented, up-and-coming comedians, Kev Orkian combines his unique off-beat humour with sensational performances on the piano and has been dubbed one of the world’s finest comedy pianists. He regularly headlines at Jongleurs comedy clubs around the country receiving rave reviews and standing ovations.

£11 (£10)

PETE FIRMAN - JOKES & TRICKS

NMP

£6 £10 (£9)

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | NIGHTCLUB

PHIL KAY: IN TWEED

Wendy Wason

£6 £9 (£8)

19:00 (20:00)

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BELOW

PLEASANCE

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AAA STAND-UP

At the age of nineteen Daniel Rigby was converted to Christianity. After being stood up by Jesus every Sunday for two years he dumped him.

Total sell-out 2005-2009, returns with a brand new line-up. Marlon Davis: ‘Bursts on to the stage like a breath of fresh air and an effortlessly open, confident style’ (Chortle). Paul McCaffrey: ‘Likeable, animated and fluid, with a first rate sense of timing. A very appealing act indeed’ (Chortle). Matt Rudge: ‘Crowd pleasing buffoonery at its best’ (Three Weeks). BOOK EARLY!

Bound & Gagged Comedy

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

This is the post natal confession of a lapsed Born-Again. “Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and getteth understanding.” Proverbs 3:13

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com

mickperrin.com

AAA Stand-Up is comedy the way it should be: a laugh-aminute which leaves the audience wishing the show was just a little bit longer.  FEST

Brilliant...the sort of find that makes you glad you made the trip up  TELEGRAPH

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | HUT

CHRIS MCCAUSLAND EMOTIONAL RETARD

£9.50 (£8.50) S

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | UPSTAIRS

A stand up machine GUARDIAN Terrific HERALD A Five Star Act SCOTSMAN £5 £10 (£8.50)

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www.jackwhitehall.com

McCausland delivers laugh after laugh. THREEWEEKS An unexpected whirlwind...Pure joy! STAGE

People say you learn from your mistakes, Jack reckons that’s bollocks. We just keep making the same mistakes but get slightly better at dealing with the fallout. Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee 2009.

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.chrismccausland.com

Chambers Management

‘A must see!’ (The Sunday Times). ‘Terrific’ (The Scotsman). ‘Emotional Retard!’ (The Girlfriend). This show consists of English words arranged in such an order so as to achieve optimum comedy value. ‘A natural’ (The Herald). Award-winning BBC and Comedy Central regular.

JACK WHITEHALL: LEARNING DIFFICULTIES

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Beyond Compere | Chris McCausland

£5 £11 (£9.50)

0844 545 8252

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | CELLAR

DANIEL RIGBY: AFTERBIRTH

£5 £8.50 (£7)

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

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LEVIATHAN ENTERTAINMENT LTD PRESENTS

£11.50 (£10) S

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Dark Side of the Poon

10.55

5 - 29 AUG (EXCEPT 16)

0131 556 5375 The Caves | Venue 88 | 253 Cowgate

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | BILLIARD ROOM

MIKE KEAT: THE LYIN’ BITCH & THE WARDROBE

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE ONE

PAPPY’S - ALL BUSINESS

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com

After 15 years touring the world, Cuban Brothers head honcho comes clean as he returns to his hometown of Edinburgh for his highly anticipated debut solo show. Never before will you have seen/heard anything like this. brettvincent.com

Wonderful, weird and totally brilliant THE GUARDIAN  METRO  SCOTSMAN £6.50 £10 (£9) W

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NEW ART CLUB: BIG BAG OF BOOM New Art Club | Escalator East To Edinburgh

Back with their genre-defining stand-up dance, Tom Roden and Pete Shenton, one of the most original acts in comedy, bring together the most explosive moments from a decade of award-winning shows. It’s a Greatest Hits/Remix comedy dance sketch show bomb waiting to spontaneously combust.

www.pappyscomedy.com

 INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Best in their genre  MIRROR The sheer joy with which these men deliver their skits and lines make Pappy’s irresistable  METRO

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ARDAL O’HANLON

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live and Dawn Sedgwick Management

Award-winning actor, writer, comedian and star of Father Ted; My Hero and Val Falvey. An acclaimed stand up, Ardal has toured globally to sell-out audiences and released two Top Ten solo live DVDs. Credits include Skins, Dr Who, Greyfriars Bobby and the lead in the feature, Wide Open Spaces. This is a limited run of Ardal’s new stand-up show, prior to his Autumn UK tour. Book early! www.mickperrin.com

His timing and technique are outstanding. In a world already overpopulated by comedians, he really makes a difference. STAGE Funnier than one could imagine possible. SCOTSMAN

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FASCINATING AIDA: PEARLS BEFORE WINE Britain’s top female comedy trio return to the fringe with a selection of their greatest hits plus a smattering of new numbers including, according to a recent review in The Times “..the dirtiest & funniest song of the century so far”. Following their hugely successful 25th Anniversary tour, which, due to popular demand, actually spanned 3 years, the girls are throwing on their frocks, dusting down the piano, leaving a note for the milkman and hitting the road to Edinburgh, in their trusty white van. In a very special show to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Assembly Theatre, Dillie Keane, Adèle Anderson and singing sensation Liza Pulman remind us why their shows have garnered three New York Drama Desk nominations and plaudits from all over the world:

See them before you die otherwise your life will have been meaningless. MAIL ON SUNDAY Marvellous DAILY TELEGRAPH The glamour is magnetic, the satire razor-sharp, the lyrics brilliant... intensely poignant. GUARDIAN

FA are not here to deliver lectures. They are too busy having uproarious fun on Tesco Saves, a gospel romp through our consumer culture, while the graphic, Chaucer-meets-Squeeze sentiments of Dogging surely make it a contender for the dirtiest and funniest song of the century so far  THE TIMES £10 £15 (£14) W

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SEAN LOCK: LOCKIPEDIA Off The Kerb Productions

Nick Brooke and Brett Vincent in association with Angelo Fraboni, Peter Martin, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, and Rick Newman

Lockipedia is a brand new stand-up show from the comedian Sean Lock. Lockipedia is what Sean ‘knows’ about stuff. Lockipedia is a very unreliable, misleading but highly entertaining information resource. Lockipedia can only be accessed live. www.offthekerb.co.uk

 GUARDIAN  EVENING STANDARD Consistently brilliant THE TIMES

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The funniest show in town, hands down NEW YORK POST You weep with laughter NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Awesome and hilarious AWESOME AND HILARIOUS

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST UP THE ROAD

THE BIG VALUE COmEDY SHOW – EARlY Just the Tonic

Four top comedians, 1.5 hour show. In it’s 16th year as the recognised launchpad for future stars. Tomorrow’s comedians, yesterday’s prices...today. A proper club gig for £10 or less. We spend the year auditioning for this. We bring you the BEST of the breaking through talent. We’ve found some of the big names. Trust us! www.justthetonic.com

Cabaret comedy at it’s best SCOTSMAN Top comedy, top value LIST £7 £12.50 (£11) W

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STUART GOLDSMITH: THE REASONABLE MAN

True spirit of the fringe, multi-award winning comedian, author and explorer Tim FitzHigham FRSA, FRGS is back in the festival’s most incredible venue. Come and see the amazing new show from this brilliant talent. ‘Inspirational’ Time Out

A white-knuckle, high-octane meander through the worlds of sex, circus and subculture. Stuart has spent his whole life desperately trying to be interesting. It sort of worked. This is what happened when he tried to be himself instead...

brettvincent.com | fitzhigham.com

A glorious stand-up debut from a nice young man with no tattoos.

Gut bustingly funny SCOTSMAN A national treasure CHORTLE

stuartgoldsmith.co.uk | ckproductions.co.uk

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Star of Channel 4’s TNT Show, BBC New Comedy Award & So You Think You’re Funny WINNER. Sometimes, nice people have to toughen up to survive this world. But what if their shoulders simply aren’t big enough for fighting?

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 A wonderfully laconic anecdotalist and a rare talent. I urge – nay demand – that you see him THREEWEEKS

Book early; recorded for television.

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Rocked by the rhythm of a saint... Catch him now DAILY

Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event featuring an all-star cast and hosted by Kevin Bridges. With special guests: Sean Lock, Adam Hills, Shappi Khorsandi, Simon Evans and others to be confirmed.

tomindeed.com | rbmcomedy.com

COMEDY GALA 2010: IN AID OF WAVERLEY CARE

TOM ALLEN TOUGHENS UP!

£5 £9 (£7)

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TIM FITZHIGHAM: GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER

Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com by arrangement with PBJ Management

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JONNY SWEET - LET’S ALL JUST HAVE SOME FUN (AND LEARN SOMETHING, FOR ONCE)

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EDWARD ACZEL: EVER TRIED. EVER FAILED. NO MATTER. TRY AGAIN. FAIL AGAIN. FAIL BETTER.

The Invisible Dot Ltd

Edinburgh Comedy Newcomer Award Winner 2009, Jonny Sweet (Star of Channel4’s When Boris Met Dave, Radio 4’s Party and BBC3’s The King Is Dead), returns with a whole lecture series and mid-level multimedia budget. Total Sell-Out 2007-2009. www.jonnysweet.com theinvisibledot.com

Silly, wonderfully acted and perfectly scripted. Infectiously funny. TIME OUT £6 £10.50 (£9) W

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Aczel outlines a few brittle thoughts on ambition, failure and why he would’ve preferred to be an ambassador (or, in theory, a rock star). With SWOT Analysis, silence and repetition to pad the hour. One of The Times’ Top Fifty Must-See Shows of 2009. www.showandtelluk.com

This could be one of the funniest men on the Fringe  HERALD One of the most entertaining oddities in years  METRO Britain’s greatest entertainer... probably the best hope for the future of comedy  TIME OUT

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HELEN ARNEY’S SONGS FOR MODERN LOVING

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OFF THE KERB PRODUCTIONS

Last year’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee and ‘Have I Got News For You?’ panelist presents a brand new hour of stand-up.

Helen’s debut comedy hour looks at Modern Love: If Juliet were alive today, would she still choose secret trysts and suicide over fixed-rate mortgages and awkward chit-chat with Romeo’s parents?

offthekerb.co.uk

So good he actually bends time  CHORTLE ...a brilliant hour... that confirms Richardson as one of our most individual and interesting stand-ups. TIMES

helenarney.com | youtube.com/helenarney

Engaging, twinkly-eyed stage presence CHORTLE  Charming, witty, warm with great one-liners LIST £5 (£4) £8 (£7) T

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | ABOVE

JON RICHARDSON: DON’T HAPPY, BE WORRY

Comic songs, ukuleles and stand-up to take you through the highs, lows and heartaches of looking for that perfect someone.

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PAUL FOOT - ASH IN THE ATTIC

JOSIE LONG: BE HONOURABLE!

Paul sweeps the loft conversion of his mind for comedy lampshades, bronze slapstick geese and Persian golf balls. Directed by Noel Fielding.

Josie Long presents a ramshackle call to arms. Come, or she’ll find you and cut your face up real good. She’s 5’ 5”. Every show she’s done has received 2, 3, 4 and 5* reviews so she must be doing something.

www.paulfoot.tv

www.josielong.com

It’s impossible to describe what Paul does, it’s like trying to strangle mercury... in an all too predictable comedy universe, Paul Foot orbits his own planet. Fantastic

What great comedy should be. Inspired and inspiring.  METRO

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JOE ROWNTREE: PEACEFUL WORRIER

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THE AXIS OF AWESOME: SONGS IN THE KEY OF AWESOME

RBM

The star of Sky One’s multi award winning Brainiac: Science Abuse and host of the sell out tour, Brainiac Live; performs his hotly anticipated debut show. A frank and funny story about the nature of worrying; from STDs in Africa to a dramatic stag-do in Barcelona. He’s supported several top comedians on their national tours including Rhod Gilbert, Scott Capurro and more recently Stephen K Amos. rbmcomedy.com | joerowntree.com

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DOMMETT & LAMPAERT

It’s “Spinal Tap meets Flight of the Conchords” (Scotsman) as Australia’s gods of comedy rock return to Edinburgh to sing funny songs at your face. Join Jordan, Lee and Benny for “musical comedy at its best” (Daily Express).

CKP in arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management presents

Join stand-up’s hottest rising stars, Joel Dommett (Skins, ‘The perfect stand up’ - Vibrant Magazine) & Eric Lampaert (MTV, ‘Like a minihurricane, destroying complacency and raising the spirits’ - Chortle) as they take you on a combined hour of engaging bewilderment and mischievous magnificent-ness.

After a complete sell out season in 2009 The Axis of Awesome are back with a brand new hour of romedy (rock comedy).

www.ckproductions.co.uk | www.ericlampaert.com | www.joeldommett.com

 If you don’t laugh until your jaw aches and you’re clutching your sides begging them to stop then I have no polite way to finish this sentence. BROADWAY BABY  Truly awesomely funny! ADELAIDE ADVERTISER  A superbeast of high-energy, high-impact comedy CHORTLE.CO.UK

Also don’t forget to check out The Axis of Awesome in their late night musical variety show “The Axis of Awesome and Friends Sing Songs... And Friends!”. axisofawesome.net

Sublimely amusing TIME OUT Surreal and child-like take on everything has everyone in stitches DIRTY SOUTH £6 £6.50 W

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ASSEMBLY 30TH ANNIVERSARY GALA PRESS LAUNCH

Star of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Shappi Talk’ and BBC One’s ‘Live at the Apollo’ is back with a brand new show about wanting it all!

