HERE'S OUR SHOWS FOR THIS YEAR...
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VENUE: McEwan Hall – Underbelly Pasture, Bristo Square
TIME: 9pm
DATES & PRICES: Wednesday 6th – Tuesday 19th August
Weekdays: £16 / £14.50
Weekends: £17.50 / £16
TICKETS: 0844 545 8252 / www.underbelly.co.uk
A live extravaganza of the improvisational comedy show is coming to the Fringe this August! Hosted by Clive Anderson, what will undoubtedly become one of the smash-hit shows of this year’s festival will see some of the finest members in the improvisational world back together to adlib their way in a 14 night run at the 1,000 seater McEwan Hall. Greg Proops, Stephen Frost , Josie Lawrence, Mike McShane, Richard Vranch and Colin Mochrie are all confirmed to join the joviality, with other special guests to be announced.
Performing an array of various popular improv games, this is a show that promises to bring an hour of unpredictable hilarious nostalgia into your Fringe this year as the contestants await their instructions from the audience. Will they be forced to sing a hoe-down? Who will stand up, sit down and lie down? Which party quirk will keep the player on their toes? What World’s Worst will they come up with? Could they re-enact the Film and Theatre Styles from the Fringe?! Just how many props can they make from a pointless inanimate object? And how on earth will they read the end credits?!
This explosion of a Fringe show will be a battle of the wits for the improvisers and a thrilling trip down memory lane for the audience. No two shows will ever be the same. No points awarded will make any sense. Book early to avoid disappointment!!
CLIVE ANDERSON
Award-winning and versatile presenter and comedy-writer, Clive won the British Comedy Award in 1991 and began his success during his 15-year law career with stand-up comedy and script writing before rising to fame as the host of Whose Line Is It Anyway? on radio and then television. He went on to front ten series of his own show, Clive Anderson Talks Back (Channel 4) and four series of Clive Anderson All Talk (BBC 1). His numerous TV appearances include Have I Got News For You, QI, Mock the Week and The Bubble. He currently hosts Loose Ends and Unreliable Evidence on Radio 4 and The Guessing Game on BBC Radio Scotland and he has hosted various live events from BAFTA to the Olivier Awards.
STEPHEN FROST (Full run)
Best known for his work with The Comedy Store Players, Stephen's TV credits include Lazarus and Dingwall (BBC), The Young Ones (BBC), Vanity Fair, Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Channel 4), Blackadder (BBC) and most recently Poirot – The Labours of Hercules (ITV). He appeared in Twelve Angry Men with Bill Bailey on tour in Australia and New Zealand, and Bremner Bird and Fortune for Vera.
GREG PROOPS (Full run)
Greg is a stand-up comic from San Francisco and is best known for his unpredictable appearances on both the UK and US versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Channel 4 & CW). His popular podcast The Greg Proops Film Club covers old and new movies and is available on iTunes and he has interviewed various celebrities on his Smartest Man in the World Podcast. He can currently be seen on the new season of @midnight (Comedy Central) and has lent his voice to the likes of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
COLIN MOCHRIE
A native of Scotland but Canadian-raised, Colin is an alumnus of Toronto's famous Second City comedy troupe, Colin is widely considered to be one of the leading improvisers in the world. After nine years as a regular on Channel 4’s Whose Line is it Anyway?, he became a regular on the American version hosted by Drew Carey (ABC) and then a new hit version of Whose Line is it Anyway? (CW Network). Other TV appearances include This Hour Has 22 Minutes (CBC) and Getting Along Famously (CBC), Trust Us With Your Life (ABC), Colin and Brad: Two Man Group CW Network)
JOSIE LAWRENCE
A member of The Comedy Store Players since 1986, Josie is one of the most renowned improv stars today. She was involved in all ten series of Channel 4’s Whose Line Is It Anyway?, appearing on the American version twice. She received the Dame Peggy Ashcroft Award for Best Actress at the Shakespeare's Globe Awards for her performance in an RSC production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and other theatre credits include The Cherry Orchard, Much Ado About Nothing (Globe), The King And I (West End) and Victoria Wood’s Acorn Antiques: The Musical. TV credits include EastEnders (BBC), Josie (Channel 4), Not With A Bang (ITV), QI and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC).
MIKE McSHANE
American actor, singer and improvisational comedian, Mike was an original regular contestant on Whose Line on Channel 4. Other TV credits include Seinfeld, Malcolm in the Middle and Doctor Who. He played Friar Tuck in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves alongside Kevin Costner, provided the voices for Tuck and Roll in Disney’s A Bug’s Life, and starred in Talk Radio in the Udderbelly at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival.
RICHARD VRANCH
Most famed for his piano skills on Channel 4’s Whose Line, Richard is now primarily a comedy improviser and is one of the principal performers in the Comedy Store Players. He works extensively with Paul Merton in Paul Merton’s Impro Chums and has also worked alongside Marcus Brigstock, Stephen Frost, Phill Jupitus, Ross Noble and Milton Jones.
www.getcomedy.com / TWITTER: @wdttma
VENUE: McEwan Hall – Underbelly Pasture, Bristo Square
TIME: 9pm
DATES & PRICES: Wednesday 6th – Tuesday 19th August
Weekdays: £16 / £14.50
Weekends: £17.50 / £16
TICKETS: 0844 545 8252 / www.underbelly.co.uk
A live extravaganza of the improvisational comedy show is coming to the Fringe this August! Hosted by Clive Anderson, what will undoubtedly become one of the smash-hit shows of this year’s festival will see some of the finest members in the improvisational world back together to adlib their way in a 14 night run at the 1,000 seater McEwan Hall. Greg Proops, Stephen Frost , Josie Lawrence, Mike McShane, Richard Vranch and Colin Mochrie are all confirmed to join the joviality, with other special guests to be announced.
Performing an array of various popular improv games, this is a show that promises to bring an hour of unpredictable hilarious nostalgia into your Fringe this year as the contestants await their instructions from the audience. Will they be forced to sing a hoe-down? Who will stand up, sit down and lie down? Which party quirk will keep the player on their toes? What World’s Worst will they come up with? Could they re-enact the Film and Theatre Styles from the Fringe?! Just how many props can they make from a pointless inanimate object? And how on earth will they read the end credits?!
This explosion of a Fringe show will be a battle of the wits for the improvisers and a thrilling trip down memory lane for the audience. No two shows will ever be the same. No points awarded will make any sense. Book early to avoid disappointment!!
CLIVE ANDERSON
Award-winning and versatile presenter and comedy-writer, Clive won the British Comedy Award in 1991 and began his success during his 15-year law career with stand-up comedy and script writing before rising to fame as the host of Whose Line Is It Anyway? on radio and then television. He went on to front ten series of his own show, Clive Anderson Talks Back (Channel 4) and four series of Clive Anderson All Talk (BBC 1). His numerous TV appearances include Have I Got News For You, QI, Mock the Week and The Bubble. He currently hosts Loose Ends and Unreliable Evidence on Radio 4 and The Guessing Game on BBC Radio Scotland and he has hosted various live events from BAFTA to the Olivier Awards.
