Venue 33, Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One,
3rd-24th Aug (not 15, 22), 1.30pm-3.00pm
"A vibrant, stimulating showcase of talent."
FRIDAY 16th AUGUST 2024
Pleasance One, Venue 33
1.30pm-3.00pm
Tickets: £17.50
TODAY'S LINE UP
Dance N'Speak Easy
Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus (hip hop, family-friendly)
Join world champions of hip-hop in an electrifying alternate universe where charleston footsteps and jitterbug beats meet freestyle hip-hop in a 1920s New York speakeasy. Infused with dazzling dance routines and thrilling burlesque to the remixed sounds of Miles Davis, James Brown and Jessica Rabbit, this is an afternoon of high-energy entertainment fit for the whole family. Packed with humour, passion and soul, Dance N’Speak Easy dives into the liberating essence of melting-pot New York, weaving together the rhythms of Latin America, the flair of Italian attitude and the spirited harmonies of Irish migrants.
Garrett Millerick Needs More Space
Comedy (stand-up)
Comedy’s angriest optimist returns for a hilarious, honest and mostly historically accurate, exploration of space travel, his totally insignificant place in the universe and how little he actually knows about anything. ‘A masterclass’ **** (Telegraph). Featured on Best Reviewed Shows of The Edinburgh Festival lists, 2018-2023. Critics Choice: The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, Chortle and Time Out. As seen on Conan (US Late Night), BBC Radio 4, Have a Word, Sirius XM and 800 Pound Gorilla Records.
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show
Theatre
Good morning Edinburgh! We're back bringing you brand-new, delicious, rotating "menus" of 10-15 minute comedies, eccentricities and mini-dramas - all served up with complimentary tea and coffee, croissants and strawberries. The perfect way to start your day! 'One of the most important shows you'll see at the Fringe' ***** (Daily Record). ***** (FringeReview.co.uk – Brighton, Edinburgh and Adelaide). ***** (WhatsOnStage.com). Carol Tambor Award – Shortlist. Sky Arts Broadcasts. ThreeWeeks Editors' Nomination. Observer / Guardian Picks of the Fringe.
VL
Theatre (comedy, new writing)
Max and Stevie are just two wee guys trying to survive in an ordinary Scottish secondary school. But to survive, sometimes you need to hide. And there's no hiding when you're a VL. VL = Virgin Lips. It means you've never kissed a lassie, or a laddie. The longer you stay a VL, the more of a VL you become. The producers of Fleabag bring you another riotous comedy from the Fringe First Award-winning writers of Square Go, Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair, about young boys trying to navigate romance in the hormonal pressure cooker of a small-town school.
I Am Your Tribute
Cabaret and Variety (interactive, comedy)
An interactive choose-your-own-adventure cabaret! Love them or hate them, tribute acts are here to stay. But they are not all the same… Join your sparkling host, Sarah-Louise Young, as she invites you to help her create the ultimate tribute to an act of your choosing! Along the way she’ll teach you the tricks of the trade, share her greatest hits and uncover the occasionally darker side of living in someone’s else’s shadow. Expect music, wigs and wonderment from the performer and co-creator of An Evening Without Kate Bush and Julie Madly Deeply.
Chris Turner: Childish
Comedy (musical comedy, stand-up)
As a child, Chris wanted to be two things: a comedian and a rock star. After 15 years of following the first dream, he's booked a live band to help him achieve the other! Chris was the first comedian to perform a Las Vegas residency with Cirque Du Soleil, the first comedian to receive a standing ovation on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and his 2023 Edinburgh Fringe show was a complete sell-out. 'A virtuoso' (Guardian). 'The Fringe holy grail' ***** (EdFestMag.com). 'Exquisite' ***** (Scenestr.com.au). 'An absolute must see' ***** (One4Review.co.uk).
Tiny Little Town
Theatre (musical comedy, physical theatre)
The award-winning TMB transports Gogol’s Inspector General to 1970s small-town America. 'An exuberant, joyously unrestrained, and enthusiastic musical comedy' (DiscoverHollywood.com). A timely reflection on corruption and cover-up from the creators of Big Shot and Grail Project. 'The gold standard in wry literary remakes.' (LATimes.com). Gogol said of his play’s good-natured rogues that the only positive character is laughter. Tiny Little Town embraces the laughter with biting wit, beautiful songs, and high-octane physicality. 'As close to perfect as a new production can get' (SplashMags.com).
Mervyn Stutter
Host and Compere
Mervyn has been in the entertainment industry since 1974. He started in theatre where he acted, wrote scripts, songs, and directed for around 14 years. In the 1980s, he became the 'regular topical song bloke' on the BBC TV's first ever daytime show, 'Open Air', fronted by a thin Irishman called Eamonn Holmes. Over the years he has performed weekly topical songs on many TV current affairs programmes and more of the same on radio. In the late 1980s, he took his comedy songs onto the Comedy Circuit and then touring theatres. Merv's first Edinburgh Fringe was in 1986 and he has been every year since. 'Pick of the Fringe' started life as 'Have you seen anything good?', a show to help answer the perennial Fringe-goer question. The title was changed to 'Pick of the Fringe' in 1994 and it he has built it up into one of the must-see Fringe shows.
“Mervyn Stutter is very, very good as compere of this chat show, for to make such a showcase work requires skill, talent and quick reactions. Stutter works the crowd like the showman he is.”
THE OBSERVER