Edinburgh Fringe
AMUSED MOOSE COMEDY SHOWS
AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE 2022
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2014 Amused Moose shows at the Edinburgh Fringe
AFTERHOURS COMEDY
Assembly Roxy :: 23.40 on 2, 9, 16, 22 and 23 August (80mins)
Laughter packed, legendary and unmissable in an awesome new roost and shimmering plumage, Afterhours again delights with another splendid sell-out season, showcasing the Fringe's highest flying stand-ups, while launching 2014's tip-top fledglings plucked from obscurity to soar towards stardom.
Past gasp out loud highlights include Jimmy Carr, Flight of the Conchords, Tim Minchin, Sarah Millican, Greg Davies, Noel Fielding, Michael McIntyre, Dara O'Briain, John Bishop, Jack Whitehall, Boy With Tape On His Face, Kevin Bridges and many more. 'The Fringe's best late night show - brilliant!'
'Stellar!' (Scotsman).
'Awesome late night hilarity' (Three Weeks)
2 Aug: Andrew Maxwell, Tom Rhodes, Loretta Maine, Markus Birdman, Pierre Novellie
9 Aug: Marcel Lucont, John Hastings, Romesh Ranganathan, Jason Cook, Luisa Omielan
16 Aug: Kerry Godliman, Gordon Southern, Joel Dommett, Fringe breakthrough comedians
22 Aug: Stephen K Amos, Matt Richardson, Dana Alexander, Mick Ferry, Fringe breakthrough comedian
23 Aug: Zoe Lyons, Aisling Bea, Carey Marx, Markus Birdman, Fringe breakthrough comedian
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AMUSED MOOSE COMEDY'S LAUGHTER AWARDS GRAND FINAL supported by BBCWorldwide/2Entertain
The Space@Symposium Hall, Hill Square, EH8 9DR
13.15 on Sunday 17 August TICKETS NEARLY SOLD OUT
Grab your hot tickets to vote at this prestigious Fringe final alongside international comedy cognoscenti for tomorrow's stars, and featuring award-winning headliners Jonny & The Baptists. and hosted by C4 Balls of Steel's Mark Dolan.
2014's Top Ten comedy shows will have won through to the final, after expert talent scouts view - live and online in the UK and abroad - hundreds of Fringe comedy shows by almost DVD-ready performers.
The contenders eagerly battle it out for fame, fortune (£5,000) and shiny moose trophies, emulating previous winners Tony Law and Marcel Lucont.
The Top Ten shows featured in the Final:
Kraken
Tom Toal in Prequel
Lou Sanders in Another Great Show Again
Chris Turner: Pretty Fly
BEASTS: Solo
Celia Pacquola: Let Me Know How ItAll Works Out
Pierre Novellie Is Mighty Peter
Ria Lina: School of Riason
Rob Deering - Music Face
Loretta Maine: Strong Independent Woman (Unless I'm Very Tired)
'Bravo' (Chortle.co.uk).
'Splendid' (One4Review.co.uk).
'Not worth missing by any true comedy fan' (BroadwayBaby.co.uk).
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AMUSED MOOSE COMEDY'S LAUGH OFF AWARDS FINAL supported by BBCWorldwide/2Entertain
STOP PRESS: Won by Tim Renkow, with Archie Maddocks and Don Tran as runners-up.
The Space@Symposium Hall :: 13.30 on Sunday 3 August TICKETS NEARLY SOLD OUT
Vote alongside international comedy cognoscenti, to raise aloft the hottest, breakthrough stars of tomorrow who battle brilliantly for fame, fortune, shiny moose trophies, plus £1,500, in this respected final for 2014's emerging talent.
This year's finalists ARCHIE MADDOCKS, BRENNAN REECE, DON TRAN, KIRI PRITCHARD McLEAN, PENELLA MELLOR, ROB AUTON and TIM RENKOW, follow in the footsteps of Jimmy Carr, Greg Davies, Jack Whitehall, Sarah Millican, Simon Amstell, Rhod Gilbert, Nina Conti, Alex Horne, Kevin Bridges, Andi Osho, Alex Zane, Mark Watson, Lee Nelson and Rob Beckett amongst others.
Hosted by Holly Walsh, with special guest Katherine Ryan
Trophies will awarded by Kath Mainland (Fringe CEO) and Janet Shaw (BBC Comedy)
'Prestigious talent search' (Ents24.com).
'Potential television presenters ... potential comedy stars' (Chortle.co.uk).
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AMUSED MOOSE COMEDY AWARDS GANGSHOWS supported by BBCWorldwide/2Entertain
The Space@Symposium Hall :: 15:45 and 19:00 on Sunday 10 August (100 mins)
This year's unmissable golden opportunities to talent spot future stars amongst 2014's stellar crop of industry approved, emerging comedy discoveries, plus some comics who are already rather famous having been first noticed when featured during our past decade of sell-out Hot Starlet showcases.
Both Gangshows are entirely different, so to double your enjoyment of many outstanding stars in the making and Fringe highlights, be sure to quickly grab your hot tickets for both these always popular Gangshows.
'The place to see tomorrow's stars today' (ThreeWeeks).
'Hard to beat value for money' (One4Review.co.uk)
15.45: Mark Dolan, Barry Ferns, Ellie Taylor, Angela Barnes, Rory O'Hanlan, Gareth Richard, Ian Smith, Tim Renkow, Don Tran, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Mark Simmons, Stephen Carlin, George Lewis
19.00: Marcel Lucont, Tom Deacon, Jim Campbell, Jessica Fostekew, Rhys James, Joby Mageean, Steve Bugeja, Rob Auton, Archie Maddocks, Penella Mellor, Max Davis, Brennan Reece
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Previous years
2013
AMUSED MOOSE LAUGH OFF: FINAL 2013
in association with 2entertain/BBCWorldwide
The SPACE @ SYMPOSIUM HALL, Hill Square, EH8 9DR
SUNDAY 11 AUGUST. 13:30-15:30
Winner: Pierre Novellie
Runners-up: Alex Smith, Sean Cannon
Finalists: Alistair Williams, Angus Dunican and Steve Bugeja
AMUSED MOOSE COMEDY AWARDS: GRAND FINAL 2013
in association with 2entertain/BBCWorldwide
CITY EDINBURGH NIGHTCLUB, Market Street, EH1 1DE.