STEPHEN FROST (Full run)
Best known for his work with The Comedy Store Players, Stephen's TV credits include Lazarus and Dingwall (BBC), The Young Ones (BBC), Vanity Fair, Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Channel 4), Blackadder (BBC) and most recently Poirot – The Labours of Hercules (ITV). He appeared in Twelve Angry Men with Bill Bailey on tour in Australia and New Zealand, and Bremner Bird and Fortune for Vera.
GREG PROOPS (Full run)
Greg is a stand-up comic from San Francisco and is best known for his unpredictable appearances on both the UK and US versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Channel 4 & CW). His popular podcast The Greg Proops Film Club covers old and new movies and is available on iTunes and he has interviewed various celebrities on his Smartest Man in the World Podcast. He can currently be seen on the new season of @midnight (Comedy Central) and has lent his voice to the likes of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
COLIN MOCHRIE
A native of Scotland but Canadian-raised, Colin is an alumnus of Toronto's famous Second City comedy troupe, Colin is widely considered to be one of the leading improvisers in the world. After nine years as a regular on Channel 4’s Whose Line is it Anyway?, he became a regular on the American version hosted by Drew Carey (ABC) and then a new hit version of Whose Line is it Anyway? (CW Network). Other TV appearances include This Hour Has 22 Minutes (CBC) and Getting Along Famously (CBC), Trust Us With Your Life (ABC), Colin and Brad: Two Man Group CW Network)
JOSIE LAWRENCE
A member of The Comedy Store Players since 1986, Josie is one of the most renowned improv stars today. She was involved in all ten series of Channel 4’s Whose Line Is It Anyway?, appearing on the American version twice. She received the Dame Peggy Ashcroft Award for Best Actress at the Shakespeare's Globe Awards for her performance in an RSC production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and other theatre credits include The Cherry Orchard, Much Ado About Nothing (Globe), The King And I (West End) and Victoria Wood’s Acorn Antiques: The Musical. TV credits include EastEnders (BBC), Josie (Channel 4), Not With A Bang (ITV), QI and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC).
MIKE McSHANE
American actor, singer and improvisational comedian, Mike was an original regular contestant on Whose Line on Channel 4. Other TV credits include Seinfeld, Malcolm in the Middle and Doctor Who. He played Friar Tuck in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves alongside Kevin Costner, provided the voices for Tuck and Roll in Disney’s A Bug’s Life, and starred in Talk Radio in the Udderbelly at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival.
RICHARD VRANCH
Most famed for his piano skills on Channel 4’s Whose Line, Richard is now primarily a comedy improviser and is one of the principal performers in the Comedy Store Players. He works extensively with Paul Merton in Paul Merton’s Impro Chums and has also worked alongside Marcus Brigstock, Stephen Frost, Phill Jupitus, Ross Noble and Milton Jones.
www.getcomedy.com / TWITTER: @wdttma
Andrew Maxwell: Hubble Bubble
The Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh
August 1 – 12, 10.20pm
“Furiously funny and utterly invigorating” THE TIMES *****
“Fiercely intelligent” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *****
Returning for just 12 shows at this year’s Fringe, the ever-charming and mischievous Andrew Maxwell brings Hubble Bubble as his offering for 2014 – and promises to provide his characteristic intelligence, observational humour and that putting-the-world-to-rights attitude which has made him a firm Festival favourite in previous years and earned him two nominations for the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award.
Maxwell recently presented Public Enemies, his own, hugely successful show on BBC Radio 4, which concerned itself with the lazy assumptions about four possible threats to British society: nationalism, the internet, drugs and the food industry.
Known for being on the cutting edge of comedy and for his social commentary, Maxwell’s live shows have established him as a notable force on the stand-up circuit. On television, he presented BBC3’s Conspiracy Coach Trip, which discussed world issues such as the 7/7 bombings and UFOs, RI:SE (as the US correspondent), and was a regular guest on Irish TV’s The Panel. He also appeared on numerous shows including The Secret Policeman’s Ball, Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You and Celebrity Juice, among many more.
Andrew is a co-founder of the Alps-based festival Altitude with Marcus Brigstocke, which, over the years, has featured some of comedy’s biggest names including: John Bishop, Tim Minchin, Eddie Izzard, and Jimmy Carr.
WEBSITE: www.andrewmaxwellcomedian.com TWITTER: @andrewismaxwell
VENUE INFO: www.arfringe.com Tickets: £15/ £13, Two For One offer: 4th & 5th August.
The Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh
August 1 – 12, 10.20pm
“Furiously funny and utterly invigorating” THE TIMES *****
“Fiercely intelligent” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *****
Returning for just 12 shows at this year’s Fringe, the ever-charming and mischievous Andrew Maxwell brings Hubble Bubble as his offering for 2014 – and promises to provide his characteristic intelligence, observational humour and that putting-the-world-to-rights attitude which has made him a firm Festival favourite in previous years and earned him two nominations for the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award.
Maxwell recently presented Public Enemies, his own, hugely successful show on BBC Radio 4, which concerned itself with the lazy assumptions about four possible threats to British society: nationalism, the internet, drugs and the food industry.
Known for being on the cutting edge of comedy and for his social commentary, Maxwell’s live shows have established him as a notable force on the stand-up circuit. On television, he presented BBC3’s Conspiracy Coach Trip, which discussed world issues such as the 7/7 bombings and UFOs, RI:SE (as the US correspondent), and was a regular guest on Irish TV’s The Panel. He also appeared on numerous shows including The Secret Policeman’s Ball, Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You and Celebrity Juice, among many more.
Andrew is a co-founder of the Alps-based festival Altitude with Marcus Brigstocke, which, over the years, has featured some of comedy’s biggest names including: John Bishop, Tim Minchin, Eddie Izzard, and Jimmy Carr.
WEBSITE: www.andrewmaxwellcomedian.com TWITTER: @andrewismaxwell
VENUE INFO: www.arfringe.com Tickets: £15/ £13, Two For One offer: 4th & 5th August.
GLENN WOOL - "WOOL'S GOLD"
Venue: Underbelly Bristo Square -Topside
Time: 9.30pm
Dates: 2nd – 25th August (except 11th & 18th)
Previews: 30th July – 1st August
“When you watch Glenn Wool, you realise the heights that a talented performer can reach simply by standing on stage and telling stories… an un-missable show from a master of the craft” THE ARTS DESK *****
With a vibrant comedy career that spans over twenty years, Glenn Wool is back and ready to take the Edinburgh Fringe by storm once more. This years show, ‘Wools Gold’, is a collection of impeccable comedy, laced with fascinating story telling. With an extensive back catalogue of material to draw from, audience members will certainly be entertained with classic comedy at its best.
Glenn currently co-hosts the Free-styling podcast alongside Frankie Boyle. He has also appeared on many US podcasts including a hat trick on Marc Maron’s WTF.
"Edgy, imaginative, funny and original, Canadian born Wool sets the standards at the fringe” DAILY TELEGRAPH
This September Glenn has set himself the ultimate challenge! Alongside fellow comics – Rhys Darby, Simon Evans, Stu Francis & Craig Campbell he plans to climb Everest and then perform a comedy show at base camp, all for charity!
Beginning his comedy career in his hometown of Vancouver in 1995. He moved to London in 1998 and quickly became one of the rising stars of the London and international comedy circuit having performed in Australia, New Zealand, The USA, South Africa, Switzerland, France, Croatia and Arabia. Glenn was nominated for Best International Stand Up at The New Zealand Comedy Awards and Best Headliner at the Chortle Awards.