Join us as we celebrate our 30th year and rocket into another stunning Assembly season of the Fringe’s best theatre, music, dance and comedy. The Gala Press Launch lets you take a sneak peek at a great selection of shows from our 2010 programme.

Assembly

offthekerb.co.uk

One of Britain’s brightest young comedians DAILY TELEGRAPH On the brink of becoming a household name EVENING

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The Jewel in the crown of the Fringe SCOTSMAN National Theatre of the Fringe THE STAGE Fringe Powerhouse EVENING NEWS

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SHAPPI KHORSANDI: THE MOON ON A STICK OFF THE KERB PRODUCTIONS

UNDERBELLY

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DAN ANTOPOLSKI TURN OF THE CENTURY Seventh solo show from 2009 Winner of the Dave Award for Funniest Joke of the Fringe. Triple Perrier Award Nominee.  List.  Herald.  londonisfunny.com avalonuk.com | www.danantopolski.com

Spectacular displays of verbal pyrotechnics OBSERVER Some of the best gags I’ve heard SCOTSMAN

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DAVID QUIRK I DON’T WANNA TELL JOKES Laughing Stock Productions

An honest and frank, painfully funny storyteller, award-winning Australian comic David Quirk takes his audience on a brazen journey through comfort and discomfort, to the humour in life’s darkest moments. For those who like their comedy so dark it’s burnt, David makes his Edinburgh debut in what one newspaper described as ‘a chainsaw with cheekbones’, which certainly works best as a metaphor. See the spectacle. It will be one of the things that flashes before your eyes as you are dying.

Golden Gibbo Award Winner 2010 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL

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EMO PHILIPS: PLEASE WITNESS MY ACT

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THE FUNNY FARM

Gilded Balloon

In 1989 the Funny Farm was born in Glasgow - a collective of Scottish based stand-ups. In the early 90s the Funny Farm was the only standup show on STV.

OFF THE KERB PRODUCTIONS

Emo Philips -- 54th funniest comedian ever (Channel 4 survey) -- last played Edinburgh in 2001; he out-sold every act on the fringe. This is the show he currently performs in the states.

Come see the best of these: Fred MacAulay, Parrot and Bruce Morton.

www.offthekerb.co.uk

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...a master of one-liners, he’s way ahead of anyone else.

FROM RECENT SHOWS AT THE GLASGOW COMEDY FESTIVAL

INDEPENDENT

...rib-achingly funny THE SUNDAY TIMES ...very funny indeed THE LIST

...glitteringly sharp comic mind. It’s hard to criticise when your

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MILES JUPP: FIBBER IN THE HEAT (A CRICKET TALE) RBM

Perrier Nominee tells the story of his attempt to become a cricket journalist by simply pretending to be one. After pulling a few strings, an unprepared and unqualified Jupp heads to India with the English press to embark on a month long, sun-soaked disaster (and some minor triumphs). milesjupp.co.uk | rbmcomedy.com

The crisply funny Jupp is a genteel treat GUARDIAN One of the most accomplished raconteurs around TIME OUT £5 £9 (£7) W

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SEYMOUR MACE IN ‘HANGIN’ OUT WITH SEYMOUR MACE’

Bound & Gagged Comedy | Sean Hughes

After selling out in 2009, Sean has been on the road for a whole year, perfecting his new show. Now at its absolute peak, he brings it to Edinburgh! With his dark, explosive style of quick-fire audience banter, he is a household name appearing in countless TV shows. Sean has returned to his first love, stand-up, and is back at his absolute best. BOOK EARLY

Ashley Boroda

My name is Seymour Mace, I’m 41 and single and I live alone. It’s brilliant! I can go anywhere, be anyone and do anything without ever leaving the comfort of my cosy little hole. So why not come on down, hang on out and find out how I managed to escape from growing up. There’ll be music, dancing and generally acting crazy, like an excited monkey with a bag of boiled sweets at the end of the week!

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.myspace.com/seanhughescomedian

High-calibre comedy as it should be THE EVENING STANDARD His delivery is a delight… captivating. TIMES Intelligent stand-up. GUARDIAN

www.seymourmace.co.uk

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REGINALD D HUNTER: TROPHY NIGGA Mick Perrin for Just Laughs Live

Reginald D Hunter’s uniquely non-secular approach to comedy continues in 2010. mickperrin.com

Shimmers with stage presence...comic timing is sharp enough to burst balloons INDEPENDENT Few acts nestle a crowd in the palm of their hands quite like this TIMES Nearer the knuckle than an over-sized sovereign ring METRO A consummate stand-up with a punchy delivery and comic timing to die for LIST One of the most skilled, powerful, charismatic comic performers around SCOTSMAN Challenging opinions… mesmerising delivery CHORTLE Consistently at his best delivering dry and unexpected observations EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

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THE INVISIBLE DOT CLUB BY THE SEA

JARRED CHRISTMAS STANDS UP

The Invisible Dot Ltd

One of New Zealand’s funniest exports is BACK for Edinburgh 2010.

Secret bill at a secret location by the sea. More info at www.theinvisibledot.com

Following sell out shows in Edinburgh and London, a starring role in a BBC2 sitcom, winning an award, and dancing like Beyonce for pot noodle, Jarred Christmas returns to do what he does best…stand-up.

Gilded Balloon

www.theinvisibledot.com

Winner of Chortle Award - Best Compere 2010

The Invisible Dot Club offers themed nights featuring a quixotic mix of stand-up, sketches, music, art and video, including the promise of live endoscopies. GUARDIAN

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One of the funniest men to pick up a microphone TIM ARTHUR, COMEDY EDITOR, TIME OUT

Likeable, intelligent and full of unpredictable energy SCOTSMAN £5 £9.50 (£8.50)

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THE TARTAN RIBBON COMEDY BENEFIT

The Winners and nominees of the UK’s premiere comedy awards on one fabulous bill! This outstanding comedy show brings you tomorrow’s big stars today. Book early. Every year a sell-out!

A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care – supporting people living in Scotland with HIV. Previous year’s line-ups have included: Michael McIntyre, Stephen K Amos, Russell Howard, Ivan Brackenbury, Jason Byrne and many, many more.

Line-up to be announced.

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The Unofficial Oscars of Comedy GUARDIAN

If you only have time to see one show, see this one – it’ll be the cream of the whole Edinburgh programme, and all the profits go to charity.

comedyawards.co.uk

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THE FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARDS SHOW The 30th Edinburgh Comedy Awards

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DARRIN ROSE: WHAT’S POTPOURRI?

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

Award nominated Canadian comedian Darrin Rose brings his acclaimed act to the Edinburgh Fest for the first time! His smart, aggressive style hits home with tales of growing up amongst men - his brother and single dad. A Canadian Comedy Award (2007) and Canadian Screenwriting Award nominee (2009 & 2010), his fun act is a great way to spend an hour! darrinrose.com | justthetonic.com

Fresh, witty, sometimes naughty and always funny! SCENE MAGAZINE, LONDON

Quick witted! EYE WEEKLY, TORONTO £5 £7 (£6) W

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20:05 (21:05) Fresh from his sell out solo tour of Australia and New Zealand and his third appearance on “The Late Show With David Letterman”, multi award winning Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan returns to the Edinburgh Festival. A fearless force of energy, Tiernan is inspiring and one of the few comics to take his audience on a genuine emotional journey as he continues his constant interrogation of the big ideas - Sex, Religion, Family. High intensity, high octane, a no holds barred roller coaster ride. To spend time in this man’s company is an unmissable treat. mickperrin.com

This man is funny  METRO Hilarious  CHORTLE

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DES BISHOP - MY DAD WAS NEARLY JAMES BOND Lisa Richards Ltd. and EdCom

Ireland’s favourite comedian performs his latest, internationally acclaimed show. Motivated by his Father’s lung cancer diagnosis, Des contrasts the real heroics of Fatherhood against ridiculous ideals of manhood everyday guys try to live up to. www.lisarichards.ie | www.edcomproductions.com

edgy material... snappy, never sappy... Bishop has judged this one beautifully. THE AGE, MELBOURNE £5 £12 (£11)

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JOHN-LUKE ROBERTS DISTRACTS YOU FROM A MURDER

SUSAN CALMAN: CONSTANTLY SEEKING SUSAN

John-Luke Roberts performs whimsical, esoteric comedy to distract you from the brutal, sickening murder he will be committing during the show. John-Luke is ½ of peculiar double-act The Behemoth, Josie Long’s tour support and writer for Radio 4’s News Quiz. This will be the first time he has murdered professionally.

The award-winning Glasweigan fireball takes you on a journey of self-discovery, self-assessment and self-ishness. Bring a date! Bring a friend! Bring a stranger! Bring pets! Bring yourself! As seen on BAFTA award-winning Blowout (Channel 4) and Rab C Nesbitt (BBC2) and heard on MacAulay & Co (BBC Radio Scotland) and News Quiz (Radio 4). Sold out 2008.

The Invisible Dot Ltd

Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

theinvisibledot.com

www.objectivetalentmanagement.com | www.susancalman.com

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DAVE HILL: BIG IN JAPAN

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JENNIFER COOLIDGE YOURS FOR THE NIGHT

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

Shy dynamo Dave Hill presents tales of addiction and ostensible fame overseas in a show punctuated by occasional full-on rock guitar assaults. It’s a true story of one man’s undying will to rock the f@# out of people.

EdCom

Comic movie star, best known for ‘American Pie’, ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘Best in Show’ commands the stage in this outrageous, hilarious and sometimes shockingly funny one-woman show.

That one man (mentioned earlier) is Dave Hill and over the course of his allotted time slot, Dave will finally speak publicly about what it’s like to be a gigantic celebrity in Japan, a country where he’s pretty much like Princess Diana or something.

Sexy with a side of silly - this show will leave you begging for more. www.edcomproductions.com

Jennifer was born to make people laugh LA TIMES

mickperrin.com

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MATT GREEN: BLEEDING FUNNY RBM

This rising star and Pick of the Fringe (Guardian, The List) returns with new tales of embarrassment and redemption. But mainly embarrassment. mattgreen.org | rbmcomedy.com

A stand-up audience’s dream; his off-the-cuff jokes are so good they could have been scripted, his clever prepared material delivered so nonchalantly it could have been improvised...an explosion of comedy that left everyone in stitches  THREE WEEKS £5 £9 (£7) W

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MZA & CHiLL Productions

A deliciously wicked evening of no-holds-barred, infectiously spontaneous fun from the comedian that Scotland on Sunday said was Funny as Hell! Radio Forth wished his shows would last forever and The Scotsman said seeing Craig Hill live was a Revelation and called him Priceless! Book early - Soldout 2002-2009! BSL INTERPRETED SAT 21 & THU 26 www.mrcraighill.com

Hill actually has to wait until the audience stops laughing before he can start again. It’s absolutely hilarious! EVENING NEWS, EDINBURGH Riotously funny… He is that rare thing, a naturally funny comedian INDEPENDENT Absolutely hilarious… An hour with Hill makes for a cracking show… has the rare ability to make any audience feel like part of an intimate gathering… Magical!... Irresistible! LIST £7.50 £12.50 (£11) W

SARA PASCOE VS HER EGO

Phil McIntyre Entertainment by arrangement with Dawn Sedgewick Management

The stunning debut Edinburgh show from Time Out Magazine’s ‘Rising Star ’. With a unique style of comedy, Sara fuses high intellect with the surreal and playful. Her razor sharp wit, one liners and hilarious left field view of the world, ensure she is a true original. Television incs, Free Agents; Campus ( series regular roles); The Thick of It; Being Human, and Happy Finish.

A breath-taking comedian Pascoe is a gifted, brilliant performer, destined for greatness TIMES £5 £9.50 (£8)

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UNDERBELLY

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CARL BARRON

Assembly by arrangement with A-List Entertainment

For the first time since her days in The Nualas, Tara Flynn (Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, Thank God You’re Here) returns with wickedly funny songs, as dark and bitter as Belgian chocolate. (Does not contain chocolate. Or Belgium. Just funny.) www.taraflynn.ie

Refreshingly testosterone-free comedy zone that still has balls. THE STAGE You could listen to the lovely Ms Flynn all night. CHORTLE

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PLEASANCE DOME | QUEEN DOME Australia’s most popular comedian, Carl Barron has featured twice at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival – and headlined the Just for Laughs National Tour – and he’s ready to crack up Edinburgh! He’s a legend in Australia, where his last DVD outsold Robin Williams and Eddie Murphy combined. Maybe it’s his big brown eyes or his almost shy, uncanny observations of everyday life? Whatever his secret, wherever Carl decides to perform – it sells out and audiences want more! Carl Barron manages to turn everyday absurdities into knee-thumping hilarity, and he’s got the worldwide fan-base to prove it.