SUNDAY 18 AUGUST. 14:30-17:15
Winner (jointly): AL LUBEL: Al Lubel is Mentally Al
People's Champion (joint winner): DANNY WARD: Pressure Point
Runner-up: JOHN-LUKE ROBERTS: Broken Stand-Up
The Final featured segments from the other Top Ten Fringe Shows:
MARTIN MOR: How Do You Like Your Blue-Eyed Boy Doctor Death?
LUKE TOULSON: I Don't Know How I Feel About My Kids
MILO McCABE: Schiz
GEORGE RYEGOLD: Adulterated
JONNY & THE BAPTISTS: Bigger Than Judas
MAE MARTIN: Slumber Party
NATHANIEL METCALF: Enthusiast
Hosted by MARCEL LUCONT, with special guest TONY LAW
AFTERHOURS COMEDY
ASSEMBLY ROXY CENTRAL
2 Roxburgh Place, EH8 9SU
SATURDAYS 3, 10, 17, 24 AUGUST. 23.45-25.00
24 August: Lloyd Langford, Markus Birdman, Gordon Southern, Dana Alexander, Jonny & The Baptists
17 August: Phil Nichol, Marcel Lucont, Stephen K Amos, Ben Norris, Pierre Novellie
10 August: Bo Burnham, Carl Donnelly, Alistair Barrie, Jo Caulfield, Al Lubel
3 August: Hal Cruttenden, Andrew Maxwell, Tony Law, Markus Birdman, Aisling Bea
AMUSED MOOSE COMEDY AWARDS GANGSHOWS
in association with 2entertain/BBCWorldwide
JUST THE TONIC's UPSTAIRS at the CAVES
Cowgate, EH1 1LG
18:15-19:15 on AUGUST 3-4, 7-11, 14-18, 16-24.
Hosted by JOEY PAGE, but all shows are different with 60+ comedians over the 16 dates, including some who are already rather famous.
2012
AMUSED MOOSE LAUGHTER AWARDS
Sunday 19 August (2pm to 5pm) at the Bongo Club in Edinburgh.
Hosted by Rob Beckett, the final was won by
MARCEL LUCONT: GALLIC SYMBOL
Runners up: ALISTAIR BARRIE: URBAN FOGEY and LAURENCE CLARK: INSPIRED
The TOP TEN (semi-final) of AmusedMoose Laughter Awards on Friday 17 August, hosted by Joel Dommett, with special guest Boy With Tape On His Face, featured:
Alistair Barrie: Urban Fogey
Asher Treleaven: Troubadour
Carl Hutchinson: Acceptable?
DeAnne Smith: Livin' The Sweet Life
Gordon Southern's A Brief History of History
Helen Arney: Voice of an Angle
Jim Campbell: Nine-Year-Old Man
Laurence Clark: Inspired
Marcel Lucont: Gallic Symbol
Yianni: Numb and Number
AMUSED MOOSE LAUGH OFF FINAL
Joint winners were RICHARD TODD and FUNMBI (taking the People's Choice award), with CLINT EDWARDS as runner-up.
Other finalists were Toby Brown, Matthew Giffen, Dane Baptiste and Foil Arms & Hog
2011
AmusedMoose Laughter Award
Winning show is TONY LAW: GO MR TONY GO!
Runners-up were LUKE WRIGHT'S CYNICAL BALLADS
and MILO McCABE: GET BROWN!
Other finalists:
Jeff Leach: A Leach On Society
Beta Males: The Train Job
McNeil & Pamphilon: Which One Are You?
DeAnne Smith: The Best DeAnne Smith DeAnne Smith Can Be
Paul McCaffrey: Saying Something Stupid
Jessica Fostekew: Luxury Tramp
David Morgan: Triple Threat
AmusedMoose Laugh Off
Won by PAT CAHILL
Runners-up PEARSE JAMES and LARA A KING
2010
AmusedMoose LaughOff 2010 GrandFinal in association with 4DVD
"Prestigious talent search" Ents24
"Potential television presenters ... potential comedy stars" Chortle
"Fine and often quirky" FringeReport
2pm to 5pm on Sunday 22 August during the Edinburgh Fringe.
Winner: ROB BECKETT. Runners-up: LIAM WILLIAMS and ROMESH RANGANATHAN,
plus LEON SCOTT, RICH HEAP, MARK RESTUCCIA and RORY O'HANLON featured in the Grand Final, hosted by
Stephen K Amos at the Bongo Club.
AmusedMooseComedy's Gangshow + AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets, in associaton with 4DVD
"The place to see tomorrow's stars today" ThreeWeeks
"Hard to beat value for money" One4Review
"Stars of the future" BroadwayBaby
12.40 to 13.55 at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh.
Every show has a different line-up so you can come again and again.