In recent years Glenn has hit the International circuit in a huge way, performing to colossal crowds in Singapore, Holland, Dubai, New York and L.A. He's also a popular addition to many of the great Summer music Festivals in the UK, including Reading & Leeds, Latitude, Bestival, Download and of course… Glastonbury.
“Wool's show is a masterpiece of comedy, which will have the audience helpless with laughter. One of the best hours of comedy I have ever seen” SCOTSMAN *****
www.glennwool.com
Venue: Underbelly Bristo Square -Topside
Time: 9.30pm
Dates: 2nd – 25th August (except 11th & 18th)
Previews: 30th July – 1st August
“When you watch Glenn Wool, you realise the heights that a talented performer can reach simply by standing on stage and telling stories… an un-missable show from a master of the craft” THE ARTS DESK *****
With a vibrant comedy career that spans over twenty years, Glenn Wool is back and ready to take the Edinburgh Fringe by storm once more. This years show, ‘Wools Gold’, is a collection of impeccable comedy, laced with fascinating story telling. With an extensive back catalogue of material to draw from, audience members will certainly be entertained with classic comedy at its best.
Glenn currently co-hosts the Free-styling podcast alongside Frankie Boyle. He has also appeared on many US podcasts including a hat trick on Marc Maron’s WTF.
"Edgy, imaginative, funny and original, Canadian born Wool sets the standards at the fringe” DAILY TELEGRAPH
This September Glenn has set himself the ultimate challenge! Alongside fellow comics – Rhys Darby, Simon Evans, Stu Francis & Craig Campbell he plans to climb Everest and then perform a comedy show at base camp, all for charity!
Beginning his comedy career in his hometown of Vancouver in 1995. He moved to London in 1998 and quickly became one of the rising stars of the London and international comedy circuit having performed in Australia, New Zealand, The USA, South Africa, Switzerland, France, Croatia and Arabia. Glenn was nominated for Best International Stand Up at The New Zealand Comedy Awards and Best Headliner at the Chortle Awards.
In recent years Glenn has hit the International circuit in a huge way, performing to colossal crowds in Singapore, Holland, Dubai, New York and L.A. He's also a popular addition to many of the great Summer music Festivals in the UK, including Reading & Leeds, Latitude, Bestival, Download and of course… Glastonbury.
“Wool's show is a masterpiece of comedy, which will have the audience helpless with laughter. One of the best hours of comedy I have ever seen” SCOTSMAN *****
www.glennwool.com
GLENN COSBY: FOOD JUNKIE
Venue: Assembly – Roxy Central
Time: 4.00pm
Dates: 2nd – 25th August (except 12th)
Previews: 30th July – 1st August
“His tastes buds are always bang on” Paul Hollywood
“Really good baking skills” Mary Berry
"I would actually like to live in one of Glenn's big bakes. Forever" Mel Giedroyc
The star of last year’s ‘Great British Bake Off’, Glenn Cosby, makes his debut at this years Fringe with his show entitled ‘Food Junkie’. Expect great stories, secret recipes and a piece of cake for every audience member! ‘Food Junkie’ will also unveil the world’s smallest bakery, where he will cook live!
Over 7 weeks, millions of viewers watched every technical challenge sitting of the edge of their seats as Glenn Cosby worked his way through series four of the ‘Great British Bake Off’. The gay baker, who is happily in a civil partnership, was the last man standing on the fourth series. He became known for his enthusiasm, big cakes, simple flavours and fuss-free approach, while the others patiently kneaded their filo dough he let the mixer do the work and had a cup of tea!
Glenn has always had a passion for food and consequently, like most of us, became a yo-yo dieter! He recently, however, lost 4 stone and will try and lose more before he hits Edinburgh! When he was much younger he used to want to be overweight just in case a girl asked him out! He figured that if he were fat he wouldn’t be put in that position!
He always loved to cook and bake throughout his childhood and teens, but got distracted when he went to university. He became a teacher and started to bake again, but didn’t really get back into it seriously until the first series of Bake Off in 2010, which inspired him to bake pastries and cakes regularly and also to tackle breads. After watching the first three series he decided to apply, along with 13,000 other applicants last year and was completely gob-smacked to be selected as a contestant!
Since Bake Off ended he has given cooking demos at major food events around the country including the Good Food Show, the Cake and Bake Show, Devon County Fair, the Exeter Food Festival and the Big Cake Show. He has also appeared on many TV shows including BBC One’s Spotlight and Inside Out and is in discussion with the production company that makes Bake Off about other television projects.
Venue: Assembly – Roxy Central
Time: 4.00pm
Dates: 2nd – 25th August (except 12th)
Previews: 30th July – 1st August
“His tastes buds are always bang on” Paul Hollywood
“Really good baking skills” Mary Berry
"I would actually like to live in one of Glenn's big bakes. Forever" Mel Giedroyc
The star of last year’s ‘Great British Bake Off’, Glenn Cosby, makes his debut at this years Fringe with his show entitled ‘Food Junkie’. Expect great stories, secret recipes and a piece of cake for every audience member! ‘Food Junkie’ will also unveil the world’s smallest bakery, where he will cook live!
Over 7 weeks, millions of viewers watched every technical challenge sitting of the edge of their seats as Glenn Cosby worked his way through series four of the ‘Great British Bake Off’. The gay baker, who is happily in a civil partnership, was the last man standing on the fourth series. He became known for his enthusiasm, big cakes, simple flavours and fuss-free approach, while the others patiently kneaded their filo dough he let the mixer do the work and had a cup of tea!
Glenn has always had a passion for food and consequently, like most of us, became a yo-yo dieter! He recently, however, lost 4 stone and will try and lose more before he hits Edinburgh! When he was much younger he used to want to be overweight just in case a girl asked him out! He figured that if he were fat he wouldn’t be put in that position!
He always loved to cook and bake throughout his childhood and teens, but got distracted when he went to university. He became a teacher and started to bake again, but didn’t really get back into it seriously until the first series of Bake Off in 2010, which inspired him to bake pastries and cakes regularly and also to tackle breads. After watching the first three series he decided to apply, along with 13,000 other applicants last year and was completely gob-smacked to be selected as a contestant!
Since Bake Off ended he has given cooking demos at major food events around the country including the Good Food Show, the Cake and Bake Show, Devon County Fair, the Exeter Food Festival and the Big Cake Show. He has also appeared on many TV shows including BBC One’s Spotlight and Inside Out and is in discussion with the production company that makes Bake Off about other television projects.
Tom Rhodes: Colossus
Venue: Gilded Balloon – Wine Bar
Time: 9.15pm
Dates: August 2nd – August 25th (except 12th & 21st)
Previews: 30th July – 1st August
"I have quite literally pissed my pants laughing at Tom Rhodes. We were on mushrooms at the time clinging to my driveway for fear of being spun into the atmosphere and I pissed myself with reckless abandon. See his show on an empty bladder" DOUG STANHOPE
The hotly anticipated debut Edinburgh Festival run of multi-award winning comedian Rhodes has finally arrived… In his 30th year as a stand-up comedian the legend that is Tom Rhodes finally steps foot onto Scottish soil and specifically the Gilded Balloon this August. Sit back, relax and prepare to laugh your noodle off.
