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Venue 38 - The Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate. Tickets 226 2151
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THE CHEESE SHOP PRESENTS THE BUTTER FACTOR Award-winning comedy team currently touring their BBC Radio 4 sketch show and hosts of London's hugely successful By George! Comedy Club. ‘Excellent!’ The Guardian ‘Fresh and very Funny' The Stage Cert 15, Aug 11 -Sept 2 (not 29) 4.15pm (5.30) £6.00 (£5.00)
The Gilded Balloon celebrates 10 Years at the Top with 75 shows this year and more cutting edge theatre, dance, stand-up comedy and cabaret than you can shake a stick at The Main Box-Office has moved to the Gallery - incorporating a cafe and venue shop.
DOG, FOOD, DAD withKATEJ. Hungry? To start, a generous portion of‘live wire material' The Scotsman. Main Course, stir-fried songs and stories, extra spicy. Dessert a chance to WIN A FREE DINNER FOR TWO. Much more than a mouthful. Aug 11 -Sept 2 (not 22) 5.45pm (7,00) £5.00 (£4.00)
GREAT CANADIAN CRACK Corky and the Juice Pigs' member Phil Nichol hosts this comedy showcase that features Mike Wilmot and his celebration of filth (‘Unleashed’, Channel 4) and the hilarious antics of the comedy trio Radio Free Vestibule, ‘devastatingly funny....truly bent’ Toronto Star. Aug 11-Sept 2 (not 27) 8.30pm (9.45) £6.50 (£5.50)
LYNN FERGUSON - HEART AND SOLE LYNN FERGUSON returns to the Gilded Ballon with her one-woman play telling the story of a woman who fells in love with a fish. ‘Ferguson is just tremendous’ Glasgow Herald. ‘Delightful & sometimes outrageous’ Time Out. Aug I I -Sept 2 7.15pm (8.30) £6.00 (£5,00)
STRUCK OFF AND DIE’S TELEVISION PILOT Why haven’t we had a TV series yet? It’s not fair. Two doctors... new show... blah, blah... Perrier Pick of the Fringe 1991, 1993; Writers Guild Award - Best Radio Comedy 1994. Aug 11-25 10.00pm (11.15) £6.50 (£4,50) NHS employees - concessions LATE ‘N’ LIVE The ultimate late night Fringe hangout, the only club in Britain combining comedy and live music. The best comperes and comics on the Fringe, live dance bands - Stax Bodene, Death Bang Party and Bill Bailey’s outrageous punk tribute band Beergut 100. Aug 11-Sept 2 1.00am (4,00) £8.00 (£4.00) GERALDINE MCNULTY - 10 WOMEN IN A ONE-FROCK SHOW ‘McNulty is so brilliant..hilarious...’ Scotsman. Winner of TWO comedy awards, Geraldine returns with TEN emotionally-challenged comic characters in a sparkling new ONE-frock show. Props too few to mention! ‘...the supremely talented McNulty’ Guardian Aug 11-Sept 2 4.30pm (5.45) £6,50 (£5.50) WEST MIDLANDS SERIOUS COMEDY SQUAD Andy Robinson - The comedy equivalent of gold dust’ The Birmingham Post. Josephine Enright - ‘Fresh, honest and thumpingly funny.’ What's On. John Butler - ‘He’s a future star. Go and see him.’ Sunday Times. Aug 11-Sept 2 6.15pm (7,30) £6.00 (£5,00) FRED MACAULAY - UNFRINGED Can you summarise a brilliant stand-up comedy show in 40 words? Is it possible to make this show sound more interesting than anyone else’s in such a short space. There’s not many words left Only one in fact Ihopeivenotblownmyonechancecomeandseemyshowplease. Aug 11 -Sept 2 9,15pm (10.15) £7,00 (£5.00) SMILEY’S CULTURE From the Ballrooms of Romance to the Ministry of Sound, dance plays a strong part in Smiley’s culture. From his Irish childhood of the Parish dance to today’s acid-house culture, human dance rituals will be observed, dissected and belitded. Aug 11 -Sept 2 10.30pm (11.30) £6.00 (£5.00)
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IT’S BLOODY GRIN UP NORTH with VLADIMIR McTAVISH, DAVE JOHNS & ANVIL SPRINGSTEEN. Exhilirating stand-up from the North of England. Vladimir McTavish - ‘Highly appealing patter’ Guardian. Dave Johns - ‘Great entertainer’ Deadpan. Anvil Springsteen - ‘Gobful of nitrous oxide’ Scotsman. Plus guest Eddie Baskerville. Aug 11-Sept 2 H.45pm (MS) £6.50 (£5.00) ANNIE‘URLEY by CARMEL HOWARD. A one-woman show about the life and times of Annie ‘Urley, a woman of years living in sheltered accommodation with a budgie and a prolapse. Aug I I -Sept 2 (not 15,29) 3.15pm (4.15) £5.50 (£4.50) AN AFTERNOON OF LEISURE WEAR presented by KING SIZE COMEDY. A wild and wacky cornucopea of comfortable comedy. The world of teenage angst with photo-love. A rare glimpse of horoscope magic from Spook Joon. All this and a board game of your choice. Aug 21-Sept 2 4.45pm (6,00) £5.00 (£3.00) STUCK IN THE MIDDLE A new play by award-winning comic PARROT. Jo Brand is the voice of God, Greg Proops plays the Devil and Parrot, well here’s a man who definitely needs help. But which way should he jump? Aug I I-Sept 2 6.30pm (7.30) £6.50 (£5.50)
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A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME...AN HOUR WITH DAME SYBILLE Dame Sybille Thorndyke: Queen of the English Stage, Mistress of the stage whisper, Empress of the Stage Grunt. Attend a private audience presented by Corky and the Juice Pigs alumnus. Sean Cullen. Aug 11 -Sept 2 (not 15,29) 8.00pm (9.15) £5,00 (£4.00) NICKWILTY Following his stint as Steve Wright's sidekick on BBC I, Nick Wilty is back to what he does best - or is he? Clive Borr, Probably Europe's Number I Nick Wilty impersonator, presents a tribute. Jokes, ad-libs and lager. Aug 11-Sept 2 (not 15,31) 9.30pm (10.30) £6.50 (£5.50) STEVE GRIBBIN: NATURAL BORN KIDDER Ex-Skint Video diminutive Scouse guitar-thrashing father of two in first solo show. Scabrous songs, hard-hitting gags and explosive voices. ‘A smile on his face, a Stanley knife up his sleeve.’ Time Out Aug 11 -Sept 2 (not 15,29) 10.45pm (11.45) £6.50 (£5.50)
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BILL BAI LEY’S COSM 1C JAM Birth of jazz, death of skiffle, busking on Mars. Bill Bailey’s trying to get to all three. What’s it like being a time-travelling musician who’s always late? Find out in this tale of musical mayhem. ‘Marvellously crazed’ Independant. Aug 11 -Sept 2 (not 15,29) 11,45pm (12.45) £6.00 (£5.00)
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