Pleasance 2013 Show Guide by Pleasance

Children’s

from

10:15

10:15 (11:10)

Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Above

THE GOLDEN COWPAT

11:00, 14:00 & 17:00 (1hr)

Pleasance Courtyard / Pleasance Up The Hill

THE ADVENTURE

Tucked In Productions & Greenwich Theatre

Bad Physics/Mercury Colchester/Escalator East to Edinburgh/Richard Jordan

A mysterious golden cowpat leads Hector and his naughty cow Betty on a memorable and muddy adventure! Start your day with a fantastical journey from ‘one of the most accomplished children’s theatre companies at the Fringe.’ Fringe Review. Join in with catchy songs, bid for a Golden Cowpat in a hilarious auction and even choose the story’s ending! Ages 4+ www.tuckedin.org.uk | Facebook: tuckedinproductions Twitter: @tuckedinp

The world’s best impression of a grumpy cow  THREEWEEKS

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10:45 & 11:45 30 & 45 mins

Pleasance Courtyard | The Green

Song Circle / My Yellow Ukelele

When a famous scientist is abducted, it takes his two children, their best friend, an incompetent storyteller, and YOU to rescue him.

Fun for wee ones! Classic nursery rhymes, Scottish children’s songs, a hamper of toys and shakey eggs for under-2s. For the 2-5s dress up, sing and strum with Gill at My Yellow Ukelele.

The Famous Five meets Scooby Doo meets The Crystal Maze in a unique hour of funny, scary and inventive interactive theatre. You won’t be sat in the dark watching a play...you’ll be at the heart of The Adventure!

Join an intrepid gang of young detectives to explore a dark and exciting disused building - discover clues, crack codes and find your deepest courage to help solve a fiendishly puzzling mystery.

Gill Bowman

The show begins at the Pleasance Courtyard - by The Green.

Song Circle (10:45): Ages 0 - 2

www.badphysics.co.uk | Facebook: BadPhysics | Twitter: @BadPhysicsThtr

My Yellow Ukelele (11:45): Ages 2 - 5

A theatrical experience all can enjoy... an awfully big adventure  THE PUBLIC REVIEWS The best theata ever Rosie Savage (Age 9), Halesworth Middle SchooL Very well pitched. Juicily experimental RICHARD CURTIS

All children should be accompanied by an adult (1 is preferable due to a limited capacity). www.songcircle.co.uk

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TICKETS: 0131 556 6550

Children’s

from

11:00

11:00 (12:00)

Pleasance Courtyard | Forth

THE MAGICAL PLAYROOM WITH CBEEBIES’ CERRIE BURNELL

11:30 (12:30)

Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance One

ALIENS LOVE UNDERPANTS Big Wooden Horse and Nick Brooke Limited

Hold on to your briefs and prepare for a bloomer-ing, knicker-tastic, pant-abulous adventure! This zany and hilarious tale based on the best-selling children’s book is delightfully brought to life on stage for the first time with stunning effects, madcap action, original music and loads of crazy aliens. This fantastically fresh and lively production will delight the whole family. Warning: this show is so funny you’ll laugh your PANTS off!!!

Cerrie Burnell directed by Hal Chambers - Festival Highlights

Signed performance on 20th. www.underpantslive.com | Facebook: loveunderpantslive Twitter: @underpantslive

£12 (£10) £10 (£8)

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This delightful new show stars popular CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell, in an original story inspired by her own childhood and featuring specially composed music. Libby dreams of becoming a ballerina like her mum before her. But when she’s told to wear a false arm for dancing lessons, Libby rebels, seeking escape in her favourite playroom. Suddenly, the toys magically come to life around her. Will Libby’s new friends be able to help her to become a famous ballerina? Ages 3+ Directed by Hal Chambers of Tucked In, creators of acclaimed fringe kids shows including The Golden Cowpat. www.MagicalPlayroom.com | www.FestivalHighlights.com | Facebook: MagicalPlayroom | Twitter: @MagicalPlayroom

It would be hard to find a children’s presenter more perfect than Burnell – she can sing and dance, she is beautiful, with a wide, open childlike face, and she radiates a rare goodness. GUARDIAN

Perfectly combines a delightful story and catchy energetic music PRIMARY TIMES £7.50 W

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TICKETS: 0131 556 6550

Children’s

from

11:45

11:45 (12:40)

Pleasance Courtyard | Beside

11:50 (12:50)

Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Two

I Believe in Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo

I HATE CHILDREN CHILDREN’S SHOW

By Michael Morpurgo (War Horse).

Magic for teens, tweens, and hot soccer moms! Now with 20% more child hating! “Best Children’s Show” 3 Weeks Magazine. Your child stars in the only show that invites parents to get their drink on. So if you hate kidd shows but love your kiddies then slip some whiskey in your sippy-cup and join the fun. The most sold out children’s show of 2012 so get your tickets today. Ages 8+.

Wizard Presents

Unusual Productions

Tomas hates school and books but his world is turned upside down the day he meets the Unicorn and the Unicorn Lady. Help Tomas save his burning library when the village is overrun by soldiers in the midst of war. An interactive show which changes daily. Bring a children’s book to become part of the set and swap for another, at the end.

www.ihatechildren.com | Facebook: Best.Show.in.the.World Twitter: @ihatechildren

www.wizardpresents.co.uk | Facebook: WizardPresents-TheatreCompany Twitter: @WizardPresents

£6 £7 (£6) W

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Outrageously enjoyable  BROADWAY BABY

£9 (£8.50) £8.50 (£7.50) S

£7 £8 (£7) F

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13:00 (14:00)

Pleasance Courtyard | The Green

The Big Bite-Size Play Factory’s Family Creatures

Pleasance Courtyard | The Green

Simple, spontaneous and spellbinding  BROADWAY BABY

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www.redtabletheatre.com | Facebook: redtable | Twitter: @redtabletheatre

£6 £7.50 (£6.50) F

14:15 & 15:25 (50 mins)

£9 (£7) £8.50 (£6.50) S

Using everyday objects found in an attic, four of Rudyard Kipling’s best-beloved stories are discovered and brought to life. Let your little ones snuggle down into our sea of duvets and cuddly animals to find out why the moon pulls the tides (rather than a crab who is taller than the smoke of three volcanoes), and the reason why the elephant’s nose is so long.

www.bite-size.org.uk | Facebook: TheBigBite-SizePlayFactory Twitter: @bitesizeplays

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Red Table Theatre

Magical, mystical and mythical creatures from past and present with one thing in common - they have issues. A ghost who can’t scare people, a pretentious unicorn, a bossy turkey and a devious dragon. A selection of beautifully crafted short plays from an awardwinning company featuring some colourful characters who learn the consequences of their bad behaviour! Hosted by a wannabe celebrity turtle and a famous bunny hating gardener! Ages 6+

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THE JUST SO STORIES

White Room Theatre’s Bite-Size Plays

£6 £8 (£6)

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TICKETS: 0131 556 6550

Children’s

from

14:55

14:55 (15:45)

Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Two

MY BROTHER THE ROBOT Tall Stories

Once upon a time in the future, Bobbie has everything she needs except someone to play with. So her inventor dad builds her a robot little brother. But having a robot in the family can cause all sorts of trouble... Music, magic and mechanical mayhem from the company that brought you The Gruffalo (‘an absolute delight’ ***** Scotsman) and The Snail and the Whale (‘inventive and charming’ **** List). www.tallstories.org.uk | Facebook: tallstoriestheatre Twitter: @tallstoriesnews | Age range: 4-9

Tall Stories sets the benchmark for children’s theatre SUNDAY TIMES

£6 £8 (£7) W

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£10 (£9) £9 (£8)

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16:30 (17:15)

Pleasance Courtyard | The Green

BACK FROM THE FUTURE Toby Mitchell

A time traveller from the year 2042 has come to Edinburgh on a mission. He needs your help to change the future. But time is running out... An interactive comedy adventure for everyone aged 6 to 106 from the creator of the Fringe 2012 sellout success Monsters Got Talent (‘a standout show’ **** BroadwayBaby.com). Ages 6+. www.tobymitchell.com | Twitter: @backftfuture

Toby Mitchell has a natural ease and rapport with the audience The Stage Toby Mitchell has the right balance of charm and enthusiasm Three Weeks £6 W

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TICKETS: 0131 556 6550

Theatre & Dance

from

10:00

10:00 (16:00 ON SAT 10th, duration 30 hrs)

Hunt and Darton Cafe

BEDDING OUT

Liz Crow | Hix Productions | Escalator East To Edinburgh

Exhibited beyond a red rope barrier, a woman lies in her bed. Bedding In emerges from the current welfare benefits overhaul, which threatens many with poverty and with a propagandist campaign that has seen disability hate crime leap by 50%. ‘What they call fraud, is only the complexity of real life’. In Bedside Conversations, members of the public are invited to gather round the bed to talk about the work, its backdrop and its politics. Bedside Bedside Conversations take place at 9:00, 13:00, 17:00 on 9 Aug and 10:00, 14:00 on 10 Aug. Bedside Twitter Talks take place at 21:00 on 9 Aug and 12:00 on 10 Aug. www.roaring-girl.co.uk | Facebook: liz.crow | Twitter: @RGPLizCrow

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10:00 (17:00)

Hunt and Darton Cafe

HUNT & DARTON CAFE The award-winning interactive performance/installation and fully-functioning café returns! Food, service and business are all presented as art with guest waiters, themed days and the sensational signature dish, the roast dinner sandwich. Coco-Pops, Battenburg, beans-on-toast and activities such as the ‘not’ great bake-off also feature. Prepare for appetites to be satisfied in more ways than one. A live-art collaboration between Jenny Hunt & Holly Darton. “We are here to serve”.

Pleasance Dome | QueenDome

www.bite-size.org | Twitter: @bitesizeplays

Go see this gem  Fringe Review One of the most important shows you’ll see at the Fringe  Daily Record £10 £12 (£11) W

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10:30 (11:30)

free F

5-Star (Daily Record, WhatsonStage, Fringe Review) breakfast theatre and social occasion. Three daily selections of sparkling international ten-minute playlets with coffee, croissant and strawberry. Winners Brighton Festival Angel, Fringe First/Carol Tambor ‘Best of Edinburgh’ Shortlist.

A must-visit Fringe experience  SCOTSMAN

White Room Theatre’s Bite-Size Plays

www.huntanddartoncafe.com | Facebook: huntanddartoncafe Twitter: @huntdarton

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Hunt & Darton | Escalator East To Edinburgh

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£12.50 (£11.50) S

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TICKETS: 0131 556 6550

Theatre & Dance

from

10:45

10:45 (12:00)

Pleasance Courtyard | Forth

BLACK T-SHIRT COLLECTION From Fringe First winner Inua Ellams (The 14th Tale) and Herald Angel and Fringe First winners Fuel (The Simple Things in Life, Minsk: 2011) comes a story of two brothers building a global t-shirt brand. On their journey from Nigerian boutiques to Egyptian street markets, British nightclubs to Chinese sweatshops Matthew and Muhammed discover the consequences of success. British Council Showcase 2013.

Undeb Theatre

Step inside Owain’s very own shed to hear about one man and the lengths he’ll go to for a beautiful garden. From fast rising writer Brad Birch (Soho Theatre, Royal Court) comes a bittersweet play about obsession death and horticulture. An intimate storytelling experience, two audience members at a time. Show times: 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00

www.fueltheatre.com | Facebook: fueltheatre | Twitter: @fueltheatre

You sink into his storytelling  TIME OUT A tinglingly resonant celebration of the art of solo performance  EVENING STANDARD

www.undebtheatre.com | Twitter: @undebtheatre

Making a name for themselves as purveyors of exciting, spirited new theatre in innovative venues GUARDIAN

£13.50 (£12.50) £12.50 (£11.00)

£10.50 (£9.00) S

£6 £8 (£7) F

Pleasance Courtyard | The Shed

GARDENING: FOR THE UNFULFILLED AND ALIENATED

Inua Ellams and Fuel

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11:00 - 19:00 (30 mins)

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11:30 (12:20)

Pleasance Courtyard | The Attic

BITCH BOXER

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£9 (£8) S

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11:30 (12:30)

Pleasance Courtyard | Cabaret Bar

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE FRINGE FIRSTS

Snuff Box Theatre, Richard Jordan Productions in association with The Pleasance. Part of the British Council Edinburgh 2013

The Pleasance in association with The Scotsman

Meet Chloe, 21 from Leytonstone. She likes the simple things in life: cherry sambuca, hairbrush-in-the-mirror karaoke and winding her Dad up. Oh, and she’s a boxer. London, 2012. Women will step into the Olympic boxing ring for the very first time. As Chloe trains for the fight of her life, she’s left winded by two life-changing events. In a man’s world, can she prove she’s still worth the title?

Pleasance Bytes in association with The Scotsman celebrate 40 years of the Fringe First awards with four rehearsed readings, one from each decade. This event is part of The Scotsman Fringe First Awards’ 40th anniversary, festival-wide celebrations. Join us as we revisit generation-defining shows. The readings will be directed by five times Fringe First winner, Hannah Eidinow.

Sparkily written, feistily performed. 

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

LONDON EVENING STANDARD

Winner: Soho Young Writers Award 2012 £10.50 (£9.50) W

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TICKETS: 0131 556 6550

Theatre & Dance

from

11:40

11:40 (12:40)

Pleasance Dome | KingDome

TANGRAM

Stefan Sing & Cristiana Casadio

Complex, sexy, and irreverently imaginative, Tangram redraws the boundaries of dance, new circus, and physical theatre. Created and performed by renowned ballerina Cristiana Casadio and world class circus artist Stefan Sing, Tangram encapsulates the human struggle of attraction and repulsion. www.auroranovaproductions.com/currently/tangram Facebook: auroranovaproductions | Twitter: @auroranovaprods

One lets go of everyday life, forgetting it completely Berliner Morgenpost

The best show I’ve ever seen Berliner Morgenpost £6 £9 (£7) W

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TICKETS: 0131 556 6550

Theatre & Dance

from

12:00

12:00 (12:45)

Pleasance Courtyard | Cabaret Bar

12:10 (13:10)

Pleasance Dome | JackDome

PLEASANCE BYTES

SPECIE

Leading journalist Mark Fisher gets inside the heads of some of the festival’s finest, for this series of interviews. Guests include Paul Merton and the Impro Chums (10), Nicholas Parsons (17), and Natalia Kaladia, Founding Co-Artistic Director of Belarus Free Theatre (24).

Imagine total gender freedom, where changing sex is as easy as getting dressed. Sons can become daughters, husbands can become wives, and blind dates could be either in a new play from Fat Git Theatre and Joe White. As the boundaries blur, where will curiosity take you?

The Pleasance

Fat Git Theatre

Recorded in front of an audience and available on iTunes and www. pleasance.co.uk. Previous guests include: Miriam Margolyes, Art Malik, Julian Sands, Olivier-Award winners Julian Glover and Nichola McAuliffe, and Sheila Reid.

An irreverent, gene-juggling, biopunk vision of a planet and its specie in disarray. www.fatgittheatre.co.uk | Facebook: Fat-Git-Theatre | Twitter: @fatgittheatre

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

A riot...Prepare to be entertained, disgusted and positively perplexed Scotsman ON FAT GIT THEATRE’S UNINVITED

Fisher…the perfect host  THREEWEEKS Unique insight to life behind the Fringe EDINBURGH FESTIVALS

£6 £9.50 (£8)

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12:20 (13:20)

Pleasance Dome | 10Dome

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12:25 (13:45)

Pleasance Dome | QueenDome

REVOLUTION SOCIETY

PREEN BACK YER LUGS!

Students have always been revolting but this time it’s different. The country’s a mess and this lot are going to do something - they’re just not sure what. But unlike all other revolutionary students before them they, like, really mean it. And they’re not going to let any Business Studies students join. Sarah Power’s smart new comedy won an international writing competition to find new work for young actors.

The year is 2108. World War Seven has laid waste to the entire planet.

Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

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Svenska Teatern coordinated by Ace-Production

And yet, miraculously, one small, insignificant country on the outermost fringes of the British Isles has survived... In a future Scotland, ruled by an evil clone of a famous twentieth century Scottish politician, a small band of English freedom fighters rise up against their Caledonian oppressors.

www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk | Twitter: @RevSocYA

www.ace-production.com | Facebook: AceProductionAgency

Charming, exquisite and moving production  BROADWAY BABY 2012

£10 (£8) £9 (£7)

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TICKETS: 0131 556 6550

Theatre & Dance

from

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12:30 (13:30)

Pleasance Courtyard | Beneath

12:30 (13:40)

Pleasance Courtyard | Upstairs

ALI J

THE PEARL

Ali is going to die. Blood on his hands. An obstinate passion. 24 hours to live. One final audience. But why would you care? After all, he is a Muslim. Direct from its sell-out India Premiere, Ali J is a powerful and urgent new play about the search for identity, the need for belonging, the uneasy position at the wrong end of inclusivity, and about being Muslim in today’s India.

