Pleasance London Edinburgh Preview Season by Pleasance

COMEDY

1st June 7.30pm & 1st July 9.15pm

JAY FOREMAN As a child, Jay learnt that he will never discover a new colour, and it’s never stopped irritating him. In 2013, he’s turned that thought into an hour of masterfully crafted songs.

Also appearing on 1st July, see pg 8

Tickets £5

Book Jay Foreman + Jim Campbell for only £8.

1st June, 9pm

JIM CAMPBELL Human beings are the most intelligent species on the planet. We’ve mapped the world, split the atom and have been to the moon. We also do stupid things. Jim follows his sell-out Fringe debut with a new show proving stupidity is an inherently human trait.

Tickets £5

Book Jim Campbell + Jay Foreman for only £8.

2nd June & 16th June, 8pm

THE NOISE NEXT DOOR

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 with their astonishing new show.

“Hilarious” HHHH TELEGRAPH

Also appearing on 16th June, see Pg 5

Tickets £5

3rd June, 8th June & 3rd July, 8pm

COLIN HOULT A sublimely original hour of comic shape-shifting and supreme silliness. Star of ‘Being Human’ (BBC3), ‘Colin Hoult’s Carnival of Monsters’ (Radio 4) and ‘Life’s Too Short’ (BBC2).

“A masterclass in character comedy... a joy from start to finish“ TIME OUT Also appearing 3rd July, see Pg 8

Tickets £5

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4th June, 8pm

PAT CAHILL Debut hour of mixed stupidity from Chortle Best Newcomer 2012. Once it starts, you’ll get gags, tunes, turns and bits. Once it stops, you can go.

“True star quality… bags of originality” EVENING STANDARD

Tickets £5

6th June, 8pm 25th June & 4th July 9.15pm

SOCK PUPPET A haunted sock meets a desperate man and offers him the world: Murders follow. Edinburgh preview of the absurd horror comedy play written and performed by John-Luke Roberts.

Also appearing on 25th June, see Pg 6 and 4th July, see Pg 8

Tickets £5 Book Sock Puppet, Sad Faces or The Beta Males for only £8

6th June, 9.15pm

SAD FACES THREW A PARTY You’re late. We’re out of snacks. Now put on this hat and pretend to enjoy yourself. Join Sad Faces as they put the ‘fun’ and ‘social’ into ‘socially dysfunctional’. Brand new preview from the sketch team heard on Radio 4Extra’s Four Sad Faces. “Absolute genius” HHHHH EDFRINGE REVIEW

Tickets £5 Book Sad Faces + Sock Puppet for only £8.

10th June & 17th June, 8pm

TOM WRIGGLESWORTH

The Sony Award Winner returns with his brand new show. Expect elegant flourishes of language, twisted logic and whimsical storytelling courtesy of one of the most original comics in town. You could also expect next week’s lottery numbers, but let’s deal with one thing at a time. “A rare talent” TIME OUT

Also appearing on 17th June, see Pg 5

Tickets £5

Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season 3

11th June, 8pm

TERRY ALDERTON 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. HHHH GUARDIAN

Tickets £5

11th June & 18th June, 9.15pm

TOM ROSENTHAL Nominated for Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards. 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). He went to Bulgaria and changed a bit. Let him tell you about it while you drink.

Tickets £5

14th June & 20th June, 8pm

BIRTHDAY GIRLS Brand new sketch comedy trio. 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. A rival group are ready to do battle. They’re gunning for the sketch comedy crown... and that means taking down Birthday Girls.

Tickets £5

14th June, 9.15pm

SUZY BENNETT Join the star of the Comedy Reserve 2012 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 and Dean. “vibrant, gorgeous and extremely funny” BBC

Tickets £5

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15th June, 8pm

BRETT GOLDSTEIN Winner of 2013 Dave‘s 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. “Sharply written, impeccably delivered” TELEGRAPH

Tickets £5

16th June, 8pm Tickets £5 see pg 2

THE NOISE NEXT DOOR

17th June, 8pm Tickets £5 see pg 3

TOM WRIGGLESWORTH

18th & 19th June, 8pm

MAX AND IVAN Class of 2003, assemble! In the decade since they left college, there have been births, deaths and gender reassignments. Now they’re all back in the same room. Foster’s Award-winners Max and Ivan spin a bewitching narrative sketch comedy tale of love, loss and shatterproof rulers.

