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If getting north this summer is a challenge, then why not join us in North Road for a glimpse of what the Pleasance has in store for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this coming summer. From the end of May for nine fabulous weeks we are giving you a sneak preview of the pick of the festival before it even reaches the hills of Auld Reekie! This is your chance to see potentially award-winning comedy before the trophies are handed out and great new theatre taking its first steps, fresh from the rehearsal room. Don’t miss out! This is the best of the Edinburgh Festival at its rawest, most exciting and creative point, presented in the very heart of London. Stick around in the bar for a drink after the show, those on stage may be keen to hear what you have to say, and if it whets your creative appetite then book a train ticket and join us in August for this year’s festival and ‘The greatest show on earth’. We look forward to welcoming you to the Pleasance both in London and in Edinburgh.

Anthony AldersonDirector Pleasance Theatre

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MASSIVE DAD JESS ROBINSON

29TH MAY & 13TH AUG 8PM £5 31ST MAY & 20TH JUN 8PM £5

£527TH MAY 8PM & 2ND JUL 9:15PM 28TH & 30TH MAY 8PM £5

British Comedy Award winning and BAFTA nominated duo Cardinal Burns are going to Edinburgh.

Previous live shows have sold out in London, Edinburgh and Melbourne, and now the boys are ready to sell out all over again with their absurd, anarchic and unpredictable tapas of character comedy.

Press for previous live shows and the series:êêêê Guardian êêêê Timesêêêêê Three Weeks

Feuding sisters have never been closer, mainly because Lizzie has bumped her head and is suffering from memory loss. Luckily doting sister Sarah is there to teach her a lesson. Toby - Sarah and Lizzie Daykin - became an underground cult hit with their 2010 debut and their refreshing approach to sketch comedy won them rave reviews for their 2011 show Lucky. They return with their hotly anticipated third show. Stars of Live at the Electric (BBC 3), Anna and Katy (Channel 4), Dead Boss (BBC 3) and Chickens (Sky 1).

êêêêê Fest êêêê Scotsmanêêêê Guardian êêêê Independent

Good sketch comedy group Massive Dad present their debut show during which they perform the best of their material for an hour.

Join the star of BBC1’s Dead Ringers, Impressions Show, and Jim Cartwright’s Little Voice for a sublime hour of laughter as she impersonates everyone from classic Hollywood stars to pampered pop celebs.

’Terrific!’ Daily Mail

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COMEDY THEATRE FAMILY 9 WEEKS ’TIL EDINBURGH

ALEX HORNE

DAVID ELMS

CHRIS MARTIN11TH & 25TH JUN 8PM £5

1OTH JUN 8PM £5

12TH JUN 8PM £5Stupidly ambitious, logistically problematic, potentially disastrous, this is the show Alex Horne has wanted to make for a decade. Finally, he will be Monsieur Butterfly. One flap of his delicate wings and mayhem may prevail.

Press from 2013:‘A terrific, high-concept comedy show, intricately constructed and forever whipping the rug out from under us’ Guardian

Thoughtful romantic David Elms whispers it from the rooftops in this, his charming and inventive debut show. Expect songs, some chat and romance (little surprises, big gestures, bit with a rubik’s cube, etc).

‘Original, intelligent and madcap’ êêêê WhatsOnStage.com

‘Sharp, eccentric writing … unstoppable’ Chortle

‘Intelligently comic and joyously silly’ êêêêBroadwayBaby.com

After a sell-out 2013 festival show, Chris Martin (Milton Jones tour support 2013, Guardian’s Top 10 Comedy Podcasts) was described as a ‘20 something tall comedian’ (online review). It caused Chris to write a show about big issues such as hair, kissing and fishing.

RACHEL PARRIS9TH & 26TH JUN 8PM £5Chortle Award-nominated musical comedian, Rachel Parris (IT Crowd, Thronecast, BBC Radio 4 & Austentatious) presents a shrewd take on the glamorous Las Vegas show, featuring brand new characters and comedy anthems.