When impoverished pearl-diver Kino finds the ‘pearl of the world’ he believes his family’s life will be transformed. Seduced by the pearl’s beauty and promise of riches, he’s blind to the danger of possessing something that everyone wants. A timeless fable about the allure of greed, the confines of class, and the transforming power of love. Dumbshow bring Steinbeck’s novel to life with trademark visual inventiveness and playful theatricality.

This urgent and vital new play exploring modern India is a remarkable achievement. I implore you to see it.  BBC RADIO

www.dumbshow.org/pearl | Twitter: @DumbshowTheatre

Evam (India) and Richard Jordan Productions in association with Pleasance

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Dumbshow

The latest young company to watch  WHATSONSTAGE.COM

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£6 £7.50 (£6.50) F

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12:30 (13:45)

Pleasance Courtyard | Forth

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12:40 (13:45)

DOUBLE BOOKED

Andrew, Julie and Mark engage in a pivotal tryst in a riotous bodyswap comedy from hotly tipped Fringe First winner, DC Jackson.

“Bridget Jones meets TV’s Outnumbered in this funny, sharply written comedy.” ***** BBC Radio. Ruth Rich has troublesome teenagers, a dotty mother, a crush on a schoolmaster and a bitchy best friend. In order to save face she economises on the truth only to discover that others are hugging far bigger secrets. “A beautiful play acted in a beautiful manner by a superb actress .” Buxton Fringe Review.

DC Jackson: Critics’ Awards For Theatre in Scotland - Best New Play Nominee

One of Scotland’s finest young writers Scotsman DC Jackson is clearly one to watch Independent

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www.ginnydavis.com | Facebook: ginny.davis | Twitter: @dishmop

Davis’s observant and sharp comedy succeeds because everybody can relate to it  THREE WEEKS Davis’s writing is clever and witty SCOTSMAN

£16 (£14) £14 (£12) S

Ginny Davis Productions

Directed by double Fringe First winner Phillip Breen.

£8 £12 (£10)

Pleasance Courtyard | The Attic

THREEWAY The Invisible Dot Ltd.

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TICKETS: 0131 556 6550

Theatre & Dance

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12:40 (13:40)

Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Below

12:40 (13:45)

Pleasance Courtyard | The Attic

HAPPY NEVER AFTER

SOMETHING FISHY

Jen and Neil are young, fun and moving in together, but when they find themselves making difficult decisions about their future they start to wonder; can they survive on love and laughs alone?

Never far from the flood of chaos created around her by family and friends, Fringe sell-out mother of teenagers, Ruth Rich, relates another hilarious and satirical tale of the unexpected. Forced by circumstance to accompany her son, his friend and his friend’s 34FF mother to Marrakesh, Ruth leaves her teenage daughter at home alone with dotty Gran worrying nearby. Barely twelve hours in, Ruth’s phone starts ringing ...

James Quaife supported by Old Vic New Voices - Festival Highlights

Ginny Davis Productions

www.happyneverafter.co.uk | Facebook: HappyNeverAfter2013 Twitter: @Jen_and_Neil

Full of heart-wrenching emotion and drama ... a five star play in every respect WHATSONSTAGE.COM A beautiful balance of lightness and intensity ... full of warmth and humanity BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE £6 £7.50 (£6.50) W

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www.ginnydavis.com | Facebook: ginny.davis | Twitter: @dishmop

A hilarious and instantly-recognisable depiction of family mores  WWW.FRINGEGURU.COM

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Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance That

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Our writers were given a simple job. Write a short play without specifying gender for any of the characters.

13:00 (13:55)

www.papercuttheatre.co.uk | Facebook: Papercuttheatreuk Twitter: @Papercuttheatre

www.thesum.com | Facebook: Theroomintheelephant Twitter: @theroomintheelephant

A clever production idea… kept the audience involved and interested throughout  ONE STOP ARTS

A vital piece of 21st century drama  SCOTSMAN

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The Sum with the Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol

UK Graffiti artist Banksy sprayed THIS LOOKS A BIT LIKE AN ELEPHANT on a disused water tank in Los Angeles. A guy had been living inside it for years. The tank instantly became a work of art and was taken away to be sold. By making a statement did Bansky end up making a man homeless? Featuring Gary Beadle (Eastenders).

Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Above

One play. No gender. Endless possibilities. A rotating line-up of 16 plays by writers from all over the world means XY is different every night. For the latest line-up visit our website. Includes plays by Alia Bano, Gabriel Bisset-Smith and Sara Pascoe.

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BANKSY: THE ROOM IN THE ELEPHANT

Papercut Theatre

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TICKETS: 0131 556 6550

Theatre & Dance

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13:00 (14:15)

Pleasance Courtyard | The Grand

MISSING

Gecko | Escalator East To Edinburgh

Award-winning physical dance theatre company Gecko (The Race, The Arab and The Jew, and The Overcoat) return to the Pleasance Grand with Missing, an extraordinary journey into the uncharted depths of a person’s psyche. Enter a deliciously warped world of striking imagery, multiple languages and evocative music. Supported by Arts Council England. Co-commissioned by New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich in association with Warwick Arts Centre and DanceEast. Part of British Council Edinburgh Showcase. Show times: 13:00 apart from 3rd (13:30), 8th - 11th (12:00) www.geckotheatre.com | Facebook: gecko.theatre1 | Twitter: @geckotheatre

A kind of restless delirium, dense with poetic effect  GUARDIAN A living, breathing patchwork quilt of visual illusions ... both wonderfully uplifting and desperately sad STAGE The most amazing evening of theatre  WHAT’S ON STAGE

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MAKING NEWS

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It’s the start of a 24-hour news cycle and Rachel Clarke has been suddenly promoted as the BBC’s newest Head of News. When a crisis erupts, she has to confront rivals from within and without, and decide how to report on a story that could bring down the Corporation itself. A fast-moving satire about the BBC starring Suki Webster, Hal Cruttenden, Sara Pascoe, Liam Williams, Dan Starkey and Phill Jupitus as the Director General. By Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky, writers of 2012 Edinburgh smash-hit COALITION. www.makingnewstheplay.co.uk | Facebook: makingnewstheplay | Twitter: @makingnews_play

Praise for “Coalition” Here’s 90 minutes of real class. Don’t miss it.  TIMES An absolute gem of the fringe  SUNDAY EXPRESS Slick and funny  SCOTSMAN

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NOT THE MESSIAH

PANTS ON FIRE’S PINOCCHIO

Graham Chapman – doctor, mountaineer, Footlights star, raging alcoholic, pioneering gay-icon – and the only current non-living member of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Join multi-award-winning actor George Telfer on an hilarious one-man odyssey, by criticallyacclaimed playwright Tom Crawshaw. An extraordinary quest for the holy meaning of the life of... a very naughty boy.

Award winning actor-musician company Pants on Fire joyfully blast Collodi’s dark tale of the wooden fibber of all traces of Disney in this 1950’s Sci-fi Horror B-Movie with a barbershop dubstep mash-up soundtrack. Winner’s of the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh award for Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

www.threescompany.co.uk | Twitter: @threescompany

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Pants on Fire

www.pantsonfiretheatre.com | Twitter: @pantsonfireco

Nothing short of a revelation  FRINGE GURU Telfer had complete mastery of every word and every gesture  BUXTON FRINGE £6 £7.50 (£6.50) W

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A breakthrough show  Guardian Top level contenders in the world of theatre British Theatre Guide

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BORGES AND I

Entering an over-10s swimming gala at the age of 30, to defeat 11-year-old nemesis Veronica Barr, a signalman swims for his life. A tender story of love, loneliness, and verruca socks. Idiot Child tells playful, peculiar tales of beautiful failure. Somewhere between stand-up and theatre, combining movement, film, and engaging storytelling, always keeping the audience at its heart.

Fringe sell-out Idle Motion return with their Total Theatre Award Nominated production exploring the writing of Jorge Borges. By weaving his story with that of love found in a book group, the show reflects upon our relationship with reading. Using 450 books Idle Motion bring forth images of labyrinths, tigers and a universe of libraries. Integrating creative stagecraft, innovative projection and beautiful physicality, this is must see immersive theatre.

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Tender and hilarious  EXEUNTMAGAZINE.COM Wonderfully unique...beautifully heartbreaking

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I COULD’VE BEEN BETTER Idiot Child in association with Bristol Old Vic Ferment

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RITES: A Children’s Tragedy Young Pleasance

RITES: A Children’s Tragedy (after Wedekind) The Pleasance’s own ‘breathtaking ensemble’ (Scotsman) unleash the existential and sexual anguish of Wedekind’s Spring Awakening in a scalding new adaptation. ‘Thrilling’ (The List). ‘The Young Pleasance have been performing at the Fringe for the past 16 years and they consistently produce exciting high quality work in a different league to most Fringe shows’ (British Theatre Guide). www.pleasance.co.uk/youngpleasance | Facebook: YoungPleasance | Twitter: @youngpleasance

A stunning production...hit of the Fringe  BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE Young Pleasance is extraordinary  Broadway Baby Huge cast are all brilliant, and enviously talented  Fringe Review

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OUTSIDE ON THE STREET

THE RAIN THAT WASHES

1945: Sergeant Beckmann arrives home in Germany, utterly altered. Throw yourself into his world of darkly comic, grotesque characters. Written in just six days after escaping from a prisoner of war camp and walking 370 miles back to Hamburg, Wolfgang Borchert’s vivid interpretation of his own story shines a light on the aftermath of war. Winners of both the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve and the Scottish Daily Mail Commendation Prize, Invertigo’s production sees an all-male ensemble confront this challenging European drama, directed by Cheek by Jowl Associate Owen Horsley.

Instantly plunged into a young man’s compelling story of growing up in turbulent Zimbabwe, we live and breathe his extraordinary and dramatic journey from innocence to escape, finally returning to his homeland to witness Mugabe’s greatest betrayal... Inspired by a series of interviews between Zimbabwean Christopher Maphosa and writer Dave Carey, who first met at Chickenshed more than 12 years ago, ‘The Rain That Washes’ is a true story that is poignant, political and, most of all, personal. This beautifully realised one-man show effortlessly shifts between different times, places and characters and builds to an unforgettable climax.

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Chickenshed

invertigotheatre.co.uk | Facebook: invertigotheatre | Twitter @invertigo2012

Signed performance on 14th.

I’m struck by Invertigo’s infectious passion for the European repertoire Daniel Evans (artistic Director of sheffield Theatres in reference to saer doliau, Invertigo’s aclaimed production at the finborough)

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Deeply emotive and bursting into blinding brightness AFRIDIZIAK Tears, sweat, laughter and cries ring out from the stage in a production that is as moving as it is tragic A YOUNGER THEATRE Maynard’s performance is a tour de force. I was spellbound. DAME JANET SUZMAN

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SYMPATHY PAINS Rosalind Adler’s (JUBILATE! 2012 LOL 2011) new play about a pregnant man: Guy is out-earned by wife, Chris. He’s a failure and their marriage is in peril. Then, at his lowest ebb, a miracle! He’s pregnant! God knows how that happened - but Guy’s ecstatic. Chris has never felt so alone.

Many Rivers Productions Ltd

Gordon Brown hilariously exposes the darkest secrets of being Prime Minister, the stab-in-the-back plottings, the betrayals and most importantly - the hair gel. Love him or loathe him, Gordon candidly reveals what it takes to knife your way to the top and rule a nation. And how his dream of power all went wrong. New play by acclaimed Scots Emmy-nominated writer and director Kevin Toolis in a manyrivers production.

Can their marriage survive? Can Guy let go of his precious pregnancy? And if he does, what’s left? www.rosadler.com

www.gordonconfesses.com | Facebook: GordonConfesses Twitter: @GordonConfesses

This is marvellous - crackling with comedy both dark and light. TIMES CRITICS’ CHOICE ( FOR JUBILATE! 2012)

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THE CONFESSIONS OF GORDON BROWN

ROSALIND ADLER

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THE BABYSITTER

Written and performed by veteran Irish director Andy Hinds, these acclaimed, subtly interlocking new plays glisten with moments of visceral self-searching and unexpected tenderness. The lives of two very different men fatefully reconnect in these intensely personal stories underpinned by circumstances in Northern Ireland’s recent past.

InDepth bring you an outrageous new family comedy with a lot of laughs and a big heart. Winner of 4 awards at the National Student Drama Festival: Festgoers Award, Sunday Times Playwrighting Award, Directors Guild Award and Commendation for Acting Ensemble.

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‘It’s not politics, it’s warfare and SHE started it!’

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by Breman Rajkumar (InDepth)

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MORNING AND AFTERNOON Andy Hinds with Louise Chantal Productions - Festival Highlights

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THE GHOST HUNTER

PLAY FOR SEPTEMBER

‘Do you know what they are, ghost stories? They’re a place to put things you’re too scared to look at any more.’

September 2003. The start of a new term. Elle and Kay waste time after school: Unicorn or phoenix? Jump or drown? House or holiday? The game seems endless. But when wasting time leads to your teacher falling in love with you, they quickly discover how morals are not always clear cut, friendships are flimsy and loyalties can be as false as the man they call Sir. A candid and reflective piece of new writing exposing the dangers of growing up.

Theatre of the Damned

Lost Watch Theatre Company

Dick runs a ghost tour, and he’s got a great story to tell. It’s about a Ragged School in old York. About something terrible buried beneath the cobbles. It’s about the past. It’s about ghosts. And it’s about to catch up with him. www.theatreofthedamned.com | Facebook: theatreofthedamned Twitter: @Ghosthunterplay

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Tight, intense, and unrelenting... a beautifully staged piece of theatre  West End Wilma £6 £9 (£8) W

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TAKE TWO EVERY FOUR HOURS

Ring is a sound journey in complete darkness from David Rosenberg (Shunt), Glen Neath (Hannah Ringham’s Free Show), and Herald Angel winners Fuel. Wearing headphones that amplify every intimate detail, you are transported to another room very similar to the one you entered, but in this room you have been recognised. Seductive and unnerving, Ring places the audience at the heart of a thrilling attack on their own identity.

In a white washed world of terminal boredom, industrial disinfectant and bed baths, Freddy and James discover that their best placebo is each other and that friendship is stronger than any prescription medication. This heart warming and heart-wrenching story shows us an intimate snapshot of their lives on a seemingly quiet afternoon but one that changes their lives forever. Short listed for the NSDF Edinburgh Emerging Artists Award 2011.

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RING

David Rosenberg, Glen Neath and Fuel

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SOCK PUPPET

THE LITTLE SOLDIERS

A haunted sock meets a desperate man and offers him the world: Murders follow. An absurd horror comedy play written and performed by John-Luke Roberts with a lamp, a tape player and at least a 50-50 chance of a real haunting.

In an old circus tent, two brothers fight to the death. As their absurd battle builds towards destruction, their entire existence unfolds before them. Primal emotions take hold, furious ambition drives them into an unknown world and an impossible dream looms ever closer. Inspired by the ancient tale of Cain and Abel, The Little Soldiers by acclaimed company Theatre Re combines spellbinding physical theatre and a sonic landscape created by live musical narrative to portray a timeless rivalry.

Ditto Productions by arrangement with DAA Management

Theatre Re

John-Luke Roberts has written for Radio 4’s The News Quiz & BBC 2’s It’s Kevin, and plays The Computer in Radio 2’s Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully. He co-founded the Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, and trained on the Royal Court Studio Group.

Supported by Arts Council England, Haringey Council and The French Institute in London.

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Impressive, constantly inventive and playfully mischievous.  TIME OUT A decadent and deathly hour of brilliance  THE LIST Brilliant THE INDEPENDENT

A remarkable piece of theatre: slick, imaginative, engaging and flawlessly executed.  BROADWAY BABY Impressive piece of storytelling!  THREE WEEKS Spellbinding physical theatre, Theatre Re has a gorgeous aesthetic quality that enchants the audience.  A Younger Theatre

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HIRSCH

Stratford Festival (Canada), Richard Jordan Productions, Theaturtle in association with The Pleasance

Created and written by Alon Nashman and Paul Thompson. Directed by Paul Thompson. A “brilliant triumph” (Ottawa Citizen) Canada’s legendary Stratford Festival makes its Edinburgh debut with this critically-acclaimed major new play direct from its smash-hit Canadian World-Premiere. The remarkable true story of John Hirsch; a Hungarian refugee orphaned by war who finds a new home in the world of theatre, where fierce talent and uncompromising drive propel him to great heights but challenges his very existence. In a “gut-wrenching and emotionally charged…tour-de-force performance” (Beat Magazine), award-winning actor Alon Nashman brings Hirsch magically to life.