Tickets £5

21st & 22nd June, 8pm

NICK HELM 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! HHHHH TELEGRAPH

Tickets £5

Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season 5

21st June, 9.15pm

DANIEL SIMONSEN Norwegian comedian and Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2012 presents his brand new show. “A talent to keep an eye on” TIME OUT

Tickets £5

22nd June, 8pm Tickets £5 see pg 5

NICK HELM 22nd June, 9.15pm

DAVID TRENT David Trent uses a computer and projector to make phenomenal comedy. Nominated Best Newcomer 2012 Edinburgh Comedy Awards and Best Breakthrough Artist 2013 Chortle Awards. This is his second Edinburgh show. Prepare yourselves. He continues to write this himself.

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

Tickets £5

25th June & 4th July, 8pm

THE BETA MALES

The sketch-storytellers present their brand new epic, 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. HHHH CHORTLE

Also appearing on 4th July, see Pg 8

Tickets £5

Book The Beta Males + Sock Puppet for only £8

25th June, 8pm Tickets £5 see pg 3

SOCK PUPPET 26th June, 8pm

THE PIN Comedy double act The Pin are Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen. Alex promises you an hour of sketches, entertainment, joy and fun. Ben agrees. As seen on ITV and BBC3. “Heavily tipped for future stardom” GUARDIAN

Tickets £5

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27th June, 9.15pm

LUKE BENSON What is a legend? Behold a joke-filled hour of 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.

“Quick as a whippet with razor-sharp intelligence BROADWAY BABY

Tickets £5

29th June, 8pm

PETE FIRMAN

Prepare to be amazed and amused as ‘the UK’s leading comedy magician’ (Time Out) returns with an astonishing new show. As seen on BBC2’s ‘The Sarah Millican Television Programme’, The Channel 4 Mash-Up and star of BBC1’s ‘The Magicians’. Part comedian, part magician, all Scoundrel!

“The new poster-boy for British comedy magic” TELEGRAPH

TICKETS £7.50

30th June, 8pm

JOHN ROBINS Alter egos, 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) and ‘8 out of 10 Cats’. “Captivating” HHHH CHORTLE

Tickets £5

Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season 7

1st & 2nd July, 8pm

ELEANOR THOM Join me for a journey of a lifetime; my lifetime packed to the gills with stories, larks and probably a story or two if I get my way. As seen in Lady Garden’, ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ and ‘Live at the Electric’ “Excellent comic writing and acting” CHORTLE

Tickets £5

1st July, 9.15pm Tickets £5 see pg 2

jay foreman

3rd July, 8pm Tickets £5 see pg 2

COLIN HOULT 3rd July, 9.15pm

CARIAD & PAUL: A TWO PLAYER ADVENTURE This completely spontaneous improv show takes a single word from the audience and explodes it into an unrelenting tornado of comedy wonder and theatrical beauty. Starring Cariad Lloyd (Cardinal Burns) and Paul Foxcroft (Just For Laughs Comedy Festival Finalist). Cariad: “A pocket dynamo of a comic” GUARDIAN Paul: “Quick witted and fast paced” THREE WEEKS

Tickets £5 4th July, 8pm Tickets £5 see pg 6

THE BETA MALES

4th July, 9.15pm Tickets £5 see pg 3

SOCK PUPPET

8 Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season

5th July, 7.30pm

PEACOCK & GAMBLE AND TOM DEACON Tickets £10

PEACOCK & GAMBLE After failing inexplicably to get famous in the UK for three years, triple Chortle Award nominees Peacock & Gamble have become all famous in Japan! Ray & Ed return in triumph, to shout their way through another knockabout hour of electrifying stupidity.