‘Gorgeous, talented and very funny’ êêêê Scotsman

‘One sometimes doubts that Britain’s got talent, but Parris has it in spades’ êêêê Guardian

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JAMES ACASTER13TH JUN 8PM £5Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2012 and 2013. James Acaster has something he’s been meaning to tell you. He’s been putting it off for some time. You might want to sit down. Expect whimsical rabbiting on and awkward physicality throughout.

‘Beautifully constructed “art of stand-up” stuff’ Sunday Times

‘Curious, original and immensely enjoyable’ Telegraph

‘One of the sharpest comic minds to have emerged in recent years’ Guardian

DECOMPOSED! MY BROTHER’S TURNING INTO A ZOMBIE

LUKE McQUEEN

JOHN ROBINS

£514TH JUN 2PM

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15TH JUN 8PM £5

Can Will save his brother Igor from turning into a zombie? Down on his luck, Will is forced to move back in with his smelly twin. Igor is seriously in danger of becoming a zombie, spending all day plugged into games consoles, mumbling to himself and eating baked-beans.

With the help of a magical conductor’s baton and the awesome power of classical music, Will has just one hour to rescue Igor and save himself from being eaten alive!

A riotous theatrical adventure full of music and comedy, suitable for everyone.

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Following his critically acclaimed sell-out show in 2013, Robins is back! A show about love and happiness from last year’s ThreeWeeks Editors’ Award winner. Strap your minds in!

‘Fantastically entertaining’ êêêê Chortle



JOHN HASTINGS15TH JUN 9:15PM £5Chasing excitement, John came to the UK from his native Canada in July 2012 to become a famous comedian. After minimal sex, death and theft, he got enlightenment instead...

‘A thoughtful and observant comic with enjoyably wry sensibilities’ Chortle

êêêê Cream of the Fringe

THE BETA MALES

LAZY SUSANCLEVER PETER

16TH JUN 6:45PM £5

16TH JUN 8PM £516TH JUN 9:15PM £5

Chortle Award nominees, stars of Radio 4’s Sketchorama and five sell-out Edinburgh Fringe runs in four years, the critically-acclaimed sketch storytellers present Happenstance, a show where things happen. The Betas are back with another ‘hilarious sketch show’ (Sunday Times) and brand new characters, as they breathe life into a new world of stories with heart. This year things are going to happen...

‘Genius’ Sunday Times

‘Gloriously funny’ êêêê Time Out

‘A furnace of invention’ êêêê Chortle

Humans on the edge. Humans on the run. Humans in double-denim. Sketch duo Lazy Susan (formerly Lebensmüde) unleash a gang of characters clawing their way back from the brink. Watch as this anarchic (but friendly) duo pour reality into a snow-globe and throw it down the stairs in their debut hour. Directed by Christine Entwisle (RSC).

‘Skillfully performed and delightful to witness’ List

‘As adept at character and heart as they are at getting laughs’ Brian Logan, Guardian

Critically-acclaimed sketch group and stars of their own BBC Radio 4 series, Clever Peter return to Edinburgh. This year they invite you to The Dreams Factory... where imagination is King.

‘Breakneck nonsense and hilarity’ Times

‘Terrific... If they don’t go very far, soon, there’s no such thing as British Justice. Clever? Not half’ Daily Telegraph



NISH KUMAR BETH VYSE

STUART GOLDSMITH

17TH JUN 8PM £5 17TH JUN 9:15PM £5

18TH JUN 8PM £5

Depending on your opinion, Nish Kumar is either ‘a comedian on the up’ (Times) or ‘a comedian I’ve never heard of’ (You). That’s subjectivity in action. A stand-up comedy show for people who like stand-up comedy shows. As seen on The Alternative Comedy Experience and Live at the Comedy Store. As heard on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 4 and XFM.