JEREMY LION GOES GREEN Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Perrier Award Nominee, Jeremy Lion roars back to life! Join The UK’s most extraordinary children’s entertainer as he attempts to save the world from ecological meltdown. Learn about global warming, recycling, polar bears and wine in this informative and entertaining show. Fun for all the family, although entirely unsuitable for children.

www.assemblyfestival.com

 the audience was in a state of uncontrollable joy THE AGE, AUSTRALIA A gifted physical comic and monologist LA TIMES With a deadpan expression breaking out into gleaming wickedness… has the audience in fits with his resonating observations of common experiences SCOTSMAN

www.jeremylion.co.uk

Gloriously, excruciatingly TELEGRAPH It’s refreshing to see something so very, very silly TIMES £5 £12 (£10) W

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JIMEOIN - SOMETHING SMELLS FUNNY MZA & Geffer Notice Productions

Stunning 70 minutes of world-class stand-up from one of live comedy’s masters. No gimmicks, purely and brilliantly simply about having a laugh. BSL INTERPRETED THU 19 & SAT 28 www.jimeoin.com | www.livenation.com

Inspired… Comedy so deceptively bright it almost blinds you… not so much stand-up comedian, more stand-up David Attenborough… comedy of the highest order EVENING STANDARD A wicked self-deprecatory tone… that has his victims doubled up in agonising laughter… Exemplary stand-up comedy positively honking with the scent of his greatest success to date  HERALD Hilarious… It gets no better than this... He’s not trying to preach to you, he won’t change your life but he will make you laugh a lot… brilliant! TIME OUT Comedy of the highest order… inspired ramblings INDEPENDENT A series of hilarious, often surrealistic climaxes. This is the comedy of one who truly perceives human behaviour, breaks it up and puts it all together again in all its ridiculousness, to leave you with your eyes streaming… Comic genius! EVENING NEWS, EDINBURGH £7.50 (5th) £10 (6th) £12.50 (£11) W

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ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | BALLROOM

CHRIS ADDISON

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IDIOTS OF ANTS: THE RED BUTTON

Avalon Promotions Ltd

Pleasance

At last! Mr. Chris Addison off BAFTA Award-winning comedy The Thick of It, In The Loop, Skins and Lab Rats is back in Edinburgh with a nice big slab of critically acclaimed stand-up. Daftness! Whimsy! Jokes! Lies! Smartarsery! Flapping about! All present and correct. www.chrisaddison.com

The best stand-up I’ve seen THE OBSERVER

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ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET | BALLROOM Following 2009’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Nomination (formerly Perrier), three sell-out Edinburgh Festivals and working alongside John Cleese at the Montreal ‘Just For Laughs’ Festival, The Ants (BBC1, BBC2, Radio 4 and Chortle ‘Best Sketch Act’ Award Winners) return with their fourth brand new full-length comedy show. They’ve had a busy twelve months; with a UK tour, a West End run and sketches featured on the BBC Comedy website. This year you’ll get to sing along with the Idiots’ machine washable alter egos, see a sketch entirely in German (don’t worry there’s subtitles) and you may leave with a few extra points on your driving license. Book now!

PAUL ZERDIN: SPONGE FEST REVISITED

Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com | Robert Voice at International Artistes

Arguably Britain’s most talented and leading ventriloquist and comedian, by far the stand out performer of last years Royal Variety Show, a complete sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2009 run and star of numerous other TV shows. Come and see Paul and friends, Sam, Albert, Baby and a few new tricks up his sleeve...

idiotsofants.com

Great, original, focused comedy writing, performed by a consummately talented foursome  KATE COPSTICK, SCOTSMAN Rock ‘n’ roll hysteria meets sharp and brilliant comedy  TIM ARTHUR, TIME OUT You leave utterly elated by this comedy cocktail  DOMINIC MAxWELL, THE TIMES

www.brettvincent.com | www.paulzerdin.com

The best ventriloquist Britain has discovered for many years THE TIMES £10 £15 (£14) W

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ALEX HORNE: ODDS

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HANNAH GADSBY THE CLIFF YOUNG SHUFFLE

‘Joyous’ (Scotsman), ‘quietly rebellious’ (Stage), ‘gentlemanly’ (Metro) comedian Alex Horne discusses numbers, the universe, gambling, regrets and quantum physics. He’ll also try to distract you with his majestic PowerPoint skills as featured on BBC4’s We Need Answers.

Token Events

WINNER FESTIVAL DIRECTORS’ AWARD – Melbourne Comedy Festival. Before her Assembly Rooms debut last year, Hannah walked across England. It was a really bad idea. In a world obsessed with perfecting youth, beauty and achievement, Hannah clearly missed the boat. This show is about preparing for a graceful downhill shuffle.

avalonuk.com

Horne is as quick-witted and engaging as they come INDEPENDENT

www.hannahgadsby.com.au

Deadpan, cutting wit…an assured performer  SCOTSMAN

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DAvE THORnTOn – A DIFFERENT TYPE OF NORMAL

Razor sharp one-liners TELEGRAPH Unremittingly vicious, master of the one-liner SCOTSMAN £5 £8.50 (£7.50)

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garydelaney.com | ckproductions.com

a quick and self deprecating wit…an engaging comic THE AGE  THE LIST

20:30 (21:25)

0844 545 8252

Gary Delaney thinks most shows don’t contain enough jokes, and is trying to single-handedly redress the balance. Don’t expect a narrative, theme or a voyage of self discovery but do expect jokes, and lots of them. This show comes with a ‘no whimsy’ guarantee. Not suitable for bairns or sensitive souls.

gildedballoon.co.uk

UNDERBELLY

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CKP | Gary Delaney

Dave always thought his family was pretty normal and typefaces were mundane, until everything changed when he was nineteen. In 2009 Dave performed in Singapore, New York and around Australia. Now he’s back at the Fringe and guaranteed to be ‘razor sharp and very funny’ (Inpress, Melbourne).

PLEASANCE

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GARY DELANEY: PURIST

Gilded Balloon | Token Events

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CHRIS RAMSEY: AGGROPHOBIC

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SEAnn WAlSH – I’D HAPPIlY PUNCH MYSELF IN THE FACE

Chris will do anything to get out of a fight, whatever the consequences.

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Glorious Management Seann Walsh

Hotly anticipated debut from a multi award winning emerging star. He made a silly noise on Mock the Week, was actually grouchy on Grouchy Young Men and supported Stephen K Amos on tour. It’s going well. He’s still not happy.

Star of the Comedy Zone 2009, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Nominee, and tour support for Al Murray, Chris embarks on his debut stand-up show. www.avalonuk.com | www.chrisramseycomedy.com

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.gloriousmanagement.com

Effervescent as potassium and brighter NORTHERN ECHO

Walsh is this generation’s Dylan Moran… quite special. TIME OUT

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ROB ROUSE: THE GREAT ESCAPE

NINA CONTI: TALK TO THE HAND

Star of 8 out of 10 cats, Friday Night Project & Spoons, Rob’s triumphant return to Edinburgh last year won him fantastic critical acclaim. A sell-out festival run, followed by a national tour took his trademark comedic storytelling to a career high. This year Rob is knuckling down. Girlfriend, toddler, dog... check! However, you can’t live off high spirits and adrenaline forever, the honeymoon’s over. Now the hard bit; sorting himself out.

Britain’s leading ventriloquist returns to Edinburgh with Monk. Following her 2008 sell-out smash hit, Evolution, don’t miss this hilarious new show. Occasional special guests and three new characters take Nina off-script and access her uncensored mind. No two shows will be quite the same. Created with Bill Dare.

www.brettvincent.com | www.robrouse.com

A mighty imagination at work SUNDAY TIMES A gem...funny, poignant, novel. GUARDIAN Uproariously funny  SCOTSMAN

Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com by arrangement with PBJ Management

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live and Jeremy Meadow

Hilarious  LIST Missing this show means missing something wonderful  EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS Belly laugh funny  THE HERALD Just go see it  SUNDAY TIMES

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mickperrin.com

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20:35 (21:45)

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BIG BELLY

ALLSOPP & HENDERSON’S THE JINGLISTS

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TIM VINE - THE JOKE-AMOTIVE Bound & Gagged Comedy | Tim Vine

One room. Two jingle-writing geniuses. Catchy melodies and crippled emotions. Can love rescue these men or will they pummel each other into the abyss of madness? From the creators of the hit show A Porthole into the Minds of the Vanquished (***** Three Weeks) www.myspace.com/aporthole

...midway between Beckett and the Boosh... the stuff cults are made of... CHORTLE.CO.UK  ... indecently funny... the most joyously deranged hour you’ll ever pay to spend METRO £6 £6.50 W

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BESIDE Sell-out 44 date UK tour now transfers to the Edinburgh Festival. Star of BBC1 ‘Not Going Out’ and ‘Live at the Apollo’ – Tim Vine is the king of the one-liners. Here it comes over the brow of the hilarity. It’s Tim Vine in a train. Stand back from the platform in case you get hit by a prop. Every carriage is packed full of gags. Can you hear them? Chug chug joke joke, chug chug joke joke. Be on your guard. This train Timinates here.

ASHER TRELEAVEN: SECRET DOOR Jeremy Meadow

Open a Secret Door with Barry Award nominee (Melbourne Comedy Festival) Asher Treleaven as he asks: what maketh the man? Is it the suit or something more fleshy? Asher goes full on to tackle the question of what makes a man “manly”? Winner Critics’ Choice Award, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2010

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.timvine.com

Offering line after line of glorious goofing.  TIMES Vine is superb.  GUARDIAN Vine is a supreme punmeister. TIME OUT

www.ashertreleaven.com

 Cerebral, sublime and wonderful work from a comedian at the top of his game. MELBOURNE AGE Tantalising moments of scintillating genius. CHORTLE £5 £9 (£8) W

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UDDERBELLY’S PASTURE | E4 COW BARN

HENRY ROLLINS

ANDREW BIRD: THE UNLIKELY LAD

Regular Music & MZA

CKP by arrangement with Red Comedy | Andrew Bird

Andrew’s a white, English, straight male with a face that says “I read Nuts”. As a closet sensitive soul he’s spent his whole life making up for it. A show about the consequences of trying too hard to be liked by everyone. Sell-out 2008. Book early. andrewbirdcomedian.com | ckproductions.co.uk

Effortlessly engaging and funny as hell RHOD GILBERT A natural comedian THE STAGE Hilarious FEST £5 £8 (£7) W

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | BALCONY Legendary frontman for rock’s Black Flag returns with his extraordinary and hilarious stream-of-socialconsciousness. Hard-hitting, side-splitting - and always in your face. Author, Actor, Grammy Award-winner, above all, Rollins is an unmissable live powerhouse onstage. Soldout 2008! www.henryrollins.com

ANIL DESAI HEY, IMPRESSIONS GUY!

henryrollins.com

The Stand Up Chameleon returns for his second solo show after spending the last year playing to audiences all over the UK and Internationally. He has starred in his own BBC online mini series ‘How To Impersonate’ and now he returns to share a lot more about himself and how his life is connected with his famous impressions.

Fabulous spoken-word... the audience were in tears of laughter. DAILY RECORD A warm, charismatic big tattooed-bear of a man who talks excitedly about his remarkable experiences... Add his compelling observations on the current political climate and in-depth knowledge of and passion for all sorts of music and you have one of the most unique shows on the Fringe. THE LIST Sometimes the Truth hurts H.ROLLINS

anildesai.com

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KEVIN BRIDGES Fringe sell-out and star of BBC1’s ‘Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow’ and ‘Live at the Apollo’ returns with a brand new show.

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Critically acclaimed for his characters and performance on BBC 2’s ‘Bellamy’s People’ and the star of Radio 4’s ‘Down The Line’ Felix Dexter returns to Edinburgh with his new stand-up and character show. ‘Star of the Show’ (The Guardian). ‘Very impressive’ (Sunday Times). Book Early!

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www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.felixdexter.com

A stylish comedian with a sonic imagination NOEL FIELDING Brilliantly inventive and imaginative JOSIE LONG

...the audience doubled over with tears in their eyes. OBSERVER Excellent, explosive and exhilarating performer. GUARDIAN

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Come while away a magical hour with Malcom Hardee Award nominee for original comedic content - Joey Page. Joey looks at the subject of human species through the offbeat looking glass that is his chaotic mind, presenting sporadic snapshots of human life and muddling them into his surreal, quaintly imagined human museum.

So Comedy | Just the Tonic

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FELIX DEXTER - MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES IN ORDER

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JOEY PAGE’S MARVELLOUS HUMAN MUSEUM

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You are advised to come see what all the fuss is about!  HERALD Gripping, unmissable stand-up GUARDIAN

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Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee 2009 Carl Donnelly returns with another hour of “impossibly effortless” (Fest) stand-up. As seen on ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’ and ‘Live at the Comedy Store’, Carl has won a host of awards for his brand of unbridled silliness. **** List **** Fest

It’s his eye for detail that has elevated him to a must-see act  MIRROR Observational comedy at it’s very best 

Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com

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CARL DONNELLY: HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE CARL DONNELLY?

Off The Kerb Productions

£11 £14 (£13)

UDDERBELLY’S PASTURE | E4 COW BARN

 A truly fantastical performance THREEWEEKS  A hot ticket WHATSONSTAGE  Another Fringe classic from one of the genuine stars of the Festival BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

His star is in the ascendancy DAILY MIRROR As good as it gets METRO

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3600 seconds of unbelievable kinetic entertainment! Lord Of The Rings condensed into one hour, by one man, for a strictly limited run. From the creator of Edinburgh Fringe hit ‘One Man Star Wars’. Sell Out season in 2009 and back in E4 Udderbelly for 7 performances only!

www.mickferry.co.uk | www.comedystoremanagement.com

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

Underbelly Productions and Charlie Ross

Chippendales and screaming women ruined a year of his life. Join Mick (self-proclaimed fat man, star of BBC1’s Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Ken Loach’s Looking For Eric) as he exacts his revenge.