Friday 6 Aug: Sarah Millican, Tom Wrigglesworth, Stuart Goildsmith, Joe Lycett, Joe Bor(MC), Nathan Caton, Liam Williams
Saturday 7 Aug: Patrick Monahan(MC), Gary Delaney, Paul McCaffrey, Eric Lampaert, Naz Osmanoglu, Rory O'Hanlon, Carly Smallman
Sunday 8 Aug: Alex Zane, Paul Kernsa, Stephen Carlin, Rosie Wilby, Simon Feilder(MC), Elliot Tiney, Rob Beckett
Friday 13 Aug: Paul Sinha, Andy Zaltzman, Maff Brown, Josh Widdicombe, Mark Restuccia(MC), Romest Ranganathan, Sunna Jarman
Saturday 14 Aug: Andi Osho, Chris McCausland, Matt Green, Joey Page, Sy Thomas, Maureen Younger(MC), Gareth Morinan
Sunday 15 Aug: Gareth Richards, Alexis Dubus, David Whitney(MC), Marlon Davis, Rich Heap, Dave Florez, Jo Selby
After Hours - co-production by Pleasance and AmusedMooseComedy
Star-status stand-ups and exciting breakthrough talent, after midnight at Pleasance, Edinburgh on
Fri 6 August: JACK WHITEHALL, TERRY ALDERTON, GARY DELANEY, NATHAN CATON, ANDREW BIRD
Sat 7 August: SARAH MILLICAN, CAREY MARX, GORDON SOUTHERN, CHRIS McCAUSLAND, GINGER & BLACK
Thurs 12 August: ABANDOMAN(with Rob Broderick), GORDON SOUTHERN, SIMON EVANS, MIKE NEWELL, ROMESH RANGANTHAN, ROB BECKETT
Fri 13 August: ARJ BARKER, PAUL SINHA, CHRIS McCCAUSLAND, TOM DEACON, JIMMY McGHIE
Sat 14 August: TERRY ALDERTON, ANDREW LAWRENCE, MICK FERRY, PAUL McCAFFREY, ROBERT WHITE
Thurs 19 August: ALEX ZANE, DAVID O'DOCHERTY, ANDI OSHO, PAUL SINHA, JON RICHARDSON, STUART GOLDSMITH
Fri 20 August: TOM WRIGGLESWORTH, IAN STONE, PATRICK MONAHAN, JOHN MOLONEY, IMRAN YUSUF
Sat 21 August: ANDREW MAXWELL, ADDY VAN DER BORGH, STUART GOLDSMITH, PETE JOHANSSON, IVO GRAHAM
Thurs 26 August: RUFUS HOUND, GARETH RICHARDS, CARL DONNELLY, GLENN WOOL, ROMESH RANGANTHAN
Fri 27 August: REGINALD D HUNER, ARJ BARKER, ANDREW MAXWELL, ANDREW BIRD, IMRAN YUSUF
Sat 28 August: ANDREW MAXWELL, ALEX ZANE, ROB DEERING, JIMMY McGHIE, PAUL McCAFFREY
2009
AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets: 10th Anniversary Specials in association with 4DVD
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 August (13.30) in Gilded Balloon's Nightclub (Booking line: 0131 622 6552)
Sat 15 Aug: Luke Toulson, Gareth Richards, Mike Wozniak, Paul McCaffrey, Elliott Tiney
Sun 16 Aug: Joe Bor, Tom Deacon, Stephen Carling, Andrew Watts, Ryan McDonnell
Friday 21 & Saturday 22 August (15.00) in Pleasance Dome's AceDome (Booking line: 0131 556 6550)
Friday 28 & Saturday 29 August (16.15) in Underbelly's Belly Laugh (Booking line: 0844 545 8252)Yes, 10 years of brilliant sell-out, industry endorsed showcases!
So grab your hot tickets for talent-spotting the next Rhod Gilbert, Jimmy Carr, Sarah Millican, Jack Whitehall, Mark Watson or Simon Amstell, from amongst this year's handpicked stellar crop, plus a past Hot Starlet who is now rather famous.Click on this link for more information and to book tickets online .... http://edcomfest.com/events/keywordsearch?searchtextbox=starlets&x=22&y=9&kyeword_search=kyeword_search (Alternative booking line: 0131 226 0000)
AmusedMoose Laugh Off: Grand Final 2009 in association with 4DVD
Sunday 23 August (14.35 to 17.30) at The Bongo Club (Venue 143), 37 Holyrood Road, EH8 8AQ (Booking line: 0131 557 2827)
Vote for hot, breakthrough stars-of-tomorrow battling brilliantly for fame, fortune and shiny Moose trophies, following in the footsteps of Jimmy Carr, Simon Amstell, Rhod Gilbert, Sarah Millican, Mark Watson and Jack Whitehall.
Hosts are C4 TNT's Jack Whitehall (07 winner) & Holly Walsh (06 runner-up) who compere award-winning AmusedMooseComedy's prestigious talent search Grand Final.
Finalists are:
Danny Ward, Jim Campbell, Jo Selby, Luke Benson, Mark Simmons,
Naz Osmanoglu, Paul McCaffrey andRyan McDonnell
Join an audience heavy with television/radio and comedy industry folk from around the world, in the fantastic legendary Bongo club for one of the Fringe's top treats.Click on this link for more information and to book tickets online .... www.TheBongoClub.co.uk and then scroll down to the date (Alternative booking line: 0131 226 0000)
After Hours: Pleasance Theatre and AmusedMooseComedy co-production)
Friday 7 & Saturday 8 August (00.40) in Pleasance Dome's Ace Dome (Booking line: 0131 556 6550)
Thursday 13 & Friday 14 & Saturday 15 August (00.40) inPleasance Dome's Ace Dome (Booking line: 0131 556 6550)
Thursday 20 & Friday 21 & Saturday 22 August(00.40) in Pleasance Dome's Ace Dome (Booking line: 0131 556 6550)
Thursday 27 & Friday 28 & Saturday 29 August (00.40) in Pleasance Dome's Ace Dome (Booking line: 0131 556 6550)
Legendary and unmissable, AFTER HOURS presents its 7th laughter packed sell-out season, showcasing the year's biggest hottest comedians in its comedy club setting, adding surprise guests who've included Jimmy Carr, Simon Astell, Noel Fielding, Ross Noble and Flight of the Conchords.
Ask Pleasance Box Office's for tonight's line-up.
"BRILLIANT! THE BEST LATE NIGHT SHOW ON THE FRINGE" Jason Byrne
"STELLAR" Scotsman
2008
Friday 1 to Sunday 24 August (daily at 4.10pm)
AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets in association with 4DVD.
Grab your hot ticket for talentspotting the next Mark Watson, Rhod Gilbert, Nina Conti and Simon
Amstell - awardwinners all.
Six refreshing, exceptional young comedians are handpicked daily, from a roster of 25 eager
stars-of-tomorrow, so every show is different. Hosted by Rob Tarbuck.
Seventh year of sellout shows :: OFFICIAL SELLOUT RUN in 2007.
Venue 266: C Soco 'Urban Garden', 233 Cowgate, Edinburgh EH1 1JQ (entrance also in Chambers St)
For more details including how to book, scroll to August in our "Whats On" page
Sunday 17 August (3.15pm to 5.30pm)
AmusedMoose LaughOff 08 Final in association with 4DVD.
Vote for outstanding stars-in-the-making from around the UK and Ireland, who battle for fame, fortune
and shiny moose trophies presented by the Director of the Edinburgh Fringe, Jon Morgan.
