EDINBURGH FRINGE VENUE BROCHURE 2011 TThThehe plplaceace to bbee after midnight w ly sample sho ThThursdayursday - SSunday Family friendly sample show £5 very day only 1pm every day only £5 THE HOME OF COMEDY AT THE FRINGE ENUES 11.30am - 4.30am • 4th - 28th August 2011 NOW JustWITH the Tonic 84 is SHOWS at The Caves, INThe 10Tron SPACESand The Store IN(formerly 3 V GRV) www.justthetonic.com Festival Greetings from Just the Tonic We are back for 2011 and we are bigger, brighter and much much better. This year we have taken on 2 new venues… added to The Caves are The Tron and The Store (formerly Grv). We have 84 shows appearing with us, 81 are comedy, 2 are theatre and one of them is our late night Disco in a Dungeon. What fun! Last year we had 6 spaces and managed to get ourselves an Book some tickets online, over the phone or at our box offi ce in the Edinburgh Award Nomination with Josie Long. There were rumours Caves (we’ve also got a little box offi ce in The Store). Grab a drink of other possible nominations, but we may have started those. This and maybe some nosh. You will fi nd everything reasonably priced. year we have so much more fun stuff to see. But most of all… come to some shows, have a right old laugh and Hopefully you will be enticed by our fi ne selection of shows. Have a then head over to us for a Disco in a Dungeon. browse through this. We’ve put in a few bits of editorial from some If you’d like a cheap taster of what we offer, then try Afternoon of the performers to make it a bit more interesting. The shows are Delight, a 1pm sample show. See something you like and get a listed in time order, so you can plan your day, and in the middle discount from that show. Bonanza! pages we have an alphabetical listing with page references for different shows. We’ve thought of everything. HAPPY DAYS IN 2011 FROM THE JUST THE TONIC POSSE. THE TRON STEVENLAW’S CLOSE THE CAVES NORTH BRIDGE 253 Cowgate EH1 1NS BLAIR ST SNEAKY CUT-THROUGH THE TRON NIDDRY ST 9 Hunter Square EH1 1QW THE STORE 37 Guthrie Street TRON SQUARE THE EH1 1JG CAVES SOUTH BRIDGE COW GATE Box Offi ces for all Just the Tonic venues Main Box Offi ce is situated in The Caves, just past the Bar. THE Smaller Box offi ce is in the Store. GUTHRIE ST STORE INFIRMARY ST CHAMBERS ST www.justthetonic.com 2 Box Offi ce 0131 556 5375 GUTEN TAG! Welcome to Just the Tonic, Edinburgh’s fi nest bunker! It’s Edinburgh Fringe time again! The one month the local community is waiting for all year. In addition to the year-round annoyance of Spanish tourists aimlessly wandering up and down a tramless Princess Street there is now a good helping of amateur dramatic productions overcrowding The Royal Mile, too. Cafes are full of drama students whispering – no, never whispering – always at full throttle, telling the world and her Mutter about their made-up reviews on fi ctional websites and how they know someone who once wrote a sitcom “that almost got commissioned by Channel 5”. Like comedy itself visiting the Edinburgh Fringe is all about timing. Come early in the run and marvel at shows that are still rough round the edges but performed with passion, hope and excitement. Come later in the run if you like your shows well run in and your performers disillusioned and teetering on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Whenever you come - enjoy the unique atmosphere of the Edinburgh Fringe, the world’s greatest arts festival, and please make sure you don’t slip on one of those discarded fl yers! No Surrender! Henning Wehn - Henning is appearing at 9.15pm in The Caves ONLY £5 Family Friendly Sample Show See bits from a number of shows within the venue, and maybe the odd guest from elsewhere. See a show from the venue you like and get money off a ticket for that day or the next. 80 comedy shows, and two theatre shows. Box Office located at The Caves on Cowgate 0131 556 5375 www.justthetonic.com 3 Box Offi ce 0131 556 5375 12.00pm – 12.55pm 1.00pm – 2.00pm Alison Thea-Skot: The Human Tuning Fork The Magical Faraway Tree Alison Thea-Skot Sleeping Trees Theatre 2010 Funny Women fi nalist Alison Thea-Skot Remember Enid Blyton’s ‘The Magical Faraway presents ‘an absolute tour-de-force’ (BBC Tree?’ Well, we don’t. Sleeping Trees attempt Comedy). A surreal, tinnitus-ridden, lunchtime to re-create this well known children’s novel character comedy show. 5 women. 