PLEASANCE

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ONE MAN LORD OF THE RINGS

CKP by arrangement with Comedy Store Management | Mick Ferry

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MUSICAL COMEDY AWARDS 2010 SHOWCASE Avin a Larf

The Time Out London Critics’ Choice show hits Edinburgh with two exclusive showcases. Get ready to turn it up to eleven with the UK’s best emerging and established musical comedians from this year’s Awards. www.musicalcomedy.co.uk

A venerable art form, thoroughly deserving of the attention focused on it by this new award GUARDIAN A superb variety of the macabre and the flowery, the shrewd and the stupid, the minimalist and the downright maximumist SPOONFED £12.50 W

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FRISKY & MANNISH: THE COLLEGE YEARS Underbelly Productions

Following their packed house, critically acclaimed, smash-hit debut School of Pop, F&M return. Every great highschool show needs a kick-ass college sequel: The College Years. A thesis in pop dialectics focussing on collision theory, covering great pairings from Brandy and Monica, to Freddie Mercury and What’s her face Opera Bitch! www.friskyandmannish.co.uk

 Wildly Talented INDEPENDENT Pure exhilarating brilliance  CHORTLE Inventive mash-ups delivered with irrepressible style and verve  MAIL ON SUNDAY Hardly a moment when the audience stopped laughing. Irrepressible...fabulous delivery... crisp military precision...but it’s the material that sticks in the mind  EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

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JASON BYRNE 2010

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

He’s moved in, he’s officially a Scot, there’s just no getting rid of Jason Byrne at the Edinburgh comedy festival. He returns each year with a show that is hilarious, exciting, and full of surprises. Jason Byrne 2010: a show about where Jason is in his life now...at his funniest! EXTRA SHOWS Friday 20th & Saturday 21st Aug 00:00 £19.50 (£18.50) www.jasonbyrne.ie

An hour of Stand-up the kind so joyous the clinically depressed should get it on prescription. METRO Watching a new Jason Byrne show is a bit like watching lightening in a bottle... Jason Byrne could do no wrong. EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | WINE BAR

PATRICK MONAHAN I WALKED, I DANCED, IRAN

SHAZIA MIRZA - MULTIPLE CHOICE Most people have a crush at 16. a relationship by 32, sex in between. Not me and Susan Boyle alledgedly. What happens when you don’t follow the obvious path? New stand up show from stand up comedian and Guardian Weekend Magazine columnist. Regular TV and radio appearances include ‘Beautiful People’ BBC and The Now Show (BBC).

New stand-up show from the international award-winning Irish/ Iranian/Teeside stand-up comedian, fresh from a sell-out national tour and regular appearances on Paul O’Grady CH4. Includes cracking routines on his Irish/Iranian upbringing, a phobia of geese and a funked up version of the Iranian National Anthem!

www.shazia-mirza.com

www.patrickmonahan.co.uk

Mirza the Lenny Bruce of female stand-up METRO Warm, bubbly with a refreshing confidence...and no shortage of gags METRO

Incredible verbal fluency... an unstoppable force of nature... the funniest show in Edinburgh GUARDIAN

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Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with Vivienne Smith Management

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THE GRANDEES The Grandees

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

In a heady mix of comedy, drama and lycra, these kids of the 80’s bring you a new sketch adventure packed with a parade of bizarre and compelling characters. Get ready for this surreal brand of fantastical hi-jinx. Whoosh! www.thegrandees.com

 Completely bonkers, but brilliant THREEWEEKS  Perfectly executed comedy EVENING NEWS, EDINBURGH

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21:10 (22:10) John Bishop returns to Edinburgh with his new show Sunshine. Bishop has had a fantastic year since being nominated last year for the Edinburgh Comedy Award and with a sell out spring tour behind him, regular TV appearances and tickets for his autumn tour already flying out the door, this show is bound to be a hot ticket. Sunshine is a show about finding moments of happiness in the madness of everyday life, something Bishop has done for years. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SHOW ON THE 27th IS ON AT 21:50 (22:50) www.johnbishoponline.com

HENNING WEHN - MY STRUGGLE Henning Wehn & IMWP

Cumbernauld, Cockermouth, Croydon....life as German Comedy Ambassador to the United Kingdom is far from glamorous. In fact, it is a right old struggle. But Henning Wehn makes it look easy. Teutonic jolliness at its best. Come along... or else. Deutschland über alles! henningwehn.de

Bishop has funny bones TIMES Frankly hilarious TELEGRAPH

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The Werner Herzog of comedy STEWART LEE Absolutely brilliant SCOTSMAN

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RUSSELL KANE: SMOKESCREENS & CASTLES

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Bold, defiant... shot through with vulnerability SUNDAY TIMES Such a gifted, distinctive comic CHORTLE

SAM SIMMONS - FAIL

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Gilded Balloon | Token Events

WINNER Piece of Wood (peer’s choice) Award & WINNER Golden Gibbo Award, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2010. Sam Simmons is back. “a cult in the making” Scotland On Sunday. “Simmons is a genius” Chortle.

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DINING ROOM

In his new show, the triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee explores self, family, and the consequences of his Dad buying his own council house. Sociological silliness, and high energy contortions guaranteed.

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CIRCUS BURLESQUE

Javier Jarquin

Lola LaBelle’s House of Burlesque

Comedian, magician, ninja, Jav Jarquin debuts with a show that combines his acclaimed stand up and his dazzling card ninja act. Hard hitting comedy and feats you would have never thought possible with cards. Winner Best Local Show NZ International Comedy Festival, Wellington 2010 www.assemblyfestival.com

Who would have thought a man throwing playing cards could be so much fun? THE PRESS, NEW ZEALAND Fresh, funny and unique THE PRESS, NEW ZEALAND £5 £10 (£9) W

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | SPORTSMANS Sexy, edgy and funny, the Festival’s biggest burlesque extravaganza is an irresistible evening of sinful delights and sophisticated sensuality, featuring a heady mix of the best in art-house burlesque and breathtaking circus acts. Direct from a sold-out London season, ringmistress and cabaret star Tempest Rose welcomes you to a circus of the Seven Deadly Sins; introducing a stunning array of daring and dazzling new interpretations of classic burlesque, vaudeville and circus routines. Starring award-winning international burlesque queen Lola LaBelle and the legendary Wam Bam Belles, plus special guest stars.

SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE - ON THE TELLY Earth’s funniest socks return for a 4th sellout year with more new songs, sketches, socks and violence.

Adults only.

How on earth does The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre turn out to be so bloody good? CHORTLE For sheer energy and laughs per hour, these comic stockings are the biz - denier miss it SCOTSMAN

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Tempest Rose - Show stealer TIME OUT Lola LaBelle - Glorious EVENING STANDARD The Wam Bam Belles - Best of Burlesque LONDON DAILY £5 £13 (£12)

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ANDREW LAWRENCE: THE TOO UGLY FOR TELEVISION TOUR 2010

CKP in association with Tim Payne | Terry Alderton

Chambers Management

Life’s not fair and the world’s a disgusting place to live. Andrew Lawrence tries to find some consolation. Join him on his debut UK tour. Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee 2006/7 Best UK headline act Chortle Award nominee 2010 www.andrewlawrencecomedy.com

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21:30 (23:00) Following sell-out tours of the UK, Australia and New Zealand the record holder for the most encores at the Comedy Store and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee returns to the Fringe with a brand new show. As seen on The Royal Variety Performance and Comedy Central. “Spot-on accents, powerful sound effects, impressive beatboxing and instant characterisations delivered with the force and speed of a bullet train. The vocal range is amazing and the energy is irresistible.” Chortle. Total sell-out 2006-09. Book early to avoid disappointment.

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THE CRACK

Assembly, Miss Behave & Mick Perrin for Just For Laughs Live

www.terryalderton.co.uk | www.ckproductions.co.uk

Brilliant, always funny LIST A mind-blowing whirlwind of physical and verbal clowning EVENING STANDARD Fantastic comedy mind EDDIE IZZARD

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ARJ BARKER: LET ME DO THE TALKING

An explosive combination of stand-up, variety and side-splitting comic performance. Celebrating all that is funny, diverse and truly original in live comic entertainment. Anarchic, chaotic, and fun-filled. A sell out smash at the E4 Comedy Festival on London’s Southbank, and the climax to the Bulmer’s Comedy Festival, Dublin. An edgy comedy show mixing shit hot safe bets with risky geniuses.

Packed theatre? Relax. I’ll handle this. You just sit back and do what you do best - listen, laugh and look good. Luckily for us, I’ve been in this situation before, and although it’s never easy, it’s nothing an hour of classics won’t handle!

Miss Behave (Olivier Award Winning Sensation ‘La Clique’) presents a mixture of grade A headliners and undiscovered gems. Acts include: Phil Kay, Paul Morocco, Nina Conti, Kalki Hula Girl, Dr Stewart, Hotnuts n Popcorn, & more.

Chambers Management

www.assemblyfestival.com

The Crack is the more chilled-out cousin of cabaret sensation La Clique... decadent underground cabaret. CHORTLE Miss Behave by name, misbehave by nature… Funny, sexy, talented. SCOTSMAN Sassy and charismatic. ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK

Arj was already a highly respected name on the stand-up circuit for many years before he landed the role of ‘Dave’ on TV hit ‘The Flight of the Conchords”. Come and enjoy watching Arj do what he does best - all killer, no filler stand up! www.arjbarker.com

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THE BIG VALUE COMEDY SHOW - LATE

You look lovely today. No, really. The smallest things we say can really make someone’s day. As a professional small thing, Tiernan knows this well. Douieb’s second solo show explores good nature, unsung heroes, just how dangerous ants are and why, on the whole, he’s a really shit friend.

Four different comedians to the early show with all the added extras. Established as one of the best shows on the fringe. Must see for any comedy fan. In recent years, we’ve discovered some of the big names including Jason Manford, Jim Jefferies, Jon Richardson, Josie Long, Wil Hodgson, Sarah Millican, Seann Walsh, Matt Kirshen, Jarred Christmas etc.

Small in stature, not in talent. SCOTSMAN Infective enthusiasm - he is instantly likeable and his anecdotes are amusing and uplifting. THREEWEEKS

Cabaret comedy at it’s best SCOTSMAN Top comedy, top value THE LIST £5 £9 (£8)

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TIERNAN DOUIEB: LITTLEST THINGS Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com

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CAROLINE RHEA

FOIL, ARMS AND HOG - STRANGERS WITH SWEETS

Caroline Rhea, standup comedian and actress brings her fresh, funny and spontaneous show to Edinburgh.

Best of the Fest and Pick of the Fringe 2009. They’re back! Following sell out shows at Ed fringe ‘09 and in London, Dublin and Manchester, these Irish boys are rapidly developing a cult status amongst comedy goers and cementing their place on the Irish and UK comedy circuit. ‘Strangers with Sweets’ is a hilarious and original sketch comedy show that will leave you with a satisfying sweet taste in your mouth!

Gilded Balloon

Feck Arse Productions

You know her from Curb Your Enthusiasm; she was Aunt Hilda in Sabrina The Teenage Witch and the host of NBC’s The Biggest Loser. Her films include Man in the Moon, The Perfect Man and Christmas with the Kranks.

foilarmsandhog.ie

Supported by Costaki Economopoulos.

Deliriously funny and at times unexpectedly dark. LIST The crowd’s laughter and the performers’ attempts to stop giggling entered an inescapable feedback loop... an enjoyable evening all round. THREEWEEKS  Charming, Witty and Clever BROADWAY BABY

www.carolinerhea.com

Unpredictable, witty and very smart! Robin Williams with tits - great tits. If I were trapped on a desert island with one person I would choose her

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WHOOPI GOLDBERG

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THE GILDED BALLOON ANNIVERSARY SHOWS

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JUSTIN MOORHOUSE - THE BOILED EGG ON THE BEACH

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

Had all you can of experimental theatre and artistic angst? Look no further for one of the funniest hours you’ll see on the fringe. The Boiled Egg on the Beach is a stand-up romp from one of Britain’s best comedians. Watching Justin live is a joy to behold, his comedy only coming second to his modesty. Justin didn’t write this. He got someone else to do it but he agrees. www.justinmoorhouse.com

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UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | BELLY LAUGH

The Gilded Balloon is 25 years old! Come and see our special friends and favourite performers re-live the highlights. With friends like Jo Brand (who started stand-up at the Gilded Balloon), Arthur Smith, Jonny Vegas, Fred MacAulay, Bill Bailey and Tim Minchin... who knows who will come to the party.

MARCEL LUCONT: ENCORE

See www.gildedballoon.co.uk for details of the spectacular line ups as they are announced!

Marcel returns to grace Edinburgh with his dry wit, wry observations and a poem about tits. Fresh from sell-out shows in Adelaide, Melbourne and Auckland, be prepared for a second course of laconic humour from France’s premier misanthropist and lover. To miss this show is to give up on life. Best Comedy Buxton Fringe 2009.

Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

Talk to most of the Big Comedy Names around this August, there will be very few of them who don’t have a slew of Gilded Balloon stories to tell you. KATE COPSTICK The Gilded Balloon is real fringe. The Gilded Balloon is a pioneer. SCOTSMAN ...an exciting, eclectic place to see great shows and meet great people. KIM HOPE High-calibre comedy as it should be THE EVENING STANDARD The Gilded Balloon is both my favourite balloon and my favourite gilded thing. Without the GB I’d be picking fruit. TIM MINCHIN £8 (£8) £16 (£14)

www.objectivetalentmanagement.com

Fresh, accessible and hilarious GUARDIAN Vraiment tres amusant... Encore! KATE COPSTICK - SCOTSMAN Devilishly handsome and devastatingly disdainful LIST £6 £6.50

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MAFF BROWN LOOKING AFTER LESAL

Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com

‘Edinburgh Comedy Award’ Nominee 2009 & Chortle’s ‘Best Breakthrough Act’ nomination 2010, returns to Edinburgh with more hilarious facts and less faith.

