Venue 33, Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One,
3rd-24th Aug (not 15, 22), 1.30pm-3.00pm
"A vibrant, stimulating showcase of talent."
SATURDAY 10th AUGUST 2024
Pleasance One, Venue 33
1.30pm-3.00pm
Tickets: £17.50
TODAY'S LINE UP
Wallis
Musicals and Opera (musical theatre, historical)
After their success with 2023's Guilty of Love, BramwellBrand's latest musical tells the story of a woman swept away by circumstance, and the King who gave up his crown for her. Prince Edward, bored with the constraints of monarchy, falls in love with an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson, and gives up everything for her. Fans of The Crown will instantly recognise the first enactment of this royal twisted tale in the story of Wallis Simpson: but is it a love story, or is she a woman trapped by her own ambition, fuelled by the eye of the media?
Harriet Dyer: Skin
Comedy (stand-up, storytelling)
Give us a cheer if you've got skin? Well then, this is the show for you! A new show of story-based chaos with heart and peculiarities from acclaimed stand-up Harriet Dyer (Comedy Central Live, Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza, The Russell Howard Hour and winner of 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Neurodiversity Representation Award). 'Harriet Dyer is everything I love about the Fringe' **** (BroadwayBaby.com). 'We shouldn't underestimate the importance of Harriet Dyer's show' ***** (NeurodiverseReview.co.uk). 'A fabulous hour with a sense of the joyful absurdity of life. Entirely charming' ***** (One4Review.co.uk).
5 Mistakes That Changed History
Comedy (historical, storytelling)
We all make mistakes, but rarely do they change the course of history. Fresh from sold-out runs at Edinburgh, Sydney and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, the smash-hit historical storytelling show returns with a new show and new stories about five people and how their mistakes changed the world. Historian and comedian Paul Coulter brings history to life in a hilarious way. If you hated history at school, this is the show for you. If you loved history at school, stop looking and just book the show. Class credit not provided.
Joni Mitchell: Take Me as I Am
Music (cabaret)
Rainee Blake presents an intimate experience of Joni Mitchell's most memorable songs and the stories that inspired them. The show is set at the peak of Joni's career in 1976 after she returns home from a road trip and right before the release of her acclaimed album Hejira. Playing both guitar and dulcimer, Rainee performs classic songs like Woodstock, Both Sides Now and A Case Of You interwoven with monologues from the perspective of none other that the artist herself. Winner of best show at The Hollywood Fringe 2023. A must-see show.
Matt Forde: The End of an Era Tour
Comedy (stand-up, political)
The UK's leading political comedian Matt Forde (Spitting Image, HIGNFY, British Scandal, The Last Leg, The Royal Variety Performance) returns with his brand-new show covering the UK & US elections. 'Our foremost satirical stand-up... Whatever your politics, you'll find excellence here' **** (Sunday Times). 'Possibly the best political comedy show on the Fringe' ***** (Telegraph). 'Forde is as gratifyingly sane as comedians come' **** (Times). 'Is there a better political comic than Forde currently working in the UK? I can't think of another to touch him' ****½ (Chortle.co.uk).
Colin Cloud: Consequences
Cabaret and Variety (magic, comedy)
2023 Broadway Baby Award winner Colin Cloud is going to solve the biggest mystery on the planet: You. What do you believe? More importantly, what impact do those beliefs have on your existence Secrets unravelled, impossible outcomes predicted, and reality itself will be manipulated. You make 70,000 decisions every single day, your next one is to decide which night you come to see this show. Your life depends on it. 'The closest thing to a real-life Sherlock Holmes' ***** (Daily Record). 'See this show!' ***** (BroadwayBaby.com). Star of America's Got Talent and Michael McIntyre's Big Show.
Camille O'Sullivan: Loveletter
Music (theatre, cabaret)
A love letter in song to those loved and missed. For her 20th Fringe, 'Queen of the Fringe' (BBC), Camille’s new show celebrates dear friend Shane McGowan, Sinead O’Connor, Cohen, Bowie and Radiohead. Five-star sell-out shows: Sydney Opera House, Royal Festival Hall, Roundhouse. Telegraph voted Camille 'One of the top 25 performances ever on Later with Jools'. Toured with The Pogues, original La Clique star and Herald Angel winner. Lucrece (RSC). Camille and Feargal Murray have created a very intimate, heartfelt show, capturing an honest response to those much-loved and lost.'Spellbinding storytelling in song, magnificent' ***** (Times).
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