“Hugely entertaining double act” INDEPENDENT

TOM DEACON Star of BBC Radio 1, Tom Deacon is one of Britain’s finest young comics. A winner of the Chortle Student Comedy Award he has also appeared on on ‘Dave’s One Night Stand’ and ‘The Rob Brydon Show’. Join him as he prepares to return to Edinburgh. “A brilliantly savvy comic” THREE WEEKS

6th July, 7.30pm

MARK SMITH AND Iain Stirling Tickets £10

MARK SMITH Elderly child Mark Smith (Russell Howard’s Good News, Russell Kane tour support) presents his hotly anticipated debut stand up hour. Expect laughs/fun/the death of an audience member (delete as applicable). “One to watch” INDEPENDENT

Iain Stirling BAFTA nominated presenter and Chortle nominated comedian follows up his 2012 Fringe sell-out show. Now having bought a house with his girlfriend, he explores how the decision that comes from a place of love and commitment can lead to such fear and uncertainty.

“One of the best joke writers on the circuit” GQ

Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season 9

7th July, 7.30pm

DAVID BADDIEL AND Iain Stirling Tickets £10

DAVID BADDIEL Fame, our society is obsessed with it – but who will talk honestly about what it’s really like? David Baddiel, in his first full Edinburgh show for fifteen years, does. From accidentally stealing the spotlight at Russell Brand’s wedding, to realising Andrew Lloyd Webber cannot tell him apart from Ben Elton, David Baddiel takes aim at himself.

8th July, 7.30pm

ADAM DRAKE AND ALEX HORNE Tickets £10

ADAM DRAKE ‘ROBIN’ is a brand new work in progress comedy one man show. What a mouthful! Well, your mouth will be full of laughter at this show (until you laugh). HHHHH THREE WEEKS

ALEX HORNE BAFTA award-winning stand up and platinum-selling R&B artist Alex Horne is back with an hour of observations, impressions and lies. Best known for mindblowing Powerpoint or live music, this show has neither; just Alex, a panda and some jokes.

“A beguiling blend of the smart and the stupid” SUNDAY TIMES

10 Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season

9th July, 7.30pm

THE COMEDY ZONE AND ALEX HORNE Tickets £10

THE COMEDY ZONE The Fringe’s longest running showcase is back. Previously bringing you the likes of Russell Howard and Al Murray this year’s acts are: Lucy Beaumont (BBC New Comedy Award), Carl Hutchinson (Magners Pub Comedian of the Year), Tommy Rowson (So You Think You’re Funny) and Matt Winning (Hilarity Bites New Act of the Year).

“A beguiling blend of the smart and the stupid” SUNDAY TIMES

10th July, 7.30pm

TOM DEACON AND WITTANK Tickets £10

TOM DEaCON Star of BBC Radio 1, Tom Deacon is one of Britain’s finest young comics. A winner of the Chortle Student Comedy Award he has also appeared on Dave’s One Night Stand and The Rob Brydon Show. Join him as he prepares to return to Edinburgh. “A brilliantly savvy comic” THREE WEEKS

WITTANK Like a battering ram to the funny-bone, stars of BBC3’s ‘Live at the Electric’ take to the stage with a lavish parade of inventive characters and sketch magnificence. Hotly tipped as ones to watch for the future, catch them now, in the present.

“A definite must-see ” HHHHH BRITISH COMEDY GUIDE

Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season 11

11th July, 7.30pm

MARK SMITH AND PEACOCK & GAMBLE Tickets £10

“Hugely entertaining double act” INDEPENDENT

12th July, 7.30pm

MATT FORDE AND RUSSELL KANE Tickets £10

MATT FORDE A former political adviser, Matt isn’t a typical twenty-something; a passionate, opinionated and excitable young man he loves football, ‘PM Questions’ and pasties. As heard on talkSPORT and 6Music. Writer for ‘8 out of 10 Cats’ and ‘Stand-Up for the Week’ (Ch4).