“Tom Rhodes is a most natural intellect with a knack for reporting the harsh realities of life with a dark and absurdly optimistic cynicism.’” NEW YORK TIMES ★★★★
Tom Rhodes is one of the most sought after headline comedians around the world.
An adventurer forging his own path, Rhodes has built a career that not only includes stand-up specials, a sitcom, a travel show, a late night talk show, numerous live CD’s & DVD’s, his critically acclaimed podcast Tom Rhodes Radio, as well as being a travel writer for the Huffington Post. He is fresh from releasing his new hour special ‘Light Sweet Crude’ on Netflix. His latest TV recording on ‘Uncensored Late Nights with Dave Attell’ will be airing this year.
"Tom Rhodes is one of the best stand up comics working. Funny, transgressive & brilliant, what more could you want?" JIMMY CARR
In 2012 Rhodes was featured in the Showtime stand-up series, ‘Live From Amsterdam’, his three half hour stand-up specials include two Comedy Central Presents… (2009 & 2001) and ‘Raw’, recorded in Stockholm for Swedish television (2009). He had his own sitcom television show on NBC called Mr. Rhodes (1996 – 1997), his own Late Night Talk show on Dutch television ‘Kevin Masters starring Tom Rhodes’ (2002 – 2003), and travelled the world as a TV presenter on the Dutch travel program ‘Yorin Travel’ (2004).
His latest LIVE recording as a double CD ‘Colossus of Me’ was released in 2012. In 2009 Laughspin.com named his DVD Rhode Scholar the Number One Comedy DVD of 2009. As a featured travel writer for Huffington Post his travel story ‘A Tragedy, A Miracle And A Brawl…Welcome to Ireland’ got awarded by the Huffington Post one of the Top 10 Best Travel Stories of 2011. His podcast Tom Rhodes Radio was named one of the Top 10 of Best Podcasts of 2011 by Matadornetwork.com and was praised as the best newcomer in The Onion AV’s Club (December 2012).
SEE TOM IN ACTION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCz1c11AFFs
www.tomrhodes.net
Venue: Gilded Balloon – Wine Bar
Time: 9.15pm
Dates: August 2nd – August 25th (except 12th & 21st)
Previews: 30th July – 1st August
"I have quite literally pissed my pants laughing at Tom Rhodes. We were on mushrooms at the time clinging to my driveway for fear of being spun into the atmosphere and I pissed myself with reckless abandon. See his show on an empty bladder" DOUG STANHOPE
The hotly anticipated debut Edinburgh Festival run of multi-award winning comedian Rhodes has finally arrived… In his 30th year as a stand-up comedian the legend that is Tom Rhodes finally steps foot onto Scottish soil and specifically the Gilded Balloon this August. Sit back, relax and prepare to laugh your noodle off.
“Tom Rhodes is a most natural intellect with a knack for reporting the harsh realities of life with a dark and absurdly optimistic cynicism.’” NEW YORK TIMES ★★★★
Tom Rhodes is one of the most sought after headline comedians around the world.
An adventurer forging his own path, Rhodes has built a career that not only includes stand-up specials, a sitcom, a travel show, a late night talk show, numerous live CD’s & DVD’s, his critically acclaimed podcast Tom Rhodes Radio, as well as being a travel writer for the Huffington Post. He is fresh from releasing his new hour special ‘Light Sweet Crude’ on Netflix. His latest TV recording on ‘Uncensored Late Nights with Dave Attell’ will be airing this year.
"Tom Rhodes is one of the best stand up comics working. Funny, transgressive & brilliant, what more could you want?" JIMMY CARR
In 2012 Rhodes was featured in the Showtime stand-up series, ‘Live From Amsterdam’, his three half hour stand-up specials include two Comedy Central Presents… (2009 & 2001) and ‘Raw’, recorded in Stockholm for Swedish television (2009). He had his own sitcom television show on NBC called Mr. Rhodes (1996 – 1997), his own Late Night Talk show on Dutch television ‘Kevin Masters starring Tom Rhodes’ (2002 – 2003), and travelled the world as a TV presenter on the Dutch travel program ‘Yorin Travel’ (2004).
His latest LIVE recording as a double CD ‘Colossus of Me’ was released in 2012. In 2009 Laughspin.com named his DVD Rhode Scholar the Number One Comedy DVD of 2009. As a featured travel writer for Huffington Post his travel story ‘A Tragedy, A Miracle And A Brawl…Welcome to Ireland’ got awarded by the Huffington Post one of the Top 10 Best Travel Stories of 2011. His podcast Tom Rhodes Radio was named one of the Top 10 of Best Podcasts of 2011 by Matadornetwork.com and was praised as the best newcomer in The Onion AV’s Club (December 2012).
SEE TOM IN ACTION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCz1c11AFFs
www.tomrhodes.net
FELICITY WARD - THE ICEBERG
VENUE: The Dairy Room - Underbelly Pasture, Bristo Square
TIME: 9:25pm
DATES & PRICES: Previews: 30th July – 1st August @ £7
2nd August-25th August (not 11th) @ £13/12 - £11/£10
TICKETS: 0844 545 8252 / www.underbelly.co.uk
NOMINEE – BEST CLUB ACT – CHORTLE AWARDS 2014
WINNER – BEST AUSTRALIAN ACT – PERTH COMEDY FESTIVAL 2012
WINNER – TIME OUT BEST LOCAL ACT – SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL 2012
NOMINEE – BEST SHOW – MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2012
NOMINEE - BEST COMEDY – ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2012
WINNER – TIME OUT BEST LOCAL ACT – SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL 2011
NOMINEE – BEST NEWCOMER – MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2009
WINNER – MERVYN STUTTER’S SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE AWARD 2009
WINNER – BEST NEWCOMER – MELBOURNE AIRPORT AWARD 2008
Having had such an incredible Fringe in 2012 with her critically acclaimed, award-winning deeply personal show, The Hedgehog Dilemma, it was near-on impossible to believe that Felicity Ward would surpass herself in 2013. But indeed she did, and now she has become one of the Fringe’s most favourite of performers.
The Iceberg has nothing to do with Leonardo DiCaprio. Or lettuce. Instead, it’s about perspective – what we see, what we think now and what is actually going on. For all the moments where you think you understand the enormity of a situation, then the water drains and you step back and realise what you’re really dealing with. You know what’s underneath the tip of the iceberg? The rest of the iceberg. Whether you choose to look or not is up to you…
First seen on the Australian comedy scene in 2005 in Ten Network’s popular sketch show The Ronnie Johns Half Hour, Felicity has since gone on to become one of Down-Under’s favourite funny people, appearing in ABC’s prominent music comedy quiz show Spicks and Specks, Thank God You’re Here (Channel 7), Good News Week (Channel Ten) and has her own stand-up comedy special as part of ABC2’s Warehouse Comedy. In 2008, she won Best Newcomer for the Melbourne Airport Award and has since been reeling in awards and nominations. 2012 was her year, with The Hedgehog Dilemma receiving a nomination, if not the award, at every major Australian festival.