Multi-awardwinning STEPHEN K AMOS comperes and introduces the ten finalists - Joe Bor, Mike
Wozniak, Moonfish Rhumba, Matt Rudge, Katherine Ryan, Martin Hill, Seann Walsh, Tania Edwards and Tom Rosenthal. Ahir Shah and Eric Lampaert will do showcase spots while the votes are counted.
Join an audience heavy with television/radio and comedy industry folk from around the world, in the
fantastic legendary Bongo club for one of the Fringe's top treats.
Previous finalists include Jimmy Carr, Alex Zane, Klang!, Nina Conti, Rhod Gilbert, Mark Watson,
Simon Amstell, Rob Deering, Alex Horne, Sarah Millican ....
Venue 143: Bongo Club, 37 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ
For more details including how to book, scroll to August in our "Whats On" page
Saturday 16 to Friday 22 August: course of SEVEN sessions (noon to 3pm)
ACME Comedy Writing Course
A brilliant opportunity to improve your comedy and joke-writing skills, including stand-up, sketches,
sitcoms, improv etc. Led by experienced Comedy Store and BAFTA-winning comedians/writers,
visiting producers, and special guests such as Barry Cryer talking about writing for other comedians.
Full details from courses@StandUpAndDeliver.com
Venue 260: Jury's Inn, 43 Jeffrey Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DH
For more details including how to book, scroll to August in our "Whats On" page
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3-27 August 2007 (Archives from previous years follow this year's information)
Tickets for shows at the Fringe and in London, are available on the What's On page (either click here or click above on What's On)
AmusedMooseComedy, A M Entertainments (production and casting) and Stand Up & Deliver comedy courses, are currently putting finishing touches to our offerings on the Fringe 2006. It's very exciting ...
Looking for the ultimate Fringe experience? Grab this fantastic opportunity to fulfil that dream of performing stand-up on the stage of a real Fringe venue, thanks to the hugely successful, highly regarded and aptly named Absolute & Almost Beginners Comedy Course from StandUp And Deliver, led by amazing Logan Murray, which is always a big success at the Fringe.
People travel across oceans to attend this course - all English speakers are very welcome.
It takes place daytimes on Thurs 23 to Mon 27 Aug at Zoo venue at Southside, as will the showcase on the last afternoon (which is the English Bank Holiday Monday).
Pre-booking is essential (direct until the Fringe box office opens in early June; after that either direct or on www.edfringe.com by clicking on Shows, then searching for Absolute). Non-residential. Email courses@standupanddeliver.com for more details (or leave your email address on 020 7287 3727)
NB: If you're an under-18 please contact us for a telephone interview before enrolling.
An attendee in 2005, Caroline Clifford, won through to finals of two very reputable, nationwide stand-up comedy competitions just 12 months later.
The final of AmusedMoose LaughOff 06 takes place on Saturday 25 August at 3.15pm in the legendary Bongo Club, in Holyrood Road (near the junction with Pleasance and Cowgate). Your vote counts in the final of this prestigious talent search, compered superbly by AmusedMoose fave Stephen K Amos, which is being supported by IF.comeddies who are filming the Final in order to present all the finalists with a showreel of their performance.
Previous finalists include Jimmy Carr, Alex Zane, Rhod Gilbert, Mark Wtason, Rob Deering, Alex Horne, Marek 'Klang' Larwood, and Nina Conti and her monkey, so this is your chance to catch the stars of tomorrow today - Tom Deacon, Steve Weiner, Maff Brown, Luke Toulson, Joanne Lau, Jack Whitehall, Gareth Richards, Dan Hoy, Chris Martin and Andrw Watts - who have won through from over 500 hopefuls from across the UK and Ireland.
Outstanding stand-ups fight it out for fame, fortune and the shiny Moose trophy. In association with 2entertain, as is ....
AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets at 4pm daily, at CSoco in Cowgate. This afternoon showcase is a great talentspotting opportunity, hosted by television warm-up Matt Rudge, and each day we'll handpick just six from thirty highly entertaining and original new comedians we've discovered nationwide and have been nurturing during the last year, who are eagerly waiting to entertain you.
Whether you are keen to be among the first to see the stars-of-tomorrow-today, or are wanting to cast a television series, offer a DVD option, or book them into international comedy festivals, this is a real hot ticket show!
Afterhours in Pleasance Dome is an AmusedMoose/Pleasance co-production, on 3-4, 9-11, 16-18 and 23-25 August at a bit after midnight (at 00.45, or you may prefer to think of it as 24.45!)
Quality will out ... Afterhours has developed such a great reputation, that again without any publicity/PR budget it is the first late night comedy show to be selling out its Fringe Box Office allocation in 2007 .... but tickets are usually available at Pleasance Box Offices until much nearer to showtime, so don't despair!
Indeed, Jason Byrne so enjoys his Afterhours audiences that he said it's "The best late night show on the Fringe - brilliant".
So the legendary Afterhours is back for a fifth fantastic year with some of the biggest and best names in comedy. Lots more laughs, delightful comedy literate audiences, a bar in the comedy room, plus a comedy club atmostphere.
LOOK OUT FOR NAMES OF WHO'S PERFORMING IN SHOWS SOON, ON BOARDS AROUND PLEASANCE VENUES. Just like at AmusedMooseSoho, they're great value-for-money shows.
Order a hardcopy of the Fringe programme on www.edfringe.com to get the best overview of the entire Fringe.
NB: Venue box offices and websites often have tickets available when the allocation on www.edfringe.com has sold out
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2006
AmusedMooseComedy, A M Entertainments (production and casting) and Stand Up & Deliver comedy courses, are currently putting finishing touches to our offerings on the Fringe 2006. It's very exciting - every year we try to find something new to delight you with, and this time we came up with a very entertaining concept when we were offered the coveted late evening slot in what promises to be the most talked about Edinburgh venue for a long long time - an upturned purple cow, called Udderbelly! But let's stay focussed for now ...
Looking for the ultimate Fringe experience? Grab this fantastic opportunity to fulfil that dream of performing stand-up on the stage of a real Fringe venue, thanks to the hugely successful, highly regarded and aptly named Absolute & Almost Beginners comedy course from StandUp And Deliver, led by amazing Logan Murray, which is always a big success at the Fringe.
People travel across oceans to attend this course - all English speakers are very welcome.