“Who the f*ck is Matt Forde?” NOEL GALLAGHER

RUSSELL KANE What is it with us and smallness? We Brits love it. 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. “A seriously good comedian” TIMES

12 Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season

13th July, 7.30pm

HELEN O’BRIEN AND GARETH RICHARDS Tickets £10

HELEN O’BRIENBRONAGH’S BIG WEEKEND It’s 1987. Bronagh is becoming a teenager, competing in the Irish Dancing Championships and being a bridesmaid at her cousin’s wedding. A one-woman comedy show about awkward names, ra-ra skirts, bad haircuts and a mad weekend in a mad family.

GARETH RICHARDS Gareth always dreamt of playing the Albert Hall just like his hero, 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. “A delightful hour of comedy” GUARDIAN

14th July, 7.30pm

PHIL WANG AND JIGSAW Tickets £10

PHIL WANG Winner of Chortle Student Comedian of the Year Award and president of Cambridge Footlights, Phil Wang is rapidly making a name for himself. In his brief time here on Earth, Phil has supported Greg Davies, Dan Antopolski and Chris Addison with his dry, deadpan charm and an occasional ukulele. In 2011 he was part of the legendary Comedy Zone at the Edinburgh Fringe.

JIGSAW 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. “Makes the Fast Show look languid” GUARDIAN

Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season 13

15th July, 7.30pm

JARLATH REGAN AND JIMMY MCGHIE Tickets £10

JARLATH REGAN Award-winning comedian, writer and star of the hit Irish panel show, ‘The Panel’, Jarlath Regan has gained a reputation for his uplifting, inventive and relentlessly funny stand-up, enjoying sell-out runs at the Fringe since 2007. “Side-splitting stuff” HHHH METRO

JIMMY MCGHIE After performing to great acclaim all over the world from Mumbai to Melbourne, Jimmy returns with more soulful and searingly honest standup. As everybody around him pops out babies and leaps up property ladders, Jimmy wanders aimlessly, looking at things and getting annoyed.

16th July, 7.30pm

GRAINNE MAGUIRE AND PAUL MCCAFFREY Tickets £10

GRAINNE MAGUIRE Sad there’s no big election this year? Me too. Join me as I condense all the fun of staying up late to watch democracy in process. There will be Swingometers. “Extremely funny” TIMES

PAUL MCCAFFREY 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. “Obviously born to be a comic” SCOTSMAN

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17th July, 7.30pm

JARLATH REGAN AND DAVID BADDIEL Tickets £10

DAVID BADDIEL Fame: our society is obsessed with it – but who will talk honestly about what it’s really like? David Baddiel, in his first full Edinburgh show for fifteen years, does. From accidentally stealing the spotlight at Russell Brand’s wedding, to realising Andrew Lloyd Webber cannot tell him apart from Ben Elton, David Baddiel takes aim at himself.

117th July & 18th July, 7.30pm

SLIGHTLY FAT FEATURES

Fasten your seatbelts, smash hit comedy troupe Slightly Fat Features are cavorting into London 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 appearances on BBC Radio 4, ITV and sell out runs at The Roundhouse. Gasp in wonder at astonishing feats of daring and laugh till your belly hurts as you witness… Tiger taming, bullet catching, motorbike riding madness.

“Laugh out loud entertainment” EVENING STANDARD

Tickets £5

Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season 15

18th July, 7.30pm

AHIR SHAH AND CARL DONNELLY Tickets £10

AHIR SHAH One of comedy’s brightest new talents whose brand of sharp, satirical stand-up features a blend of socio-political awareness, energetic delivery, and jokes. He is also surprisingly thin.

“Destined to be one of the brightest stars in British Comedy” SCOTSMAN

CARL DONNELLY Join Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Carl Donnelly for a brand new hour of hilarious anecdotes and observations on the current state of affairs and his plans on how we should be dealing with it. “Gripping, unmissable stand-up” GUARDIAN

19th July, 7.30pm

GRAINNE MAGUIRE AND TOM CRAINE Tickets £10

GRAINNE MAGUIRE Sad there’s no big election this year? Me too. Join me as I condense all the fun of staying up late to watch democracy in process. There will be Swingometers... “Extremely funny” TIMES

TOM CRAINE 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) and ‘Live at the Electric’ (BBC3). Writer for ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC2). “Wise, funny, lyrical” OBSERVER

16 Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season

20th July, 7.30pm

AHIR SHAH AND THE COMEDY ZONE Tickets £10

AHIR SHAH One of comedy’s brightest new talents whose brand of sharp, satirical stand-up features a blend of socio-political awareness, energetic delivery, and jokes. He is also surprisingly thin.