Hugely compelling… don’t miss!  CHICAGO TRIBUNE Spellbinding PLAYBILL.COM Reorients our perception of where the magic really comes from The NEW YORK TIMES £6 £10.50 (£9.50) W

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SEX LIVES OF OTHERS

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ALBERT EINSTEIN: RELATIVITIVELY SPEAKING

Typer Productions in association with Louise Chantal Productions

John Hinton / Tangram Theatre Company

We all know what they’re up to… Don’t we? A new comedy about what’s really going on next door from writer Keely Winstone (Royal Court Writers’ Programme, 2013) and director Hannah Eidinow (winner of five Fringe Firsts). typerproductions.com | Facebook:sexlivesofothers Twitter: @sexlivesofothers #whathaveyouheard @sexlives2013

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Ever looked at E=mc² and thought… What?! Yes? No? Either way, join Albert, the genius behind the übercoolest moustache in science, for an hour of songs, silliness and the wurst sausage joke ever, in the show that (theoretically) proves Einstein = Musical Comedy². A wunderbar new show, written and performed by John Hinton, star of EdFringe sold-out smash-hits ‘Crunch!’ (Total Theatre Award Nominee) and ‘The Origin of Species…’ (Best Show / Best Performer Nominee - Adelaide Fringe 2012). Directed by Daniel Goldman (Co-Director, Caroline Horton’s Stage Award winning and Olivier Award nominated You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy). www.tangramtheatre.co.uk | Facebook: tangramtheatre | Twitter: @tangramtheatre

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PINT DREAMS Maggie is travelling the UK, one pub at a time. Join her for a drink and a chance to hear the story that shaped her journey. Pint Dreams is a unique experience created by Tin Box, a company whose beautiful aesthetic has been captivating audiences since its inception. Join Maggie on her journey across Edinburgh before each performance... find out how at www.tinboxtheatre.co.uk.

Stormy Teacup Theatre Ltd

Doctor-loving nerd Jamie and his companion Jess wrote a musical about their time-travelling hero. Now, they must avoid BBC copyright as they battle with evil exterminators and dancing cyber-gents. Will they manage to escape unscathed? And will they manage to rewrite a whole musical in one hour? Original songs include ‘I Need A Doctor’ and ‘Phonebox of Love’.

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Puppetry, pints and perfection AUDIENCE RESPONSE Innovative, poignant, incredibly touching METRO

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MAMMOTH

Jessica, the mother in the play, has rented a theater space at the Pleasance to explain to her son why their family got lost from the path so common to all.

Facebook: eilish.ocarroll | Twitter: @eilishocarroll

Heart-warming and funny ... a tour de force. CORK ECHO

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This one woman show written and performed by Eilish O’Carroll, better known as Winnie McGoogan in the award winning ‘Mrs. Brown’s Boys’ comedy series, charts her life in a revealing, emotional and comic journey, growing up in the 1950’s in Dublin, moving through two failed marriages, coming out, and embracing getting old. This play will draw laughter and tears.

www.teatteri.kuopio.fi/fi/mammoth | Facebook: mammothplay Twitter: @mammoth_play

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This intensive play is simultaneously hilarious and melancholic and it deals with the human relationship with nature and fellow creatures, but also with technology. The play gives us a nudge: development and progression are not always synonymous.

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EILISH O’CARROLL: LIVE LOVE LAUGH

Kuopio City Theatre Co-ordinated by Ace-Production

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I NEED A DOCTOR: THE UNAUTHORISED ‘WHOSICAL’ ADVENTURE

Tin Box Theatre Company

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MY PREGNANT BROTHER

THE TRENCH

A Freestanding Production

Les Enfants Terrible

The true story of a woman who changed her life while her sibling changed his gender, and the baby who made it all happen. With barely more than a piece of chalk to set her stage, Nutter traces the portrait of a unique family, drawing us into her fight to assert her own identity. www.mypregnantbrother.com | Facebook: mypregnantbrother Twitter: @mypregnantbro

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2012’ s 5 star, award-winning, sell out show ‘The Trench’ returns to edfringe following it’s nationwide tour. Inspired by the story of a miner entombed in a tunnel during WW1. As the horror engulfs him, not everything in the darkness is what it seems and he discovers a strange world beneath the mud and death. The Trench blends LET’s trademark physical storytelling, verse, puppetry and live music to spellbinding effect. www.lesenfantsterribles.co.uk | Facebook: Les-Enfants-Terribles | Twitter: @lesenfantsterr

A total theatre experience of engrossing intensity. THE STAGE (MUST SEE SHOW) Total triumph... This production uses theatre to its full potential. It’s impossible to imagine any other art form achieving the same.  EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS A pitch perfect demonstration of atmospheric theatre. LET’s experience in creating sinister worlds works perfectly with the subject matter to create a devastatingly emotive glimpse into hell on earth.  THE LIST £6 £9.50 (£8) W

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DARK VANILLA JUNGLE

ITCH: WITH A TWIST

A beautiful, breath-taking new drama about one girl’s craving for family and home... and the lengths she will go to achieve them.

Following the success of previous Itch events, Comedians Theatre Company presents rehearsed readings of four fantastic new scripts. Commissioned by BBC Radio 4, these comedy dramas will be performed by favourite festival comedians. Writers include Steve Keyworth, Dave Florez, Matthew Osborn, and the team of Alan Francis and Richard Turner. Directed by Maggie Inchley.

by Philip Ridley | Supporting Wall with Royal Exchange Manchester

Comedians Theatre Company and The Pleasance

Gemma Whelan (‘Game of Thrones’, ‘One Man Two Guvnors’) stars in the first ever Edinburgh premiere from Time Out, Evening Standard & Critics’ Circle Award-winner Philip Ridley, reunited with the team behind his acclaimed 2011-12 smash hit ‘Tender Napalm’.

Show times: Mon 12th 5.45pm, Tues 13th 3pm

www.supportingwall.com | Twitter: @SupportingWall

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The creator of John Peel’s Shed (Fringe sell-out 2011/2012, adapted for Radio 4) has spent the past twelve months visiting British seaside towns. This show is about a lunchtime walk through one such town: documenting the lives, loves, hopes and nostalgia found down on the beach. www.showandtelluk.com | Twitter: @JohnOsRadioHead

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BELOW THE BELT

EACH OF US

On an isolated industrial compound in a distant land, three men trade lies and abuse as they vie for supremacy, friendship and escape in this absurd and darkly hilarious play about loneliness, power, and the pettiness of men at work. Starring Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Mike Wozniak, Tom Golding (The Ministry of Curious Stuff, Anna & Katy) and Chortle Award nominee Graham Dickson (Austentatious).

Fringe favourite Ben Moor returns with a brand-new solo comedy about love, friendship and human connection for our uncertain times. Funny and romantic, cryptic and surreal, poetic and uplifting; in a chaotic world, populated by self-conscious bees, time travelling ghosts and corporate thwarts, a complicit businessman creates a social catastrophe of his own life. Whichever way his story goes, each of us has a part to play.

UK Premiere.

www.spesh.com/ben | Twitter: @benmoor

Ham-on-Why

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Irreverent, inventive, hauntingly beautiful GUARDIAN Exquisite jokes, thoroughly satisfying CHORTLE.CO.UK

www.ham-on-why.com

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Sincerely, Mr Toad Starring Keith Jack

Sell a Door Theatre Company in association with Greenwich Theatre

2012 Fringe First and multi award-winning, Sell a Door Theatre Company, return to the Fringe with an original musical charting the mundane existence and emotional struggles of Kenneth Grahame and his yearning to write wild adventure tales and pursue his love of nature and literature. Then one day a stranger tried to put a bullet through his brain, and he was never the same again. www.selladoor.com | Facebook: SellaDoorTheatre | Twitter: @sell_a_door

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TRASH CUISINE

Devised by Belarus Free Theatre in co-production with the Young Vic with support from LIFT and The Pleasance

Welcome to the Capital Punishment Café! Our chef’s specials today include firing squad, hanging and lethal injection. Can I take your order? Internationally acclaimed and fearlessly inventive Belarus Free Theatre (2011 Fringe First winners “for innovation and outstanding new writing”, Minsk 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker) return to the Edinburgh Festival with an arresting new production that explores issues surrounding the use of capital punishment in modern society. Banned from performing in their home country, Belarus Free Theatre serve up food, music, dance and Shakespeare as they share true stories from inmates, their families, executioners and human rights lawyers. This provocative and urgent show pierces the imagination with moments of the darkest humour as it challenges capital punishment in our contemporary world, where 95 countries still carry out the death penalty. www.belarusfreetheatre.com | Facebook: Belarus Free Theatre | Twitter: @BFreeTheatre

One of the most powerful and vividly resourceful underground companies on the planet NEW YORK TIMES

Everything about the Belarus Free Theatre is astonishing MICHAEL BILLINGTON They’re bringing back the essence meaning of the theatre HAROLD PINTER £15 (£13) £13.50 (£11.50)

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THE BEGINNING

THE BOY WHO KICKED PIGS

A flirtatious and seductive love letter to theatre, The Beginning takes place between a rehearsal and a performance, dreaming and being awake. A Midsummer Night’s Dream meets the music of Serge Gainsbourg in this mesmerising reflection on what it means to begin a career, a relationship or a show. ‘Michael Pinchbeck is a terrific theatremaker’ - Guardian. Selected for the British Council Edinburgh Showcase 2013. www.michaelpinchbeck.co.uk

From the mind of Dr Who’s Tom Baker and the twisted talents of Kill the Beast, comes a deliciously gruesome tale set in the drab and dreary time when teenagers had nothing better to do than plot mass destruction, poison their sisters and kick pigs.

Michael Pinchbeck

Kill the Beast

www.killthebeast.co.uk | Facebook: killthebeasttheatre Twitter: @kill_beast

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Scorchingly talented  TIMEOUT

The Beginning asks us to reassess how we watch a play THE STAGE

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LAUGH YOUR FARCE OFF

Jack Swindle is a con man cursed by fate. He cheats at cards to cheat death and teaches you how to cheat as well. A truly unique blend of magic, and theater, with a lush sound track played live. Devil takes you on a trip to a delightful world of love, magic, and adventure. Amazing magic. Engaging music. Get your tickets now before they disappear.

Three short farces, three top writers, three doors and a load of comedy and sketch stars offering you their warped version of farce... imagine the trouser-dropping, door-slamming chaos to ensue!

www.devilinthedeck.com | Facebook: badmagician | Twitter: @badmagician.com

www.littlebeartheatre.com | Facebook: Little Bear Theatre Company Twitter: @LittleBearTheat

It will leave you feeling gratified and just a little bit naughty SPOONFED  WHATSONSTAGE

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Each show compered by a surprise guest host from the comedy circuit. Writers include Radio 4 regular Danielle Ward (Winner, Timeout Best Newcomer Award), Gabriel Bisset-Smith and Sally Torode.

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DEVIL IN THE DECK

From the creators of The I Hate Children Children’s Show

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THE MAN IN THE MOONE Rhum and Clay Theatre Company

Dreaming of a better life, a man abandons everything and embarks on an epic journey towards the moon. It takes him from the neon smog of the city to the heights of a treacherous mountain and beyond. Critically acclaimed Rhum and Clay weaves myth, absurd humour and their unique visual style into a darkly comic and sublimely ridiculous tale about our insatiable desire to venture into the unknown. www.rhumandclay.com | Facebook: rhumandclay | Twitter: @rhumandclay

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PENDULUMS BARGAIN EMPORIUM

Lucy Hopkins

Maison Foo

Starring a medley of characters, overwhelmed by a love of a showstopping song and performed using only a scarf, this, Ladies and Gentlemen, is an Art Show, made with love by an idiot. Winner: Prague Fringe Creative Award 2012, Bedfringe Pick of the Fest 2012 & Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre Performer 2013 www.lefoulard.eu

Intelligent, damn funny... hugely entertaining  ADELAIDE THEATRE GUIDE

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FAMILY TREE

www.maisonfoo.co.uk | Facebook: maisonfoo | Twitter: @maisonfoo

Jodie is waiting for the delivery of a tree which she intends to plant in memory of her father… it must arrive today…but everything, and everybody, is getting in the way. Invisible men, talking cats, an agoraphobic boyfriend and a flat with a life of it’s own…

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Family Tree is a surreal, emotional comedy that follows a young woman on the first anniversary of her Fathers death. A story about growing up and grief, punctuated by the absurdity of everyday life.

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Welcome to Pendulums...the high street store that offers you more than you bargained for. Brought to you by creators of Edinburgh 2010 sell out smash hit ‘Memoirs of a Biscuit Tin’, imagination ticklers Maison Foo entice you to join them on a darkly comic and shameless shopping experience like no other. Inspired by ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’ this desperate tale of necessity versus greed is told with humour, intimacy and charm using Maison Foo’s inventive visual blend of storytelling, puppetry and live music raising the question ‘what lengths do we go to, to make ourselves happy?’

My surprise hit of the Edinburgh Festival...deceptively sophisticated and layered work  LYN GARDNER, Guardian (ON MEMOIRS OF A BISCUIT TIN) Excellent Physical Theatre...Maison Foo have rightly been attracting high praise from all quarters  THE MIRROR (ON MEMOIRS OF A BISCUIT TIN)

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THE THREE LIONS

Jenny Topper and Rosie Bowen for PBJ Management with The Pleasance

A Footballer, a Prince and a Prime Minister walk into a hotel room... When David Beckham, Prince William and David Cameron arrive in Zurich the night before England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup they believe they can woo Fifa and bring the beautiful game home. For whatever else is at stake this is more, much more, than a question of sport – this is about trying to keep the Great in Britain. But as precious minutes tick by, things start to go disastrously and deliciously wrong. William Gaminara’s hilarious new comedy offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of diplomacy in action – and reveals the true story behind our World Cup bid. Although probably best known as Professor Leo Dalton in SILENT WITNESS, William Gaminara is also a successful writer. Previous plays include GERMINAL (Paines Plough), BACK UP THE HEARSE AND LET THEM SNIFF THE FLOWERS and ACCORDING TO HOYLE (“an enthralling entertainment” (Time Out) , “A feisty, sharply entertaining comedy” (The Guardian) - both produced at Hampstead Theatre. And, for television, he has also written THE LAKES & episodes of THIS LIFE. This, his latest play, is an hilarious comedy, in the best traditions of YES, PRIME MINISTER & THE THICK OF IT. A world premiere, it is directed by Philip Wilson whose previous work includes NOISES OFF at Liverpool Playhouse and PRIVATE LIVES at Salisbury Playhouse.

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BEYOND BREAKING GLASS with Hazel O’Connor

Theatre Ad Infinitum

David Shepherd Entertainment Ltd

This remarkable critically acclaimed show, charts a spectacular, unique and surprising life of 80’s icon Hazel O’Connor. A candid and moving account of her life through words and music from her unforgettable catalogue of hit songs. With Cormac De Barra www.hazeloconnorofficial.com | Facebook: Hazel-OConnor Twitter: @Hazel_OConnor

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Multi-award winning Theatre Ad Infinitum (Translunar Paradise, Odyssey, The Big Smoke) presents an explosive tale. Armed with music, killer heels and a lethal troop of divas an enraged Israeli executes a story of victimhood, persecution, aggression and love. With shrapnel sharp voices and moves as smooth as an oiled tank chain, this cabaret troop invites you on a journey into the core of a conflicted Jewish State. Stage Award Winners (2009), Argus Angel Award Winners (2011-12), Total Theatre Award Nominees (201011), Canadian DORA Award Nominees (2012), Fringe Review Outstanding Theatre Award Winners (2011) www.theatreadinfinitum.co.uk | Facebook: Theatre Ad Infinitum | Twitter: @TheatreAdInf

Theatre Ad Infinitum have moved to the front of the pack guaridan Admirable  TIMES Superb  SCOTSMAN

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THE COLLISION OF THINGS Move to Stand

The lives of three friends collide on the streets of a foreign city. While each of them searches for a new beginning, tragedy threatens to pull them apart. How far will they go to stay together? An international cast tells an award-winning story, featuring an original musical score and highly skilled physical performances. Move to Stand is a new company led by Martin Bonger (NIE/ The Plasticine Men’s Keepers). www.movetostand.co.uk | Facebook: MovetoStandTheatre Twitter: @movetostand

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If These Spasms Could Speak

Credible Likeable Superstar Rolemodel

Robert Softley in association with The Arches

We know you want to look, to stare even. It’s OK. You’re allowed. An outstanding solo performance based on a collection of funny, sad, touching and surprising stories about disabled people and their bodies. Created and performed by actor Robert Softley (co-creator of National Theatre of Scotland’s Girl X) this show was a sell out hit at the Arches’ BEHAVIOUR festival in 2012.

Bryony Kimmings | Escalator East to Edinburgh

In an audacious protest against the world’s flagrant attempts to sexualise and commodify childhood for profit, award-winning artist Kimmings and her niece Taylor, 9, decided to play the global ‘tween’ machine at its own game. They created Catherine Bennett: a dinosaur-loving, bike-riding alternative pop star, and vowed to make her world-famous. This is their show: expect heavy weaponry and matching Laura Ashley outfits.

