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YOUR DAILY SHEET OF EDINBURGH FESTIVAL REVIEWS: #04 MONDAY 8 / TUESDAY 9 AUG IN EDINBURGH GET THREEWEEKS CHILDREN’S SHOWS Aaaaaaaaargh! It’s The Monster ThreeWeeksStand Up Show DIRECT TO YOUR IN-BOX The Amazing Bubble Show Monster Comedy It is said that less is more, and giving seven There are even more reviews in the The Amazing Bubble Man (USA) ThreeWeeks eDaily email. comics seven minutes to showcase some “Bubble-ology” – finally we can put a name of their best material whilst plugging their Sign up right now for free at to the craze! This show celebrates the own shows is one of the best ways to share www.ThreeWeeks.co.uk/eDaily great but simple joy of bubbles and the the hidden gems of the Festival with many ease with which they charm both young who would otherwise have been oblivious and old, producing gasps of glee from all. for the rest of the month. Better still is that Bubbles bounce within bubbles, rotating and the selected comics (a different line-up every spinning with all the colours of the rainbow; night) explore a different range of topics children are called upon to show their skills and techniques, from religion on Facebook, at slapping, kissing and even eating the through offering cookies to the homeless, bubbles. The competition that ensues means to the high school anecdotes of a proper that everyone’s clamouring for their turn on redhead. Not everyone met the same comic stage, including the parents! There is even standard but the intimate audience definitely an attempt at showing the science side, wasn’t short on laughter. Highlights included and although it’s probably lost on younger Felicity Russell and James Redmond (yes, spectators, perhaps some budding scientist that bloke off telly). has been inspired. By the end, all participants Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 4 - 28 Aug, are slightly soapy - and evidently delighted - 8.15pm (9.15pm), free, fpp32. tw rating 3/5 [ng] with some good, clean fun! *PLUS VAT C too, 4 - 29 Aug (not 15), times vary, £5.50 - £9.50, A Brief History Of Time fpp18. tw rating 4/5 [pr] Michelangelo’s Heroes/Free Festival King Arthur Michelangelo’s Heroes may have won the BBC New Talent Award, but they admittedly Aireborne Theatre haven’t done much since. Their debut show Hilarious, charming and superbly enacted, at the Fringe proves, however, that they do this performance of ‘King Arthur’ is the have much to offer. Structured in the form definition of family fun. Merlin, the witty of a science lecture, ‘A Brief History Of Time’ narrator, relates the amusing adventures showcases the act’s penchant for goofy of the noble Arthur and his comical Knights humour and comical sketches which may or of the Round Table. Interaction with the may not bear any relation to the main theme audience means children are given the of the show. This can be a little distracting at chance to become an integrated part of the times, particularly when they shove a picture legend. Furthermore, the self-reflexive nature of a woman being gangbanged in your face, of the show, featuring a performance within using the old “Oh, how did that get in there?” a performance, means things like role and line. Nevertheless, the show is an early sign costume switching, and other awkward bits of bigger (and much better) things to come. typical of a small cast play, are cleverly used Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 4 - 28 Aug (not for comic effect. And although the music 8, 15, 22), 3.05pm (4.05pm), free, fpp52. tw rating could do with more variety, it is humorously 3/5 [ng] objected to by the characters themselves, SNAP OF THE DAY: It’s the high flying Fringe – Britta making it a trivial factor which certainly does Anil Desai... not hamper the show. Herrmann and Susanne Beschorner appear in ‘Peter Pan - Learn No stranger to the Fringe, Anil Desai returns C eca, 3 - 29 Aug, 12.50pm (1.50pm), £4.50 - £8.50, How To Fly’ at the Out Of The Blue Drill Hall. Photo: Paul Collins fpp24. tw rating 4/5 [ma] for his third solo show with a light hearted performance that has something for all. Employing a mix of comedy, impressions COMEDY and songs, Desai presents each of his characters in the form of special guests of the show, and told some great jokes that from an undeveloped style, starting stories Aaaand Now For Something appearing on the show. Moving from the went down very well, but others that missed with no punch-line, throwing out one-liners Completely Improvised! likes of Rajesh the Bollywood lounge singer the target completely. Matt Richardson, without warning, and generally stop- Racing Minds/Laughing Horse Free Festival to Candice the fluffer girl, he uses each meanwhile, brought a bit more energy and starting throughout the set. Similarly, his ‘ANFSCI!’ can be seen as nothing more than character to explore different styles of some very funny moments to the second performance had no consistent thread or to an act whose title is stolen from ‘Monty comedy, adding variety to the performance half. Although there were a number of big provide a focus for the show; there were no Python’. Yet, at times during their one-hour and appealing to different tastes. The only laughs during the hour, you get the feeling call backs to jokes, or seeding of new ones. show, these four men genuinely reach the thing letting him down are his costume that the guys could do with a much later Some comedians do this deliberately; for heights of the early Python sketches while changes, which slow the pace and thus time slot and a slightly longer set. However, Lee it seemed to be more an accident than still retaining their family-friendly style. the fluidity of the show; Desai remains a they’re both talented comedians, and with a choice. With only four men to play several different worthwhile watch, however, for anyone keen some more confidence, they could offer a Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 4 - 12 Aug, characters, no real set, and the fact that on comedy that includes everything from great hour of comedy. 3.15pm (4.15pm), free, fpp50. tw rating 2/5 [jfb] they’re completely reliant on the audience’s witty jokes to frivolous cabaret. Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 4 - 28 Aug (not 17), ideas for content, the limitations of their act Gilded Balloon Teviot, 3 - 18 Aug (not 9), 7.45pm 1.15pm (2.15pm), free, fpp41. tw rating 3/5 [lam] Bruce Fummey – My Afro Celtic seem insurmountable. Yet, it is here that this (8.45pm), £9.00 - £12.00, fpp39. tw rating 3/5 [aq] Angst small troupe really shines, when things seem Bloke Bruce Fummey Free/Laughing Horse Free Festival to be going wrong, they’re at their finest. Attention Deficit Let’s Go Ride FE Productions / Laughing Horse Free Festival Name-calling, racial ignorance, and a side- Currently their show is free; I would attend Bikes! – Free Billing himself as an 18+ throwback to the parted afro – Bruce Fummey had a tough soon as I can’t see it staying so for long. Ben Van der Velde/Matt Richardson/Free Festival off-colour comedians of the ‘70s, Reuben childhood as a mixed race kid in Perthshire, Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 4 - 28 Aug, With a name like ‘Attention Deficit Let’s Lee’s stand-up is disappointingly mild. but boy, has he turned it into a fantastic 12:15pm (1.15pm), free, fpp32. tw rating 4/5 [cd] Go Ride Bikes!’, I went in expecting a high Nothing saps the power from an offensive show. A natural storyteller, Fummey energy hour. Instead, the stand-up felt joke worse than apologising for it: whether recounts tales of meeting his biological disjointed and at times lacked momentum. it gets a laugh or not, a comedian should father in Africa, being raised by two white Ben Van der Velde had the first half hour stand by their material. Lee also suffers cont>> GET YOUR AUDIENCE EARLY! Advertising in the ThreeWeeks Daily is a great way to get the attention of audiences To book, email your 50x50mm greyscale artwork (300dpi PDF or jpeg) to [email protected] including a mobile number we can call to arrange payment plus the DAYS AND DATES you want it to run. SMALL BOXES (like those on the left hand side of this page) - book a full week for £200, 5 days for £150, 3 days for £100, 2 days for £75 or a single spot for £40 - all these prices include VAT. MORE REVIEWS PLUS NEWS, INTERVIEWS AND EXCLUSIVE COLUMNS: WWW.THREEWEEKS.CO.UK cont>> Scottish aunts and trying to get by Elis James: Do You Remember it never comes. I hope Mutch gets better, are moments of precision and wit in the engaging, charmingly ramshackle process. as the only mixed race child in his town. The First Time? but it seems unlikely. writing. One neighbour mentions that he This show is superbly convincing, every Fummey is such an amiable character Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 4 - 28 Aug, 12.00pm can understand why his wife has left him for story original and exciting, with the tale of that you can’t help but get swept up by his Phil McIntyre Entertainments (1.00pm), free, fpp72. tw rating 2/5 [cd] another living nearby, because they do, after a magical key managing to build a heart- stories, and the fact that he’s obviously Elis James ruffles his hair as he talks, all, “have a tennis court”.