She has toured internationally from London to LA to Hong Kong to Singapore, and in 2012 co-starred in Working Dog Productions’ (the makers of The Castle and The Dish) Australian comedy feature film Any Questions For Ben? In her brief time in the UK she appeared on Russell Howard's Good News (BBC) and from the Edinburgh Fringe was invited to perform The Hedgehog Dilemma in LA at the Hollywood Improv.
www.felicityward.com / www.getcomedy.com / Twitter: @felicityward / Instagram: @felicityward
PRESS ON IRREGARDLESS
★★★★ “Ward fizzes with energy that’s infectious; it’s easy to see why there’s such a buzz about her” THE LIST
★★★★ “An hour of mischief-and-merry-making” METRO
★★★★ “Felicity’s skills for storytelling and physical comedy radiating through jokes that have the crowd roaring with laughter… intelligent, accessible and hilarious” EDINBURGH FESTIVAL MAGAZINE
★★★★ A giddy bubble of auto-tuned, generation-hopping, audience-stoking joy” FEST MAG
★★★★ “A gifted and confident force to be reckoned with” BROADWAYBBY.COM
★★★★ “Ward takes to comedy like a bull out of a gate… an outstanding hour of comedy” INFORMED EDINBURGH
AUSTRALIAN PRESS ON THE ICEBERG
★★★★ “A sharp and incisive hour of stand-up” THE AGE
"Fresh and original... one of the best comedians to emerge from Australia… explosively funny" CHORTLE
"She inhabits a stage with inborn ease and we must do everything we can to ensure she lives as much of her life as is possible upon it" THE DAILY REVIEW
VENUE: The Dairy Room - Underbelly Pasture, Bristo Square
TIME: 9:25pm
DATES & PRICES: Previews: 30th July – 1st August @ £7
2nd August-25th August (not 11th) @ £13/12 - £11/£10
TICKETS: 0844 545 8252 / www.underbelly.co.uk
NOMINEE – BEST CLUB ACT – CHORTLE AWARDS 2014
WINNER – BEST AUSTRALIAN ACT – PERTH COMEDY FESTIVAL 2012
WINNER – TIME OUT BEST LOCAL ACT – SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL 2012
NOMINEE – BEST SHOW – MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2012
NOMINEE - BEST COMEDY – ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2012
WINNER – TIME OUT BEST LOCAL ACT – SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL 2011
NOMINEE – BEST NEWCOMER – MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2009
WINNER – MERVYN STUTTER’S SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE AWARD 2009
WINNER – BEST NEWCOMER – MELBOURNE AIRPORT AWARD 2008
Having had such an incredible Fringe in 2012 with her critically acclaimed, award-winning deeply personal show, The Hedgehog Dilemma, it was near-on impossible to believe that Felicity Ward would surpass herself in 2013. But indeed she did, and now she has become one of the Fringe’s most favourite of performers.
The Iceberg has nothing to do with Leonardo DiCaprio. Or lettuce. Instead, it’s about perspective – what we see, what we think now and what is actually going on. For all the moments where you think you understand the enormity of a situation, then the water drains and you step back and realise what you’re really dealing with. You know what’s underneath the tip of the iceberg? The rest of the iceberg. Whether you choose to look or not is up to you…
First seen on the Australian comedy scene in 2005 in Ten Network’s popular sketch show The Ronnie Johns Half Hour, Felicity has since gone on to become one of Down-Under’s favourite funny people, appearing in ABC’s prominent music comedy quiz show Spicks and Specks, Thank God You’re Here (Channel 7), Good News Week (Channel Ten) and has her own stand-up comedy special as part of ABC2’s Warehouse Comedy. In 2008, she won Best Newcomer for the Melbourne Airport Award and has since been reeling in awards and nominations. 2012 was her year, with The Hedgehog Dilemma receiving a nomination, if not the award, at every major Australian festival.
She has toured internationally from London to LA to Hong Kong to Singapore, and in 2012 co-starred in Working Dog Productions’ (the makers of The Castle and The Dish) Australian comedy feature film Any Questions For Ben? In her brief time in the UK she appeared on Russell Howard's Good News (BBC) and from the Edinburgh Fringe was invited to perform The Hedgehog Dilemma in LA at the Hollywood Improv.
www.felicityward.com / www.getcomedy.com / Twitter: @felicityward / Instagram: @felicityward
PRESS ON IRREGARDLESS
★★★★ “Ward fizzes with energy that’s infectious; it’s easy to see why there’s such a buzz about her” THE LIST
★★★★ “An hour of mischief-and-merry-making” METRO
★★★★ “Felicity’s skills for storytelling and physical comedy radiating through jokes that have the crowd roaring with laughter… intelligent, accessible and hilarious” EDINBURGH FESTIVAL MAGAZINE
★★★★ A giddy bubble of auto-tuned, generation-hopping, audience-stoking joy” FEST MAG
★★★★ “A gifted and confident force to be reckoned with” BROADWAYBBY.COM
★★★★ “Ward takes to comedy like a bull out of a gate… an outstanding hour of comedy” INFORMED EDINBURGH
AUSTRALIAN PRESS ON THE ICEBERG
★★★★ “A sharp and incisive hour of stand-up” THE AGE
"Fresh and original... one of the best comedians to emerge from Australia… explosively funny" CHORTLE
"She inhabits a stage with inborn ease and we must do everything we can to ensure she lives as much of her life as is possible upon it" THE DAILY REVIEW
TIM FITZHIGHAM: HELLFIRE
VENUE: Pleasance Dome- Bristo Square
TIME: 6:40pm
DATES & PRICES: Previews: 30th July – 1st August @ £7
2nd-25th August (not 13th) @ £9.50 / £8.50 - £11 / £10
TICKETS: 0131 556 6550 / www.pleasance.co.uk
ADELAIDE FRONT ROW CRITICS CHOICE – Flanders & Swann 2013
MALCOLM HARDEE ACT MOST LIKELY TO MAKE A MILLION QUID – Nominee 2012
THE ADVENTURISTS AT THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY SHORT FILM AWARD – Winner 2011
MALCOLM HARDEE CUNNING STUNT AWARD - Nominee 2011 / SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE AWARD – 2007
CHORTLE AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN COMEDY – 2007 / THREEWEEKS EDITORS AWARD - 2005
WORLD RECORD HOLDER – 2005 (rowing the English Channel in a bath) / WORLD RECORD HOLDER – 2003 (paddling paper boat 160 miles down Thames)
SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE AWARD – 2000 / PERRIER AWARD BEST NEWCOMER – Nominee 1999
AGE RESTRICTION: 14+
Stop the press! Not only has Fringe favourite Tim FitzHigham written his show before the end of July this year, but he’s actually performed two previews of it before Easter!! This August, the much-loved Spirit of the Fringe, multi-award winning, Perrier nominated comedian and adventurer puts his gambling days behind him (for now, anyway) to lift the lid on the most secret society in the world - the Hellfire Club – in his 12th solo Fringe show (17th Edinburgh in total).
In 1719 a very secret, ancient society (that may have been the real reason Caesar conquered Britain) went public. Perhaps by accident, madness, love or monumental drunkenness Phillip, Duke of Wharton, took the club public. Within two years it had been outlawed by the state. It went back underground - literally into a cave - and passed into legend but perhaps not retirement. The men and women that made up this club, it's practices and the fact that it may still run the world right now is an intrigue that still fascinates (Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code for example). But how did expeditionary comedian Tim FitzHigham get involved? This is the show that all his shows seem to have been leading to...