1 fugitive. after fourteen years without reading it, in a Lots of Thea-Skots! ‘A compelling comic dark, fast-paced and possibly inaccurate adult monster’ (Chortle). www.alisontheaskot.com comedy. Show Dates: (Dates without shows are in grey) Show Dates: (Dates without shows are in grey) Venue / Room M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Venue / Room M T W T F S S M T W T F S S THE CAVES 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 THE CAVES 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Just Out of the Box 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Just The Fancy Room 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Prices: (Preview shows are in red) Prices: (Preview shows are in red) COMEDY £5.00 £6.50 £7.50 THEATRE £4.00(£3.00) 12.00pm – 1.00pm 1.00pm – 2.15pm Who Killed the Counsellor? Just The Tonic’s Afternoon Delight A dark comedy about the death of a family We have 10 venues with 98% comedy. A value counselor. A story told by four members of for money afternoon sample show. Exerpts of a dysfunctional family. Who is guilty? The shows from within the venue. Buy tickets for fl irty dad? The jealous mother? The hormonal shows you see and get a discount for that day, teenagers? Written and directed by Joe Bor. or the next. Show Dates: (Dates without shows are in grey) Show Dates: (Dates without shows are in grey) Venue / Room M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Venue / Room M T W T F S S M T W T F S S THE STORE 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 THE CAVES 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Just The Studio 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Just the Big Room 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Prices: Prices: (Preview shows are in red) THEATRE £6.00(£5.00) £7.00(£5.00) COMEDY £5.00 12.30pm – 2.00pm 1.20pm – 2.20pm The Lunchtime Club Kieran and The Joes: Teampowered Radio 1’s John Kearns, award-winning Joe An unforgettable teamwork master class from Wells, Suzi Ruffell ‘defi nitely one to watch’ the new kings of lifestyle seminar comedy. Come (Time Out), Absolute Radio’s Max Dickins and as an audience, leave as a team. ‘Fantastically Fin Taylor ‘very, very good’ (LondonIsFunny. funny’ ***** (Three Weeks), ‘sheer hilarity’ com) are the future of British Comedy. Catch **** (Chortle), ‘a comic gem’ (Scotsman). them before they’re huge! Show Dates: (Dates without shows are in grey) Show Dates: (Dates without shows are in grey) Venue / Room M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Venue / Room M T W T F S S M T W T F S S THE TRON 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 THE STORE 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Just The Studio 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Prices: (Preview shows are in red) Prices: (Preview shows are in red) COMEDY £4.00 £7.00 (£5.00) COMEDY £5.00 £8.50(£7.00) 12.55pm – 1.55pm 1.20pm – 2.20pm Which One’s Fergal? Joe Fairbrother: Characters Schadenfreude Productions Joe Fairbrother Mixes satire, physical comedy, storytelling Brand new character comedy from rising talent and observational humour with a sprinkling of Joe Fairbrother. Meet a charming bunch of motivational rap to create something akin to a eccentrics, including Wakefi eld’s only cycling one-man version of Jamie’s Dream School, but profi ciency examiner, a Pentecostal pastor, and without the aspirational elements. ‘Haven’t seen the organizer of Solihull’s swingers weekend 2011. it’ (Three Weeks). ‘Very funny and inventive’ (RemoteGoat.co.uk) Show Dates: (Dates without shows are in grey) Show Dates: (Dates without shows are in grey) Venue / Room M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Venue / Room M T W T F S S M T W T F S S THE CAVES 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 THE CAVES 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Just Up The Stairs 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Just Out of the Box 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Prices: (Preview shows are in red) Prices: (Preview shows are in red) COMEDY £5.00(£4.00) £7.50(£6.50) COMEDY £5.00 £8.00(£7.00) £7.00 (£6.00) www.justthetonic.com 4 Box Offi ce 0131 556 5375 1.25pm – 2.15pm 1.45pm – 2.45pm Peeling PVA in Happier Maché The Great Brain Robbery The riotous double-double act sprinkle a tube Edinburgh in August.