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www.bryonykimmings.com | Twitter: @bryonykimmings

Fine, fierce and inspirational  HERALD A strong, sexy sense of the sheer value of life 

The Pam Ayers of Performance Art guardian

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BLAM!

Kristján Ingimarsson//Neander and Glynis Henderson Productions

‘Die-Hard’ meets ‘The Office’. To escape their painfully dull 9-to-5 jobs, four ingenious office workers invent BLAM! – an imaginary game where ordinary life is put through the shredder. In this hilarious and explosive show, the mundane workplace is transformed into a world populated by aliens, superheroes and classic blockbuster movie villains. With neck-breaking stunts, breathtaking physical feats, exhilarating parkour and heaps of attitude, BLAM! takes you on an extraordinary riotous adventure. Neander is a physical theatre company that has toured worldwide under the artistic direction of critically acclaimed performer and director Kristján Ingimarsson. Neander’s productions display limitless physical expression along with boundless curiosity. www.blamtheshow.com | Facebook: BLAMtheshow | Twitter: @BLAMtheshow

One of the wildest experiences I have had in a long time. A party bomb of a show that detonates into an orgy of insanity.  POLITIKEN BLAM! is bazooka-balm for the soul.  INFORMATION BLAM! Absolute top-class.  KULTUNAUT

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HOW TO AVOID MAKING AN ENTRANCE OF YOURSELF

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MUCUS FACTORY

Martin O’Brien | Hix Productions | Escalator East To Edinburgh

Martin suffers from suffers from Cystic Fibrosis, a disease that causes breathing difficulties as the body produces excess mucus clogging up airways and lungs. A performance focussing on physical endurance around a durational physiotherapy session, a technique designed to clear the airways, and an artificial attempt to use mucus as a substance for vanity and pleasure. Discipline, abjection, monotony combine to consider the relationship between pain and medicine.

Dot Howard | Escalator East To Edinburgh

An absurd account of a performance career spent in abject fear of the audience. “Tonight Matthew I am going to be… making an entrance and heading straight for the exit”. Remarkable entrances, several attempts at anonymity and recreated disastrous onstage experiences. The self-doubt underlying a performer’s attempts to just make good art, revealed in a 60-minute retrospective of ‘performance anxieties’. Scrutiny is paramount (ever been to a lifedrawing class?...)

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Alan Conway: failed businessman and unsuccessful homosexual decides his life might improve if he just tells people he’s awardwinning film director Stanley Kubrick. What could possibly go wrong? Frenetic, funny, absurd, stupid, unbelievable (and totally true) Kubrick³ delights in the complexities of a compulsive fantasist in this frenzied comic play.

Chris has lovingly repaired his family Triumph Herald Estate so he can drive it from his home in Colchester to Rome. Part investigation into his father’s time as a Polish soldier in the Italian Campaign and part muse on consumerism, this show brings together car mechanics, a road trip, classical civilisation and the fetishisation of possessions in a solo performance using old photos, new film and surprising mechanical objects.

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A feast of razor-sharp observations and bizarre confessions Total Theatre (Poland 3, Iran 2)

www.pit-online.co.uk | Twitter: @pitonline

www.cdobo.com | Facebook: ChrisDobrowolskiArt

Multi-award winning PIT return to Edinburgh after 2009’s Stroke of Genius.

Chris Dobrowolski | Escalator East To Edinburgh

WINNER: 2013 Les Enfants Terribles Award.

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ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME

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THE RADICALISATION OF BRADLEY MANNING

Show And Tell | The Arches

Kieran Hurley’s coming-of-age story exploring rebellion, apathy and the irresistible power of gathered youth. With techno. Lots of techno. Sell-out 2012. CATS - Best New Play 2012. The Stage - Best Solo Performer nominee 2012. **** Scotsman. **** Independent. **** Telegraph. **** Herald. **** Metro. **** Time Out.

By Tim Price, directed by John E McGrath. One of the most important political stories of our time - the case of Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of leaking thousands of military cables to Wikileaks - is brought to life in this award-winning production by the UK’s most exciting new national company.

www.showandtelluk.com | Twitter: @show_and_tell

A tremendous piece of storytelling  GUARDIAN An outstanding show; clever, ruthless, compassionate… with a subtlety and humanity that takes the breath away  SCOTSMAN

Matinees shows: 7th, 10th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th nationaltheatrewales.org | Twitter: @ntwtweets

Bold, brave, topical... theatre as it’s meant to be  WESTERN MAIL

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//BUZZCUT//

Hunt & Darton present a lively exploration into the highs and lows of being bored. Embrace, combat or simply acknowledge it, boredom is part of us. Expect new-moves, leggings and you-do-it bits. We are far from bored about this. We are excited. A live-art collaboration between Jenny Hunt and Holly Darton, pineapple-wearing creators of Hunt & Darton Cafe that took the Fringe by storm last year and winning Threeweeks Editors Award.

Hello! //BUZZCUT// returns for its second year of existence and also its second year at the Fringe. We are an artist-led organisation who seek to show a whole bunch of exceptional performance artists who really want to share their brilliant work! This year we are showing a range of outstanding Scottish based practitioners... it’s going to be great! Come and get involved! Love //BUZZCUT// xx

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www.huntanddarton.com | Facebook: huntdarton | Twitter: @huntdarton

Holly Darton and Jenny Hunt are wowing the Fringe

It’s clear they haven’t lost any of the risk-taking edge that underpins the Buzzcut vision  Mary Brennan, Herald

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BORIS & SERGEY II PERILOUS ESCAPADE Flabbergast Theatre | Escalator East To Edinburgh

Puppetry’s Balkan bad-boys return with the sequel to end all sequels! Become enthralled as these tatterdemalion rogues recount their tribulations in the underworld. Marvel as they improvise and burlesque their way through this epic tale of companionship and separation. Riotous exploits, malarkey, molestation and mirth...again. www.flabbergasttheatre.co.uk | Facebook: flabbergasttheatre Twitter: @Boris_Sergey

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AAAAND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY IMPROVISED

SHAUN KEAVENY: LIVE AND LANGUOROUS

The Fringe hit returns for a fourth year! Racing Minds present an improvised comic adventure based entirely on audience suggestions - unique every day. With your help, a ripping yarn stuffed with hilarious characters, whip-smart wit and breathtaking twists will take hasty shape before your very eyes. Suitable for all ages.

An unmissable priapic plate-spinning panoply of live entertainment...

Racing Minds

The Pleasance and PBJ Management

You want the biggest names in comedy?? You want fab music guests too?? You want stand-up satire and sassy chat show moves from the nation’s most beloved radio presenter (sic). If the answer is a tepid maybe to at least two of these questions, pop along to Shaun Keaveny: Live and Languorous!!

www.racingminds.co.uk | Twitter: @Racing_Minds

Stars in the making  FESTIVAL JOURNAL Reaches the heights of early Python  THREEWEEKS £6 £6 (£5) W

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Also available in iTunes! www.pleasance.co.uk | Facebook: ThePleasance | Twitter: @ThePleasance

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MERVYN STUTTER’S PICK OF THE FRINGE

It’s 1987. Bronagh is becoming a teenager, competing in the Irish Dancing Championships and being a bridesmaid at her cousin’s wedding. This is a one-woman comedy show about awkward names, ra-ra skirts, bad haircuts and a mad weekend in a mad family. Written and performed by BBC New Comedy Award Winner and Funny Women Finalist Helen O’Brien.

Just arrived? Then here’s the showcase just for you. Every day Mervyn and his team carefully research the Fringe and then bring you live extracts from eight of the best shows in a packed 90 minute lunchtime extravaganza. And every day there is a different selection for you. Just pick the ones you like and then go and see them. Simple! Brilliant! There’s Comedy, Theatre, Cabaret, Music, Dance, the lot.

A vibrant showcase of talent  SCOTSMAN

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www.mervynstutter.com | Facebook: Mervyn-Stutter Twitter: @mervynstutter

Clear, pure storytelling... I enjoyed every moment SNIPE

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22nd YEAR

www.avalonuk.com/artists/view/98 | Facebook: helen.obrien.7587

£6 £8.50 (£7)

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HELEN O’BRIEN: BRONAGH’S BIG WEEKEND Avalon Promotions

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BEST OF EDINBURGH SHOWCASE SHOW 2013

14:00 (15:00)

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INSTANT SUNSHINE

EdCom Productions

Instant Sunshine

Instant Sunshine returns to the Fringe with their timeless humour and their artisan-polished repertoire of musical satire which brightens up the dullest of days. With the reissue of their Abbey Road recordings and a new album on the way there is an outside possibility Instant Sunshine could become a household name quite soon, even before their farewell tour. www.instantsunshine.co.uk

What they are is very, very entertaining SCOTSMAN Expert comic timing - genuine literate cabaret NEW YORK TIMES £10 (£9) W

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Whipping up a selection of top comedy acts into a delicious feast, and a fresh line-up every day, The Showcase Show is a great place to start your day. Celebrating 10 years in the Pleasance Cabaret Bar we present a fast moving show of the best and brightest of this years fringe comedians. Previous acts include John Bishop, Mark Watson, Rhod Gilbert and David O’Doherty. “The key ingredients to any successful comedy show have to be a friendly audience, a boisterous atmosphere and a packed venue - all of which The Showcase Show had” (Broadway Baby 2012). www.edcomproductions.com | Facebook: EdComProductions | Twitter: @edcom_edinburgh

A perfect bite-size flavor of the festival – a must see  THREEWEEKS 2009 A brilliant way to discover new talent THREEWEEKS 2011 This delightful afternoon slot at The Pleasance is a crowd-pleaser BROADWAY BABY 2012

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PAUL MERTON’S IMPRO CHUMS Mick Perrin Worldwide

Paul Merton, Lee Simpson, Richard Vranch, Suki Webster and Steve Steen return to the Fringe for their 10th consecutive year presenting Paul Merton’s Impro Chums. The collective improvisational experience embodied in the Chums is enough to stun an elephant. They flex their improvisational muscles to delight and entertain audiences in this country and abroad, and now they return to Edinburgh. They create a new show every day, based entirely on suggestions from the audience with their finely honed improvisational skills and an almost manic compulsion to show off, the Impro Chums create cascades of fantastic tumbling laughter. Start times: 8th - 11th 14:15, 12th - 17th 16:00

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. The Best ad-lib ensemble in the UK Evening Standard

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ARTHUR SMITH ARTHUR SMITH SINGS LEONARD COHEN (VOLUME TOO) Just as Degas felt compelled to return to ballet dancers and David Attenborough to his gorillas, so Arthur Smith turns again to Leonard Cohen. In this new show Arthur chases death, silence, boredom and stirs in failure, love, yakult and how not to act when meeting a hero. The result is tuneful, sepulchral, poetic with pyroclastic surges of laughter.

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FLANDERS AND SWANN TFH / The Pleasance / Jeremy Meadow Ltd.

Eighth elephantine year! Dinner jackets donned, Tim and Duncan are back for ONE WEEK ONLY with all the favourites: The Gnu, The Gasman Cometh, The Hippopotamus - and some surprises along the way - in their award-winning, hilarious show. www. flandersandswann.info ***** What’s On Stage ‘Joyously frivolous’ Sunday Times. www.flandersandswann.info

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CATRIONA KNOX: PLAYER Catriona Knox

Join this raucous buffoon / critically acclaimed star of BBC Radio 4’s Sketchorama and Mission Improbable, as she takes her riotously silly characters through seven circles of hell. Prepare to be played. ‘Excruciatingly impressive...a gem’ **** (Fest), **** (Broadway Baby), **** (One4Review), **** (Funny Women), **** (New Current). www.catrionaknox.com | Facebook: catrionaknoxshedoescharactercomedy Twitter: @catrionaknox

Endlessly entertaining  CHORTLE Novelty characters bursting with eccentricity  THREEWEEKS

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NEIL HICKEY: ESCAPE ARTIST Faced with a dysfunctional childhood, Neil built an escape route into his imagination. A show about how comedy is the best way to deflect reality. Witness a life defying escape as the biographical becomes hilariously fantastical. Escape Artist is a highly distorted version of one man’s life, a fast and funny every-man journey (also for women).

Hail Hickey . . . in a fair and just society he would surely be the recipient of a New Comedian award Hot Press

Pleasance Courtyard | The Bunker

Very punchy stand-up ... and her banter is incredibly quick  THREEWEEKS

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www.taniaedwardscomedy.com | Twitter: @taniaedwards

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Hotly anticipated new show from Tania Edwards, stand up comedian (BBC1, Radio 4) and writer (credits include Stand Up For The Week, Channel 4). ‘Akin to a female Simon Evans … a bit posh and something of a sociopath … fantastically seamy side to the material … sublime … brilliant’ (Chortle.co.uk). ‘Hilarious, totally at ease ... electrifying’ (BroadwayBaby.com). ‘Born to perform’ (List).

THE IRISH INDEPENDENT

Tania Edwards

One of the most exciting newcomers to the Irish scene

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TANIA EDWARDS: THE ART OF WAR

EMX Management

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DON’T DROP THE EGG

ELEANOR THOM: I AM BEV

Young, dumb and full of words!

“Join me for a journey of a lifetime; my lifetime. Packed to the gills with stories, larks and probably a song or two if I get my way. The BBC said to me, ‘Bev, you need a vehicle’, so I’ve got one. Inclusive of drinks trolley. Get onboard.”

Live Nation and United Agents Presents...

Mick Perrin Worldwide

GibbensMagnusJones present narrative sketch comedy from the depths of the Clapham Falcons changing room. You will be taken on a journey into the harsh jungles of your soul where a stark beacon of truth will expose and explore love, death, sex, war, friendship, failure, resentment, denial, jealousy, and sex, and death, and sex.

As seen in LADY GARDEN, ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS and LIVE AT THE ELECTRIC. www.eleanorthom.co.uk | Twitter: @eleanorthom

Britain’s Funniest Women SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (on lady garden) Joyous-excellent comic writing and acting CHORTLE £6 £7.50 (£6.50) W

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CASUAL VIOLENCE PRESENTS: HOUSE OF NOSTRIL

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The man’s a marvel  SCOTSMAN

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Extra shows 19th & 20th - 17:10 (18:10) - £13 (£11) www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | Twitter: @RealTimVine

The 2011-12 sell-out show returns! Everyone has a story to tell. Come and see a totally ridiculous hour packed with Tim’s silly jokes and the guests’ unforgettable anecdotes. One by one the gifted storytellers step out of the crowd and into the spotlight. Sit back and watch Vine spin comedy silver from tales like I Accidentally Ate a Sparrow, and There Was a Train Driver in My Loft. www.timvine.com

Ludicrously inventive  THREEWEEKS Unmissable  THE SKINNY

Pleasance Courtyard | Cabaret Bar

www.casualviolencecomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @casualviolence

Bound & Gagged Comedy

Award-winning sketch terrors (“Creative, strange, brilliantly performed stuff” - Kate Copstick, the Scotsman) and double Nominees for the Malcom Award for Comic Originality present the rise and fall and fall and fall and fall and rise and fall of the most villainous bloodline in human history. There will be taxidermy. THREE WEEKS EDITORS CHOICE AWARD WINNERS 2011.

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THE TIM VINE CHAT SHOW

Casual Violence! Comedy

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MATT FORDE: THE POLITICAL PARTY Avalon Promotions

A raucous hour of biting satire and impressions, politics has never been this entertaining. As seen on Russell Howard’s Good News and heard on The Now Show, The News Quiz, 5Live and talkSPORT, Matt also writes for 8 Out of 10 Cats, The Last Leg and Russell Howard’s Good News. www.mattforde.com | Facebook: matt.forde.7 | Twitter: @mattforde

A first class comic Guardian Manages to combine infectious enthusiasm with astutely well-informed political opinions  Three Weeks £6 £8.50 (£7) W

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NICK HELM: ONE MAN MEGA MYTH

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Glorious Management

Comedian and inspirationalist Nick Helm has overcome pain and suffering his entire life to become the greatest living example of ‘not giving up’ the world has ever known. This year he returns with a show so monumental it will change your DNA – FOREVER. The burden is his. The pleasure is yours. ***** (Telegraph). ‘Brilliant’ **** (Sunday Times). ‘A dazzling hour’ **** (Evening Standard). www.nickhelm.co.uk | Twitter: @NTPHelm

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SANDI TOKSVIG: MY VALENTINE Sandi Toksvig

16:20 (17:20) SANDI TOKSVIG - comedian, novelist, actor, broadcaster, university chancellor, show-off and international treasure continues her smash hit, sell-out solo tour. Long-standing host of Radio Four’s News Quiz and Excess Baggage and regular QI panellist, Sandi will be performing her uniquely witty show of stand-up, stories and fascinating facts.

