Press Release PM2 Entertainment, Richard Jordan Productions, Project Y Theatre in association with Underbelly present

GARY BUSEY’S ONE–MAN HAMLET as performed by David Carl Directed by Michole Biancosino at The Underbelly, 66 Cowgate, Edinburgh 6 - 30 August at 17.50 (19.00)

Press Performances from 8 August

A Multi-Media Theatre Comedy with Puppets ★★★★ “It’s crazy hilarious.” David Cote, Time Out New York

Having triumphed in Celebrity Big Brother, survived Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and battled with Meatloaf and Donald Trump, Keanu Reeves' favourite co-star now takes on his biggest challenge yet: proving that he still has the ‘acting chops’ by performing all the parts in Hamlet at the Edinburgh Fringe, with songs and home-made puppets.

Written by David Carl (after Shakespeare) and co-created and directed by Michole Biancosino. Gary Busey’s One-Man Hamlet (as imagined by David Carol) won the Outstanding Solo Performance Award at the New York Fringe in 2014.

Switching between beat poet narrator, puppeteer, musical theatre singer, action-movie director and “great” actor, Gary Busey (as imagined by David Carl) plays each scene in the style he feels appropriate. This mix of high and low-brow comedy celebrates Shakespeare’s play by proving it is still relevant, applicable and moving in the jaded, celebrity-crazy, meme-obsessed world we (and David Carl) live in.

CRITICS’ PICK – Time Out NY

‘Gary Busey (as played by David Carl) knocks it out of the park.’ Pop-culture Spin

‘So demented a concept, it actually works...’ New York Post

‘One of the funniest shows in New York, period. Charismatic and hilarious rising star David Carl transforms into Gary Busey - and portrays child-like Busey doing a one-man version of the psychologically complex masterpiece Hamlet. The result is consistently inventive, joyful and laugh-out- loud funny’. - bestnewyorkomedy.com

‘A joyous show’ – nytheaternow.com www.buseyhamlet.com

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LISTINGS INFORMATION

Venue: The Underbelly, 66 Cowgate, Edinburgh EH1 1JX Dates and Times: 6 – 30 August at 17.50 (19.00) Ticket Prices: Previews (6 & 7 August) £6 Tickets from £9.50 (£8.50 concessions) Box Office: 0844 545 8252 or [email protected]

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