It takes place daytimes on Thurs 24 to Mon 28 Aug at Zoo venue at Southside, as will the showcase on the last afternoon (which is the English Bank Holiday Monday).
Pre-booking is essential (direct until the Fringe box office opens in early June; after that either direct or on www.edfringe.com by clicking on Shows, then searching for Absolute). Non-residential. Email courses@standupanddeliver.com for more details (or text the words Fringe course and your email address to 07970 524 234 / + 44 7970 524 234)
NB: If you're an under-18 please contact us for a telephone interview before enrolling.
One attendee last year is now through to finals of two very reputable, nationwide stand-up comedy competitions. You can see Caroline Clifford (who was among 500 newbie comedians who auditioned to get into heats) on 22 Aug in the final of AmusedMoose LaughOff 06 at Underbelly's Cow Shed on Bristo Sq.
Moovers & Shakers at Udderbelly in Bristo Square on 5-6, 9-13 and 16-20 Aug at 11.15pm will be not-to-be-missed shows that audiences will come back to time and again! Described as being hugely entertaining, star-studded Festival showcases guaranteed to be a big Fringe hit, in the spectacular upturned cow, it features fastmoving highlights chosen from across Edinburgh for your enjoyment including riotous sketches, the finest stand-up and theatre excerpts, dance music, plus humorous songs and monologues from around the globe. There'll be many Perrier, Fringe First and other award-winners, plus special secret guests who may well not be named in advance. It's definitely the best way to see what's hot, and it's different every time.
The final of AmusedMoose LaughOff 06 takes place on Tuesday 22 August at 5pm in Underbelly's Cow Barn (possibly so named to irritate Edinburghers who know it as Reid Hall). Your vote counts in the final of this prestigious talent search, compered by undisputed King of Comedy Andrew Maxwell. Previous finalists include Jimmy Carr, Alex Zane, Rhod Gilbert, Mark Wtason, Rob Deering, Alex Horne, Marek 'Klang' Larwood, and Nina Conti and her monkey - so this is your chance to catch the stars of tomorrow today (including Ginger & Black, Caroline Clifford, Tom Clutterbuck and Diane Morgan) who have won through from over 500 hopefuls from across the UK and Ireland. Outstanding stand-ups fight it out for fame, fortune and the shiny Moose trophy. In association with 2entertain, as is ....
AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets at 1.15 from Sat 19 to Sat 26 August at Laughing Horse at Lyndsey's (Brunswick Street, off Leith Walk) as part of the Free Fringe. This free lunchtime smorgasbord is hosted by Tiernan Douieb, and each day we'll handpick just five from twenty highly entertaining and original new comedians we discovered nationwide and have been nurturing during the last year, who are eagerly waiting to entertain you, and be spotted by international talentscouts as has happened before. These showcases are always a great talent-spotting dream whether you are keen to be among the first to see the stars-of-tomorrow-today, or are wanting to offer them a television series, a DVD option, or book them into international comedy festivals. Free show so rush along as these will be even more of a hot ticket than usual!
Afterhours in Pleasance Dome is an AmusedMoose/Pleasance co-production, on 4-5, 10-12, 17-19 and 24-26 August at 00.45 (or you may prefer to think of it as 24.45!)
Jason Byrne expressed his pleasure about performing for Afterhours audiences that he said it's "The best late night show on the Fringe - brilliant". So the legendary Afterhours is back for a fourth fantastic year with some of the biggest and best names in comedy. Lots more laughs and happy hour drinking, with a comedy literate audience, in a comedy club atmostphere. Previous line-ups have included Jimmy Carr, Dara O'Briain, Ross Noble and Noel Fielding, like our shows in London.
We'd like to also recommend three shows that AmusedMooseComedy has some involvement with:
- Laurence Clark: Jim Fixed It For Me in Pleasance Dome at 7.30 on 2-27 Aug (not 13th)
- Adrenaline featuring stand-up and characters from Kate Smurthwaite, at Roman Eagle Lodge at 9.55 on 4-27 Aug (not 13th)
- About As Funny As It Gets Free at Lunchtime features Abi Roberts, Tom Clutterbuck and Karl Edrik at 1.15 from 6 to 18 August at Laughing Horse at Lyndsey's (Brunswick Street, off Leith Walk)
Order a hardcopy of the Fringe programme on www.edfringe.com to get the best overview of the entire Fringe.
NB: Venue box offices and websites often have tickets available when the allocation on www.edfringe.com has sold out
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The hugely successful and highly regarded ABSOLUTE AND ALMOST BEGINNERS COMEDY COURSE from StandUp And Deliver, led by amazing Logan Murray, which is now fully subscribed, takes place daytimes at Pleasance Dome on Thurs 25 to Mon 29 Aug - with the showcase on the final afternoon (which is the English Bank Holiday Monday) at Zoo venues. For the first time a considerable number of places were booked even before the Fringe programme went to the printers!
Pre-booking is essential, through the Fringe booking office or direct. Non-residential.
Details from courses@standupanddeliver.com (or in emergency on 07970 524 234)
AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets 6.30 daily from 3 -29 August in Pleasance Joker Dome, hosted by Kate Smurthwaite and Mark Talbot. Each day we handpick just five from the two dozen highly entertaining and original new comedians we've been nurturing during the last year, who are eagerly waiting to entertain you and to be spotted by international talentscouts as has happened before. These shows are always a great talent-spotting dream whether you are keen to be among the first to see the stars-of-tomorrow-today, or are wanting to offer them a television series, a DVD option, or book them into international comedy festivals.
If you can't get to Edinburgh, AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets have London's Bloomsbury Theatre all to themselves on Weds 19 October!
If you want to book AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets into your own venue, please email comedy@amusedmoose.com
AmusedMooseComedy Awards 05 Finals and semifinals at Underbelly, on Tuesday 23 (hosted by Stewart Lee and compered by Mark Watson) and Monday 15 & Tuesday 16 August respectively. Previous winners and finalists include Nina Conti, Rob Deering, Mark Watson, Rhod Gilbert, MTV's Alex Zane, and someone called Jimmy Carr.
Quarterfinals at AmusedMooseSoho on Thursdays in June and July, regional heats in London throughout the spring (final sweep audition on 21 May) to 19 June, and at XSMalarkey in Manchester on 6 June, the Original Oak in Leeds on 7 June, and Just Laugh in Perth, Scotland on 16 June.