GYLES BRANDRETH: LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS Bound & Gagged Comedy

‘Just A Minute’ and ‘One Show’ regular Gyles won multiple 5 stars for his last Edinburgh outing. This time, with hilarious stories from his life in theatre and politics, and a little help from psychiatrist Anthony Clare, award-winning raconteur and ex-MP Gyles explores the secrets of How to Be Happy. Book now. His last show was a sell-out.

www.sanditoksvig.com

Captivating ... excellent THE TIMES Wonderfully sharp TIME OUT Laden with laughs Guardian

www.gylesbrandreth.net | www.oscarwildemurdermysteries.com

Urbane, witty prince among charmers  SCOTSMAN A stand alone comic  ED FEST MAGAZINE £10 £13 (£11)

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DAN COOK: COMMUNITY SERVICE

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SAD FACES THREW A PARTY

Mick Perrin Worldwide

Ditto Productions

You’re late. We’re out of snacks. Now put on this hat and pretend to enjoy yourself. Join us as we put the ‘fun’ and ‘social’ into ‘socially dysfunctional’. As heard on BBC Radio 4Extra. From the writers of Radio 4’s The Now Show, The News Quiz and Cartoon Network’s Bafta and Emmy award-winning The Amazing World of Gumball. www.dittoproductions.co.uk | Twitter: @sadfacescomedy

Weird and wonderful sketch comedy...clever and witty  THREE WEEKS Completely engaging... exquisite comedy  BROADWAYBABY

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16:35 (17:35) I’ve done a crime (soz), now I’ve got to do the time, and by time, I mean this show. Things featured in it are sketches, songs, and Sandra, (my community support officer.) #YOLO #SWAG.

Twitter: @dancook100

Consistently excellent Guardian Daft, deft and hugely inventive THE INDEPENDENT  Chortle

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Graham

Twitter: @grahamcomedy

Performed with the style and confidence of Festival veterans... Definitely ones to watch  THREE WEEKS Top 5 Sketch Comedy Shows at The Fringe The List

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ANTIGRAHAM

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After their acclaimed freshman show ‘Graham Rex’, Graham return to the Fringe with brand new sketches in ‘AntiGraham’. When bloodthirsty badgers stage a coup d’état, four friends find themselves trapped in an underground bunker, with only their dreams and memories for comfort. This meline revolution is tearing society apart, but will friendship put up a stronger fight? Probably not.

A debut solo show from one of the stars of award winning sketch group, Delete The Banjax.

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BEASTS

16:45 (17:45)

Pleasance Courtyard | Upstairs

JIGSAW – JIGGLE IT

DAA Management

Avalon Promotions

After two sell-out shows, Live At The Electric (BBC3), and their own Radio 4 series Dan Antopolski (Triple Perrier Nominee), Tom Craine (Used to date Nat) and Nat Luurtsema (Used to date Tom) bring a third hour of blisteringly fast, silly sketches. ****The Scotsman ****Chortle ****Fest ****The List *****The New Current ****British Comedy Guide ****Three Weeks ****What’s on Stage ****Broadway Baby ****Gigglebeats **** Spoonfed. www.jigsawcomedy.com | Facebook: Jigsawcomedy Twitter: @JigsawComedy

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16:45 (17:45) Immerse yourself in a world of shadowy secrets, mystical dynasties and political intrigue. Or come to this sketch show.

www.TheOnlyWayIsDownton.com | www.FestivalHighlights.com Facebook: FestivalHighlights | Twitter: @FestHighlights @Luke_Kempner

Lovely spoof... Spot-on RADIOTIMES.COM Kempner IS every major character! Stunning DIGITAL SPY

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As celebrities start appearing at the Abbey, cultures clash and eras hilariously collide in this brilliant new parody.

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Edinburgh solo debut from impressionist Luke Kempner, star of YouTube hit Downstairs At Downton, Les Mis and Avenue Q.

Staggeringly brilliant... Slick, surreal and wonderfully unique  BROADWAY BABY Side-splittingly funny  THREE WEEKS Slick, impressive sketch comedy  THE LIST

Luke Kempner directed by Owen Lewis - Festival Highlights

BEASTScomedy.co.uk | Facebook: BEASTScomedy | Twitter: @BEASTScomedy

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THE ONLY WAY IS DOWNTON

Critically acclaimed and impeccably dressed, BEASTS return to Edinburgh with another hour of inspired silliness.

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SAM FLETCHER - DRAWN-OUT JOKES

17:00 (18:00)

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THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Mischief Theatre

Sam Fletcher / United Agents

Hello, me again. I’m back with a NEW SHOW involving more divvy jokes, self-taught tricks and ‘lo-fi artistry’ (i.e drawings). FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARDS BEST NEWCOMER NOMINEE 2012.

Put simply, no other show has made me smile so much this year.  INDEPENDENT He is, behind the indie-guy T-shirt and glasses, behind the shamateurism, a total pro.  TIMES £6 £7.50 (£6.50) W

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Pleasance Courtyard | Beside Mischief Theatre’s hit comedy arrives in Edinburgh fresh from the West End.

ADAM KAY: HOW TO BE A BOGUS DOCTOR

The inept, accident prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embark on staging an ambitious 1920’s murder mystery (Murder at Haversham Manor).

Bound & Gagged Comedy / Mandy Ward Artist Management

Chris, the head of the drama society has directed the piece and cast himself as the dynamic Inspector Carter. Desperate wannabe actress Sandra and the socially awkward Max struggle opposite each other as the romantic interest while hapless Dennis still can’t pronounce ‘façade’.

Want to be a doctor, but can’t be bothered with the inconvenience and expense of six years at medical school? Learn how to fob off, rip off and strip off members of the public. Adam Kay is a comedian (Amateur Transplants), comedy writer (BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, Channel 4, Radio 4), and - genuinely - a former doctor.

An hour of hilarious disaster ensues; but can the troupe get the production back on track before the curtain falls? www.mischieftheatre.co.uk | Facebook: MischiefTheatre | Twitter: @mischiefimpro

An hour of sheer continual hilarity  ONE STOP ARTS Inches away from defining a new genre  FEMALE ARTS A sublime display of physical comedy  WEST END WILMA

www.amateurtransplants.com | Twitter: @amateuradam

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NICHOLAS PARSONS’ HAPPY HOUR

17:10 (18:10)

Pleasance Courtyard | Cabaret Bar

STEPHEN K AMOS TALK SHOW

The Pleasance | Nicholas Parsons

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Glorious Management

Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music. ‘Gets laughs by the bucketload.... Amos is flirtatious, comfortable and inclusive’ (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine). ‘He’s so sharp that one day he will cut himself’ (Scotsman). Provocative, thoughtful and wickedly funny’ (Stage). ‘Hilarious...comic genius’ (ThreeWeeks). ‘Rare charisma’ (Independent). www.stephenkamos.com | Twitter: @stephenkamos

Great variety show gloriously presided over by the immensely funny charismatic host.  EDINBURGH FESTIVAL MAGAZINE

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17:20 (18:20) Celebrating 13 years on the Pleasance stage join legendary West End, screen and Fringe veteran Nicholas Parsons for his most magnificent show yet! The host of Radio 4’s Just a Minute invites you to come and join the fun and laughter at his sell-out chat show with a host of special celebrity guests.

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

Icon of post modern cool INDEPENDENT Funny, heart-warming and just a delight to watch THREE WEEKS Parsons will leave you happy, whatever happens SCOTSMAN

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www.footlightstour.co.uk | Facebook: FootlightsTour2013 Twitter: @footlightstour

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Following countless sell-out runs, the Cambridge Footlights return to the Edinburgh Fringe with an hour of sharp, ambitious sketches from this year’s most talented writers and performers. Over the club’s 130 year history, many past Footlights have changed the face of British comedy, including John Cleese, Hugh Laurie, and Tim Key. Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) as they embark on another exciting international tour.

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THE CAMBRIDGE FOOTLIGHTS: CANADA

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The Cambridge Footlights

Past guests have included Jason Byrne, Shappi Khorsandi, Michael McIntyre, Micky Flanagan and Russell Kane. Not to be missed!

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BLOFELD AND BAXTER ‘MEMORIES OF TEST MATCH SPECIAL’ Neil O’Brien Entertainment Ltd

Blofeld and Baxter two titans of UK cricket with a side-splitting show full of memories from within the Test Match Special commentary boxes from all over the world. The fun spills out from the most famous grounds to taxis, buses, beaches, deserts and hotels. Anecdotes never before heard of the most legendary players, in every sense of the word, from the last forty years are finally aired. www.henryblofeld.co.uk | Twitter: @blowersh

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DAN NIGHTINGALE: LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLESTEROL Lee Martin for Gag Reflex in Association with Kili Live

One of comedy’s best and most exciting talents. Dan Nightingale (John Bishops Only Joking) presents an hour of hilarious and heartfelt stand-up charting his romantic aspirations and failings. A show about life, a lack of love and the general humorous misuse of an existence. www.gagreflex.co.uk | Twitter: @gag_reflex

Nightingale can make just about anything funny. He’s lightning-quick  TIME OUT £6 £7.50 (£6.50) W

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WILL FRANKEN: CONCERT TO BENEFIT THE VICTIMS OF MY FATHER Mick Perrin Worldwide

Kaleidoscopic, quick-change solo-sketch artist returns, following last year’s acclaimed debut rated amongst the British Comedy Guide’s top 15 shows. A roller coaster multi-character barrage of new absurdist, satirical vignettes. “Will Franken is a master of delusion” Robin Williams. www.willfranken.com | Twitter: @WillFranken

Franken’s imagination is like Chris Morris: This is Blue Jam with a wilder look in its eyes.  GUARDIAN £6 £8.50 (£7.50) W

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IAN SMITH - ANYTHING

PAT CAHILL: START

Ian Smith (BBC2’s Popatron, Sky’s Officially Special) is an award winning stand-up comedian. This is his debut hour about that tricky, restrictive theme, anything.

START is the debut hour of mixed stupidity from Chortle Best Newcomer 2012 and “wonderfully weird” (Guardian) Pat Cahill.

CKP in association with DAA Management

The Mason Sisters @ PBJ

Once it starts you’ll get, gags, tunes, turns and bits, pausing occasionally to breathe/fart/wink. Once it stops, you can go.

Bring an extra pair of socks; the ones you’re wearing will get blown off (by the comedy). www.iansmithcomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @Iansmithcomedy

A rich stream of inventive jokes which are certainly worth seeking out CHORTLE True star quality... bags of originality EVENING STANDARD

Delightfully offbeat writing. A talent, for sure CHORTLE Fantastically Funny THE TIMES  Threeweeks  scotsman  list £6 £7.50 (£6.50) W

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PHIL WANG: ANTI-HERO Avalon Promotions

Winner of Chortle’s Student Comedian of the Year Award and Comedy Central’s Funniest Student Award, Phil Wang presents his first grown-up hour of stand-up comedy. A collection of sharp observations and curious opinions, told with undue confidence. Prepare to meet the biggest Wang in comedy. As seen on ‘The Rob Brydon Show’ (BBC2), and ‘BBC Three at the Fringe’. www.philwang.co.uk | Facebook: philwang.co.uk | Twitter:@PhilNWang

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SLIGHTLY FAT FEATURES The Pleasance | Slightly Fat Features

Fasten your seatbelts, smash hit comedy troupe Slightly Fat Features are cavorting into Edinburgh with their hilarious cabaret show. Part Monty Python part Cirque du Soleil - an eclectic mix of astonishing physical skills and orchestrated mayhem. A show packed full of live music, top turns and laughs for all. They have entertained national and international audiences of all ages with their critically acclaimed shows, including appearances on BBC Radio 4, ITV1 and two sell out runs at The Roundhouse, London. So gasp in wonder at astonishing feats of daring, laugh till your belly hurts and gorge yourself on a smorgasbord of theatrical invention as you witness…… Tiger taming, bullet catching, knife throwing, motorbike riding madness. Signed performance on the 15th August www.slightlyfatfeatures.com | Facebook: SlightlyFatFeatures | Twitter: @FatSlightly

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BIRTHDAY GIRLS: 2053

COLIN HOULT: CHARACTHORSE

The year is 2053. Sketch comedy has taken over the world. But it is a world divided. After years of conflict, two factions have emerged. Birthday Girls perform darkly surreal, character-driven sketches. But a rival group are ready to do battle. They are gunning for the sketch comedy crown ... and that means taking down Birthday Girls.

The master of character comedy returns with a sublimely original hour of comic shape-shifting and supreme silliness.

Mick Perrin Worldwide

James Grant Comedy and Supporting Wall

A brand new show of non-stop invention and razor-sharp performances by the Writers’ Guild Awardwinning star of Being Human (BBC3), Colin Hoult’s Carnival of Monsters (Radio4) & Life’s Too Short (BBC2).

Birthday Girls are a brand new comedy sketch trio, made up of Beattie Edmondson, Rose Johnson and Camille Ucan, former members of the critically acclaimed sketch group Lady Garden (BBC3’s Live at the Electric). Directed by Tom Parry (Pappy’s).

www.colinhoultcomedian.com | Twitter: @wheeliemancrow

Sheer comic gold  METRO A magical, awe-inspiring hour... searingly funny  DAILY EXPRESS A rivetingly original writer and performer... delightfully funny  DAILY TELEGRAPH A beautifully staged masterclass in character comedy... a joy from start to finish... a fantastic performer  TIME OUT

birthdaygirlscomedy.com | Facebook: Birthdaygirlscomedy | Twitter: @BdayGirlsComedy

Britain’s funniest women THE TELEGRAPH Big stars of the future TIME OUT Smart, funny and uncommonly well performed CHORTLE £6 £7.50 (£6.50) W

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THE PIN

Off The Kerb Productions

The Pleasance

‘Binoculars’ is the punchline of a joke my brother made at my expense at Christmas. Please come and laugh my pain away. Hotlyanticipated debut show from Chortle Best Newcomer nominee, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee and So You Think You’re Funny? winner. www.offthekerb.co.uk | Twitter: @IvoGraham

One of the best young comedians around TIME OUT The intelligence and maturity of Ivo Graham is remarkable  THREE WEEKS £6 £7.50 (£6.50) W

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Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance This Comedy double act ‘The Pin’ are Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen. Join them as they return to the fringe following last year’s critically acclaimed, sell-out debut.

STEPHEN CARLIN: GAMBLING MAN

Alex promises you an hour of sketches, entertainment, joy and fun. Ben agrees.

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Glorious Management

As seen on ITV and BBC3. As recommended by The List, Fest and Guardian. Book early to avoid disappointment.

Are you content to fritter away your life in gainful employment ... or are you feeling lucky? Well are you? Can you feel it in your bones. Go on, put your money where your mouth is. Bet your life savings on a horse, or a greyhound. Oh, not so sure now? Stephen Carlin examines gambling, chance, optimism and how to beat the odds in life. ‘Fierce invention at play’ (List).

Facebook: The-Pin | Twitter: @thepincomedy

Heavily tipped for future stardom GUARDIAN So good it might actually make you sick  THE SKINNY Faultless comic timing  THREE WEEKS

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WITTANK PRESENTS THE SCHOOL

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NEWSREVUE 2013

Avalon Promotions

Canal Cafe Theatre

Eminently silly sketch outfit WitTank invite you into the charmingly warped world of The School: a deranged and archaic institution with a dizzying array of loveable eccentrics, diabolical lunatics and malevolent buffoons. So tuck your shirt in, sit up straight, keep off the grass, don’t answer back and enjoy the show. Welcome to boarding school. Stars of BBC3’s Live at the Electric and Radio 4’s Sketchorama. www.wittank.com | Facebook: wittank | Twitter: @witTank

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Pleasance Dome | AceDome Nobody is safe: politicians and celebrities alike come under fire in a turbo-charged barrage of bladderthreateningly funny songs and sketches that are so close to the bone you can almost see white. Frequently one of the best-reviewed shows on the Fringe. This year come hear it from the horse’s mouth and find out why Clare Balding becomes a Song of Praise.

FAST FRINGE Chortle

Sample 12 top comedy and variety acts in one speedy showcase, selected by Britain’s leading comedy website, Chortle. There’s a different hilariously entertaining line-up every day, check www. chortle.co.uk for today’s. Guests performing ridiculously short sets have included Mark Watson, Pappy’s, Simon Evans, Rubberbandits, Hannibal Buress, Tony Law ... and literally hundreds more. The most fun ‘lucky dip’ of the festival. Comperes include Susan Calman and Ray Peacock.

