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on. Despite the raucous shouts cabaret is expertly dysfunctional, the result of her taking a one- enjoyable. A great deal of comic EDITION #20: from upstairs, Jam Sponge dangerously dumb and really very year-sabbatical from sex, in order talent is exhibited, just waiting to be THU 22 AUG 2013 Comedy pulled off a very tight funny; as the evening progressed to clear her mind and focus on discovered. and entertaining sketch show. and Fontana got more intoxicated, herself, a show that explores grief, Chiquito, until 24 Aug, 3.40pm. ‘Bench Bites’ has a simple premise, the bawdy jokes got amplified and and courage. With her unbridled tw rating 4/5 | [Stephen Maughan] CABARET looking at a series of interactions the secrets came rolling out. Quint thought exercises, and by trawling on a single park bench. From a is egotistical and rude, but hilarious. through her troubled adolescence, ukulele-playing stalker with some Comedy for the inebriated at its Garofalo takes us through why, Myra DuBois - Service With MUSIC brilliant songs, to a brilliant old finest. until recently, she was so prone to A Sneer (Myra DuBois/PBH’s couple arguing about pigeons, there The Voodoo Rooms until 25 Aug, 9.50pm. depression or, as her therapist put The Les Clöchards – The Free Fringe) some great characters. The young it, had a “tendency to be bipolar”. tw rating 4/5 | [Elizabeth Jewell] Boys Are Back In Town With her name in flowers like a group display good comic timing Though she warns that it can get Opening with their unique version funeral display, the charming Myra and clever characterisation - they dark at some points, the more Showcatcher (Assembly) of “The Boys Are Back In Town”, DuBois takes to the stage as only clearly enjoy people watching. personal her material became, the The Les Clöchards immediately and a drunken drag queen can. With Using theatrical influences, it had With the festival being absolutely more interesting it was. Laughter uncompromisingly confirm their her trusty, yet dim-witted, sidekick an interesting subtext, though you’ll packed (and then some) with such a came naturally and frequently in anticipated return to Edinburgh Thomas on the sound desk, DuBois have to consider it afterwards as it huge variety of acts, it can be easy this show, that displays a young this year. The five piece, with their tells us stories about nothing in whizzes by so quickly. Exhaustingly to miss some real crackers featuring woman’s honest and courageous adopted “part-time hobo” personas, DAILY particular. With a drink always energetic throughout, it’s hard to at the Fringe. ‘Showcatcher’, hosted confrontation with herself. fill the room with their spin on in her hand (or at least nearby!) leave without a smile on your face. by the hugely likeable (and well Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, popular songs from a reggae she talks us through the witty yet researched!) Myf Warhurst, involves Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, until 25 until 25 Aug, 4.30pm. ‘Ace of Spades’ to a ‘Like A Virgin’ disconnected stories of her life. a series of interviews, in which Aug (not 19), 8.45pm. tw rating 4/5 | [Kyung Oh] ballad. The quintet intertwine and There’s no theme here, but that performers come on to chat about tw rating 4/5 | [Christopher Spring] bounce off each other, showing doesn’t seem to matter,. When she’s their acts and about the festival Sad Faces Threw A Party great musical skill and knowledge, not singing (horribly) she engages in general. The fabulous boys Katerina Vrana: Feta With feeding their high energy to the in some hilarious banter with from smash show ‘Briefs’, and the (Ditto Productions) audience, which at the end begged the audience, which is by far the The Queen (Katerina Vrana/ endlessly interesting South African Jack Bernhardt, Tobi Wilson and for more. The show is woven with funniest part of her show. Crude and Free Festival) comedian Tumi Morake, gave us Tom Crowley are Sad Faces, an their ‘personal’ anecdotes regarding a little bit bitchy, DuBois is exactly Despite its title, there was nothing a fascinating look into how their excellent sketch trio who have each number, adding yet more what you need if you’re still up at cheesy about this performance, acts came together and evolved. returned to the Fringe with an all SNAP OF THE DAY: National Theatre of Scotland’s humour and personality to the midnight. neither, thankfully did it detail The line-up changes daily, so it’s a new show about a birthday party already fun filled show. Hugely ‘Ménage à Trois’ at Paterson’s Land. Photo: Mark Dawson the preferred dairy products of great way to scout out new acts to on the brink of disaster, to which The Voodoo Rooms, until 25 