êêêê Time Out êêêê Scotsman êêêê Listêêêê Evening Standard

Beth Vyse’s creation Olive Hands presents her number two in the morning, daytime show. She’s just a working class girl living the dream. That was until ITV9 went bust! Come and witness her trying to remain on your screens. Expect the surreal, sublime and completely ridiculous from critically acclaimed Vyse.

‘Her style has a touch of The Mighty Boosh. Stunningly Lewd’ êêêê ThreeWeeks

‘This show has cult written all over it… a fine calling card for a formidable comedy actress’ Chortle

‘Vyse is marvellous, imperious and ambitious’ Times

This ‘charming, expert stand-up’ (Sunday Times) has been happily squandering his life in an orgy of stand-up and self-indulgence, but now the parenting bomb is ticking down; if he wants to be looked after when he’s old, he’d better get spawning. Stu’s journey from whistling at girls to cooing at babies is candid, smart and painfully funny, but who’d swap an orgy of self-indulgence to be a crumpled husk? Triple Chortle Award Nominee. Malcolm Hardee Award Winner.

‘Wonderfully funny’ Time Out

‘Not one single dull moment’ Scotsman


LLOYD LANGFORD18TH JUN 9:15PM £5A brand new stand-up show about feeling bamboozled by the modern world. Will contain jokes about CGI, plugs and gang bangs. A heady mix of gags, anecdotes and the occasional exasperated plea to the sky.

As seen on Ask Rhod Gilbert (BBC1) and as heard on The Unbelievable Truth (BBC Radio 4).


SIMON FEILDER & ELLIE TAYLOR24TH JUN 8PM £5What is a Simon Feilder? Award-winning comedian? Sure. Kisswizard? Campingman? Fightsmith? LET’S FIND OUT.His debut solo show features jokes, jingles, a projector, video, sounds, online dating, urinals, fun-size confectionery and one joke about Freud. Do come. Mums welcome.

‘Compelling to watch... unashamedly feel-good’ Chortle

Ellie Taylor’s highly anticipated debut show looking at love, life, Matalan and other such hard hitting issues. As seen on C4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats, BBC3’s Snog, Marry Avoid? & ITV2’s Fake Reaction.

‘Charismatic, personable and bright’ Chortle

ALEX EDELMAN RHYS JAMES21ST JUN 8PM £5 22ND JUN 8PM £5Alex Edelman is a New York-based comedian who has lived in Boston, LA and Jerusalem. He’s a recent college graduate and according to the Boston Globe, has ‘natural comic timing’ and contains qualities ‘wonderful to see in a young comedian’.

This is his first Edinburgh show. He’s been working on it for a long time, so it’ll be good. Even figuring out the simple, one-word title for the show was an agonising amount of stress. He’d like you to come see it. It covers a lot of ground, or at least a little bit of ground, intensely.

Pointy debutant Rhys James will tell some brilliant jokes, do some incredible poems, raise his eyebrows a few times and then leave. The whole thing will last around an hour, during which he won’t check Twitter once.

‘Sickeningly talented young stand-up. He’s a super-sharp writer, with a ton of smart, intricately-written jokes and stories where you’re never more than a few seconds away from another punchline’ Time Out

‘His hit-rate is prodigiously high... A bright future in comedy surely awaits’ Fest

êêêêê ThreeWeeks

TOM PRICE23RD JUN & 8TH JUL 8PM £5This beguiling and hilarious posh Welsh stand-up is returning to Edinburgh after his 2011 sell-out run. A lot’s happened since then. Older, balder and louder than ever, he now has a beautiful and perfect son who even has the same huge head and big cuddly face. So how can Tom make sure his spawn doesn’t become a bleak flinty git like him? Multiple award-winning Tom Price needs your help to stop being a spiteful cock, for the good of the human race.

‘A joy to behold’ êêêê List

‘Excellent’ êêêê Scotsman



LLOYD GRIFFITH27TH JUN 8PM £5Fresh from supporting Rob Beckett on his sold out UK tour, angelic-voiced Lloyd Griffith, ‘The next big thing’ (FHM), performs his sexy debut show. Really brilliant jokes and some truly incredible singing from this choirboy turned comedian and heartthrob.