This Guinness World Record- breaking show is flawlessly delivered by 4 outstanding performers at lightning speed expertly accompanied by Musical Director Christopher Peake with the multi-talented Tim McArthur as both director and choreographer. www.newsrevue.com | Facebook: NewsRevue

Makes the viewer grateful for freedom of speech  EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS A Comic Triumph!  BROADWAY BABY A rite of passage for all comedy newcomers CHORTLE

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TOM BINNS IS IAN D MONTFORD: PSYCHIC FAYRE

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THE BETA MALES IN... SUPEROPOLIS Ditto Productions

CKP

After a triumphant BBC Radio 2 series, the New Age Guru, Psychic and Medium returns; passing on messages, making predictions and telling fortunes. Edinburgh Comedy Award & Chortle Award nominee. Sell-out 2010-12. ***** Chortle, ***** Time Out ***** Metro ***** Spotlight www.tombinns.com | Facebook: tombinnscomedian | Twitter: @tombinns

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MAT RICARDO: SHOWMAN

Returning after three sell-out, five-star Fringes, the Chortle Award nominated sketch-storytellers present an epic sketch show set in a city full of superheroes. Enter a world of capes, crime and chaos as the Betas swoop into a mystery that beats you into a bloody pulp-fiction.

Winner of Best Speciality Act at the London Cabaret awards, and as seen on the Jonathan Ross Show, “The Derren Brown of Juggling” (LoveFringe) brings a show packed full of big laughs, serious skills and breathtaking spectacle. See displays of genuine danger, of understated dexterous elegance, of thrills, slapstick and razor-sharp wit, performed by a man at the top of his game.

Funnier than a speeding bullet, more charming than a locomotive, able to leap tall expectations with a single bound. Sketch comedy that asks: “Is there a hero inside You?” Definitely not, but come anyway.

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex

Stars of BBC Radio 4’s Sketchorama. Top 10 EdFringe Show Amused Moose/2 Entertain Laughter Awards. www.thebetamales.com | Facebook: thebetamales | Twitter: @betamalescomedy

A slick, hilarious sketch show... Genius THE SUNDAY TIMES Elegantly written and exquisitely performed... one of the most exciting, gloriously funny acts out there  TIME OUT Impressive and hilarious... a furnace of invention  CHORTLE

www.gagreflex.co.uk | Twitter: @MatRicardo

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James Acaster - Lawnmower Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex in Association with Kili Live

Tired of being “Told it like it is”? Come here. As seen on Dave’s One Night Stand and heard on Radio 4. www.gagreflex.co.uk | Twitter: @_chris_stokes

Has the talent to one day have the world at his feet.  THE LIST Terrific  THE SKINNY Hilarious Scotsman £6 £7 (£6) W

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Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance That It’s time for some low key stand up from an angular young man.

JAMIE DEMETRIOU: PEOPLE DAY

A whole host of topics are about to get what they’ve got coming to them.

The Invisible Dot Ltd.

Quite frankly, it’s about high time someone gave it to them the way they’re about to get it. Here we go.

Character comedy from the character comedian who dares to say what everyone’s thinking, and saying.

www.jamesacaster.com | Facebook: james.acaster | Twitter: @JamesAcaster

Twitter: @McMetriou

Watching him is like being beaten with a stick of funny  BROADWAY BABY Our new favourite character act SPOONFED

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One of the sharpest comic minds to have emerged in recent years GUARDIAN Deliciously daft and no slouch in the surprises department  EVENING STANDARD One of the best hours of straight stand-up at this year’s festival  TIME OUT

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THE NOISE NEXT DOOR: SOUNDHOUSE

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SEX GURU

Doubledub Productions Limited

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with CKP

In a dark corner of town there is an underground club the likes of which the world has never seen. A place without rules, where legends live and history is made. The 2010 - 2012 sell out comedy team return to Edinburgh with their astonishing new show. Well on their way to becoming comedy’s next big thing. ***** (US Weekly). www.thenoisenextdoor.com | Twitter: @NoiseNextDoor

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Pleasance Courtyard | The Bunker Riotously funny, obscenely cheeky and yet always intelligent, this a bold,new approach to resolve the battle of the sexes. You are sure to leave on a theatrical climax and with more than a few tricks up your sleeve!

Chris Martin - Passionate About The Pointless

Performed to over 600,000 people around the world, this is one comedy show to scream about!

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

www.sxguru.com | Twitter: @sexguru247

Fresh from supporting Milton Jones and Russell Kane, Chris (Dave’s One Night Stand), brings his new show to Edinburgh. There’s no politics; just a lot of sharp observations and silly arguments he wants you to hear.

Weinberger is Austria’s most prominent sexologist since Sigmund Freud Guardian Riotously funny! GRAZIA World’s funniest sex guru! TIME OUT

www.chrismartin-comedy.co.uk | Facebook: chrismartincomedyfan Twitter: @ChrisMcomedy

One of the UK’s most promising young observationalists GUARDIAN

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AAA STAND-UP Total sell-out 2005-2012, returns with a brand new line-up. Joe Davies: ‘Joe Davies is one naturally funny man, wonderfully daft and addictive to watch’ (Laugh Out London). Luke Graves: ‘A brilliant young comic bursting with promise’ (Arthur Smith). Max Dickins: ‘... volumes of charm and a penchant for the unexpected’ (Fest Mag). Book Early!

Joe Lycett / Chambers Management

2012 Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee, Joe Lycett, is ‘one of the strongest emerging comedy talents we’ve seen in a long time’ (Time Out). www.joelycettcomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @joelycett

Imaginative and cheekily subversive comedy… Entertainingly mischievous GUARDIAN Already possesses the relaxed, homely charm of an old campaigner TIMES

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com

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MARLON DAVIS: CRACKIN’ UP Hotly anticipated follow-up to 2012’s critically acclaimed show. FHM Stand-Up Hero winner, Marlon Davis returns to Edinburgh with a brand new hour of soul baring comedy.

DAVE’s LCF Best Show Nominee 2013 *Comedy is subjective, no refunds www.objectivetalentmanagement.com/rhys_mathewson | Twitter: @rhyspect

If you see his name on a poster and don’t go, you’re a moron THEATREREVIEW.ORG.NZ Ferociously talented TVNZ.CO.NZ

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Don’t miss this hotly anticipated UK debut from the multi award-winning Kiwi stand-up Rhys Mathewson with a show that’s jam-packed with laughs and guarantees you value for money*.

A compelling storyteller whose anecdotes carry the elusive stamp of urban authority Scotsman Bursts on to the stage like a breath of fresh air, with impish grin, boyish enthusiasm and an effortlessly open, confident style CHORTLE.CO.UK

Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

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Off The Kerb Productions

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JOE LYCETT - IF JOE LYCETT THEN YOU SHOULD’VE PUT A RING ON IT

Bound & Gagged Comedy

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DAVID O’DOHERTY: DAVID O’DOHERTY WILL TRY TO FIX EVERYTHING Lisa Richards Ltd in association with Chambers Management

David O’Doherty, the Ryanair James Bond, the Kevin McCloud of the tiny keyboard, former Miss Ireland, offspring of Shannon/ Pete Doherty, his new look is ‘Jaws era Spielberg’, recipient of the 2008 Edinburgh Comedy Award and inventor of the last remaining swimming stroke ‘the squid’ (on back, feet first), has written a new comedy show with talking and songs. NO SCRUBS. www.davidodoherty.com | Facebook: actualdavidodoherty Twitter: @phlaimeaux

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IAIN STIRLING: AT HOME

TIM FITZHIGHAM: CHALLENGER

Iain Stirling is a BAFTA-nominated presenter and Chortle-nominated comedian. The Edinburgh-born comic sold-out his 2012 show. Now, having bought a house with his girlfriend, he explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.

Multi-Award Winning, Perrier nominated Comedian, author, explorer and unusualist, Tim FitzHigham is back in a brand NEW show. Tim has brilliant bad ideas; rowing the channel in a bathtub, taking on the world’s weirdest wagers.

Avalon Promotions

Brett Vincent for Get Comedy in association with PBJ

Star of CBBC’s Super Human Challenge, BBC Radio 4, films with Eastwood, Spielberg and Damon, see him LIVE (and amazingly still alive): ‘A FIVE STAR Performer.’ The List, ‘Gut bustingly funny’ The Scotsman, ‘Inspirational’ Time Out,

www.iaindoesjokes.com | Facebook: Iaindoesjokes | Twitter: @iaindoesjokes

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A National Treasure  CHORTLE £7 £9.50 (£8.50)

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RICHARD HERRING – WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!

Sony Award Winner, Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee, and Star of Radio 4, Tom returns with an exquisite new show. Expect elegant flourishes of language, twisted logic and whimsical storytelling courtesy of one of the finest and most original comics in town. ‘Funny Bones’ Evening Standard.

After sorting out politics (Hitler Moustache), religion (Christ on a Bike), love (What is Love, Anyway?) and penises (Talking Cock) Herring’s tenth consecutive stand-up show tackles the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns (apart from Jesus and that canoe bloke).

www.tomwrigglesworth.co.uk | Facebook: tom.wrigglesworth1 Twitter: @tomwriggleswort

www.richardherring.com | Facebook: richardkherring Twitter: @Herring1967

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TOM WRIGGLESWORTH: UTTERLY AT ODDS WITH THE UNIVERSE CKP by arrangement with Comedy Store Management

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REGINALD D HUNTER: IN THE MIDST OF CRACKERS Mick Perrin Worldwide

In just over a decade Reginald D Hunter has become one of the UK’s best-known and most distinctive performers. He is often brutally honest, frequently controversial but always meticulously measured and thought out. He returns this year with a brand new show following two sell-out UK tours and a successful debut live stand-up DVD. www.reginalddhunter.com | Facebook: ReginaldDHunter | Twitter: @reginalddhunter

Hunter joins the top rank of stand-up comedians working today…comedy of a rare scope  the times Sharp enough to burst balloons the independent His presence and intelligence make him one of the most brilliantly unpredictable comics the sunday times

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TERRY ALDERTON: SEASON 4

A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care - a charity supporting people living in Scotland with HIV.

Following his run of smash hit Edinburgh shows and hugely successful national tours Terry Alderton is back! The star of Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow and Dave’s One Night Stand returns with a brand new show. A spellbinding combination of noises, voices, incredible physicality and a mind-blowing insight into the inner workings of a fantastic comedy mind.

The Pleasance

CKP in association with Tim Payne

Previous line-ups have included: Michael McIntyre, Stephen K Amos, Ivan Brackenbury, Russell Howard, Jason Byrne and many more. If you only have time to see one show, this is it! The night promises to be the cream of the whole of the Edinburgh programme with all profits going to Waverley Care. Beg, borrow or steal a ticket as it’s sure to sell out!

Winner of Three Weeks critics award and twice Best International Act by the NZ Comedy Guild. Terry is quite simply the most exciting live act working in comedy today.

2013 line up to be announced.

www.terryalderton.com | Facebook: terryaldertoncomedian | Twitter: @TerryAlderton

Unmissable  THREEWEEKS Unstable and deliciously unexpected  Guardian Effortlessly enjoyable yet excitingly different  THE TIMES

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GARETH RICHARDS: GARETH GOES ELECTRIC

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex

A show about all of the things that haven’t killed Matt Green. It’s a long list. Because he isn’t dead yet. Featuring evacuations, explosions, a suicidal bee and at least one visit to the hospital.

Avalon Promotions

Gareth always dreamt of playing the Albert Hall just like his hero, the singer, songwriter and weirdo Bob Dylan. In 2011, he got that opportunity. However, the act he was supporting was not Bob Dylan, but Englebert Humperdinck. Gareth couldn’t say no. He should have. Join Gareth, for his brand new show of jokes and songs. EXTRA SHOWS ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS AT 9.30PM.

www.gagreflex.co.uk | Twitter: @mattgreencomedy

A set full of poise, wit and expertly-placed callbacks… really funny  Scotsman Not only charming and affable but also disarmingly intelligent…a perfectly paced hour  THE LIST

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Suzy Bennett - Dancing On Thin Ice Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Join star of the Comedy Reserve 2012 and winner of the Funny Women Award, Suzy Bennett on her hilarious quest to become a minor celebrity and her slippery journey to become future Queen of the Ice! In her debut show Suzy shares the highs and lows of her pursuit of happiness...and Torvill & Dean. www.mcintyre-ents.com | Facebook: suzy.bennett | Twitter: @funnysuzyb

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TOM ROSENTHAL - БЛАГОДАРЯ

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BRIAN APPLETON A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 3 DARTS

Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Brian Appleton

From the creator of John Shuttleworth - Rock Musicologist, Brian Appleton, reveals infamous blunders of yore; historical accidents that helped shape the world today. They range in significance from Robert The Bruce’s incompetent spider to Eric Bristow’s cock up in the 1983 World Darts Final. On his guitar, Brian also performs his prog rock classic, ”Lucy you’ve got the wrong wardrobe “ and the Smithsian, “My turn to be poorly“. www.rbmcomedy.com | Facebook: rbmlondon | Twitter: @rbmcomedy

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20:20 (21:20) Tom Rosenthal (C4’s Friday Night Dinner, ITV2’s Plebs, his mirror) was nominated for Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards and won the prestigious Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year. He has done televised comedy on a stage (Dave’s One Night Stand), behind a table (8 Out of 10 Cats) and on a sofa (Soccer AM).

Twitter: @daniel_simonsen

Vibrant, intelligent and fantastically-arranged…crackles with energy and glows with originality SPOONFED Vibrant, intelligent and fantastically-arranged…crackles with energy and glows with originality SPOONFED We’re not using the same one twice WILL WOOD, MULTITUDE MEDIA PR

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A talent to keep an eye on TIME OUT

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DANIEL SIMONSEN: STRANGER Norwegian comic and Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2012 presents a brand new show.

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He went to Bulgaria. Let him tell you about it whilst you drink.

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MAX & IVAN: THE REUNION

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MR WINCHESTER: CLASSIC ENTERTAINMENT!

Mick Perrin Worldwide in association with Dawn Sedgwick Management

Live Nation and United Agents Present...

From the creator of Angelos Epithemiou, Perrier Award nominee Dan Skinner returns to the festival with his hilarious traditional stand up entertainer! Proper jokes, no surrealism, and no women. That’s Classic Entertainment! 16+

Tightly scripted and delivered with anarchic and masterful comic timing  Scotland On Sunday Skinner’s comic acting is top notch Metro £14 (£13) £13 (£11.50)

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20:20 (21:20) Class of 2003, assemble! In the decade since they left college, there have been births, deaths and gender reassignments (and that was just Chris Archer. RIP). Now they’re all back in the same room. What could possibly go wrong? Fresh from a smash hit Barry-nominated run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Foster’s Award-winners Max and Ivan (Radio 4, BBC3) spin a bewitching narrative sketch comedy tale of love, loss and shatterproof rulers. Directed by Tom Parry (Pappy’s). Total sell-out show, 2011/2012. www.maxandivan.com | Facebook: maxandivan | Twitter: @maxandivan

Hugely ambitious and impressive Guardian Undeniably superstars of tomorrow. It feels like watching early Walliams and Lucas or Enfield and Whitehouse GQ Nothing can stop their sketch comedy quest for greatness  BRITISHTHEATREGUIDE.INFO £6 £9 (£8) W

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Hilarious new stand up show from Jigsaw’s Tom Craine about being friends with your ex, getting caught in gangland shootouts & other decisions. As seen: Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3), Live At The Electric (BBC3), Fake Reaction (ITV2), Jigsaw’s RADIO 4 series. Writer for Mock The Week (BBC2), The Last Leg With Adam Hills (Channel 4). Critic’s Choice: Guardian, New Statesman, Times. www.tomcraine.com | Twitter: @TomCraine

Wise, funny, lyrical OBSERVER Wonderful TIME OUT

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ALEX HORNE: LIES

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AMATEUR TRANSPLANTS: ADAM KAY IS GOING FOR A NUMBER ONE

Avalon Promotions

The 30 year old multi-Bafta award-winning stand up and platinumselling R&B artist Alex Horne is back with an hour of observations, impressions and lies.

Bound & Gagged Comedy / Mandy Ward Artist Management

Amateur Transplants frontman Adam Kay sits at a grand piano and sings smutty songs. He has had 20 million YouTube hits (including the iconic London Underground Song).

Best known for mindblowing Powerpoint or live music, this show has neither; just Alex, a panda, some jokes and some lies. Although one of those may also be a lie. Or a joke. Either way, it’ll be funny. Honest.

Stephen Fry said ‘This made me very, very happy’. www.amateurtransplants.com | Twitter: @amateuradam

Fast-paced, filthy and incredibly funny  THREEWEEKS Brilliant  COSMOPOLITAN

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CARL DONNELLY: NOW THAT’S WHAT I CARL DONNELLY! VOLUME V

www.carldonnelly.co.uk | Facebook: carldonnellycomedian Twitter: @CarlDonnelly

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www.comedyawards.co.uk | Facebook: comedyawards Twitter: @comedyawards

The unofficial Oscars of comedy GUARDIAN

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The 33rd Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Every year a sell out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy. See the 2013 winner and nominees for Foster’s Best Show on one bill for one show only. Book early to avoid disappointment. We bring you the stars of tomorrow. Previous Best Show Winners include: Russell Kane, Tim Key, Daniel Kitson, Al Murray - The Pub Landlord, Lee Evans and Frank Skinner. Previous Best Newcomer winners include: Tim Minchin, Sarah Millican The Mighty Boosh and Harry Hill.