Sponsored by 2 Entertain who are looking for new comedy talent to option for dvd/video, and judges include 2Entertain execs, BBC producers, programmers for Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, lots of other comedy industry folk ---- and the audience too!
Entries: amcawards05@yahoo.co.uk or general enquiries to comedy@amusedmoose.com
Debra-Jane Appelby: Appelby's Journey to the 21st Century 7.10 on 4-29 Aug at Underbelly's BabyBelly3.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, Debra-Jane Appelby, explores the notion - 'Is THIS the 21st century we were promised?'
'Magical spontaneous quality' Shane Allen, Commissioning Editor Comedy Channel4. 'Intelligent and original' Leicester Mercury. http://uk.geocities.com/dj_appelby
Chris McCausland: As Seen On TV? 7.45 on 3-29 Aug at Pleasance Joker Dome.
Observational comedy from a blind guy? Take a trip through TV culture with a bloke for whom porn has become pointless and watching football a farce.
'Comic brilliance' Jongleurs Best Newcomer 2004! www.chrismccausland.com
Afterhours 00.50 (midnight plus 50 minutes after midnight) most nights at Pleasance, Ace Dome. The top late-night stand-up show - recommended to everyone in print by Jason Byrne.
You'll see some bigname comedians here that you'll see at no other latenight shows, plus rising stars of the Fringe too ... and there's a large, well stocked bar in the room too! No open spots!
Real value-for-money late night show. Comedy club atmosphere, courtesy of AmusedMooseComedy.
(This show is a co-production with Pleasance)
Abnormally Funny People 9.40 on 3-29 August at Pleasance Queen Dome
Five 'abnormally' funny people and one 'normally' funny person, invite you to an unmissable stand up / sit down comedy show. All jokes accessible. Book your tickets now for the Fringe's No. 1 entertainment show.
Cast includes Steve Best, Chris McCausland, Steve Day, TanyaLee Davis.
(This is an associate production with Churchill Minty Friend, supported by Sky Television)
For more information about our shows and productions on the Fringe in 2005, or to discuss the possibility of A M Entertainments producing your show on the Fringe in 2006 please e-mail us ... click here
Every Winter/Spring we hold a series of three 'Take Your Show To The Fringe' seminars in London, the guest at one is usually the Director of the Fringe. Info from courses@standupanddeliver.com (or see the Courses & Training page, for general information about courses)
2004
AmusedMooseComedy had a high profile for shows featuring the very top stand-ups and for bringing thrusting new comedy talent to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2004. The following bears testament to just how busy we were.
AmusedMooseComedy and StandUp And Deliver produced 7 shows, including the Absolute & Almost Beginners comedy course and showcase (daytimes) - see our Courses+Training page for more information. (Page 15 of the Fringe programme)
For the first time the AmusedMooseComedy STAR SEARCH 2004 final (hosted by Time Out awardwinner Stephen K Amos) took place during the Edinburgh Fringe, showcasing brilliant stars-in-the-making ... and your vote counted! Held in one of the best rooms in Edinburgh - on 17 August at 10.45 in the Cabaret bar in the Pleasance Courtyard. (Page 18 of the Fringe programme)
The finalists were among 20 or so highly entertaining and original new comedians we have been nurturing during the last year, who performed for five nights each in AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets - no two nights will be the same. Scotland's very own Logan Murray compered in his own inimitable style as Ronnie Rigsby. These shows are always a great talent-spotting opportunity ... Rhod Gilbert (runner-up in our Star Search final) was spotted in Hot Starlets in 2003 and invited to appear in the Adelaide comedy festival. Following sellout shows in 2003 at the Assembly Rooms, and in 2002 at Underbelly, in 2004 AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets were in residence at Pleasance Joker Dome at 9.45 nightly. (Page 18 of the Fringe programme)
There are two solo shows under the Moose banner this year.
Matt Dyktynski - Pole Dancer (in Pleasance Courtyard at 8.15) already had a bit of a buzz going, and transferred fast to Soho Theatre for a short runs in Sept/Oct, so was seen as a show "not to be missed". (Page 47 of the Fringe programme and www.mattdyktynski.com)
and Doniert Macfarlane in Colin Montgomery Stole My Life (at C's Oxygen venue in Infirmary Street at 6.55 - page 30 of the Fringe programme) which was nominated for the Richard Pryor Award.
In Gilded Balloon Caves II (off Cowgate) four young comediennes - a children's television presenter, a successful novelist, an award-winning screen writer, and an actress - had everyone high on laughter in their show "Four Queens Poker Club" at 10.55. Kirsten O'Brien, Abigail Burdess, Issy Bordsky and Ruth Bratt performed at the atmospheric Caves venues. (Page 33 of the Fringe programme)
And finally we repeated the successful formula of last years Afterhours show, as a co-production with Pleasance. Jason Byrne said it was "Brilliant - the best show on the Fringe" in 2003. Not surprisingly we booked him back for a number of these late night shows in Pleasance Dome Cabaret bar, which has the atmosphere of a sociable, goodnatured, high energy comedy club atmosphere which the comedians relish and the audiences adore.
Last years comedians also included such late night luminaries as Ross Noble, Ed Byrne, Flight of the Conchords, Reg D Hunter, Adam Hills, Demetri Martin, Jimmy Carr, Dara O'Briain, and many many more. We will be improving even on that this year without doubt - the comedians are clamouring to do the gig and we're almost having to fight them off with sticks! (Page 15 of the Fringe programme)
See you up there! Come up and say hello --- look out for the AmusedMoose t-shirts!
Hils, Rachel, Clair, Ian and Carole
2003
AmusedMooseComedy was very busy at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2003, and the following shows we produced bears testament to just how busy we were.
Absolute & Almost Beginners intensive comedy course (over 5 days, daytimes, at the end of the Fringe, including performing in a showcase. (Details in yellow below, and pages 14 and 159 of the Fringe programme) In the event these courses produced the winner of both the C4 So You Think You' re Funny competition Tom Wrigglesworth, and the winner of the BBC New Comedy Award Rhod Gilbert who was runner-up in the Jongleurs Spike Award, the winner of which had been runner-up in the BBC in 2000! The course was represented by 3 BBC finalists and 3 C4 SYTYF finalists which we thought was wonderful as the courses have only been running for 18 months!