‘It’s clear from the outset that Griffith has star quality’ ThreeWeeks

‘Inherently funny... very neat lines in his comic repertoire’ Chortle

TANIA EDWARDS28TH JUN 9:15PM £5This is the hotly anticipated and hilarious new show from Tania Edwards: stand up comedian (BBC1, Radio 4), and writer (Mock the Week, BBC2, Stand Up For The Week, Channel 4). Tania was a finalist in the Hackney Empire, Amused Moose, Leicester Square, Latitude, and Funny Women competitions.

‘Akin to a female Simon Evans... a bit posh and something of a sociopath... fantastically seamy side to the material... also great with audience banter... sublime... brilliant’ Chortle


GEIN’S FAMILY GIFTSHOP28TH JUN 8PM £5An hour of dark, absurd and fast paced sketches marrying the tragic with the riotous. Applying a warped world vision to the hilarious subject matter of abject misery and human tragedy. Your new favourite sketch group, you just don’t know it yet.

Winners: Best New Sketch Act and Audience Choice Award at London Sketchfest 2014.

‘Gein’s Family Gift Shop made me absolutely howl’ Ayoungertheatre.com

IAN SMITH29TH JUN 8PM £5After a successful debut, award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC2’s Popatron, BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff) returns with his new show. It’s about silliness and uncertainty … or is it? (It is.) It’ll be a lot of fun. Ian once had a line of dialogue in a BBC2 drama and was denied a spoon on a train – so the show has emotional depth too.

‘Fantastically funny’ Times



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KATE4TH JUL 7:30PM £5Iceland. 1940. The British are coming. With the number of British troops in Reykjavik outnumbering the number of men in all of Iceland, the Icelandic women certainly have something to focus on. Kate focuses on the experience of one family, with their wayward daughter Selma and helpful lodger Kate, and how the women choose different paths to survive.

‘Goodness, it’s the kind of work I come to the fringe to see’Lyn Gardner (Play for September)

DAN CLARK1ST JUL 8PM £5Dan Clark is back at the Fringe with a show about love, death and crushing loneliness. Sounds like a barrel of laughs right? With his signature style of upbeat, occasionally rude but ultimately heartwarming comedy, this show will leave you feeling good about life.

‘Uninterrupted comic ecstasy’ êêêê Metro

‘Ludicrously likeable’ êêêê Times

DAN NIGHTINGALE2ND JUL 8PM £5International comedian, Lancastrian socialite and circuit legend Dan Nightingale returns to the Fringe for another festival frolic. He may actually be a bit of a dick, but my God he’s funny with it. As seen on Sky 1’s John Bishop’s Only Joking.

‘An enthusiastically charming albeit self-deprecating storyteller.’ êêêêê ThreeWeeks

THE HEMLINE INDEX

SHOW OFF

30TH JUN 7:30PM £5

3RD JUL 7:30PM £5

A poor economy lengthens more than the hemline. In 1984: second-wave feminism, economic boom and mini skirts. 2014? Fourth-wave, underemployment, the mid-length. Women are getting married later, having children later, and hope to have it all figured out by 30. A comedic, poetic performance.

You’re so vain you probably think this show is about you. But it’s actually about Figs in Wigs - the lowbrow answer to avant-garde. Show Off delves deep into our shallow digital existence, examining how social media has bred a new form of narcissism.



FOUR FOOLS IN TWO HALVESWINGMAN 7TH JUL 8PM £5

6TH JUL 4:30PM £5His & Hers Wild Vaudeville - Lovable diva Sharnema Nougar and charming imbecile Leo Conville debut their unique blend of love songs, absurd comedy and vaudeville. His limbs are a yogic phenomena. Her voice is a chocolate lullaby. They clean their teeth.

Dead Ghost Star - Space, black holes, the Universe. Humanity. Really deep stuff completely nailed in an hour. Join Cheekykita (êêêêEdfringe.com) and Mr Dinner (êêêêê Fringe Guru) as they take the Astraudience™ for a stupid ride across the space-time continuum.