Join Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Carl Donnelly (as seen on Mock The Week, Russell Howard’s Good News, Dave’s One Night Stand) for a brand new hour of hilarious anecdotes and observations on the state of the world and his plans on how we should be dealing with it.

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JOEY PAGE: REALITY IS OUTSIDE, PARADISE IS IN YOUR BRAIN Mick Perrin Worldwide

Surreal comedian Joey Page bristles with technicoloured imagery and scatterbrain flights of fancy. His absurd blend of magical humour is an antidote to the mainstream! Real life is boring - come and rejoice in the alternative and join Joey as he showcases his daftly bedazzling childlike logic..... Supported by Up the Creek www.joey-page.co.uk | Facebook: joeypagecomedian | Twitter: @thejoeypage

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PAUL MCCAFFREY: NAME IN LIGHTS

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PHILL JUPITUS & DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE: VOICES IN YOUR HEAD - THE PHILL JUPITUS EXPERIMENT

Avalon Promotions

Star of Impractical Jokers (BBC3) and seen on Russell Howard’s Good News. A new hour of top drawer, anecdotal stand-up comedy. Warm and cheeky wit with likeability in bucket loads.

So Comedy

Obviously born to be a comic THE STANDARD A brilliantly entertaining hour full of laughs, beautifully delivered by an act destined to headline the main stage

Phill Jupitus goes head to head with The Voice in this solo spin-off of Deborah Frances-White’s fringe hit. See the hidden depths of the human unconscious pushed beyond its hilarious, extraordinary limits. The hysterical, spontaneous mayhem of ‘Voices’ just got even freakier!

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www.socomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @so_comedy

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JIMMY MCGHIE: DELUSIONS OF CANDOUR Avalon Promotions

Painfully brilliant, pathologically charming and frequently deluded Jimmy McGhie slinks back to Edinburgh after bunking last year. After performing to great acclaim all over the world from Mumbai to Melbourne, Jimmy returns to Edinburgh with more soulful and searingly honest stand-up. As everybody around him pops out babies and leaps up property ladders, Jimmy wanders aimlessly, looking at things and getting annoyed. Facebook: JimmyMcGhie

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JAY FOREMAN: NO MORE COLOURS Ditto Productions

The multi-award-winning musical comedian returns to Edinburgh with his first brand new hour since supporting Dave Gorman’s 2011-2012 tour. As a child, Jay learnt that he will never discover a new colour, and it’s never stopped irritating him. Now he’s turned that chilling thought into masterfully crafted, melancholy, uplifting songs, poems and indescribable musical wizadry. As heard on BBC Radio 4Extra.

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ANDREW LAWRENCE - THERE IS NO ESCAPE Andrew Lawrence / Chambers Management

Is your life so awful you sometimes wish you could disappear completely and never be found? Then perhaps this is the stand-up show for you!

Star of Live At The Apollo and his own BBC Radio 4 series, ‘How Did We End Up Like This?’

Join the former double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee as he returns to the Fringe before embarking on a new major national tour.

www.andrewlawrencecomedy.co.uk | Facebook: andrewlawrencecomedy | Twitter: @andrewlawrence

Few people have caught the irritated, misanthropic mood of the moment better than this supreme misfit; the only wonder is that it’s taking Lawrence so long to become a national institution. TELEGRAPH

Anyone who gives this spikily inventive performer the time of day will realise they’re in the presence of an A-list talent. GUARDIAN

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Pete Firman - Scoundrel

Off The Kerb Productions by arrangement with Lisa Richards Agency

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with Corrie McGuire at Objective Talent

Demagogue? Iconoclast? Dilettante? Virtuoso? Ok, these are words that have nothing to do with the show but they do make it sound clever and that’s what it’s all about. It’s time for Neil to try to figure out how we can smarten ourselves up a bit. As seen on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Stand Up for the Week. www.offthekerb.co.uk | Facebook: NeilDelamere | Twitter: @neildelamere

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HUNT AND DARTON CAFE Prepare to be amazed and amused as ‘the UK’s leading comedy magician’ (Time Out) returns to Edinburgh with an astonishing new show.

POPAGANDA

Richard DeDomenici / Escalator East to Edinburgh

Star of BBC1’s ‘The Magicians’ and recently seen on BBC2’s ‘The Sarah Millican Television Programme’, ‘Channel 4’s Mash-Up Season’ and winner of BBC1’s ‘Celebrity Mastermind’.

Relax to the dulcet tones of Richard’s fake songs, topical pranks, silly games, and satirical mashups in his hit show about trying to change the world. A jetlagged litterpicker of the world’s cultural landfill, watch DeDomenici throw civilisation at the wall, caution to the wind, and see what sticks. Like a can of tomato soup Popaganda is condensed, easily digestible, and likely to stain.

Part comedian, part magician, all Scoundrel! www.petefirman.co.uk | Facebook: petefirmanofficial | Twitter: @petefirman

The man from Middlesbrough sets the pace for comedy-meets-magic in the 21st century

www.dedomenici.com/popaganda | Facebook: richarddedomenici Twitter: @dedomenici

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The new poster-boy for British comedy magic TELEGRAPH Impressive, well-executed illusions…surgically precise one-liners The List

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SEANN WALSH: THE LIE-IN KING

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Off The Kerb Productions

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Star of Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week and Seann Walsh World, Seann Walsh returns to Edinburgh with an all-new hour to show the world that he’s the Lie-in King! www.offthekerb.co.uk | Twitter: @seannwalsh

Sharp, creative observational comedy. See him now before the stadium tour SUNDAY TIMES Hysterical, Walsh is well on his way to becoming a star attraction THE INDEPENDENT £7.50 £10.50 (£8.50) W

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Pleasance Courtyard | Beneath Pleasance presents it’s 9th year of the Comedy Reserve, showcasing four of the hottest new acts in the circuit; supported by the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund. This year’s group of outstanding newcomers include Jack Barry, John Hastings, Tez IIyas and Tom Toal.

BRETT GOLDSTEIN CONTAINS SCENES OF AN ADULT NATURE

Previous winners include Jack Whitehall, Holly Walsh, Joe Lycett, Doc Brown, Simon Brodkin and BAFTA winner Daniel Ridby.

Mick Perrin Worldwide in association with Dawn Sedgwick Management

Winner of the 2013 Dave Channel/ Leicester Comedy Festival award for Best New Show. Brett’s acclaimed new stand-up show takes on pornography, crying and how to survive a New York blackout, dignity intact. Half jokes, half stories – all cop. Brett is also an actor and writer who co-starred in Ricky Gervais’ Derek (Channel 4) and 30 and Counting (Sky), and is the co-writer of Gittins (Channel 4).

Don’t miss your chance to see the stars of tomorrow! www.pleasance.co.uk | Facebook: ThePleasance | Twitter: @ThePleasance

One to watch out for in the future Broadway Baby on Jack Barry Best Newcomer Award 2010 Just for Laughs Festival, Montreal John Hastings BBC New Comedy Award Finalist 2011 Tez Ilyas The T-Dog is certainly one of the most promising of today’s emerging comics

Twitter: @brettgoldstein

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Avalon Promotions

What is it with us and smallness? We Brits love it - being tiny but fierce, close but distant. This Jedward-haired award-winning twat is the same, and he returns with a new blisteringly big-small show. Watch him ejaculate thoughts about smallness; on keeping things small when life gets big.

Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Alter egos, ailments, love, nostalgia, indie-nights and belly-laughs. An hour of raucous stand-up for anyone who’s tried to live in the moment, only to realise that moment happened over a decade ago. Seen on Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3), 8 Out of 10 Cats: Deal Or No Deal Mash-up (Channel 4). *****Threeweeks ****Fest *****Edfest ****List

www.russellkane.co.uk | Facebook: officialrussellkane Twitter: @russell_kane

www.johnrobins.net | Facebook: johnrobinscomedian Twitter: @nomadicrevery

Russell Kane delivers magic in spades Scotsman A seriously good comedian THE TIMES

Comedy’s best kept secret, I urge you to see this show  Skinny

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John Robins: Where Is My Mind?

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MARK SMITH: THE MOST ASTONISHING NAME IN COMEDY Avalon Promotions

Elderly child Mark Smith (Russell Howard’s Good News, MTV) presents his hotly anticipated debut stand up hour. Out of the vast number of shows at the Fringe, this is the only one at this allotted time at the specified venue. Come along to be in with a chance! www.marksmithcomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @marksmithcomedy

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THE BOY WITH TAPE ON HIS FACE: MORE TAPE Lee Martin for Gag Reflex

THE BOY IS BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND. The Boy returns to the Edinburgh Festival with his unique brand of comedy. Your last chance to see the multi- award winning, sell-out show that wowed the West End and had no less than 11 five star reviews at last year’s festival. 2010 – Sold Out. 2011 – Sold Out. 2012 – Sold Out. 2013 – Don’t Miss Out. If you’ve yet to see the silent sensation then the less you know the better but if you must know, he will have a gunfight, battle Darth Vader and bring John Lennon back to life. All this and more… As Seen On: the Royal Variety Performance, BBC2’s Comedy Prom, ITV1’s Jason Manford’s Comedy Rocks and BBC3’s Live at the Fringe. Best Variety Act- Chortle Awards 2013. Foster’s Edinburgh Panel Prize 2012. Best Breakthrough Act – Chortle Awards 2011. www.theboywithtapeonhisface.com | Facebook: tapefaceboy | Twitter: @tapefaceboy

Spectacular! Hysterically funny – fight for a ticket!  TIME OUT A glorious act of the imagination, an expression of pure playfulness...This boy is going places  The Times Indescribably wonderful TIM MINCHIN £13.50 (£11) £12.50 (£10)

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JONNY & THE BAPTISTS: BIGGER THAN JUDAS

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SCROOBIUS PIP - WORDS Scroobius Pip | The Pleasance

Supporting Wall

The UK’s hottest musical comedians return with a blisteringly funny, fiercely intelligent antidote to our stupid world. Riotous rock & roll, satirical soul and anthemic absurdity from 2013 New Act of the Year & Musical Comedy Award Finalists, featured on The Gadget Show and Radio 4’s Now Show, Infinite Monkey Cage & Sketchorama. www.jonnyandthebaptists.co.uk | Twitter:@Jonny_Baptists

Musical comedy’s rising stars SUNDAY TIMES A triumph  CHORTLE £6 £7.50 (£6.50) W

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When Scroobius Pip performed his Words spoken word set at Latitude Festivals poetry tent in 2012 a crowd of 300 was expected. Presented with a turn out of around 4000 it became clear that this was a show that warranted more runs! After a sell out December tour Scroobius Pip will be performing Words one last time at the Fringe bringing a unique mix of humour and heart wrenching explorations of the human condition, showing that spoken word doesn’t have to be confined to coffee shops and theatres. Also, there’s a bar. Splendid. 18+. www.scroobiuspip.co.uk | Facebook: scroobiuspip | Twitter: @scroobiuspipyo

Big-hearted, big-bearded, big-vocabularied: Scroobius Pip is astonishing TIM KEY Clever, funny, honest, challenging, motherly, bearded, scandalous rhyme. GO. SEE. IT!!! NICK FROST

An incredible performer: deft, articulate, brave and super cool. JOSIE LONG £10 (£9) £13.50 (£12.50)

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David Quirk - Shaking Hands with Danger (AUS) Laughing Stock Productions

Winner - Comic’s Choice 2013 Melbourne Comedy Festival. If you’ve read this far, you’ve either cheated, thought about cheating or been cheated on. We have that in common. Part tribute, part confessional, a serious joke, rated R - a good show by a bad person. It’s been in the making for two years. Once you’ve seen it, you’ll learn why. www.laughingstock.com.au | Facebook: David Quirk

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GARY DELANEY 2: THIS TIME IT’S NOT PERSONAL

He looks the part, he’s got the talent. It’s easy to imagine him on the telly SUNDAY TIMES Quick as a whippet with razor-sharp intelligence BROADWAY BABY

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www.lukebenson.co.uk | Facebook: RBMLondon | Twitter: @bensontext

Master of the one-liner SCOTSMAN Expect a cavalcade of brilliantly inventive puns GUARDIAN

What is a legend? Why isn’t it spelled “feat”? Expect those questions answered and more in this highly anticipated show. Behold a jokefilled hour looking at myths, marvels and mortals. The Geordie Giant has been climbing mountains, walking too far and testing his mettle, in preparation for his biggest feat - a return to the festival.

www.garydelaney.com | Twitter: @GaryDelaney

RBM

Gary’s just turned 40 but he’s not bothered. His dad is in fine health, and at the time of writing, his relationship is going well. So instead he’s written some new jokes. From Mock the Week, Dave’s One Night Stand and BBC Radio 5Live’s 7 Day Sunday. Double Sony Award winner, Total sell-out 2010.

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LUKE BENSON: LEGENDARY FEET

CKP

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Peacock & Gamble: Heart-throbs

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Claudia O’Doherty: Pioneer The Invisible Dot Ltd.

Avalon Promotions

Lovely little smashers Ray & Ed shout their way through another knockabout hour of electrifying stupidity. Triple Chortle Award Nominees (2011, 2012, 2013). www.peacockandgamble.com | Facebook: peacockandgamble Twitter: @peacockgamble

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Pleasance Courtyard | Beside Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee 2012, Claudia O’Doherty invites you to witness the annual spectacle that so far none of you have attended.

Alfie Moore - Viva Alf’s Vegas Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Stunning new production values with all of the usual things - horror, amazement, learning and of course, ‘Jeremy’s Hour’. If the money comes through, this year’s production will include ‘The Carousel of Feelings’.

Alfie’s served time as a steelworker, policeman and comedian. The constant through it all - he’s a gambler. He’s won and lost thousands, but mainly lost - including a house, a wife and his teddy’s eyes. This is his journey.

Twitter: @claudiaodoherty

A uniquely entertaining hour  INDEPENDENT An offbeat gem  TELEGRAPH Bloody hilarious  SKINNY

www.alfiemoore.com | Facebook: alfie.moore | Twitter: @alfiemoore

Strikingly original  TELEGRAPH Quite simply, a joy  SCOTSMAN

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LATE NIGHT GIMP FIGHT

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STORYTELLERS’ CLUB

Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Storytellers’ Club

Some of our most treasured comedians, just telling stories. Brilliant ones. Simple as that really. Sarah Bennetto gathers her comedy friends round a campfire to tell witching hour tales. With resident fool, James Dowdeswell. A twat-free zone. Massive special guests announced on Twitter: @StoryCLB Facebook: StoryClub | Twitter: @sarahbennetto

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22:20 (23:20) You could argue that by now it’s just demeaning for five men approaching their thirties to be donning gimp masks, prancing round in thongs and making knob gags. You’d be right. Despite that they’re back and this year they mean business. A blistering hour of fast-paced sketches, “big laughs” (Fest) and “gloriously bad taste” (Guardian) that cements their position as a “redoubtable force in sketch comedy” (Scotsman).

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Barry from Watford: Shooting From The (new) Hip Live Nation Presents…

Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominees. Chortle Award Winners. Constant disappointment to their parents. www.latenightgimpfight.com | Facebook: latenightgimpfight | Twitter: @gimpfight

Still alive and kicking, the nation’s favourite octogenarian and hit of Radio 2’s ‘Steve Wright in the Afternoon’ and Sky Atlantic’s ‘Common Ground’ returns with a brand new stand up show armed with fierce one liners, biting satire plus some ‘effing’ and that sort of thing for the teens. A rip roaring fast paced hilarious show “top quality character comedy’’ Guardian, “Alex Lowe’s stunning creation” Time Out.

Sketch comedy doesn’t get much better than this SCOTSMAN Quite Brilliant TIMES Their sheer verbal, physical and visual inventiveness leaves you breathless

barryfromwatford.co.uk | Twitter: @barryfromwat

EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

Wonderfully observed... poignant and very funny EVENING STANDARD

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HARDEEP SINGH KOHLI: HARDEEP IS YOUR LOVE

CHORTLE STUDENT COMEDY AWARD FINAL

Following his 2011 sell-out run, the fringe’s favourite funnyman returns to reflect on romance in middle age.

Hundreds entered, only eight survive - now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student. Over the past ten years, leading comedy website Chortle has helped discover the likes of Simon Bird, Chris Ramsey, Tom Deacon and Tom Rosenthal... Find out who will be next (and pocket the £2,000 prize) in this prestigious final, with a top comedian as host and a celebrity judge. With ALCATEL ONE TOUCH and Universal Pictures (UK).