“Destined to be one of the brightest stars in British Comedy” SCOTSMAN

THE COMEDY ZONE The Fringe’s longest running showcase is back. Previously bringing you the likes of Russell Howard and Al Murray this year’s acts are: Lucy Beaumont (BBC New Comedy Award), Carl Hutchinson (Magners Pub Comedian of the Year), Tommy Rowson (So You Think You’re Funny), and Matt Winning (Hilarity Bites New Act of the Year).

21st July, 7.30pm

PHIL WANG AND RICHARD HERRING Tickets £10

RICHARD HERRING 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). “A solid hour of big laughs” CHORTLE

Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season 17

22nd July, 7.30pm

TOM CRAINE AND JIMMY MCGHIE Tickets £10

23rd July, 7.30pm

HELEN O’BRIEN AND PAUL MCCAFFREY Tickets £10

HELEN O’BRIEN BRONAGH’S BIG WEEKEND It’s 1987. Bronagh is becoming a teenager, competing in the Irish Dancing Championships and being a bridesmaid at her cousin’s wedding. A one-woman comedy show about awkward names, ra-ra skirts, bad haircuts and a mad weekend in a mad family.

PAUL MCCAFFREY Star of ‘Impractical Jokers’ (BBC3) and seen on Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3) A new hour of top drawer, anecdotal stand-up comedy. Warm and cheeky wit with likeability in bucket loads. “Obviously born to be a comic” SCOTSMAN

18 Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season

24th July, 7.30pm

CARL HUTCHINSON AND RUSSELL KANE Tickets £10

CARL HUTCHINSON Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Nominee, Carl’s debut Edinburgh show ‘Acceptable’ was shortlisted for an Amused Moose Laughter Award 2012. He returns with another exciting new hour of stand-up, showcasing his own brand of effortlessly charming but characteristically dry comedy.

RUSSELL KANE What is it with us and smallness? We Brits love it. 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. “A seriously good comedian.” TIMES

25th July, 7.30pm

RICHARD HERRING AND JIGSAW Tickets £10

JIGSAW 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. “Makes the Fast Show look languid” GUARDIAN

Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season 19

26th July, 7.30pm

WITTANK AND GARETH RICHARDS Tickets £10

WITTANK Like a battering ram to the funny-bone, stars of BBC3’s Live at The Electric take to the stage with a lavish parade of inventive characters and sketch magnificence. Hotly tipped as ones to watch for the future, catch them now, in the present.

“A definite must see” HHHHH British Comedy Guide

27th July, 7.30pm

CARL DONNELLY AND MATT FORDE Tickets £10

“Who the f*ck is Matt Forde?” NOEL GALLAGHER

20 Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season

Theatre 23rd June, 7.45pm

PLAY FOR SEPTEMBER Lost Watch Theatre Company September 2003. Elle and Kay waste time after school. 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’.

Tickets £5

24th June, 7.45pm

TAKE TWO EVERY FOUR HOURS Vertical Line Theatre in association with Greenwich Theatre In a white-washed world of boredom, industrial disinfectant and bed baths, Freddy and James discover that their best placebo is each other and that friendship is stronger than any medication. This heart-warming story shares an intimate snapshot of their lives on a seemingly quiet afternoon that changes their lives forever.

Tickets £5

27th - 29th June, 7.45pm

I NEED A DOCTOR: THE UNAUTHORISED WHOSICAL ADVENTURE Stormy Teacup Theatre 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?

Tickets £5

Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season 21

11th - 13th July, 7.30pm

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 skilled physical performances.

Tickets £5

19th & 20th July, 7.30pm

BALLAD OF THE BURNING STAR Theatre Ad Infinitum 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.