A new father-son comedy from Fringe First winner Richard Marsh. Mum’s dead. Annoyingly, dad’s not. After twenty years apart, can father and son say goodbye to mum without saying hello to each other? This achingly funny story reminds us: no matter how bad life is, family can make it worse.


LUCY BEAUMONT & CARL DONNELLY9TH JUL 7:30PM £8The BBC New Comedy Winner and Chortle Best Newcomer, Lucy Beaumont, presents her hugely anticipated debut show.‘She’s got the timing of Les Dawson... an absolute natural’Johnny Vegas

Join 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly for another ‘ludicrously funny hour’ (Skinny) of stories from his life. Sit back and enjoy the company of an ‘observational genius’ (Guardian).

BITS AND BOX10TH & 11TH JUL 2PM £5Two guys, too much mess and a cardboard box. ‘AndOn Theatre present Bits & Box. Amidst its playful immaturity, laugh your way through an energetic glimpse into the imaginations of two people with far too much time on their hands.

Honest, funny and yet pointedly child-like, this short play will, if not anything else, leave you well prepared for when boredom comes a-knocking!

MOCK TUDOR5TH & 6TH JUL 7:30PM £5Welcome to Hampton Court Palace. The year is 1533. Please turn off your mobile phones. Nic, Jess, Sophie & Sam are actors re-creating Henry VIII’s weddings, feasts, jousts, river pageants. They take pride in authenticity. Well, they try.

‘One of the funniest offerings in the West End’ êêêê The Stage



THE HIVE11TH & 12TH JUL 7:45PM £5Winners of the ‘Les Enfants Terribles Award 2014’

In a world reliant on technology, is it possible to reconnect? Using puppetry, poetry, and powerful ensemble, this visually spectacular story pursues hope in a disconnected, underground world.

Inspired by the likes of 1984 and Brave New World, The Hive tells the story of Koto, who dares to think there might be something beyond the walls of his 8x8 cell.

IAIN STIRLING & RICHARD HERRING11TH JUL 7:30PM £8Edinburgh’s very own BAFTA nominated Iain Stirling is back with his 3rd show following two successive sell out runs. A show about heart break, immigration and meeting Jedward from one of Scotland’s ‘Hottest newcomers’ (Scotsman).

After covering weighty issues like death, love, religion and spam javelins, Richard Herring, ‘The King of Edinburgh’ (List) returns with a show about daftness, being uncool and bouncing joyously on the sofa.

‘Dependably funny’ Chortle

TOMMY ROWSON & TIFF STEVENSON

TRAVESTI10TH JUL 7:30PM £8

10TH & 13TH JUL 7:45PM £5Tommy Rowson: Down and Out in Powys and London. So You Think You’re Funny Winner and BBC New Comedy Award Finalist tells tales of bordello belles, vagabonds, vagrants, drunks, drug dealers and Jesus. Warning: Contains poetry.

‘A distinctive voice’ Chortle

On cloud 9 one moment then battling your inner critic the next? Tiff Stevenson (Buzzcocks, Next Week’s News) explores the possibility of optimism in a world where the Kardashians exist and worldwide gun control doesn’t.

Slick, warm, laugh-out-loud funny: Travesti takes the everyday lives of 21st century women and puts them into the mouths - and bodies - of six male actors. The guys gossip, dance and sing their way through women’s real experiences of sexual violence, being groped on public transport and unruly body hair. This verbatim show respectfully and hilariously engages with the hot topic of gender equality which ‘turns on a knife-edge’ (FemaleArts).



PHIL WANG & MATT FORDE ED GAMBLE & RICHARD HERRING

12TH JUL 7:30PM £813TH JUL 7:30PM £8

Following his ‘astonishingly assured debut’ (êêêê Sunday Times), confident nerd Phil Wang returns with his wry outlook and laid-back style to talk about love, race, and yum-yums at one point.