Jerry Sadowitz is one of the Fringe' s institutions. Jerry Sadowitz: The Midnight Show hits the stage of George Square Theatre on five nights only (20-24 Aug) at 23.59, with his unique brand of stand-up comedy. Billed as the world' s most offensive/offended comedian he is one of Scotland' s much loved, and respected sons who is always welcomed back with open arms. (No magic show this year, but Jerry will doubtless include a few somewhat larger and therefore more visible tricks to enthrall and maybe provoke just a little!). Fringe programme: page 36
AmusedMooseComedy was informally involved in producing a very successful late evening show in 2002 (see archived report on last year' s Amused Moose shows at the Fringe, underneath the section in yellow below) at a venue which had asked us to programme all their comedy shows - we were chuffed that it was the only one in Edinburgh where Bill Bailey who was just in town for 24 hours performed! We' ll be bringing you even more comedy delights and surprises and unique performances this year at Afterhours at Pleasance Dome. 12 shows starting at 1am, with mad drinks prices beforehand and music after, and the very best comedians on the Fringe and some who are up in Edinburgh just to do these shows - you'll be used to how we magic up amazing comedians at AmusedMooseSoho (where did you see Eddie Izzard a few months back, for example, twice in the same week, and Al Murray and Ricky Gervais on the same bill, just before the Fringe!). And we' ll be bringing that same programming skill to Afterhours, which is a co-pro between the Moose and Pleasance, so you absolutely know it' ll be great fun, great value and a very well run comedy club-type of night, but even better because we' ll all be in Edinburgh, in a great comedy room with an excellent bar actually in the room - how many other Fringe comedy rooms can offer you that! The answer - none! Buy tickets ahead of times, as once the words out they will definitely be selling out! Page 14 of the Fringe programme (search for Afterhours on the EdFringe website as bizarrely it isn' t alphabeticallylisted there)
Hal Cruttenden - To Hal And Back. Hal was a Perrier Newcomer Nominee last year, and is planning a bigger triumph this year at Pleasance Dome 3 at 20.20 most evenings. And it promises 20.20 vision! (We' ve no idea what that means, but it was too good to leave out!). Pages 32 and 165 in the Fringe programme.
AmusedMooseComedy' s Hot Starlets was a hugely successful show in 2002, so transferred this year straight to a prime timeslot in a delightful room at the premier Fringe venue, the Assembly Rooms. Over 20 rising stars, who have shown us their metal at AmusedMooseSoho comedy club over the last nine months or so, will be showcased for professional talentscouts and amateur talentspotters at 23.45 every evening from 1 to 24 August, in the Wildman Room at The Assembly Rooms. Five comedians every night, with a constantly changing roster, so that you can come to see the show again and again but never see the same five twice. Amongst these 20+ are winners of many recent comedy competitions (Leicester and London comedy Festival, Hackney New Acts, Paramount and so on) and finalists too, who will be in finals of the three competitions in Edinburgh during the Fringe. (Page 15 and 159 of the Fringe programme).
Never slow to find something different to offer, AmusedMooseComedy went all the way to the Aspen Comedy Festival to source and bring back a very entertaining film about comedy, Bitter Jester. This could become one of those Fringe hot tickets ---- just two screenings on 13 August (at 3.30 and 6pm) at the lovely art deco Dominion cinema in Morningside, with a Q&A betweentimes with Maija di Giorgio who directs and stars in the film, and Kenny Simmons the Producer. Many US comedy icons (such as Whoopi Goldberg) are interviewed and give their perspectives on stand-up. This happens within a diary documentary format, showing the life and struggles of a new standup comedian who is befriended by comedian and actor Richard Belzer (from National Lampoon with John Belushi etc etc) who is the lynchpin (and Executive Producer) by introducing her to big name comedians, and getting her backstage at the Montreal Comedy Festival and onto film lots in LA, award ceremonies, benefits and Las Vegas, as well as the New York comedy clubs you' ll recognise. It was voted very enjoyable, interesting and entertaining at it' s first non-US showing, at the London Comedy Festival, with Frank Skinner, Andre Vincent, Jo Caulfield and many other comedians in the audience ---- lots of groans, cheers and sniggers. The best Ã'£5-worth on the Fringe. Reviewed on www.chortle.co.uk . Fringe programme, pages 19 and 159
Kids Are Best. John Ryan, who is well established not only as a stand-up but also as a children' s writer, director and entertainer will be delighting youngsters and their parents/teachers alike, now daily from 3 August at 12.45 at the Pleasance Courtyard. Don' t miss him. Big kids will enjoy it too - you' re all welcome. There will be games, songs, music, stories - all of which will demonstrate that Kids Are Best. Fringe programme: page 10
Perrier newcomer nominee Andrew Clover will be back to delight absolutely everyone with his show Andrew Clover, Supercub at Pleasance Courtyard' s Cavern at 9.45pm most evenings from 30 July to 25 Aug. You may have seen Andrew-the-actor quite a lot on television recently --- that' s how life is, you decide to focus on your stand-up career and then everyone casts you in every telly series and sitcom and comedy pilot that has been commissioned recently including Simon Day' s sitcom "Grass" (well that' s how it seems, not that we are complaining of course). Andrew has previewed his show from as far afield as Southsea and Birmingham to Bath and Aldburgh, finetuning it to delight his enthusiastic loyal Fringe audiences, who have made his previous 5 star shows into sellouts. (pages 15 and 63).
