Brendon Burns - "modern master"� The Guardian
Chris Stokes - "Very gifted... Has the talent to one day have the world at his feet"- The List
The Edinburgh Preview Shows are our favourite part of the year!
If you have never been to the acclaimed Edinburgh Festival, we highly recommend it! Acts of all different varieties congregate during August to showcase their new shows, creating the largest cultural arts festival in the world. If you're thinking of heading there this year, come and find us, we've got 70 different shows you can watch!
However, for those who feel Edinburgh is abit too far to travel or you dislike The Scots, we are bringing some of the best shows to you first! The best thing about it is, the tickets are HALF THE PRICE!
Top comedians will be performing their new shows. Each show is 1 hour long with a 20 min interval. This will give plenty of time to replinish drinks, snacks and laughter muscles. We promise you will get your moneys worth.
So come see some of the best comedians in the country as they literally 'get their acts together' for this year's Edinburgh Festival.
Season ticket available £30/£25
DATES INCLUDE:
THURS 7TH JUNE - Tom Deacon/Jigsaw £5/£4
JIGSAW: Gettin’ Jiggy
“A supergroup” (Fest) Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema, meteoric stars of BBC3’s Live At The Electric and Radio 4’s Sketchorama return after last year’s Sell Out debut smash. “Makes the Fast Show look languid” (Guardian).
THURS 14TH JUNE - Pete Firman/ Roisin Conaty £5/£4
Pete Firman
Don't miss Pete Firman, star of BBC1's 'The Magicians', as he returns to Edinburgh with an all-new box of tricks. "The new poster-boy for British comedy magic" Telegraph "The best magic tricks in the Universe." Independent.
Roisin Conaty: Lifehunter
Foster’s Comedy Award 2010 Best Newcomer Roisin Conaty presents her new show. Everyone is looking for something in life: to belong, to love, to forget and also keys. ”A seriously talented rising star” Time Out
SUN 1ST JULY - Brendon Burns/Adam Vincent £5/£4
Brendon Burns - "Home Stretch Baby"
An act conveying the glory of middle age, from an ex rock 'n' roll comic.
THURS 5TH JULY - Matt Forde/Danielle Ward £5/£4
Matt Forde: Eyes to the Right, Nose to the Left
Either a “shameless sycophantic sell-out with a jelly spine and a mush mind” (a talkSPORT listener) or “a first-class comic” (The Guardian). You decide. Political fandom like no other.
Danielle Ward: Speakeasy/Play Dead
Two brand new shows from award winning stand-up Danielle Ward (Mock the Week/New Quiz), writer and creator of Fringe hits 'Gutted' and 'Karaoke Circus'.
Speakeasy: An hour of stand-up about sex, politics and the world's greatest Ryan Gosling joke. (Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat) 'Hilarious' **** (The List) 'Delightfully naughty' (Time Out)
Play Dead: Extremely silly tales of horror. NB not for people who scare easily or don't like seeing a woman knob about on stage by herself. (Sun/Tues/Thurs) '...silly, sick, surreal or just plain showbiz glitzy. Great fun' **** (Chortle)
THURS 12TH JULY - Phil Kay/John Robins £5/£4
Phil Kay : Feral Will
"the real deal..treats every gig like a one-off event." The Guardian
Zippy,euphoric,satisfying,sensical whimsy + HardCore Positivity covering: the last day and the last year through song,story and dance to get something going that can only have happened here tonight.
TUES 17TH JULY - The Lumberjacks/Wes Zaharuk £10/£8
The Lumberjacks (Ft. Stewart Francis, Craig Campbell & Glenn Wool.)
STEWART FRANCIS from Mock The Week, CRAIG CAMPBELL from Michael McIntyres Comedy Roadshow and GLENN WOOL from British Columbia are the funniest thing to hit Edinburgh since the tram.
Wes Zaharuk - "The Props Man"
The Prop Man, Wes Zaharuk, prop lunatic who is known to combine routines with power tools, bananas and film noir.
"Wes entertains with with a wicked wit and an international reputation for surreal, crazy, crowd-pleasing antics". Chortle Steve Bennet
The Toronto Sun described the act as “Twin Peaks meets Cirque du Soleil”. Tommy Cooper on acid’ A rip-roaring jump into the surreal. Channel 4
THURS 26TH JULY - THE NOISE NEXT DOOR/GUEST
“Consistently boasting the most interesting line ups in the country”
The Times