Looking after Lesal is the award-winning comic’s debut show about; well, Lesal. Lesal is my dad we lost the glue that held us tight. This is how we are rediscovering it. “Brilliant stand-up, great material”- Bill Bailey. “Maff is on of those comics who doesn’t need to try. The jokes just fall out of him like gold coins spilling out of a pirates chest” - Frank Skinner

‘Hilarious’  THE LIST, ‘Extremely funny’  CHORTLE www.brettvincent.com | www.petejohansson.com

This is observational, anecdotal, autobiographical comedy at its best  SCOTSMAN Supremely engaging  INDEPENDENT

www.maffbrown.com

I think Maff Brown is very funny, but if you don’t agree you will still laugh at his stupid curly hair. STEPHEN MERCHANT

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All Nathan Caton wants is a simple, peaceful and ordinary life (or as ordinary as a comedian can get!). However the words ‘simple’, ‘peaceful’ and ‘ordinary’ don’t fit into the Caton household, especially when his grandma Stephanie is the spearhead of the family...

An eccentric collection of silly randomness from a charmingly idiosyncratic perspective. With curious musical inventions, abstract creations, acerbic assertions and a partly exploding trumpet from the obscurely gifted yet somewhat disgraceful mind of Robert White. Probably the only gay, aspergers, quarter Welsh, webbed-toed, dyslexic comedian debuting this fringe.

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A ball of comedic energy... Fantastic BBC

He should plan for a glittering comedy career ONE4REVIEW.COM

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Caton is probably the most exciting young comic on the scene FEST

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BO BURNHAM: WORDS, WORDS, WORDS

Pleasance

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live and Pleasance

Pleasance presents four of the hottest new acts on the circuit; supported by the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve. Previous acts include: Jack Whitehall (‘TNT Show’, Channel 4) and Simon Brodkin (BBC3 ‘Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show’). This year’s young group of comedians are Rhys Jones, Mark Restuccia, Tom Goodliffe and Daniel Simonsen. pleasance.co.uk

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CLEVER PETER: BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS

Fringe with his show “Words, Words, Words”. Bo performs songs that toy with language, showcasing his intricate wordplay and ability to pack jokes one on top of the other.

Whitebone Productions

In “Words. Words. Words,” you will hear songs, stand-up, haikus, statistics, pornography rendered in a Shakespearean sonnet, and a bunch of other things that will make you think, laugh, and then think to yourself, “Wait, why did I just laugh?”

After Sellout shows in 2008 and 2009 the award winning sketch troupe Clever Peter return to Edinburgh with their unique blend of fast paced sketch comedy, this year expect Blood, Sweat and Tears...

They say you need 10 years to become a good comedian.

whiteboneproductions.com

Pshhhhhhhhh.

 Pretty much top of the class SCOTSMAN One of the best troupes we’ve seen in recent years METRO

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mickperrin.com

The songwriter and comic is being hailed in the United States as the most talented musical satirist since Tom Lehrer...full of clever puns and dark humour GUARDIAN £5 £9.50 (£8)

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STEPHEN K AMOS - THE BEST MEDICINE

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Glorious Management / Stephen K Amos

Fresh from filming his own comedy series The Stephen K Amos Show for BBC2 which will be on your telly in the Autumn, Amos is back with more melt in the middle, heartfelt humour to warm the very cockles of your heart. Laughter really is the best medicine and the Doctor will see you now! ‘Effortless comedy from one of the country’s strongest stand-ups, whether riffing off the crowd or delivering broad, big-grin gags’ (Sunday Times) Brand new DVD The Feelgood Factor available to pre-order on amazon.co.uk now. For 2011 tour dates visit: www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.gloriousmanagement.com

If laughter is the best medicine then Amos should be prescribed by the NHS for his formidable healing powers. EVENING STANDARD Amos is dynamite. GUARDIAN A joy to behold. TIMES

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AlI COOK – PIECES Of STRAnGE

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Star of Channel Four’s ‘Dirty Tricks’ and Five’s ‘Monkey Magic.’ Award winning TV magician Ali Cook returns to Edinburgh after his sell out debut. Expect offbeat illusion and comedy. ‘His manic charm means you’ll be instantly drawn in’ **** (ThreeWeeks). ‘Supremely talented’ (Time Out).

Sexy, smart, irreverent, award-winning sketch comedy and musical satire made these American comedians a national sensation with sold out audiences in Boston, New York and LA rolling in the aisles with laughter. As featured on Showtime! Winner, Vancouver Fringe Festival.

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.alicook.com

Sharp writing, playful performances and impeccable comic timing!  BOSTON GLOBE Katie Goodman brought down the house! Brilliant!

Fringe Management | Broadhouse Productions

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with International Artistes | Ali Cook

www.broadcomedy.com

A sharp irreverent magician. DAILY STAR Immensely Funny. DAILY TELEGRAPH

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DEAD CAT BOUNCE... TOO FAST FOR LOVE

Flawless THE SUNDAY TIMES So far ahead of the curve that they’re on the outermost tip of the zeitgeist’s serrated edge THE LIST

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | CELLAR

abandoman.com | ckproductions.co.uk

Flight of the Conchords meets 8 Mile… Genius CHORTLE Abandoman steal the show...Hilarious. METRO £5 £8.50 (£7.50)

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2010’s winners of Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year and the Musical Comedy Awards, Abandoman create hilarious off-the-cuff musical sketches. Join them as they create a mixtape of the greatest songs never written. Armed with synthesisers, guitars, drum machines and vocoders, Abandoman will leave you wanting more. Prepare to be amazed!

mickperrin.com | www.deadcatbounce.ie

CKP | Robert Broderick & James Hancox

Ireland’s favourite comedy rock supergroup is back in Edinburgh. Expect smoke machines, screaming guitar solos and everything from hip-hop slow jams to ‘80s stadium anthems.

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THE BIGGEST SHOW THIS FRINGE

The hotly anticipated solo show from Greg Davies. Mr Gilbert from the ‘Inbetweeners’ and the most out of shape member of ‘We Are Klang’ brings you the story of one man’s snack-based epiphany avalonuk.com

Compelling, memorable and hilarious CHORTLE Stunning TIME OUT

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GREG DAVIES: FIRING CHEESEBALLS AT A DOG

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JOSH HOWIE: GRAN SLAM

JIMMY MCGHIE - THE ALLPOWERFUL WARRIOR WHO WITH HIS ENDURANCE AND INFLEXIBLE WILL TO WIN GOES FROM CONQUEST TO CONQUEST LEAVING FIRE IN HIS WAKE

Chambers Management

At 28, Josh’s mum kicked him out. Time to be a man. At Grandma’s. One house. One comic. One grandmother. One breakdown. www.joshhowie.com

A fabulous storyteller who can make you concentrate in silence then erupt into a fit of giggles. He’s slick, he’s quick and he’s incredibly playful with words. METRO Howie is a name to watch TIMES Extremely funny LIST

A show about potential and how to unrealise it. avalonuk.com

One to watch practically stamped on his forehead SCOTSMAN Instantly likeable stand-up CHORTLE £5 £8.50 (£7) W

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MICKY FLANAGAN

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CKP | Micky Flanagan

Avalon Promotions Ltd

“Jesus was cool, but all the people who follow him are idiots. Just like the Fonz!” The Hitler Moustache star resurrects his favourite show. “Why did Jesus always call Simon ‘Peter’? Was it like Trigger always calling Rodney ‘Dave’?” www.avalonuk.com

Top-notch CHORTLE Herring is a superior comedian… hilarious GUARDIAN £5 £9.50 (£8) W

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21:50 (22:50) It’s been a great 18 months for Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Micky Flanagan - he appeared in BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Road Show, his Radio 4 series What Chance Change? was a hit with listeners and critics alike, and he is one of the handful of comics to perform his own Comedy Central special. So now it’s time for Micky to hit the road performing the best of his last two Edinburgh shows. It’s not just time to go out, it’s time to go ‘Out Out’. Total sell-out 2007-09. Book early. 7 shows only. www.mickyflanagan.com | www.ckproductions.co.uk

Arguably the funniest comedian in the world... the future of comedy FRANK SKINNER Side-splitting SUNDAY TIMES Highlight of the night was Micky Flanagan… a class act CHORTLE

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | WHITE BELLY

SAMMY J: SKINNY MAN, MODERN WORLD Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com

After winning Best Show of the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Sammy J returns with a brand new show full of songs, jokes, and juice. If you like your comedy served with a slight narrative, musical numbers, occasional moments of improvisation and respectable attire, this is the show for you. www.brettvincent.com | www.sammy-j.com

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TRIPOD VERSUS THE DRAGON Assembly, Marnie Foulis & Tripod Entertainment

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Legendary in their native Australia, Tripod regularly play the Sydney Opera House and other massive places of high art. Their latest opus: a musical theatre work of exquisite sophistication and hilarity that delves deep into the terrifying, operatic, geektastic world of Dungeons and Dragons.

SIMON EVANS: FRINGE MAGNET

www.3pod.com.au

Old ‘No Eyes’ is back with a brand new show. Regular on Radio 4 ‘News Quiz’, ‘Charm Offensive’, ‘Unbelievable Truth’, ‘Museum of Curiosity’ etc.

 A beautifully performed rollercoaster ride of captivating nonsense, fabulous comedy and music... definitely go and see them! Sometimes five stars just aren’t enough. SCOTSMAN As a musical, a narrative, a character comedy, this one rolls a perfect 20 every time. SUNDAY AGE These guys are good. These guys are great. These guys are jaw-hang-wide-open-droolslowly-drip-out brilliant. HERALD SUN

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OFF THE KERB PRODUCTIONS

www.simonevanscomedianetc.com | www.offthekerb.co.uk

Sublime GUARDIAN Demonically Dry METRO Rich complex comedy CHORTLE Nobody does it better CARLY SIMON £5 £10 (£8.50)

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BRENDON BURNS: Y’KNOW - LOVE N’ GOD N’ METAPHYSICS N’ SHIT

AlEX ZAnE – JUST OnE mORE THInG... Alex Zane

Star of Channel 4’s Rude Tube and Balls of Steel, and So You Think You’re Funny finalist 1999, Alex brings his brand new stand up show to the Fringe. He’s come a long way from a childhood spent dressing like Columbo, he’ll probably tell you about meeting Burt Reynolds, how to avoid witch hangings, bird strikes, his time at medical school and the day James Bond compared him to a plate.

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

There’ll be other things too.

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After taking away the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2007, the adopted Australian and Britain’s most outspoken number one cult comic is back with something unexpected… catch him while you can. “This show is huge, it is absolutely the smartest thing I have ever seen in the comedy section and yes, it is funny… the genius of this breathtaking, ruthless, perfectly judged show… You have only ever really toked on pure socio-political comedy. Which is not without its effect. With Brendon you are mainlining. And the hit is a feeling I will never, ever forget. Last night I had to accept that I am part of the problem… respect, sir. And not a little awe.” Scotsman www.mickperrin.com

Like a beat-generation writer - Charles Bukowski or William Burroughs... he understands the the first rule of good writing: that the honest truth is often funny and never dull. And that’s exactly what you get with Brendon Burns WILLIAM COOK, GUARDIAN  EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS £8 £12.50 (£11) W

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GEORGE RYEGOLD THE ORDEAL OF DR RYEGOLD

A magical idea METRO Shows like Storytellers’ Club are what make the Comedy Festival so special. AUSTRALIAN COMEDY REVIEW Just go and see it TIME OUT, LONDON £10 (£7.50)

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twitter.com/sarahbennetto

As sick as Jim Jefferies, but with the vocabulary of Stephen Fry... some of the most hilariously bad taste lines of the festival  CHORTLE Piercing our brain sacks with images and similes which will linger long in the mind  THE LIST

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A New York legend. Founder of the world famous Antifolk art and music movement and host of NYC’s longest running open mic night. Come and hear him tell jokes, sing songs and share with you some mind-blowing revelations. More Woody Allen than Woody Guthrie, Lach is guaranteed not to disappoint.

An underground artist whose canvas is your mind. An encounter you will never forget. Disturbing? Always. Predictable? Never. You will be stunned into S1L3NC3. Time Out London Critics’ Choice. Camden Fringe sell-out 2009.

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AIDAN BISHOP: ADAPTABLE This native New Yorker has had enough. No more mister nice guy. Everyone is getting it in this show... especially hipsters. Please don’t come to this show in tight pants. Ooh you think you’re so cool with your i-Phone! Times have changed... Come join Bishop as he tries to adapt.

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The single most important thing I did in my career JASON BYRNE Final - Debating Hall 20:00 (22:30) 26th £10 (£9)

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We have travelled the length and breadth of the country to find the best new comics - come and see them battle it out in the heats to take them to the Final. Previous winners include: Dylan Moran, Peter Kay, Rob Rouse, Tommy Tiernan, Tom Wrigglesworth and Lee Mack. The Final compered by Rufus Hound.

They have great chemistry together on stage and it’s a pleasure to see three grown men so giddy COMEDY DEMON

Gilded Balloon

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The original and best stand-up comedy competition for newcomers.

For one week only, a brand new type of show. These three comedians, friends and lovers invite you to the premiere of their highly anticipated and box-fresh project. A heady mix of jokes, chat, competition, argument and making value judgments about complete strangers.

SO YOU THINK YOU’RE FUNNY?

Best Medicine Management

Mirth and merriment not to be missed... very promising new talent CHORTLE The best new act competition SUNDAY TIMES  FORTH ONE

GIT STARRING JON RICHARDSON, LLOYD LANGFORD AND DAN ATKINSON

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Your chance to see the most popular winners and runners-up from the last 23 years of the biggest and best comedy competition on the Fringe.