‘An intelligent, attuned observer’ Scotsman

Following a sell-out run in London, Matt Forde comes back to celebrate the great and the good (and Ed Miliband). See his brand new show as the countdown to Election 2015 starts here.

Gamble wops out his debut solo effort. Essentially a great guy (Ed), delivering humour through your classic microphone/speaker combo. From Peacock & Gamble and Almost Royal (BBC America). Chortle Award winner 2014.

‘Incessantly hilarious’ Guardian

After covering weighty issues like death, love, religion and spam javelins, Richard Herring, ‘The King of Edinburgh’ (List) returns with a show about daftness, being uncool and bouncing joyously on the sofa.

‘Dependably funny’ Chortle

KATIE MULGREW & CARL DONNELLY14TH & 21ST JUL 7:30PM £8Katie Mulgrew kinda thinks she’s a Disney princess. She even married her Prince Charming in a massive frock. According to Disney philosophy, she’s found happily ever after. Brilliant! NOW BLOODY WHAT?êêêê Edinburgh Festivals Magazineêêêê London is Funny

Join 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly for another ‘ludicrously funny hour’ (Skinny) of stories from his life. Sit back and enjoy the company of an ‘observational genius’ (Guardian).

POTTED SHERLOCK15TH & 16TH JUL 7PM £5All sixty Sherlock stories in seventy elementary minutes! New show from creators of Potted Potter and Potted Panto, double Olivier nominees Dan and Jeff.

‘Fabulously funny’ Telegraph

‘Casts the perfect spell’ New York Times

‘Gloriously irreverent’ Time Out


THE CURING ROOM18TH, 19TH & 20TH JUL 7:30PM £5Spring 1944 - Seven Soviet soldiers have been captured by the Nazis, stripped naked and abandoned in the locked empty cellar of a monastery in southern Poland.

Deprived of all ties to their world, the prisoners redefine their concepts of order and human nature. In order to survive the men resort to murder and cannibalism. How do they reconcile rank, faith, and dignity?

Powerful, thought-provoking and darkly funny, The Curing Room by David Ian Lee and directed by Joao de Sousa is a bold, shocking thriller based on true events.

COMEDY ZONE & IAIN STIRLING17TH JUL 8PM £8The showcase that brought you the likes of Dave Gorman, Russell Howard, Al Murray and many more returns with another top line-up starring; Steve Bugeja, Jack Barry, Alex Smith and Adam Hess.

Edinburgh’s very own BAFTA nominated Iain Stirling is back with his 3rd show following two successive sell out runs. A show about heart break, immigration and meeting Jedward from one of Scotland’s ‘Hottest newcomers’ (Scotsman).


COMEDY ZONE & ALEX HORNE

RAY PEACOCK & PAUL McCAFFREY

16TH JUL 7:30PM £8

15TH & 22ND JUL 7:30PM £8

The showcase that brought you the likes of Dave Gorman, Russell Howard, Al Murray and many more returns with another top line-up starring; Steve Bugeja, Jack Barry, Alex Smith and Adam Hess.

Stupidly ambitious, logistically problematic, potentially disastrous, this is what Alex has wanted to make for a decade. Finally, he will be Monsieur Butterfly. One flap of his wings and mayhem may prevail. ‘Bathing in brilliance’ Independent

Ray Peacock has been a very naughty boy recently and it’s time to find out why. Join the quadruple Chortle Award nominated comedian as he takes you through a myriad of mischief and misdemeanours.


Star of BBC Three’s Impractical Jokers returns with a new hour of top quality anecdotal stand-up. A regular headline act at all of the major UK comedy clubs, McCaffrey is a guaranteed good time.


TOMMY ROWSON & LUCY BEAUMONT19TH JUL 7:30PM £8Tommy Rowson: Down and Out in Powys and London. So You Think You’re Funny Winner and BBC New Comedy Award Finalist tells tales of bordello belles, vagabonds, vagrants, drunks, drug dealers and Jesus. Warning: Contains poetry.