Aug, entertaining, quirky and clever, The 12.00am. Her Majesty. Katrina Vrana, with see. Make it your business to catch you’re all invited. It’s clear that these ‘Showcatcher’. guys know what they’re doing Les Clöchards are a must see. tw rating 4/5 | [Samantha Strachan] a personality as big as her hair (a most of all, have your wits about company, so the boss can save source of many of her jokes), relates Assembly George Sqaure, until 25 Aug, in this seamless blend of sketch Assembly Checkpoint, until 25 Aug, 9:10 you, to survive the White: the face with his employees before her experiences as a Greek in 3.00pm. tw rating 4/5 | [Patricia-Ann Young] comedy and audience participation. tw rating 5/5 | [Lauren Stephen] bewildering, blustering space of selling to a malevolent buyer. With CHILDREN’S Britain. Contrasting the loud, proud, The crowd in the Attic laughed endless emptiness, beyond where transcendent power shifts and Feta eating Greeks with her oh so Bruce Fummey – The the whole way through the set, no man has gone. Thankfully, Antler superb performances, this is a show SHOWS accurate enactments of the tea- Jacobites And Bonnie Prince which often used sound effects as a THEATRE Theatre have all the necessary I have run out of superlatives for. So drinking, queue-forming, strongly- Charlie (Bruce Fummey) punchline; this wouldn’t have been vigour and striking ingenuity instead I’m just going to say: see it. worded-letter-writing ways of the possible without the brilliant woman Sonica Presents Sven Yurtakids! A Story of a Man With a great concept and an in hand. A rugged, minimalist Assembly Roxy – Central, until 26 Aug, British, she hilariously demonstrates on sound and lights who got each and His Shadow (Principio unquestionably impressive stage Werner’s Tales Of Magical production of saucepans and 4.15pm. tw rating 5/5 | [Christopher Spring] that there’s no smoke without fire cue bang on. In the end though, Attivo Teatro) presence, Bruce Fummey puts on Realism (Cryptic) handmade tools, shaggy fur coats when it comes to stereotypes. it was Bernhardt who stole every and woollen hats, ‘Where the White Extremely expressive despite a very decent show. Recounting We’re brought to a waiting room. A The School Of Night’s Continual laughter and many scene with his hilarious characters Stops’ is a playful and fantastically featuring very few words, ‘A Story of the tale of the Jacobites and Prince gramophone whistles a tune in the Spontaneous Shakespeare an exclamation of “It’s so true!” and adorable personality. This laugh physical production, that batters a Man and His Shadow’ is incredibly Charles, with brilliantly timed and corner while a short movie plays (Extempore Theatre – could be heard from an audience riot is not to be missed! you, like a blizzard, with minute charming and cleverly understated. novel gags, Fummey makes it hard on the wall. This is an eerie prelude enamoured by the charming, Pleasance Courtyard, until 26 Aug, after minute of innovative and Festival Highlights) A slightly confusing narrative does for his audience to lose their focus. - a full moon and an abandoned outrageous Vrana. ‘Greece is broke!’ 4.30pm. tw rating 5/5 | [Alice Harrold] hearty storytelling. Both warmingly This just might be my favourite not detract from the overall visual It’s great to see a stand up routine building; a butterfly silhouette is she often exclaims, but there was emotive and chilling with danger thing on the entire planet. An feast of the piece as the action that successfully incorporates cradled by a man’s hands and gifted nothing poor about this Greek’s The Good The Bad And and a mind-bending sense of the improv show with a literary twist, it plays out between our adorable history, and it’s surprising how tenderly to a woman; a puppet-doll performance. The Morally Ambiguous unknown, littered with transportive begins with a variety of games, in protagonist and a sinister figure well tales of the past and laughter taps on a bulb, dimming it, then Laughing Horse @ Espionage, until 25 Aug, sounds and headily imaginative which our four literate, articulate determined to invade his house. The complement each other. You’ll learn (Sheffield Revue / PBH’s Free dimming it more. The artist himself, 10.00pm. tw rating 5/5 (Priyanka Raval) extemporisers improvise around a lot, and tourists and locals will also Fringe) Sven Werner, comes to fetch me. I stories, ‘Where the White Stops’ slapstick comedy which plays out books provided by the audience, love his very Scottish mannerisms am rigged up with headphones and treads into the territory of truly between the two is amusing and With ‘The Good, The Bad and the and compose Chaucerian verse The Quint Fontana 2013 and delivery.

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