Aidan Bishop impresses with the New Yorker’s command of an audience CHORTLE Aidan does what he’s paid to do: get the audience laughing CHORTLE

Gilded Balloon

edcomproductions.com

BEST OF SO YOU THINK YOU’RE FUNNY?

EdCom

£5 £8.50 (£7.50)

F**k me, that’s twisted PETE DOHERTY A f***ing wizard FRONT MAGAZINE £6 £8.50 (£7.50)

www.RealityAbuse.com

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Nicolson Street, EH8 9DW Box Office: 0845 508 8515

Face-ache funny! GUARDIAN Lach is NYC’s living Legend TIME OUT NY Definitely a show worth getting out of the house for! SCOTSMAN

S1L3NC3

www.lachtoday.com

THEATRE 2 | THESPACE @ SURGEONS HALL

S1L3NC3: MIND READER

Dabster Productions and Gilded Balloon

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LACH: THE DAY I WENT INSANE

£5 £8.50 (£7.50)

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Late at night during the witching hour the Fringe’s cleverest comedians gather in a giant ark to tell tales around a faux log fireplace. Sarah Bennetto is your host & narrator, with prizes and different special guest raconteurs nightly.

www.georgeryegold.co.uk

UNDERBELLY

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Storytellers’ Club

The Malcolm Hardee Award nominee returns. Pioneering stand-up comedy from the eminent physician and polymath.

PLEASANCE

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STORYTELLERS’ CLUB

George Ryegold

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JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE WEE ONE

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GRÁINNE MAGUIRE; WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT BONNETS

YIANNI AGISILAOU IN ‘THEY @#$% YOU UP: GREEK PARENTS’

Is living like you’re in an Emily Bronte novel necessarily a bad thing? Even if you’re a bit of a pisshead and don’t own a bonnet. Gráinne Maguire (Finalist in Hackney Empire, Laughing Horse, Funny Women and Leicester New Act) asks that perennial question- What would Jane Eyre do?

(sung to ‘The Brady Bunch’ theme song) Here’s the story. Of my Dad called Essy. Who spent decades undermining his own son. Meanwhile Mum is passive aggressive. And Grandma’s got a gun. You think your family is bad. Come meet mine. yianni.org

Incredibly Funny TIMES ONLINE 2009 Adorable, delightfully meandering; has a big future ahead of her TIME OUT RECOMMENDED

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BARRY AND STUART: 98% SEANCE Experience a mind-blowing séance hosted by the ‘genuinely remarkable’ (Sunday Telegraph) Scottish BAFTA nominated magicians (as seen on Channel 4’s ‘3D Magic Spectacular’/’Tricks from the Bible’) as they raise the dead for fun and profit… Fresh from sellout shows in the UK and Malaysia, don’t miss this chance to see the world’s Best Comedy Illusionists (World Magic Awards 2009) perform live.

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UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | DELHI BELLY

geraldinequinn.com

 A hilarious crash course ADELAIDE ADVERTISER So wrong it can only be right CHORTLE

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**** The Age (Melbourne). **** The Herald (UK).

Darkly Brilliant... Pure magic THE LIST Ingenious... quickfire magic and oddball comedy THREE WEEKS

What’s pop music? Lady Gaga wearing balsa wood? Beyoncé spasming in spandex? Rock comedy diva Geraldine Quinn (SOLD OUT UK/Australia 2009, SOLD OUT Australia 2010, Golden Gibbo Award nominee) explodes pop from ABBA to Taylor. Move over Fergie! And pull your pants up.

www.objectivetalentmanagement.com | www.barryandstuart.com

GERALDINE QUINN SHUT UP AND SING

Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

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STORM LARGE: CRAZY ENOUGH

The legend behind Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show (BBC3) brings some funnies to the good people of Scotiland who don’t have TVs. www.avalonuk.comwww .wellgoodshow.com

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Real star quality THE TIMES This is a beautifully balanced act, fresh and exciting, tense and unpredictable but always very, very funny CHORTLE

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Lounge-core rock biography from US cult Amazonian heroine. After shooting to national infamy after a three month stint on CBS’s talent show Rockstar Supernova, Storm played Sally Bowles to great acclaim in Portland’s state theatre’s production of Cabaret. After falling in love with theatre she now presents a poignant, intimate, hilarious, and sometimes filthy exploration of her audacious life. Having sold out Portland and New York City (Joe’s Pub, Public Theatre) this show combines hard-rock with delicate folk and storytelling to create a compelling atmosphere which is is both beguiling and shocking. www.stormlarge.com/uk

Storm’s vocals are as beautiful as she is, as full-bodied as her six-foot figure, shimmering like her blonde hair, and with a shivering vibrato to match her hips and undulations SAN FRANCISCO OBSERVER She’s brassy, sexy, and funny and oh yeah, the girl’s got pipes… destined to be one of the most electrifying performers of her time PDx MAGAZINE PORTLAND Storm is a large rumbustuous talent, and has created a large rumbustuous show GUS VAN SANT, FILM DIRECTOR

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HANS TEEUWEN - SMOOTH AND PAINFUL

THE BOY WITH TAPE ON HIS FACE

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Debi Allen Associates | Hans Teeuwen

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex Management presents

The silent comedy show that has created a lot of talk finally comes to Edinburgh. Stand-up with no talking, this show combines absurdity with genius. Through clever and charming humour, ‘The Boy’ creates a world of possibilities where the only certainty is laughter. You’ll laugh, you’ll scream and ultimately end up like ‘The Boy’ - lost for words. FIVE STARS - The Advertiser AUS gagreflex.co.uk

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DAVID O’DOHERTY - SOMEWHERE OVER THE DAVID O’DOHERTY Lisa Richards Ltd in association with Chambers Management and EdCom

The 2008 if.com (formerly Perrier) Award winner returns with a small piano and a new show. Uplifting! Hilarious! Surprising! Profound! Really stupid! At the very least, it will be some of these things.

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.hansteeuwen.com

…go and see him – a breathtaking performer.  METRO A radical genius. TIME OUT It’s brilliantly done… peerless standards of originality…  SCOTSMAN

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A tiny keyboard and a giant talent. LIST

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JIM JEFFERIES: ALCOHOLOCAUST Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com

Jefferies returns to Edinburgh for the sixth time with his best show yet and as always Jim’s material is set in reality, which is what provides him with his trademark brutally frank style that has made him one of the most sought after comics on the world stage. Over the last two years, Jim has been making his mark on the U.S.A, where he’s currently making his own show for Comedy Central entitled ‘The Jim Jefferies Show’. His own one-hour HBO special ‘I Swear To God’ has given him huge success cementing his place as one of the biggest names in comedy around the globe. Jim can currently be seen as the face of Comedy Central’s ‘Grouchy Young Men’, and he’s appeared on BBC1’s ‘Have I Got News For You’, BBC 2’s ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’, Ch4’s ‘8 Out of 10 Cat’s’. Stateside Jim has hosted HBO’s ‘Live at Gotham’ and the American ‘NME Awards’ amongst others. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SHOW ON THE 27th IS ON AT 23:20 (00:20) www.brettvincent.com | www.jimjefferies.com

One of the most gratifyingly riotous comedians working today  LIST Jeffries will have you roaring in the aisles  EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS Unbelievably funny... Simply magnificent  MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS Magically ascended to rock star status… He’s so offensive Jerry Sadowitz might wonder if he’s going too far…  INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY £10 £14 (£12) W

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MARK WATSON: DO I KNOW YOU? Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

Best known for Holly the computer in RED DWARF BBC2 but did you know Norman has been a stand-up comedian for 30 years? www.normanlovett.co.uk

The man is a natural born comic… his delivery is so deadpan, he makes Jack Dee seem like Ken Dodd… few could ever match his subtle skill EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS A true original… exquisite stand-up GUARDIAN

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THE SPECIAL RESERVE COMEDY BENEFIT

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Pleasance

Some of the best comedians at this year’s Fringe join this annual comedy bonanza in aid of the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve - which brings new comedians and plays to Edinburgh each year.

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In the Edinburgh super league GUARDIAN Exhilarating TELEGRAPH One of the very finest, most joyful shows on the fringe TIMES

Support this, and support the stars of tomorrow! pleasance.co.uk

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STAND-UP FOR AFRICAN MOTHERS A CHARITY GALA

Daniel Clarke in association with Scamp Theatre

African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF)

Stand-Up for African Mothers is a benefit to draw attention to the plight of African mothers and the fact that giving birth in Africa is the most dangerous thing a woman can do. AMREF is dedicated to providing better health workers and midwives to ensure safer motherhood for African mothers is a reality. Please join Assembly in Standing Up for African Mothers tonight. With special comedy guests, please see www.assemblyfestival.com for line up. www.amrefuk.org | www.facebook.com/amrefuk

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LESBIAN BATHHOUSE

La Clique stars T&A return with their new show of unearthly delights and debauchery. Straddling the hilarious gap between religious & related, performance art & party, busking & burlesque, profanity & divinity, this 2-gal circus contorts and careens to a bacchanalian finale. A LAST SUPPER, full of saviours, savants and showgirls!!

A barrage of beauties on a roller coaster ride of self-discovery, this lewd, luscious and lunatic one-act romp with multiple... acts dares to ask ‘Why can’t a woman be more like a man?’ ‘What’s love got to do with it?’ and ‘Where can you go when you’re feeling a little dirty?’

Finalist Best Cabaret Adelaide Fringe 2010.

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www.wauwausisters.com | www.danielclarke.com.au

An ideal late-night show! VILLAGE VOICE

The Wau Wau Sisters are a never-ending fast-burning surge of lusty energy and heart-felt passion that could power eternity. DB MAGAZINE, AUSTRALIA ...irreverent, sacrilegious, foul-mouthed and uninhibited. NEW YORK TIMES ...not to be missed INDEPENDENT WEEKLY, ADELAIDE

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PAUL RICKETTS - KISS THE BADGE, FLY THE FLAG!

Just for Laughs Live and Pleasance

Just For Laughs once again heads to Edinburgh to seek out the best up and coming comedians that the UK has to offer for their Montreal, Chicago and Toronto Festivals.

It’s World Cup year and while Paul Ricketts supports England, he’d still feel uncomfortable wearing the football shirt or waving the flag of St George – why? A funny and enlightening look at multi-cultural Englishness with jokes, anecdotes, filmed social experiments, plus interviews with his family, teenagers, politicians and black celebrities.

Here’s your chance to see some of the UK’s best and brightest comics prepare to join the impressive list of artists who have launched their careers at Just For Laughs. E ach line up will be different and will be announced on the Pleasance website and at the Pleasance box office 24 hours before each show.

www.upthearts.com | www.paulricketts.website.orange.co.uk

Distinctive and extraordinary  FRINGE GURU Highly accomplished TIME OUT

www.hahaha.com | www.pleasance.co.uk

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The Fringe’s leading stand-up showcase THE TIMES

a gifted comic SUNDAY TIMES a natural stand-up. His audience rapport and quickwittedness are astonishing  ALLTHEFESTIVALS.COM

avalonuk.com

myspace.com/luketoulson

The most prestigious stand-up showcase at the Fringe returns with the hottest new comedy talent around: Davey See (BBC Radio Scotland), Ivo Graham (Winner: So You Think You’re Funny 2009), Josh Widdicombe (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2010), and Naz Osmanoglu (Winner: Amused Moose Laugh-Off 2009).

The award-winning comic and Perrier nominee returns with stories of Love, Loss, and Addiction, revealing how daughters are better liars than sons, and Playboy models don’t make great wives.

THE COMEDY ZONE

Luke Toulson

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JUST FOR LAUGHS SHOWCASE

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H ANTHONY HILDEBRAND: WHY IS A LETTUCE?

THE REAL MACGUFFINS Join sketch trio Dan March, Jim Millard and Matt Sheahan (aka The Real MacGuffins, Time Out London Critic’s Choice) as they climb the world’s tallest mountain (in Hackney). See eerie shopkeepers, mentalist neighbours, terrible agents and something that should never be done with fonts; directed by Cal McCrystal (Mighty Boosh, Pluck). www.therealmacguffins. com

Serious punning talent...completely brilliant SPOONFED The MacGuffins are the Real Deal RICHMOND AND TWICKENHAM TIMES

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In 2010, the world asks itself two questions: 1. Can we hope to save ourselves and our children from total ecological and financial disaster? 2. Why is a lettuce? This show is named after question number 2. It contains details about Robert Mugabe, a pamphlet, incompetent drawings, quite a lot of words, several equations, and over 83 jokes about people and things. www.hahildebrand.com

A comedian of most hilariously curved wittery. You should see this show TIM MINCHIN

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Drags Aloud are back with more blue eyeshadow than Avatar and another gloriously twisted gender bender satire on the movies. You loved them in Grease and now these Forth Radio Fringe Award winning Aussie comedy queens are ready to make your day. This is an offer you can’t refuse. www.dragsaloud.com | www.greenroompresents.com

They’re wonderful, they’re entertaining, they’re terrific. A great, great act JOAN RIVERS wildly entertaining... right at the top of the scale ADELAIDE THEATRE REVIEW

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BARBERSHOPERA: APOCALYPSE NO!

Fast-talking stand-up Pete Jonas looks at the difficulties men face when breaking up with women. And why this is always the woman’s fault.