‘A distinctive voice’ Chortle

The BBC New Comedy Winner and Chortle Best Newcomer, Lucy Beaumont, presents her hugely anticipated debut show.‘She’s got the timing of Les Dawson... an absolute natural’.Johnny Vegas

HAYLEY ELLIS & TOM CRAINE18TH JUL 7:30PM £8Loser at life and winner of losing, Hayley Ellis presents her debut hour of stand up about love, loss and a little Lhasa Apso dog called Kevin.

‘Destined for comedy greatness’ XFM

We’re all idiots searching for someone who’ll fail to notice. Award-winning stand-up from Jigsaw’s Tom Craine (BBC Radio 4, sell-out runs Edinburgh 2011-2013).



WITTANK & IAIN STIRLING20TH JUL 7:30PM £8Sketch maestros WitTank present the splendidly twisted world of The School; where maniacal masters rub tweedy shoulders with sharp-tongued scoundrels, and mystery and misrule abound.

‘Beautiful narrative sketch comedy... Masterful.’ Sunday Times

Edinburgh’s very own BAFTA nominated Iain Stirling is back with his 3rd show following two successive sell out runs. A show about heart break, immigration and meeting Jedward from one of Scotland’s ‘Hottest newcomers’ (Scotsman).

MILDRED AND THEMIDNIGHT CITY

23RD JUL 2PM £5A family-friendly puppetry adventure following the intrepid journey of an unlikely little hero. Mildred is suddenly thrown out of her hum-drum TV screen routine and thrust into the heart of an Arctic adventure. She is sent on an impossible mission to the Midnight City, but her journey drastically changes course, and with only a polar bear for company, she faces the challenge of a lifetime. Music, puppetry and storytelling take the explorers through the storm and into the heart of this icy escapade.

Recommended for ages 4+


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DRACULA24TH - 26TH 8PM & 26TH JUL 4PM £5From the creators of the award-winning, international smash-hit A Clockwork Orange, Action To The Word premiere their much-anticipated steampunk adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel. This thrilling reworking of the infamous gothic horror drags you to hell and back. Combining a powerhouse ensemble, extreme physicality and an exhilarating live soundtrack ... this show will leave you begging to be bitten.

Press for A Clockwork Orange:‘Imaginative and striking... it sizzles with energy’ êêêê Evening Standard

PHIL WANG & HAYLEY ELLIS25TH JUL 7:30PM £8Following his ‘astonishingly assured debut’ (êêêê Sunday Times), confident nerd Phil Wang returns with his wry outlook and laid-back style to talk about love, race, and yum-yums at one point.

‘An intelligent, attuned observer’ Scotsman

Loser at life and winner of losing, Hayley Ellis presents her debut hour of stand up about love, loss and a little Lhasa Apso dog called Kevin.


ED GAMBLE & CARL HUTCHINSON HAYLEY ELLIS & WITTANK23RD JUL 7:30PM £8 24TH JUL 7:30PM £8Gamble wops out his debut solo effort. Essentially a great guy (Ed), delivering humour through your classic microphone/speaker combo. From Peacock & Gamble and Almost Royal (BBC America). Chortle Award winner 2014.


Uniquely stubborn, outright impractical and undeniably hilarious. Geordie comic Carl Hutchinson returns to the fringe fresh from touring the country supporting Chris Ramsey,

‘The north-east’s answer to Larry David’ London is Funny

‘Big laughs’ Time Out

Loser at life and winner of losing, Hayley Ellis presents her debut hour of stand up about love, loss and a little Lhasa Apso dog called Kevin.


Sketch maestros WitTank present the splendidly twisted world of The School; where maniacal masters rub tweedy shoulders with sharp-tongued scoundrels, and mystery and misrule abound.