So Comedy by arrangement with Troika

Chortle with ALCATEL ONE TOUCH

One man, one mic, five nights, 44 years. Book early! www.hardeepsinghkohli.co.uk

 THE TIMES Funny, fascinating, and utterly charming HARRY ENFIELD

www.chortle.co.uk/student | Facebook: alcatelonetouchUK Twitter: @studentcomedy

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DOC BROWN

THE COMEDY ZONE

The international rapper turned comedian Doc Brown, is back with his tongue in cheek take on hip hop culture. Fresh from supporting Ricky Gervais around the world, and appearances on ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’, ‘The Inbetweeners’, ‘Rev’, ‘Derek’ and ‘The Office Revisited’, Doc is a must see act. 16+

The Fringe’s most prestigious and longest running showcase is back for its 23rd Year. Previously bringing you the likes of Dave Gorman, Russell Howard, Al Murray, Russell Kane, Harry Hill, and many more, this year’s acts tipped for the top: Lucy Beaumont, Tommy Rowson, Carl Hutchinson and Matt Winning.

Live Nation and United Agents Present...

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www.docbrown.co.uk

A seamless mix of truly inspired hip-hop and stand-up. He’s a total star… an utter joy Timeout Sharp punchlines, imaginative devices and knows more than a thing or two about timing METRO £14 (£13) £13 (£11.50)

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Comedy’s finest new additions OBSERVER The Fringe’s leading stand-up showcase THE TIMES

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David Trent: This Is All I Have David Trent still uses a computer and a projector to make phenomenal comedy.His total sell-out 2012 show was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Festival Best Newcomer Award. In 2013 David Trent was nominated for Best Breakthrough Artist, Chortle Awards. This is his second Edinburgh show. It will be performed in a slightly larger room than last year. PREPARE YOURSELVES. He continues to write this himself.

Busy C

Join fan of the past Mat Ewins as he presents some hitherto unknown truth facts about the history of comedy in this fun character/sketch show. Perfect for anyone that loves both time and laughing. “Gloriously chaotic hour... the whole piece is full of knockabout humour” The List. www.matewins.com | Twitter: @MatEwins

www.davidtrent.co.uk | Facebook: david.trent | Twitter: @mistertrent

Catch him before he blows himself up... a comedic force to be reckoned with FRINGE REVIEW

One of the most talked-about people in comedy right now GUARDIAN

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MAT EWINS: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE JEST

Phil McIntyre Entertainments

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Russ Powell: Powell To The People Live Nation Presents...

Join comedy’s hottest property Russ Powell as he takes you on a twisting, turning tour through his life, loves and lunches to show you just how he’s spent his years bringing Powell to the People. A charming whirlwind of hilarious anecdotes, spot-on observations and intelligent crudeness all packaged in a loveable, cheeky and ebullient XL shell, Russ delights and captivates audiences with ease. 18+ www.russpowellcomedy.com | Twitter: @russjokes

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JOY OF SKETCH

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AAA STAND-UP LATE

The Pleasance and Time Out Live

Bound & Gagged Comedy

Total sell-out 2010-2012 returns with a new line-up. Laura Lexx: ‘probably the funniest solo comedian that we saw all week’ (Ed Fringe). ‘One of the most delightful performers you’re ever likely to see’ (GQ). Nick Dixon: Finalist ‘So You Think You’re Funny?’ 2012. ‘Delightfully offbeat turn of phrase...elegantly constructed writing’ (Chortle). Stuart Mitchell: Finalist ‘Hackney Empire New Act of the Year’ 2012. ‘Rising star of the comedy circuit’ (Scotsman). www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com

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23:00 (00:00) The crème de la crème of sketch comedy acts are bringing together the very best skits and sketches that live comedy has to offer. The Joy of Sketch has arrived. Past line-ups have included: E4 comedy duo Cardinal Burns (“Original and funny” – Metro), phenomenally talented physical act the Pajama Men (“A dizzingly smart, endlessly creative mini masterpiece” - **** The Telegraph), Chortle Best Sketch Act 2012 winners Idiots of Ants, Radio 4 regulars the Penny Dreadfuls, Channel 4 comedy duo Will and Greg, the ultimate shambolic trio Pappy’s and five star quintet Late Night Gimp Fight.

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This completely spontaneous improv show takes one word from the audience and explodes it into an unrelenting tornado of comedy wonder. Starring Cariad Lloyd (Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee, Cardinal Burns)and Paul Foxcroft (Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival Pitch Finalist).

A pocket dynamo of a comic  GUARDIAN Full of fresh ideas Scotsman

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

CARIAD & PAUL: A TWO-PLAYER ADVENTURE

These international improv veterans are finally performing their acclaimed show at the Fringe for one night only. Five times.

Pleasance Dome | 10Dome

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JORDAN, JESSE, GO!

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Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Below

PAUL CURRIE: THE STICKY BIVOUAC

Maximum Fun

Mick Perrin Worldwide

Jordan, Jesse, Go! is a freewheeling comedic discussion between Jesse Thorn, Jordan Morris and their guests. The hosts discuss feelings, sex and culture in a mix that is silly, intelligent and frequently vulgar. www.maximumfun.org/shows/jordan-jesse-go

These guys are quick and sharp enough to go beat-forbeat with some of the funniest people working today. SPLITSIDER

One of the best comedy podcasts of the moment. A weekly riff-a-thon with gloriously rambling comedic discussions. ROLLING STONE £9 (£8.50) W

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Pleasance Dome | 10Dome Absurdist, high-energy comedy. Feast your eyes and teeth on the bizarre, unique and delicate world of Paul Currie.

MCNEIL & PAMPHILON GO 8-BIT! Ditto Productions by arrangement with DAA Management

Love videogames? Love comedy? This’ll mash both together, plus guest comedians battling at classic games! Sound good? Then you’re probably a nerd. But so are we, so come to this – it’s FOR YOU. It’ll be like GamesMaster off the telly, but in a cupboard. Limited Run. Big Fun. McNeil & Pamphilon: As seen on BBC 1, BBC 3, MTV and heard on BBC Radio 4.

Facebook: PaulCurrieComedian | Twitter: @PeaVeeSea

A whirlwind of dizzying nonsense. Beautifully crafted, committed and exciting silliness. John Higgins, Culture NI

There was something extra original about this guy – it was like watching the Monty Python version of stand up comedy  FRINGE GURU Paul Currie mesmerised the audience. Currie makes sadists of us all, as never has watching another’s turmoil been such fun  THE NEW CURRENT

www.dittoproductions.co.uk | Twitter: @mcneilpamphilon

Hilarious GUARDIAN An unusually high standard of innovation  THE LIST

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THE NOISE NEXT DOOR COMEDY LOCK-IN

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SCHOOL NIGHT Actually Rather Good Ltd

Don’t end up in detention, head to School Night! The comedy circuit’s greatest acts tackle their own specialist subjects. Previous nights included award winners Humphrey Ker, Robin Ince, Bridget Christie, Joel Dommett, Jess Ransom, Matthew Crosby, and Festival of the Spoken Nerd. Our London shows quickly became a sell-out success and attract a loyal following. Each day’s line-up will be posted online. Don’t forget the tuck shop!

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with CKP

This brand new breed of comedy club is a 21st century mash-up of stand-up, panel shows, and after-hours banter. Indulge yourself in an evening of shameless entertainment. Edinburgh veterans The Noise Next Door bring their sell-out hit touring show to the Fringe for the first time. Special guests! Kick-ass sing-a-longs! Vaguely focused anarchy! ‘Hilarious’ **** Daily Telegraph.

www.schoolnig.ht | Facebook: SchoolNightComedy | Twitter: @School_Night

www.thenoisenextdoor.com | Twitter: @TheNoiseNextDoor

It’ll be this year’s Karaoke Circus SUCH SMALL PORTIONS Funny, fascinating and, ultimately, very touching…

World-class  US Weekly Astounding  BROADWAY BABY

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SET LIST: STAND-UP WITHOUT A NET

EMX Management / Susquehanna Hats & Rational Entertainment / Mick Perrin Worldwide

Now online at Nerdist.com and an upcoming Sky Atlantic TV series! A ‘set list’ contains written words that comedians use to remind them of which jokes they will do. What if someone else wrote a “set list” of outrageous and original topics for the worlds best stand-up comedians, and they had to perform from it with literally ZERO seconds to prepare? Top comics create unforgettable acts of spontaneous comedic genius. www.setlistshow.com | Facebook: SETLISTSHOW | Twitter: @setlistshow

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THE WRESTLING II

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VOICES IN YOUR HEAD

The Pleasance, Max & Ivan, Ditto Productions, Dawn Sedgwick Management

So Comedy / Created by Deborah Frances-White

2012’s fringe hit returns, pitting the festivals best comedians against a disembodied Voice who will interrogate, provoke & inspire, creating spontaneous comedy mayhem. Previous guests include: Phill Jupitus, Hannibal Buress, Sara Pascoe, Russell Tovey, Humphrey Ker, Mike McShane & many more! www.socomedy.co.uk | Facebook: @deborahfw

Inventive, funny & wildly ambitious  THE SKINNY An absolute treat… not to be missed  ONE4REVIEW

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It’s back. Comedians. Wrestlers. Blood. The Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning megashow (Chortle’s #1 event of 2011) invades the Pleasance Grand for one night only, in a death-defying clash between good and evil. Old scores must be settled. New blood will be spilled. Tables may be treated irresponsibly. Take a deep breath and prepare yourself: actual, massive wrestlers, battling Edinburgh’s best comedians, in an actual wrestling ring. 2011’s chair-swinging, ankle-breaking, sell-out spectacular just got even better. Booking essential. www.the-wrestling.co.uk | Facebook: maxandivan | Twitter: @maxandivan

Genius Times Genius  List A truly awesome event  CHORTLE

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Bo Burnham: What

Trevor Noah: The Racist

Following his smash hit, sell out show ‘Words, Words, Words’ in 2010, which won both the Edinburgh Comedy Award Panel Prize and a Malcolm Hardee Award, and received unprecedented rave reviews, comedy sensation Bo Burnham returns to the Fringe for a strictly limited run with his brand new show ‘What’.

Following a critically acclaimed, total sell-out season at the Fringe 2012, and a record-breaking season of shows at London’s Soho Theatre, Trevor Noah brings his smash-hit show back for a strictly limited run.

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www.trevornoah.com | Facebook: Trevor Noah | Twitter: @Trevornoah

The youngest person ever to record a Comedy Central special, Bo’s YouTube videos have been watched by millions of fans worldwide. This year, he created, wrote and starred in his first comedy series ‘Zach Stone is Gonna be Famous’ for MTV.

Slick, intelligent, blissfully funny… this is insightful, warm, classy comedy. 

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He performs with remarkable poise, scoring plenty of hits…a great entertainer. 

You may not laugh as much as find yourself punchdrunk on its brilliance. 

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Immensely likeable – warm, upbeat, with an inquiring, irreverent approach to other people’s prejudices…we can expect to see a lot more of him over here.

Enduring words and images you’ll want to treasure.  Independent Fierce intelligence and originality  TIME OUT

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DO THE RIGHT THING

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The hilarious, occasionally absurd and frequently obscene panel game where two teams try to work out the right thing to do in any given situation. Award-winning! (2012 Sony Radio Award). Awardnominated! (Chortle and Poke awards). Hosted by Danielle Ward with Michael Legge and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. Past guests include Al Murray, Josie Long, Paul Foot, Susan Calman and Les Dennis. FFI and to listen to past shows: www.comedy.co.uk/dtrt. www.comedy.co.uk/dtrt | Facebook: dtrtpodcast | Twitter: @DTRTpodcast

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Pleasance Dome | KingDome It’s our 12th Year and Edinburgh’s home of late night A-list stand-up comedy has moved to Pleasance.

THE NEW WAVE A cross section of the most exciting and innovative new acts in the country. A limited nine show run following a sold-out London residency, ahead of a Nationwide tour in the Autumn.

If you love exciting line-ups of top comedians and a great atmosphere-buy your tickets now! Comedians and audiences alike have made us the late night place to be. Flight of the Concords, Reginald D. Hunter, Sarah Milligan, Rhod Gilbert, Daniel Kitson, Noel Fielding, Russell Howard, Nina Conti, Adam Hills, Danny Bhoy, Henning Wehn, Jack Whitehall, Bill Bailey, Jason Byrne, Michael McIntyre, Jim Jefferies, Milton Jones, Ross Noble, are just a few of the great comedians who have been here, have you?

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Daring, clever and with a pinch of genius  SKINNY This century’s Comic Strip SUNDAY TIMES

Best late night stand-up...you won’t miss your bed...!  FESTBUZZ.COM  SCOTSMAN Had an awesome night...  TWITTER

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CASSETTEBOY VS DJ RUBBISH CKP in association with Coalition Talent

Cassetteboy’s hilarious YouTube videos have mashed up everyone from Alan Sugar to Harry Potter, and have been watched over 20 million times. Now they’ve teamed up with DJ Rubbish, freestyle rapper and Peckham’s biggest idiot, to create an unforgettable night out. Part comedy club, part disco, all party, it’s the only night in town that plays Madonna and MasterChef, 50 Cent and Jeremy Paxman, Rihanna and Jeremy Kyle. It’s the ideal end to a day at the Fringe, when you want to squeeze in a few more laughs, but your feet want to dance. Prizes! Drinks! Swearing! Stupidity! You’ll laugh, you’ll dance, you’ll go to the toilet (probably). Tweet your musical requests to @Cassetteboy (remember to tell us which night you’re coming). www.youtube.com/cassetteboy | Twitter: @Cassetteboy

Anarchic… hilarious BBC Always guaranteed to amuse Guardian

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‘HOLLY DARTON AND JENNY HUNT, ARE WOWING THE EDINBURGH FRINGE’ OBSERVER

One of the most talked about successes of the 2012 Fringe, the award winning Hunt & Darton Cafe is back. An interactive art café for the cultured palate, it’s a place of engagement, spontaneity, action, artists and great food & drink. Live art duo Jenny Hunt & Holly Darton blend art with the everyday in this fully functioning café and performance

Evening Programme

Martin O'Brien Mucus Factory Mon August 6pm - 11pm 5 hours durational work

Liz Crowe Bedding Out Fri 9th & Sat 10th August 30 hours durational Starts 10am (9th) Ends 4pm (10th)

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This is serious business, prepare for appetites to be satisfied in more ways than one! This isn’t a café with art in it – this is a café that IS art, a place to belong and a place to play.

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‘A MUST-VISIT FRINGE EXPERIENCE’ SCOTSMAN

Howard How To Avoid Making An Entrance Of 6.00pm Dot Howard Yourself How To Avoid Making An Chris Dobrowolski Entrance Of Yourself All Roads Lead To Rome 7.30 pm Chris Dobrowolski Richard DeDedomenici All Roads Lead To Rome Popaganda 9.00 pm Richard DeDedomenici Popaganda 10.30pm Hunt & Darton / Buzzcut Boredom / Various

installation. From the food served to the people who serve it, from the menus to the profit and loss sheets, the entire business will be presented as art, open to public scrutiny and served with a twist.

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THE PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON SHOW

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VIVE LE CABARET

Piff the Magic Dragon & Mr Piffles

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Vive le Cabaret the biggest and best fringe variety show! A five-star festival in itself, bringing together the finest Scottish talent & dazzling array of A List entertainers from stage and screen. In our fourth, glorious year, this strictly limited run is guaranteed to sell out, early booking is essential to avoid disappointment. Come and see why Vive le Cabaret sets the gold standard for entertainment on the Fringe. www.vivelecabaret.co.uk | Twitter: @vivelecabaret

A Fringe favourite year after year, top entertainment, extraordinary variety  EDINBURGH FESTIVAL MAGAZINE £7

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Lili La Scala: Another Fucking Variety Show

Nominated for the 2012 TO&ST Awards 2012

Cabaret’s feistiest Diva returns promising bigger names, bigger songs, higher heels and even more sparkle. A late night date with lovely Lili and her glittering cavalcade of Cabarati. Guests include The Boy with Tape on his Face, Mat Ricardo and more.

www.piffthemagicdragon.com | Facebook: piffthemagicdragon | Twitter: @thepiff

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www.gagreflex.co.uk | Facebook: lili.lascala | Twitter: @lili_la_scala

Voice of Vera Lynn, the figure of Jessica Rabbit THE TELEGRAPH A joy to witness ... captivating and heavenly  SPOTLIGHT

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He’s played Sydney Opera House. Toured with Mumford & Sons. Had over 10 million hits on YouTube. And performed to over 200,000 people in a year. But enough about Mr Piffles - The World’s First Conjuring Chihuahua™. Piff’s back too. With brand new tricks and a Mind Reading Fish, Edinburgh’s favourite Magical Dragon returns. Sold out in 2012 - Book early! Suitable for 16+

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