Venue 33, Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One,
3rd-24th Aug (not 15, 22), 1.30pm-3.00pm
"A vibrant, stimulating showcase of talent."
SATURDAY 24th AUGUST 2024
Pleasance One, Venue 33
1.30pm-3.00pm
Tickets: £17.50
THE MERVS
MERVYN STUTTER'S
'SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE'
AWARDS SHOW
KAFKA'S APE
Theatre (drama)
An ape named Red Peter is captured. In his quest to break out of his confinement, he learns to imitate humanity and contests identity based on outward appearance. Through his journey, Kafka's Ape questions the understanding of otherness. Miyambo has received multiple accolades for this powerful performance, including winner of Outstanding Performance Award at Prague Fringe Festival 2019, Best Satire Award at New York's United Solo Festival 2019, and the Graham F Smith Peace Foundation Award at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2021, among others.
Roy Orbison
Music (cabaret)
Oliver Harris has been at Frankenstein's for the last nine years with sold-out performances of his Elvis show. This year Oliver also takes on the iconic Roy Orbison. All the great songs: Oh Pretty Woman, A Love So Beautiful, You Got it, In Dreams and many more.
David Eagle: The Eagle Is Candid
Comedy (stand-up, musical comedy)
The adventures of blind comedian and folk singer David Eagle: accosted by faith healers, bamboozling aggressive Australians and escaping arrest after a nocturnal accordion-based antisocial incident. Plus a couple of his songs, one of which was described by the Guardian as 'a comic tour de force', and another one which wasn't. Best Variety Show, Leicester Comedy Festival. 'Brilliant, nuts, heartily recommend!' (Rufus Hound). A regular on BBC Radio 4's The Now Show. Three-time winner, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year. Directed by Ben Van der Velde.
Lewis Major: Triptych
Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus (contemporary, classical)
A unique collaboration performance between the rising star of Australian dance, choreographer-director Lewis Major, and his company, with his mentor 'Britain's leading modern dance creator' (Daily Express), the legendary Russell Maliphant OBE. Three unique repertoire pieces investigate various poetic possibilities, universal rhythms and cycles performed by Major's company of dancers. This is a captivating evening of dance, of connection between internal and external worlds – of non-duality – all set within a whirling maelstrom of movement, sound and light.
Elf Lyons: Horses
Comedy (clown, physical theatre)
The first ever comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe performed entirely by a horse. Made by award-winning Elf Lyons, performed by Treacle. 'Beautiful hind legs' (Horse & Hound). One of the 50 funniest comedians of the 21st century. 'Praise her genius and go' ***** (Telegraph). 'Lyons can't be accused of treading the conventional career path since none of her shows ever remotely resembles the next' **** (Guardian). 'Elf is funny and wise – and a hero of sanity' (Dylan Moran).
Sushi Tap Show 2024
Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus (tap, comedy)
We're back! Jolly performers from Japan will take you on a journey through a dazzling world of rhythm, tap dance and comedy! Sushi Tap Show is a non-stop ride of entertainment as colourful as a plate of sushi. Captivating, toe-tapping and addictive! If you’re not sure what to watch, this is the one to pick. Don’t miss it! ‘What a find!' (Scotsman); 'Accomplished performers with an exceptional comedic ability' (BroadwayBaby.com); 'This is a very enjoyable show, light-hearted and warm' (BritishTheatreGuide.info).
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