Richard Belzer (above) was to be in Edinburgh to also promote the film Bitter Jester that he is involved with and appears in, and entertain for just three shows only at Sweet at CrownePlaza on the High St at 9.45pm on 10, 11 and 12 August, and it' d have been the hottest ticket in town, as he performed his upcoming HBO Comedy Special just for a select band of Fringe goers. (Pages 52 and 159 of the Fringe programme). Howeve due to an unexpected major film contract his show has sadly had to be altered, so now will be hosted by Maija di Giorgio with special guests including Tina Kim who started out in the same clubs as Maija (see Bitter Jester, above) and now is hugely successful on the US college circuit too. Tix for Maija di Giorgio and friends will be £10 (£8.50 concessions)
To book Fringe tickets online by credit/debit/switch card go to www.edfringe.com (though to enrol for the comedy course you can call 07970 524 234 if you prefer OR email course@standupanddeliver.com)
2002
The Edinburgh Fringe 2002 is now history of course but we thought we' d leave this up on the website for reference, and nostalgia' s sake! Highlights included a Perrier nomination for Hal Cruttenden, a sellout run from Stewart Lee in the Traverse Theatre's comedy strand, and AmusedMooseComedy' s Hot Starlets containing all the winners and runners up in the four competitions on the Fringe! - hooray
So much to tell and so little time! AmusedMooseComedy had a great time in Edinburgh - some sell-out shows (including James Campbell's children's comedy show, Jerry Sadowitz's magic show, and AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets - many of the new comics you've been seeing at the Moose over the past months), and a Perrier newcomer nomination for Hal Cruttenden's first solo show ---- plus loads and loads of five and four star reviews ... oh yes and working with Neil Masters we had the most fantastic bills for the Underbelly Late Shows - just about all the big names including the only stand-up set of the Fringe from Bill Bailey himself. It was great - if you didn't make it you'll be able to see some of the shows and other Fringe shows that stood out from the crowd at the Moose pretty soon, or at various festivals we've been invited to put shows on at (Brighton, Leicester and Jersey so far, and we've only been back 5 days!!)
A big highlight at the Fringe was that our enthusiasm and support for new comedians has paid off ---- all the winners of Edinburgh competitions were in the final of AmusedMoose Talent Quest, and they and all the runners up, and probably all of the London-based finalists in the competitions were among the 21 new comedians that were on the rota (at 5 a day, rotating) for our AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets show. So who did win what? ... BBC was won by Nina Conti, with Dylan and Stefano Paolini as runners up; Daily Telegraph Open Mic was won by Mark Watson with Stan Stanley as runner-up; SoYouThinkYou'reFunny was won by Matthew Osborn with Nina and Mark as runners-up; and Wilkinson's was won by Dylan. So Nina, Dylan, Matthew and Mark are the mainstays of the AmusedMooseComedy's Hot Starlets that are being booked into festivals (most shows will have 5 comedians as the show did on the Fringe), sometimes with Stan and Gary Delaney, plus Patrick Monahan and Steve Williams who will compere between them ... it's never easy to get five comedians available simultaneously but thankfully we do have a willing and eager troup of quality new comedians to draw on.
And now the news from before the Fringe 2002 ...
So much happening this year (2002) at the Edinburgh Fringe!
There will be over 50 Edinburgh previews at AmusedMooseSoho from mid-June to late July, and lots of shows in Edinburgh too! Details follow about those Edinburgh shows (which include the legendary Jerry Sadowitz btw) followed by the exciting announcement about our comedy course during the Fringe that anyone can participate in! Sooooo exciting.
BIG NEW COMEDY VENUE ON THE EDINBURGH FRINGE WELCOMES TOP LONDON COMEDY CLUB
Smirnoff Underbelly (venue 61) on Victoria Street and Cowgate has expanded to make space for fifteen shows from Amused Moose Comedy, the awardwinning comedy club in London (Chortle awards 2002: People' s Choice)
The ONLINE EDINBURGH FRINGE PROGRAMME is on www.edfringe.com
Scottish performers include (with Fringe programme page number):
Scotland' s own Jerry Sadowitz doing an afternoon magic show (due to significant advance sales the run has already been extended from weeks 0 and 1, to the end of week 2) - page 34;
' Comedy 4 Kids' , and solo stand-up show - Just Another Comedian' , from Fringe fave James Campbell (previous 5-star reviews) - pages 11 and 34;
'Scotland' s Best & Guests' features Des Clark and other Scottish comedians (many from BBC TV' s Live Floor Show) and a handful of interesting non-Scots some of whom may yet claim celtic ancestery (revolving line-up to be announced very shortly) - page 50;
Glasgow and the Royal National Theatre' s Timber brings his unmissable in-yer-face dark stand-up performance 'Blood Guts Sex & Death' to the late night Fringe - page 20;
Award winning scots comedienne Janey Godley in 'A Full Measure of Scotch' just back from her sell-out tour of New Zealand - page 34;
Edinburgh' s own Dougie Dunlop features local colour in the two man show 'Dunlop & Dowdeswell' - page 26;
Des McLean, straight from the Live Floor Show tour, in 'Des McLean - Five Stars' - page 26;
Charlie Ross debuts in 'Charlie' s Angles' - page 22;
International shows include:
Top circuit comic Mark Maier' s 'StandUp Tragedy' - a play (featuring Mark and comedians from other Edinburgh shows) about the backstage shenanigans at a comedy club - page 151;
'Ebony & Irony' --- catch stars-in-the-making Matt Blaize and Russell Howard before you can' t see them for dust - page 27;
'AmusedMooseComedy' s Hot Starlets' brings talentspotters, whether industry professionals or enthusiastic punters, twentyone (yes 21!) of the best new comedians on the circuit this year. A definite do not miss - come again and again to see different exciting performers in this revolving line-up showcase (strategically at 3.25) - page 16;
'Alex, Lawry & Richard' s Friendly Inn of Comedy' - previous Daily Telegraph Open Mic finalists (who include last year' s Bootleg sellout star Lawry Lewin, and Xfm and kiddies telly pinup Alex Zane) get it together with hilarious results - page 15;
Top circuit comedian Hal Cruttenden premieres his first solo Fringe show, endearingly entitled 'Hal' - page 31;
Steve Day (Britain' s only deaf comedian so far as he' s heard) puts everyone in a cheerful frame of mind with his show 'Deaf In The Afternoon' - page 26
ALSO, AMUSED MOOSE COMEDY HAS PROGRAMMED
ROCK OF AGES (BARRY CRYER & RONNIE GOLDEN - page 49), and
STEWART LEE'S "PEA GREEN BOAT" (page 53), at the TRAVERSE THEATRE,
AND WE' RE CO-PROGRAMMING THE LATE SHOW at Underbelly - THE NEWEST AND HOTTEST LATE NIGHT COMEDY SHOW THIS FRINGE
plus
ABSOLUTE AND ALMOST BEGINNERS Comedy course - now in Edinburgh too!