In 2003, Tim got lost in a paper boat and created the sensational show Paper Boat, spending a night in the original Abbey Building occupied by the Hellfire club. In 2006, Tim got lost in Spain coming across members of a secret society, alleged successors of the Hellfire Club. His 2008 Captain Richard Burton show again brushed him into these illuminated ones. In 2011, he started gambling on a roller coaster that led to three years of high stakes white knuckle injury inducing hilarity. At every point in his gambling researches he hit a wall, and that wall was the Hellfire Club; Buck Whalley (The Gambler - 2011) was a member, as was the Duke of Queensberry (Stop the Pigeon - 2012), so too was Bauchamp Bagnel (Challenger - 2013). Then came the letter...
Tim gets some fantastically random stuff through the post, but one coded letter plunged him headlong into uncharted seas. Who wrote it? Was it Dan Brown? Exactly what did it mean? Was it a current member of the Hellfire Club and what did it lead Tim to take on? This is why Tim had to take on the club that has shadowed his life for over ten years...this is Hellfire. Come, enjoy, laugh and see more than ever before. And if Tim is a member of the club himself, now would be the time to reveal it…
Having rowed the channel in a bathtub, paddled up the Thames in a paper boat, lived as a medieval knight errant for a year, Morris Danced from London to Norwich and tackled a whole host of the world’s weirdest wagers, Tim is never going to give himself an easy time in preparing for the Fringe. The twice World Record holder’s unswerving devotion has seen him break various bones in his body, re-mortgage his house, contract a flesh eating microbe, collapse of dehydration, be blinded in one eye for six months, spend nights with the Leith Police, survive minor concussions and be hospitalised with a bone-marrow-eating infection, among a further catalogue of injuries and stunning disasters - all to create shows that make people smile.
Last year, Tim’s 2011 critically acclaimed show The Gambler was commissioned for a pilot on Radio 4 and this spring it has developed into a full series, featuring a stellar line-up: Dame Ellen Macarthur, Sir Matthew Pinsent, Kriss Akabusi, Marcus Brigstock, Alex Horne, His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and HM Royal Marines. His CBBC science series Super Human Challenge was a ratings smash hit, and this April Tim is touring The Gambler in New Zealand for the first time ever.
Tim will also be appearing in Flanders and Swann, This is your Trial and Fool Circle at this year’s Fringe.
www.fitzhigham.com / www.getcomedy.com / Twitter: @timfitzhigham
PRESS ON TIM
★★★★★ “You can’t help but be swept up in the delights of his adventure" CHORTLE
★★★★★“A rip-roaring show and FitzHigham is a gripping entertainer" BRITISH COMEDY GUIDE
★★★★★“Don’t let this show go to waste in the last week of the Fringe" DAILY DUST
★★★★★ “Exorbitant story-telling… never have I seen a comedian so focused and engulfed in his own pursuits” PPSF.CO.UK
★★★★ “Enthused and inclusive, FitzHigham controls his material and his madcap energy with skill... Bravo” THE TIMES
★★★★ “The material here is so good he could deliver it from his deathbed and still get a laugh” THE SCOTSMAN
★★★★ “Tim FitzHighham is a bit on the bonkers side… both witty and, in an odd way, inspiring” THE LIST
★★★★"You won’t stake a safer £12 at the Fringe" FEST
★★★★ “Witty, energetic, and quite probably mad” THREEWEEKS
★★★★ “It’s joyous, it’s absurd, it’s the perfect comedy” EDINBURGH FESTIVAL MAGAZINE
★★★★ “A riveting tale… keeps you on the edge of you seat” THE SKINNY
★★★★ “A performance that I can honestly say changed my life” BROADWAYBABY.COM
★★★★ “A fast-moving and laugh-filled hour unlike any other comedians” THEATREGUIDELONDON.CO.UK
★★★★ “One the most animated and eccentric comedians in the Fringe. So, go and see it!” ONE4REVIEW.CO.UK
“The perfect British Eccentric’” DARA O BRIAIN
“FitzHigham is unhinged, completely without hinges” EDDIE IZZARD
VENUE: Pleasance Dome- Bristo Square
TIME: 6:40pm
DATES & PRICES: Previews: 30th July – 1st August @ £7
2nd-25th August (not 13th) @ £9.50 / £8.50 - £11 / £10
TICKETS: 0131 556 6550 / www.pleasance.co.uk
ADELAIDE FRONT ROW CRITICS CHOICE – Flanders & Swann 2013
MALCOLM HARDEE ACT MOST LIKELY TO MAKE A MILLION QUID – Nominee 2012
THE ADVENTURISTS AT THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY SHORT FILM AWARD – Winner 2011
MALCOLM HARDEE CUNNING STUNT AWARD - Nominee 2011 / SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE AWARD – 2007
CHORTLE AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN COMEDY – 2007 / THREEWEEKS EDITORS AWARD - 2005
WORLD RECORD HOLDER – 2005 (rowing the English Channel in a bath) / WORLD RECORD HOLDER – 2003 (paddling paper boat 160 miles down Thames)
SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE AWARD – 2000 / PERRIER AWARD BEST NEWCOMER – Nominee 1999
AGE RESTRICTION: 14+
Stop the press! Not only has Fringe favourite Tim FitzHigham written his show before the end of July this year, but he’s actually performed two previews of it before Easter!! This August, the much-loved Spirit of the Fringe, multi-award winning, Perrier nominated comedian and adventurer puts his gambling days behind him (for now, anyway) to lift the lid on the most secret society in the world - the Hellfire Club – in his 12th solo Fringe show (17th Edinburgh in total).
In 1719 a very secret, ancient society (that may have been the real reason Caesar conquered Britain) went public. Perhaps by accident, madness, love or monumental drunkenness Phillip, Duke of Wharton, took the club public. Within two years it had been outlawed by the state. It went back underground - literally into a cave - and passed into legend but perhaps not retirement. The men and women that made up this club, it's practices and the fact that it may still run the world right now is an intrigue that still fascinates (Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code for example). But how did expeditionary comedian Tim FitzHigham get involved? This is the show that all his shows seem to have been leading to...
In 2003, Tim got lost in a paper boat and created the sensational show Paper Boat, spending a night in the original Abbey Building occupied by the Hellfire club. In 2006, Tim got lost in Spain coming across members of a secret society, alleged successors of the Hellfire Club. His 2008 Captain Richard Burton show again brushed him into these illuminated ones. In 2011, he started gambling on a roller coaster that led to three years of high stakes white knuckle injury inducing hilarity. At every point in his gambling researches he hit a wall, and that wall was the Hellfire Club; Buck Whalley (The Gambler - 2011) was a member, as was the Duke of Queensberry (Stop the Pigeon - 2012), so too was Bauchamp Bagnel (Challenger - 2013). Then came the letter...