Barbershopera Productions | Festival Highlights

Third show from the award-winning musical comedy quartet, with absolutely no narrative connection to the previous two. God summons four dastardly horsemen to unleash total destruction: cue mistaken identity, four-part harmony and at least one hobby horse. Direct from international tour. As heard on BBC Radio 4. Matinees: 16th & 23rd at 15:50 (16:50) (No 22:55 show on 16th)

See this “engaging comic with a genuine talent” (Australian Times) tell it like it is. Bitches.  (Broadway Baby) www.petejonas.com

Sheer good humour… a well-crafted show with jokes which hit SCOTSMAN A rock solid act guaranteed to entertain” CHORTLE Hilariously insightful… the execution of this work is perfect THE LIST

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With remarkably accomplished and effortlessly enjoyable comedy such as this, barbershop might just regain some of its long-lost kudos. CHORTLE £5 £10 (£9) W

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Having found such great talent, we could not put them all in one show, so for 2010 Bound and Gagged Comedy launches AAA Stand-Up Late show. Erich McElroy: ‘Hilariously insightful’ (The List) ‘Great gags’ (The Stage). Ryan McDonnell: ‘Candid and incisive’ (Irish Post) ‘Swift-minded, silver-tongued funster’ (Gag Factory). Steve N Allen: ‘Charming and witty persona’ (Chortle) ‘Very funny with cutting wit’ (Time Out). BOOK EARLY!

 THREEWEEKS Winner, Best Student Sketch Troupe 2009 NATIONAL STUDENT Entertainingly silly...an assured showcase from a student troupe that hasn’t ben seen on the Fringe for 31 years. Let’s hope they don’t leave it so long next time. STEVE BENNETT, CHORTLE

Bound & Gagged Comedy

Award-winning comedy from Bristol University’s sketch troupe back with an onslaught of comedy gold crammed with yet more colourful, quirky and quick paced sketches. The show appeals not to a particular demographic, but to anyone who appreciates silly comedy that’s not merely funny, but really quite funny.

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JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE BIG ROOM

BBC Comedy presents another month of fantastic late-night comedy. Promising the biggest names and the hottest new talent, the show has sold out every year so please book early to avoid disappointment. Check the BBC Comedy website for details as the line-ups are different every night.

JUST THE TONIC COMEDY CLUB

bbc.co.uk/comedy

Late night, mixed bill comedy? Look no further; we run the best comedy clubs all year, they’re our speciality. ‘Boasting some of the most consistently interesting bills in the country’ (The Times). We bring that to Edinburgh every night. Hour & a half show, then free entry to the party afterwards with your ticket!

 Absolutely hysterical...astounding... wonderfully funny THREEWEEKS

Just the Tonic

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Comedy spontaneous combustion  SCOTSMAN A champion of high-quality leftfield stand-up GUARDIAN

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LATE NIGHT GIMP FIGHT!

An unabashed mess of calamity, sex and shattered pre-loved hits, Mrs.Bang turns cabaret on its head in a reasonable time frame in this black-comedy of wine stained vocals and catastrophe. Disaster never sounded so good. Winner of the Australian Cabaret Convention. www.la2edinburgh.info

Her sultry, soaring voice tears through...moody...delightful. SUNDAY MAIL

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Ines Wurth Presents

Wrong sketches that feel so right LIST The finest and hottest young comedic talent at the Fringe  HAIRLINE Nothing short of genius  THREEWEEKS

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MRS.BANG: A SERIES OF SEDUCTIONS IN 55 MINUTES

The Fringe’s most talked about new sketch group is back with a brand new hour of fast-paced sketch comedy. Their new show combines song, dance, and the occasional gimp with their trademark off-the-wall sketches that’ll leave you feeling violated, but in a good way.

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Some audiences love him. Others hate him. But there’s one thing we can all agree on – everybody loves Neil Hamburger! America’s Funnyman has thrilled and bewildered audiences worldwide with his hilarious, subversive and uncompromising comedy, now he makes his festival debut. www.assemblyfestival.com

One of the funniest comedians in the country... Hamburger excels at picking comedy traditions apart NEW YORK TIMES The funniest, most vital proponent of anti-comedy since Andy Kaufman THE ONION £12 (£10) W

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THE DAVE HILL EXPLOSION

Phil Nichol’s legendary London club returns. Catch leading comics and circuit regulars performing new material alongside a nightly top headliner. Performers can only let go of the noose when they’re telling new gags! “The Comedians’ Club” - past Ropers include Marcus Brigstocke, Lucy Porter, Stephen Merchant, Dave Gorman, Richard Herring, Lee Mack. Bar open throughout the show - who knows who’ll drop in?!

US hit The Dave Hill Explosion has been performing to sold out crowds Stateside for the past four years and makes its UK debut at the Fringe. A Late night variety/chat show, comedian Dave mixes live comedy, hilarious videos and interviews different guests every night, making each show a uniquely funny experience. Recent guests include Moby, and Janeane Garofalo among others...expect the unexpected!

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BEST OF SCOTTISH COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR HireAComedian.co.uk & Ha Ha Comedy

A definitive selection of Scotland’s best comedians featuring previous SCOTY winners and finalists. Nominated for Best Traditional Event at Scottish Event Awards. A late night hit at last year’s Fringe. Regular Glasgow Comedy Festival sell-out shows. Introduced by Alan Anderson ‘festival institution‘ (Evening Times), ‘Scottish Comedy Veteran’ (Daily Record). www.hireacomedian.co.uk

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Dr Brown, visual and surreal comedy absurdist, returns to Edinburgh after packed houses in Berlin, New York, Toronto, Prague, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. .

A largely wordless act of absurdist mime and downright uncomfortable weirdness that may or may not include handcuffs, olives, board games, dancing, sunscreen and a transvestite. This show goes strange places and then turns left and goes even stranger. This is truly unlike anything else on offer at the Fringe. Do not, under any circumstances, miss it. ADELAIDE FIx  He extends awkward moments to their absolute maximum and then some... This show is completely bizarre. I loved it. THREE WEEKS, 2009 BRIGHTON FRINGE Cringe worthy comedy that had the entire audience falling about with laughter… Mixing the surreal sketches of ‘Monty Python’ with the unsettling comedy of ‘The League Of Gentlemen’, this is a must see show. DB MAGAZINE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA I’ve never seen anything like it. Never in fact. PRAGUE POST - #5 PICK OF THE 2009 PRAGUE FRINGE £5 £8 (£7) W

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PLEASANCE

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ANDREW MAXWELL FIVE NIGHTS ONLY

Critically acclaimed Glasgow stand-up explores what he and others have done for love and whether they should be proud of it. Winner of the Scottish Comedian of the Year 2008.

Assembly & Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com by arrangement with United Artists

Edinburgh’s favourite Irish comedian returns for just five nights!

scottagnew.com

www.brettvincent.com | www.andrew-maxwell.co.uk

Shares Billy Connolly’s ability to spin an anecodote and draw out it’s humour CHORTLE One of those genuinely funny people who can tell a good story, there isn’t enough of this in Fringe. WWW.EDFESTMAG.CO.UK

One of the most significant comedians working in the country today THE INDEPENDENT Fiercely funny and utterly invigorating THE TIMES Ill-advised hedonism SCOTSMAN

Book now.

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BEST OF POPCORN COMEDY Best of Popcorn Comedy presents some of the strongest, sharpest and funniest videos online featured at our live nights over the last year. The show also features the country’s best comedians as they showcase their own short comedy films. Previous live performers have included Peter Serafinowicz,Tim Key, Adam Buxton, Josie Long, David Cross and Graham Linehan. As seen on the Culture Show (BBC2).

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UDDERBELLY’S PASTURE | E4 UDDERBELLY

www.richfulcher.com

An exhilarating, sometimes terrifying, ride through Fulcher’s mixed-up psyche CHORTLE £13 (£11.50) £15 (£13)

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Hellooooooooooooooooooooooo. From the multi-talented ‘Mighty Boosh’ star comes Eleanor who’s lived a life most people scream about. The world’s greatest groupie tells all through song, dance and confessional monologue. Prepare to get a pounding like you’re yesterday’s beef!

Popcorn Comedy was a joy to behold THE SUN Critic’s Choice TIME OUT

Glynis Henderson Productions

mickperrin.com

RICH FULCHER AN EVENING WITH ELEANOR, THE TOUR WHORE

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live

GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | THE TURRET

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ADVERTISER

www.assemblyfestival.com | www.brettvincent.com

perfect match of style and content. CHORTLE.CO.UK clever… absurdly hilarious… utterly likeable” ADELAIDE

Come howl at the moon!

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Regulars Sir Timothy Fitzhigham, Lady Carol and Fullmoon Breakdancers, as well as top comedic talent.

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As a left handed, asthmatic, guitar playing Oriental Jason knows what its like to be a minority. And its time to speak up. Jason is one of Australia’s hottest rising stars!

Award-winning self-styled ‘Hip-Hop Count Dracula’ Maxwell, combines the best comedy, breakdancing, cabaret and devilish entertainment.

andrewtaylormanagement.com

The UK’s No.1 Late Show. Unstoppable comedy force Andrew Maxwell presents everyone’s favourite late-night show.

MINORITY RETORT

The Producers UK & Brett Vincent for getcomedy.com

0844 545 8252

ASSEMBLY @ ASSEMBLY HALL | RAINY HALL

SCOTT AGNEW: PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)

£5 £9 (£8)

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

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ROB DEERING’S BEAT THIS

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FRISKY & MANNISH: SCHOOL OF POP Underbelly Productions

The great new music-based game show: each night four different comedians and one audience battle and banter it out about the highs and lows of rock and pop. Hosted by Rob Deering.

If you missed the hottest show of 2009 it’s back for one night only in the cow. Frisky & Mannish reprise their runaway sell-out schooling in pop madness. The prequel to their 2010 show ‘Frisky and Mannish The College Years’ is a cabaret of pop’s biggest songs… twisted.

www.robdeering.com

Brilliant musical comedian TIME OUT As sharp and versatile as a Swiss army knife THE INDEPENDENT

www.friskyandmannish.co.uk

White hot... Slick, polished and accessible feel-good stuff... fully blown superstars  TIME OUT  MAIL ON SUNDAY, CHORTLE, EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, THE HERALD, TIME OUT, THE SKINNY, FRINGE GURU, FRINGE REVIEW, ONE4REVIEW

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JOHN COOPER CLARKE

TIME OUT LIVE’S EDINBURGH LAUGH OUT LOUD

Glynis Henderson Productions

‘The bard of Salford’, PUNK POET ExTRAORDINAIRE and one of England’s most important performers...expect hilarious anecdotes and machine-gun delivery. If you think poetry is dull, boring or posh - you haven’t seen JCC! The man behind the hair cut.

Time Out Live

After last year’s sell-out shows Time Out Live’s “Laugh Out Loud” returns to Edinburgh for two barnstorming nights of manic mayhem showcasing our critics’ choices of the hottest new comedy talent and the biggest headliners the festival has to offer. Previous acts include Reginald D Hunter, Micky Flanagan, Stephen K Amos, Rhys Darby, Jason Byrne, Idiots of Ants, Pappy’s, Tim Key, Shappi Khorsandi and many many more.

ghmp.co.uk | johncooperclarke.com

With his wit, unique poetic invention and gift for observation, Cooper Clarke is, I would argue, the greatest talent of all to emerge from his generation... INDEPENDENT

www.timeout.com/london/live

Unmissable hi-octane entertainment TIME OUT (WELL, WE WOULD SAY THAT WOULDN’T WE!)

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THE BETA MALES’ PICNIC IN “THE BUNKER”

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 Excellent FRINGE REVIEW  Hilariously funny THREEWEEKS  A must see CHORTLE

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Fizzing with energy and a manic inventiveness THREEWEEKS Brilliant LIST

Guest Who is an improvised comedy show with a special guest star in every performance. See their personal stories unfold and provide inspiration for the Maydays’ hilarious improvised scenes and songs. The Maydays are award-winning comedians, critically acclaimed and accompanied by a sensational musician. Can you Guest Who?

betamalespicnic.com

GUEST WHO?

THE BETA MALES’ PICNIC present an entirely Post-Apocalyptic Sketch Comedy chock full of mad scientists, dystopian dictatorships and half-melted movie stars. Hilarity - but mostly Doom - ensues as four men from Today sketch the world of Tomorrow, the last 273 humans alive and the last punchlines they’ll ever share.

£6 £6.50

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SEYMOUR MACE IN ‘SEYMOURLAND’

PHIL KAY - RADIOFREE

“Imagine a place where all your wildest dreams come true. Now forget that place and imagine another place where a happy idiot in a pink frilly shirt gathers a few friendly odd balls and tries to have as much fun as can be managed in an hour and five minutes. So come on down, get on up and join on in for the chance to win some fabulous prizes just by playing games where it helps to be a spaced out loony. Seymourland. Being stupid is what we do best.

Come witness meticulously planned mayhem. Finally, all the fantastic ideas that Phil can never remember on stage can come out to shine in this live radio show recorded as live in front of a live studio audience, live.

Ashley Boroda

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Tune in..set memory..adjust volume..listen. philkay.co.uk

www.seymourmace.co.uk

Like a surreal Vic and Bob bomb colliding with a kids TV show THE LIST £5 £7 W

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Critically acclaimed Canadian comedic duo 2-Man No-Show (***** NOW Magazine) make their first UK appearance after entertaining sold-out audiences in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago and Toronto. 2-Man No-Show are likeable unlikely heroes in a vaudevillian tour-de-force!