Tickets £5

21st July, 7.30pm

LAUGH YOUR FARCE OFF Little Bear Theatre Company 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! Writers include Radio 4 regular Danielle Ward, Gabriel Bisset-Smith and Sally Torode. HHHH WHATSONSTAGE

Tickets £5

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23rd July, 3pm

OUTSIDE ON THE STREET Invertigo 1945: Sergeant Beckmann arrives home in Germany, utterly altered. Throw yourself into his world of darkly comic, grotesque characters. Written just six days after escaping from a prisoner of war camp and walking 370 miles back to Hamburg, Wolfgang Borchert’s story shines a light on the aftermath of war. Winners of the Pleasance - Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund.

Tickets £5

25th & 26th July 8pm and 27th July 5pm

THE THREE LIONS

Jenny Topper and Rosie Bowen for PBJ Management 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 2018 World Cup bid they believe they can woo FIFA and bring the beautiful game home. 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.

Tickets £5

Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season 23

CHILDREN'S SHOWS 2nd, 9th & 16th July, 12noon

DECOMPOSED: THE HISTORY OF MUSIC PART 1 Classical Mayhem and Pleasance Theatre Join the eccentric Professor as he battles through musical time. See a human xylophone, a mad monk and a vicious vampire in this whirlwind, slapstick tour of classical music. Meet famous composers - Handel, Mozart, Beethoven and Satie, sing along to original songs and dance through all the instruments of the orchestra in this interactive family show.

Suitable for ages 7+

Tickets £5

24th July, 1pm & 3pm

I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS BY MICHAEL MORPURGO Wizard presents in association with Royal & Derngate Northampton and Watford Palace Theatre Tomas hates school and books but his world is turned upside down the day he meets the Unicorn. An interactive show. Help Tomas save his burning library when the village is overrun by soldiers. Bring a children’s book to become part of the set, and swap for another at the end. Suitable for ages 6+

Tickets £5

24 Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season

The George Shillibeer Bar & Kitchen Situated directly below the Pleasance Theatre, The George Shillibeer offers a variety of draft ales, world beers, wines and summer drinks alongside freshly prepared meals and light snacks.

Pre Theatre Menu 2 course for £10

(Pre-booked tables & Pleasance ticket holders)

Outside seating and tables available Monday to Thursday 11am – 11pm Friday 11am – 2am

Sunday 12noon – 10pm

Call us on 020 3218 0083 info@thegeorgeshillibeer.co.uk

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Edinburgh Preview Season - At A Glance Diary MONDAY

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

3rd June

4th June

6th June

8pm 8pm Colin Hoult Pat Cahill

8pm Sock Puppet 9.15pm Sad Faces

10th June

11th June

13th June

8pm Tom Wrigglesworth

8pm Terry Alderton 9.15pm Tom Rosenthal

17th June

18th June

8pm Tom Wrigglesworth

8pm 8pm 8pm Max and Ivan Max and Ivan Birthday Girls 9.15pm Tom Rosenthal

24th June

25th June

7.45pm Take Two Every Four Hours

8pm 8pm The Beta Males The Pin 9:15pm Sock Puppet

7.45pm I Need A Doctor 9.15pm Luke Benson

1st July

2nd July

3rd July

4th July

8pm Eleanor Thom 9.15pm Jay Foreman

12noon Decomposed 8pm Eleanor Thom

8pm Colin Hoult 9.15pm Cariad & Paul

8pm The Beta Males 9.15pm Sock Puppet

8th July

9th July

10th July

11th July

7.30pm Adam Drake and Alex Horne

12noon 7.30pm Decomposed Tom Deacon 7.30pm and WitTank The Comedy Zone and Alex Horne

7.30pm The Collision of Things 7.30pm Mark Smith and Peacock & Gamble

15th July

16th July

17th July

18th July

7.30pm Jarlath Regan and Jimmy McGhie

12noon Decomposed 7.30pm Grainne Maguire and Paul McCaffrey

7.30pm Slightly Fat Features 7.30pm Jarlath Regan David Baddiel

7.30pm Slightly Fat Features 7.30pm Ahir Shah and Carl Donnelly

22nd July

23rd July

24th July

25th July

7.30pm Tom Craine and Jimmy McGhie

3pm Outside on the Street 7.30pm Helen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien and Paul McCaffrey