Tim gets some fantastically random stuff through the post, but one coded letter plunged him headlong into uncharted seas. Who wrote it? Was it Dan Brown? Exactly what did it mean? Was it a current member of the Hellfire Club and what did it lead Tim to take on? This is why Tim had to take on the club that has shadowed his life for over ten years...this is Hellfire. Come, enjoy, laugh and see more than ever before. And if Tim is a member of the club himself, now would be the time to reveal it…
Having rowed the channel in a bathtub, paddled up the Thames in a paper boat, lived as a medieval knight errant for a year, Morris Danced from London to Norwich and tackled a whole host of the world’s weirdest wagers, Tim is never going to give himself an easy time in preparing for the Fringe. The twice World Record holder’s unswerving devotion has seen him break various bones in his body, re-mortgage his house, contract a flesh eating microbe, collapse of dehydration, be blinded in one eye for six months, spend nights with the Leith Police, survive minor concussions and be hospitalised with a bone-marrow-eating infection, among a further catalogue of injuries and stunning disasters - all to create shows that make people smile.
Last year, Tim’s 2011 critically acclaimed show The Gambler was commissioned for a pilot on Radio 4 and this spring it has developed into a full series, featuring a stellar line-up: Dame Ellen Macarthur, Sir Matthew Pinsent, Kriss Akabusi, Marcus Brigstock, Alex Horne, His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and HM Royal Marines. His CBBC science series Super Human Challenge was a ratings smash hit, and this April Tim is touring The Gambler in New Zealand for the first time ever.
Tim will also be appearing in Flanders and Swann, This is your Trial and Fool Circle at this year’s Fringe.
www.fitzhigham.com / www.getcomedy.com / Twitter: @timfitzhigham
PRESS ON TIM
★★★★★ “You can’t help but be swept up in the delights of his adventure" CHORTLE
★★★★★“A rip-roaring show and FitzHigham is a gripping entertainer" BRITISH COMEDY GUIDE
★★★★★“Don’t let this show go to waste in the last week of the Fringe" DAILY DUST
★★★★★ “Exorbitant story-telling… never have I seen a comedian so focused and engulfed in his own pursuits” PPSF.CO.UK
★★★★ “Enthused and inclusive, FitzHigham controls his material and his madcap energy with skill... Bravo” THE TIMES
★★★★ “The material here is so good he could deliver it from his deathbed and still get a laugh” THE SCOTSMAN
★★★★ “Tim FitzHighham is a bit on the bonkers side… both witty and, in an odd way, inspiring” THE LIST
★★★★"You won’t stake a safer £12 at the Fringe" FEST
★★★★ “Witty, energetic, and quite probably mad” THREEWEEKS
★★★★ “It’s joyous, it’s absurd, it’s the perfect comedy” EDINBURGH FESTIVAL MAGAZINE
★★★★ “A riveting tale… keeps you on the edge of you seat” THE SKINNY
★★★★ “A performance that I can honestly say changed my life” BROADWAYBABY.COM
★★★★ “A fast-moving and laugh-filled hour unlike any other comedians” THEATREGUIDELONDON.CO.UK
★★★★ “One the most animated and eccentric comedians in the Fringe. So, go and see it!” ONE4REVIEW.CO.UK
“The perfect British Eccentric’” DARA O BRIAIN
“FitzHigham is unhinged, completely without hinges” EDDIE IZZARD
BENNY BOOT: GREATEST HITS VOL II
VENUE: Clover – Underbelly Pasture, Bristo Square
TIME: 5:25pm
DATES & PRICES: Previews: 30th July-1st August @ £6
2nd August – 25th August (not 11th) @ £10.50 / £9.50 - £12 / £11
TICKETS: 0844 545 8252 / www.underbelly.co.uk
After selling every single seat in his last two Edinburgh shows, one of the most original stand-ups is back this August with the very best of his unprecedented jokes. It is extremely rare these days to find a stand-up who is as unique in his material and delivery as Benny is, and subsequently he just has too many hits! Benny rocks out the classics in his own inimitable style. Relive some quality jokes and stuff.
There is no doubt that Benny has some of the best jokes in the business and he has been hailed by critics and comics alike as one of the UK’s greatest and most unconventional joke writers today.
Benny stormed the Altitude Comedy Festival the last three years running and was instantly branded the next ‘comic’s comic’. His peers became his fans and the likes of Tim Minchin, Jimmy Carr, Andrew Maxwell, Marcus Brigstock and Terry Alderton are all now firmly part of Benny’s ever-growing fan club.
A stalwart performer at many of the major comedy festivals around the world, Australian born Benny was a UK finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and recently performed on Dave's One Night Stand. So come take a trip down memory lane as we look back over some of his funniest moments.
www.facebook.com/benny.boot / www.getcomedy.com / Twitter: @bennyboot
COMEDIANS ON BENNY
“Even though Benny shattered his arm in two this year, the trooper still got up on stage and belted out one of the best sets at Altitude this year. An absolute pleasure to have him performing there – a real crowd favourite” ANDREW MAXWELL (March 2014)
“Benny is absolutely brilliant. He’s so original that I just love watching him again and again!” TERRY ALDERTON (March 2013)
“I loved seeing Benny storming the Gala shows at Altitude, glad I didn’t have to follow him” MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE (March 2013)
"Benny Boot is the real thing. Charming, disarming, and proper f*cking funny" TIM MINCHIN (March 2012)
"Benny Boot offers something unique. I'm not sure exactly what it is, as I couldn't concentrate - I was laughing too damn hard" RUFUS HOUND (March 2012)
PRESS ON BENNY
★★★★★ “Uncontrived comedy gold... one of the best joke writers of his generation” CREAM OF THE FRINGE
★★★★★ “Boot possesses an incredible sharpness of wit” EDINBURGH GUIDE
★★★★ “High quality stand up” THE HERALD
★★★★ “Brilliant” EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS
★★★★ “Two days later I am still laughing out loud” THE SKINNY
★★★★ “Creative, endearing and very funny” BROADWAYBABY
★★★★ “I was laughing so hard that my brain turned off” PPSF.CO.UK
★★★★ “Boot’s mind is a fecund and strange place and he has some of the most memorable jokes of the Fringe to prove it” SPOONFED
“Probably one of the best joke writers in the country, some of the most imaginative, perverse and downright clever routines I’ve heard” THE SCOTSMAN
“He may come from down under but we should be loath to let them have him back… brilliant gags” THE GUARDIAN
“An original construct, a unique voice and a tight show… refreshingly unlike any other in our current comedy arena” FRINGE REVIEW
“Incredible” GQ
VENUE: Clover – Underbelly Pasture, Bristo Square
TIME: 5:25pm
DATES & PRICES: Previews: 30th July-1st August @ £6
2nd August – 25th August (not 11th) @ £10.50 / £9.50 - £12 / £11
TICKETS: 0844 545 8252 / www.underbelly.co.uk
After selling every single seat in his last two Edinburgh shows, one of the most original stand-ups is back this August with the very best of his unprecedented jokes. It is extremely rare these days to find a stand-up who is as unique in his material and delivery as Benny is, and subsequently he just has too many hits! Benny rocks out the classics in his own inimitable style. Relive some quality jokes and stuff.
There is no doubt that Benny has some of the best jokes in the business and he has been hailed by critics and comics alike as one of the UK’s greatest and most unconventional joke writers today.