Josie Long presents terrifying late night knife-edge excitement. www.josielong.com

…One of the most exciting female comics around

www.la2edinburgh.info

THE TELEGRAPH

 They trust and play off each other in a consistently hilarious and physical act... one of the year’s funniest NOW MAGAZINE  Definitely a Fringe jewel EYE WEEKLY £5 £8.50 (£7.50)

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Ines Wurth Presents

Just the Tonic

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JOSIE LONG’S MONSTERS OF WHIMSY

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COMEDY IN THE DARK A truly unique comedy experience. Two comedians, one hour, no lights, saving energy. www.comedy-festival.co.uk

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First rate musical entertainment for night owls. SCOTSMAN Worth its weight in gold. SCOTSMAN Laughter guaranteed. THE STAGE

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The best comedians in the world.

See www.assemblyfestival.com for daily lineups.

The Jewel in the crown of the Fringe SCOTSMAN £5 £13 (£11)

Line up includes: Reginald D. Hunter, Kevin Bridges, Phil Nichol, Sarah Millican, Arj Barker, Andrew Maxwell, Stephen K. Amos, Jim Jefferies and many many more.

£10.50 (£9.50) £9 (£8) S

Best of the Fest is the biggest night of comedy in Edinburgh. It’s a guaranteed night of unabashed showing off and big laughs. Definitely the only place to be round midnight this August.

 The panache and wit of the best British comedy writers of the 20th century! EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS  This is a delightful hour! KATE COPSTICK, SCOTSMAN

Assembly & STV

www.soundandfury.org | www.greenroompresents.com

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Hollywood-based two-time Adelaide Fringe People’s Choice Award winners Sound & Fury return with another outrageous and hilarious send-up, this time a ‘Film Noir’ detective parody in their signature style of previous EdFringe hits ‘Cyranose’ and ‘Sherlock Holmes & the Saline Solution’: song, silliness and sex...ual innuendo!

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Green Room Presents

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SOUND & FURY’S ‘PRIVATE DICK’

£6 £6.50

0844 545 8252

kissingthegoldfish.com

A unique experience - compellingly intimate. Other senses heighten, the language comes alive and it gets really funny DAN ANTOPOLSKI

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

brilliant. eclectic. stylish. sexy. stunning. deliciously funny. utterly charming. hilarious. strange and quite outrageous. highly amusing. captivating. mesmerising. impeccable. deadpan. superb. thoroughly enjoyable... (We’re not making this up, by the way, they’re all genuine press quotes.) This show doesn’t contain nuts, but here is your health warning: Goldfish is back.

Enter at your own risk! “Comedy in the Dark” comes to Edinburgh after sell out shows at Leicester Comedy Festival.

PLEASANCE

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KISSING THE GOLDFISH

presented by Leicester Comedy Festival

GILDED BALLOON

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“The most original musical since “Spring Awakening” Critic’s Choice - LA Times

“Heartbreaking, first rate star turn by Katrina Lenk” Variety

Having just completed a six month sold out run in Los Angeles, California, the critically acclaimed LOVELACE: A ROCK MUSICAL has come to conquer The Fringe Festival with the original cast and award-winning rock and roll score. The story of porn superstar Linda Lovelace, of “Deep Throat” fame, SHOULD NOT BE MISSED. www.lovelacearockmusical.com • 5 - 30 August (no performance Aug 17) 10.30pm

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THE NELSON TWINS

J O WHARmBY – LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX

andrewtaylormanagement.com

The Nelson Twins Chris and Justin are identical twin stand-up comedians, they’re also fully qualified garden gnomes – seen on TV in Australia and in USA on NBC’s Last Comic Standing.

Jo’s learned a lot sleeping her way around the world and her outrageous true stories are guaranteed to crack you up. Hear the 3 reasons people avoid Oral, how not being allowed to masturbate in peace leads to bad sex later, when penis size is important and why smaller men make great lovers. Not forgetting Love, Lust and what it all boils down to – chemistry.

With crackling one liners and imposing stage presence these guys deliver a never to be forgotten hands-down hilarious comedy performance. www.nelsontwins.com.au | www.andrewtaylormanagement.com

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PAJAMA MEN: THE LAST STAND TO REASON

SPANK!

‘Did you miss the Pajama Men? Then you f***ed up!’ says Time Out Sydney. Now, after a sold out world tour and after becoming the highest selling show in the history of London’s Soho Theatre, the Pajama Men are coming back to Edinburgh. One weekend only! Best comedy award winners at Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals, Times’ Double Act of the Year.

THE late show of the Fringe returns following six years of sell-out success! For incredible lineups of awesome comedians, amazing cabaret artists & occasional gratuitous nudity, get your newly reddened butt cheeks down to SPANK! Lineups at www.underbelly.co.uk - SPANK! YOU LOVE IT!

www.fringemanagement.com

E4 Udderbelly 20th August at 23:45 for 2 hours.

Fringe Management | Pajama Men

James Wren & Leon Fleury with Underbelly & Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

Comic genius  SCOTSMAN One of the most original, inventive things you’re ever likely to find on a comedy stage  TELEGRAPH Terrific!  GUARDIAN  One of the most dazzling displays of comedy theatre I’ve ever seen THE TIMES

Plus for one night only the massive SPANKTACULAR! Daily lineups on the website. www.spankyouloveit.co.uk

Everything you could hope for in a late night comedy showcase... An absolutely must-see show!  THREE WEEKS Comedy and legendary party night...get down there right away!  TIME OUT £8 £10 (£9)

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www.bestmed.co.uk

the best version of the game I’ve seen since untimely departures of Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman … great, shambolic fun SCOTSMAN undemanding, great fun and the kind of unique, off-piste entertainment that sits well with the spirit of the Fringe

axisofawesome.net

 It’s like a dinosaur wrapped in a spaceship holding a sword on fire THE BIBLE

GUARDIAN

£5 £10 (£9) S

See comedians pitted against each other in something almost resembling everybody’s favourite teatime quiz! Previous contestants included Mark Watson, Sarah Millican, Richard Herring, Josie Long and Alex Horne. With regular host Dan Atkinson, and Paul Sinha as ‘Carol’.

It’s the late night musical party show you’ll be talking about for days and dreaming about for nights. For more awesome comedy check out The Axis of Awesome: “Songs in the Key of Awesome”.

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Join The Axis of Awesome and your favourite guests from across the festival for a late-night-mash-up-sing-along-feel-good-party-hour.

£15 (£14) £13.50 (£12.50)

COMEDY COUNTDOWN

THE AXIS OF AWESOME AND FRIENDS SING SONGS... AND FRIENDS!

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THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH PAUL ZENON & MIKELANGELO

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THE 80S MOVIE FLASHBACK

The most ridiculous show I’ve ever seen. I laughed so hard a little bit of wee came out. SCOTT MILLS, RADIO 1  Wonderful EDINBURGHFESTIVALS.CO.UK

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Midnight strikes, coaches turn into pumpkins and hilarious events commence at the Midnight Matinees. Designed for the late night comedy explorer and recommended in Time Out’s ‘1,000 Things To Do For Under a Tenner’. Our Edinburgh Special features a guest star line-up, and is not to be missed.

In its 9th Year! The best late night stand-up in an intimate wee venue. Top comedy bills that you won’t miss your bed for and you won’t have to share with hundreds of other people.

www.underbelly.co.uk

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Check website for full lineups. Previous acts have included Dara O’Briain, Bill Bailey, Ross Noble, Russell Howard, Jason Byrne, Flight Of The Concords, Ricky Gervais, Phil Nicol, Michael McIntyre and many more.

The Midnight Matinees are raw, rude and unpredictable. I had a ball, and you will too. CHE WALKER For your next up-all-Saturday-night escapade ditch the club scene and dive into the world of the cutting-edge at one of the Tristan Bates Theatre’s Midnight Matinees. TIME OUT

Underbelly Productions and Neil Masters

tristanbatestheatre.co.uk

UNDERBELLY, COWGATE | WHITE BELLY

THE LATE SHOW

Tristan Bates Theatre

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PLEASANCE DOME | QUEENDOME

For one year he set them monthly challenges including ‘Gain The Most Weight’ and ‘Find Me A Hedgehog.’ Tonight Alex Horne declares either Atkinson, Basden, Christmas, Dowdeswell, Edwards, Fitzhigham, Goldsmith, Hall, Key, Langford, Long, Morgan, Pitcher, Olver, Watson, Wehn, Wilkinson, Woolf, Wozniak or Wrigglesworth, ‘The Taskmaster’.

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Jazz and comedy, united at last, late, live and loud. The UK’s finest jazz musicians collaborate with the Fringe’s favourite comics for some unique and unprecedented performances. Alex Horne and his Magnificent Band present people like Mark Watson, Tim Key and Josie Long - with jazz. Nice.

£8 (£7)

ALEX HORNE: THE TASKMASTER

The Invisible Dot Ltd

Sore throats and stomach cramps guaranteed. Pure dead brilliant.  THREEWEEKS Perfectly timed’ METRO

THE HORNE SECTION

www.mattforde.co.uk

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Join 6Music, 5Live and talkSPORT favourite Matt Forde for a lock-in with the best Fringe comedians every night. Come and watch your favourite comedians swapping the stories they don’t usually tell on stage. The Lock-In was the late night home of comedy last year with Tim Vine, Jon Richardson, Carl Donnelly, Sarah Millican, Pappy’s and Richard Bacon all dropping in for a few pints.

www.myspace.com/wearetheflashback

Fluid Thinking

Starring Rachel Anderson, Rik Moore & Fraser.

£6 (£5)

FORDY’S LOCK IN

For everyone who wanted to travel at 88 miles per hour, catch a fly in chopsticks, and never put Baby in a corner, the show that reveals what your favourite 80s movie characters are doing today.

PLEASANCE DOME | QUEENDOME

theinvisibledot.com

£5 £12.50 (£10) S

0844 545 8252

Key (frail) is exploited by the system and cashes in on last year’s success. He (charming; sometimes on Newswipe) brings his 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show back to Edinburgh. He (handsome) caps a year of lounging about by doing it all again. Some vile language/poetry.

 [Zenon] Brilliantly entertaining. SCOTSMAN Unquestionably magnetic, Mikelangelo weaves a seductive spell around the audience... THE LIST

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

The Invisible Dot Ltd

The bastard sons of La Clique present the Fringe’s essential late night comedy show. Slip between the sheets for a nightcap with Paul Zenon & Mikelangelo on a plump everchanging mattress of dreamy special guests including Fred Macauley, The Magnets, Arj Barker, Simon Munnery and a hung parliament of nightowls.

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

TIM KEY - THE SLUTCRACKER

Assembly

GILDED BALLOON

0131 623 3030

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£14 (£13) S

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PLEASANCE DOME | ACEDOME

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GILDED BALLOON TEVIOT | DEBATING HALL

AFTER HOURS

LATE ‘N’ LIVE

Legendary and unmissable AFTER HOURS returns for its brilliant 8th laughter packed sell-out season, showcasing this year’s biggest and best standups, in its unique comedy club setting.

The first, the best and the latest of late nights at the Fringe. The legendary late night pick of the best comedy acts from accross the Fringe. And after the comedy you can dance the night away with our fabulous house bands. A different band each week - Flipron, Novalounge and Big Hand.

Gilded Balloon Festivals Ltd

Pleasance Theatre and Amused Moose Comedy

Special guests have included Jimmy Carr, Simon Amstell, Noel Fielding, Michael MacIntyre, Ross Noble, Dara O’Briain, Tim Minchin, Adam Hills, Jason Byrne, Reginald D Hunter, Rhod Gilbert, Sarah Millican, Ed Byrne, We Are Klang and Flight of the Conchords, plus exciting, previously unknown emerging talent who rise from obscurity and break through during the Fringe.

It’s very Late and it’s very Live! gildedballoon.co.uk

The most exciting late night cabaret on the Fringe....where anything can happen and most probably does! CHORTLE Live comedy at it’s most gladiatorial EDINBURGHGUIDE.COM One of the unnalloyed joys of Fringe THE TELEGRAPH No fringe experience is complete without a visit EDINBURGHFEST.COM

Ask Pleasance Box Office for tonight’s line-up. pleasance.co.uk | amusedmoose.com/shows | twitter.com/amusedmoose

The best late night show on the Fringe - brilliant! JASON BYRNE Awesome late night hilarity THREEWEEKS Stellar SCOTSMAN £9 £10.50 (£9) W

£10 £13 (£12)

£11.50 (£10) S

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UDDERBELLY’S PASTURE | UNDERBELLY’S MCEWAN HALL

SPANK!: THE BIG ONE

01:00 (04:00)

JUST THE TONIC AT THE CAVES | JUST THE BIG ROOM

Imagine it’s the last night on Earth..that’s how hard we’re going to party! Going out with a BANG! A chance to live out a few hours as if they were your last. What - or who - would you do? Free entry from Just the Tonic’s last shows. (subject to availability)

One night only on Friday night 27th at 1am! Check Underbelly website for the lineup!

justthetonic.com

www.underbelly.co.uk

Fabulous warren of caverns and corners which come into their own when the clubbing starts. Vinyl on the decks, party in your heart. Have a night in a Cave, it’s fun! KATE COPSTICK, SCOTSMAN

 An absolutely must-see show THREEWEEKS Go see Spank. You will love it!  ONE4REVIEW.COM

£3 £5

£12.50 F

Just the Tonic

James & Leon’s stellar sell-out night of stand-up, sketch and musical comedy mayhem leaves the depths of Underbelly and comes to the glamour of McEwan Hall for an extra big one!

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JUST THE TONIC AFTERSHOW PARTY - LAST NIGHT ON EARTH

James Wren & Leon Fleury with Underbelly & Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

£15 (£14)

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