‘Beautiful narrative sketch comedy... Masterful.’ Sunday Times

SEE ANY 3 £5 SHOWS FOR £12 (PHONE BOOKINGS ONLY)1 WEEK ’TIL EDINBURGH


TIFF STEVENSON & MATT FORDELIGHT

26TH JUL 7:30PM £827TH JUL 6PM £5

On cloud 9 one moment then battling your inner critic the next? Tiff Stevenson (Buzzcocks, Next Week’s News) explores the possibility of optimism in a world where the Kardashians exist and worldwide gun control doesn’t.

Following a sell-out run in London, Matt Forde comes back to celebrate the great and the good (and Ed Miliband). See his brand new show as the countdown to Election 2015 starts here.

Multi-award-winning Ad Infinitum (Ballad of the Burning Star, Translunar Paradise, Odyssey) presents a dystopian future inspired by Edward Snowden’s surveillance revelations where implants connect brains to cyberspace and governments secretly infiltrate citizens’ minds. Intense darkness, torchlight, graphic novel/anime inspired visuals, physical storytelling, and a stunning soundscape fuse to tell a story of love, betrayal, and technological power.

Stage Award Winners 2009 & 13, The Guardian’s ‘Best of the Edinburgh Fringe’ 2013, Argus Angel Award Winners 2011-12.

‘Superb’ Scotsman êêêêê

‘A theatrical hand grenade’ Guardian êêêê

NIGHT BUS27TH JUL 7:30PM £5The Night Bus: a vehicle, a club, an office, a bedroom, a sanctuary, a hell-hole, a meeting place for strangers... Linda Marlowe (Berkoff’s Women, The World’s Wife) and Sarah-Louise Young (Julie Madly Deeply, Cabaret Whore) write and perform in this new dark comedy. Directed by Russell Lucas (Julie Madly Deeply, The Fat Man’s Wife). Explore the secret lives of the late night travellers, the baggage they bring on board and the stories they leave behind.

‘Linda Marlowe is a legend’ Scotsman

‘Young is a versatile performer with a terrific sense of comedy’ WhatsOnStage.com

PAXO14TH & 15TH AUG 7:30PM £10 (£9)Treading the hallowed boards for the first time, broadcaster, author and Spitting Image puppet Jeremy Paxman spins lyrical on pogonophobia, underpants and the human condition. Directed by Sarah Esdaile, with surprises galore and an opportunity to personally quiz the grand inquisitor himself, PAXO unstuffs the man ranked by GQ magazine as ‘Britain’s 26th rudest person’.

COMEDY THEATRE FAMILY 1 WEEK ’TIL EDINBURGH


BOX OFFICECarpenters Mews, North Road, London N7 9EF 020 7609 1800 www.pleasance.co.uk

Mon - Sun 10am - 6pm

On performance days Box Office will remain open until the start of the final performance.

CONCESSIONSConcession rates (where advertised) are available with proof of status for over 60s, students, under 18s, registered disabled and unemployed.Carers can attend free of charge.Group and Schools discounts are available on selected events, please contact the Box Office directly.

BOOKING FEES AND POSTAGETelephone and online bookings are subject to a £1 transaction fee. Tickets can be collected anytime during Box Office opening hours or posted to you for an additional 50p. Bookings made in person are not subject to a transaction fee.

Please note tickets sold are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged. Latecomers may not be admitted.

ACCESSPleasance Theatre strives to provide access for all. Our Main House is fully accessible via a lift from street level, we have infra-red hearing system in both performance spaces, accessible toilets and Guide Dogs are welcome. Sadly at present our StageSpace does not have step free access.Our aim is to make your visit as enjoyable as possible for further information or to discuss any access requirements please contact Box Office.

FIND USUNDERGROUNDCaledonian Road - Piccadilly line (5 minutes walk)

OVERGROUNDCaledonian Road and Barnsbury (15 minutes walk)

BUSBus 393 stops right directly outside the theatre with buses 17, 91, 259 and N91 all stopping at Caledonian Road Underground Station, 5 minutes walk away.

PARKINGMetered on-street parking is available outside the theatre Mon to Fri 10am – 4.30pm with free parking evenings and weekends.

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