1pm and 3pm I Believe in Unicorns 7.30pm Carl Hutchinson and Russell Kane

7.30pm The Three Lions 7.30pm Richard Herring and Jigsaw

12th June

19th June

26th June

Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season

20th June

27th June

www.pleasance.co.uk Box Office 020 7609 1800 SATURDAY

SUNDAY

FRIDAY

1st June

2nd June

7.30pm Jay Foreman 9pm Jim Campbell

8pm The Noise Next Door

8th June

9th June

7th June

8pm Colin Hoult

14th June

15th June

16th June

8pm 8pm 8pm Birthday Girls Brett Goldstein The Noise Next Door 9.15 Suzy Bennett

21st June

22nd June

23rd June

8pm Nick Helm 9.15pm Daniel Simonsen

8pm Nick Helm 9.15pm David Trent

7.45pm Play for September

28th June

29th June

30th June

7.45pm I Need A Doctor 8pm Pete Firman

8pm John Robins

6th July

7th July

7.45pm I Need A Doctor

5th July

7.30pm 7.30pm Peacock & Gamble Mark Smith and Tom Deacon and Iain Stirling

7.30pm David Baddiel and Iain Stirling

12th July

13th July

14th July

7.30pm The Collision of Things 7.30pm Matt Forde and and Russell Kane

7.30pm The Collision of Things 7.30pm Helen O’Brien and Gareth Richards

7.30pm Phil Wang and Jigsaw

19th July

20th July

21st July

7.30pm Ballad of the Burning Star 7.30pm Grainne Maguire and Tom Craine

7.30pm Ballad of the Burning Star 7.30pm Ahir Shah and The Comedy Zone

7.30pm Laugh Your Farce Off 7.30pm Phil Wang and Richard Herring

26th July

27th July

7.30pm The Three Lions 7.30pm WitTank and Gareth Richards

5pm The Three Lions 7.30pm Carl Donnelly and Matt Forde

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Pleasance London - Edinburgh Preview Season

HOW TO BOOK By Phone

Call Pleasance Box Office on 020 7609 1800. Open 10am – 8pm Monday to Friday and 12noon – 8pm Saturday and Sunday.

Online Visit www.pleasance.co.uk for up to date listings and to purchase tickets online.

In Person Drop into Pleasance Box Office at Pleasance Theatre, Carpenters Mews, North Road, London N7 9EF. Open 10am – 8pm Monday to Friday and 12noon – 8pm Saturday and Sunday.

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Pleasance Islington is located halfway along North Road in London N7. We can be easily reached by both public transport and car. There is metered on-street parking outside, 10am-4.30pm Mon - Fri and parking is FREE thereafter and at weekends .

By Tube

Caledonian Road station (Piccadilly Line, Zone 2) is an easy 5 minute walk. Simply turn left out of the station, walk over the bridge, and North Road is the first street on the left. Pleasance is 200m along North Road.

By Train

Caledonian Road & Barnsbury Overground service. A 15 minute walk north up Caledonian Road from the station, but buses 259, 17 and 91 all stop nearby. Kings Cross/St Pancras Mainline Intercity, International & local services: either take the Piccadilly Line northbound one stop to Caledonian Road station or buses 259, 17, 91 northbound outside Kings Cross station.

By Bus The details in this brochure were correct at the time of printing. However, in the event of unforeseen circumstances, Pleasance Theatre reserves the right to make changes to the published programme.

Bus 393 stops right outside the theatre, and buses 17, 91, 259, and N91 all stop outside Caledonian Road Tube Station, about a 5 minute walk away.

IMPORTANT TICKET INFORMATION

All tickets are sold on a non-refundable, non-exchangeable basis. Tickets purchased online and over the phone are subject to a 90p fee per transaction. There is an additional 50p charge to have your tickets posted to you. Please ensure you arrive at the theatre with enough time to collect your ticket and be seated as latecomers may not be admitted.