Benny stormed the Altitude Comedy Festival the last three years running and was instantly branded the next ‘comic’s comic’. His peers became his fans and the likes of Tim Minchin, Jimmy Carr, Andrew Maxwell, Marcus Brigstock and Terry Alderton are all now firmly part of Benny’s ever-growing fan club.
A stalwart performer at many of the major comedy festivals around the world, Australian born Benny was a UK finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and recently performed on Dave's One Night Stand. So come take a trip down memory lane as we look back over some of his funniest moments.
www.facebook.com/benny.boot / www.getcomedy.com / Twitter: @bennyboot
COMEDIANS ON BENNY
“Even though Benny shattered his arm in two this year, the trooper still got up on stage and belted out one of the best sets at Altitude this year. An absolute pleasure to have him performing there – a real crowd favourite” ANDREW MAXWELL (March 2014)
“Benny is absolutely brilliant. He’s so original that I just love watching him again and again!” TERRY ALDERTON (March 2013)
“I loved seeing Benny storming the Gala shows at Altitude, glad I didn’t have to follow him” MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE (March 2013)
"Benny Boot is the real thing. Charming, disarming, and proper f*cking funny" TIM MINCHIN (March 2012)
"Benny Boot offers something unique. I'm not sure exactly what it is, as I couldn't concentrate - I was laughing too damn hard" RUFUS HOUND (March 2012)
PRESS ON BENNY
★★★★★ “Uncontrived comedy gold... one of the best joke writers of his generation” CREAM OF THE FRINGE
★★★★★ “Boot possesses an incredible sharpness of wit” EDINBURGH GUIDE
★★★★ “High quality stand up” THE HERALD
★★★★ “Brilliant” EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS
★★★★ “Two days later I am still laughing out loud” THE SKINNY
★★★★ “Creative, endearing and very funny” BROADWAYBABY
★★★★ “I was laughing so hard that my brain turned off” PPSF.CO.UK
★★★★ “Boot’s mind is a fecund and strange place and he has some of the most memorable jokes of the Fringe to prove it” SPOONFED
“Probably one of the best joke writers in the country, some of the most imaginative, perverse and downright clever routines I’ve heard” THE SCOTSMAN
“He may come from down under but we should be loath to let them have him back… brilliant gags” THE GUARDIAN
“An original construct, a unique voice and a tight show… refreshingly unlike any other in our current comedy arena” FRINGE REVIEW
“Incredible” GQ
SAMMY J: SONGBOOK
VENUE: Udderbelly, Bristo Square
TIME: 10:50PM
ONE DATE ONLY!
PRICE: £10-15
TICKETS: 0844 545 8252 / www.underbelly.co.uk
AGE RESTRICTION: 16+
BARRY AWARD - MOST OUTSTANDING SHOW - CO-WINNER 2013
BEST COMEDY NOMINEE - Adelaide Fringe 2012
ARIA AWARD NOMINEE – BEST COMEDY 2012
BARRY AWARD (BEST SHOW) – Melbourne Comedy Festival 2010
GOLDEN GIBBO AWARD NOMINEE - Melbourne Comedy Festival 2009
AGE CRITICS AWARDS WINNER - 2008
BARRY AWARD NOMINEE - Best Show 2008
Fringe favourite Sammy J thought it would be humorous to fly from Melbourne to Edinburgh, perform just one show, then fly home again. This is that show.
Known and loved for his catchy, filthy, nerdy musical comedy stylings, Sammy J has stuffed his hand luggage full of his favourite songs, and plans to rock out for precisely 58 minutes before returning to the airport. If nobody laughs, it’s going to be a long flight home.
Usually paired with the foulest-mouthed puppet the world has seen, Sammy J is fast becoming a Fringe legend and in Australia his songs can frequently be heard on TV and radio. He has been involved in several productions at the Fringe over the years including his own solo shows as well as the hit theatrical production ‘Breaker Morant’ alongside fellow Aussies Adam Hills and Brendan Burns. His writing regularly appears in Australian publications and Sammy’s latest album Skinny Man, Modern World is available now through iTunes.
PRESS ON SAMMY J (SOLO SHOWS)
★★★★★ “Fast, intelligent, wonderfully creative, and a delight to watch... This is 5 star entertainment at its very best” THE NEW CURRENT
★★★★★ “An excellent late night show with disturbing tales and demented stories” AUSTRALIAN COMEDY REVIEW
★★★★ Perfectly, if disgustingly, formed” SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE
★★★★ “Whiplash smart and laugh-out-loud funny, he is already a Fringe legend” THE HERALD
★★★★ “A gorgeous hour of endearing songs and beautifully told stories... a beautiful show from an endlessly creative talent , guaranteed to leave a fuzzy feeling inside” TIME OUT
★★★★ “A well crafted and sublimely delivered show which made me keen to see Sammy take to the solo stage more often” BRITISH COMEDY GUIDE
VENUE: Udderbelly, Bristo Square
TIME: 10:50PM
ONE DATE ONLY!
PRICE: £10-15
TICKETS: 0844 545 8252 / www.underbelly.co.uk
AGE RESTRICTION: 16+
BARRY AWARD - MOST OUTSTANDING SHOW - CO-WINNER 2013
BEST COMEDY NOMINEE - Adelaide Fringe 2012
ARIA AWARD NOMINEE – BEST COMEDY 2012
BARRY AWARD (BEST SHOW) – Melbourne Comedy Festival 2010
GOLDEN GIBBO AWARD NOMINEE - Melbourne Comedy Festival 2009
AGE CRITICS AWARDS WINNER - 2008
BARRY AWARD NOMINEE - Best Show 2008
Fringe favourite Sammy J thought it would be humorous to fly from Melbourne to Edinburgh, perform just one show, then fly home again. This is that show.
Known and loved for his catchy, filthy, nerdy musical comedy stylings, Sammy J has stuffed his hand luggage full of his favourite songs, and plans to rock out for precisely 58 minutes before returning to the airport. If nobody laughs, it’s going to be a long flight home.
Usually paired with the foulest-mouthed puppet the world has seen, Sammy J is fast becoming a Fringe legend and in Australia his songs can frequently be heard on TV and radio. He has been involved in several productions at the Fringe over the years including his own solo shows as well as the hit theatrical production ‘Breaker Morant’ alongside fellow Aussies Adam Hills and Brendan Burns. His writing regularly appears in Australian publications and Sammy’s latest album Skinny Man, Modern World is available now through iTunes.
PRESS ON SAMMY J (SOLO SHOWS)
★★★★★ “Fast, intelligent, wonderfully creative, and a delight to watch... This is 5 star entertainment at its very best” THE NEW CURRENT
★★★★★ “An excellent late night show with disturbing tales and demented stories” AUSTRALIAN COMEDY REVIEW
★★★★ Perfectly, if disgustingly, formed” SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE
★★★★ “Whiplash smart and laugh-out-loud funny, he is already a Fringe legend” THE HERALD
★★★★ “A gorgeous hour of endearing songs and beautifully told stories... a beautiful show from an endlessly creative talent , guaranteed to leave a fuzzy feeling inside” TIME OUT
★★★★ “A well crafted and sublimely delivered show which made me keen to see Sammy take to the solo stage more often” BRITISH COMEDY GUIDE
FOUL PLAY: THE F*CKING NASTY SHOW
Does exactly what it says on the tin!
Does exactly what it says on the tin!
