This year as is becoming customary, hoards of Australian comedians are invading Edinburgh to try their luck at not becoming completely bankrupt. So far I’ve been able to find 42 comedy shows by or containing Australian performers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The Barry Award winning show of 2010 Ricketts Lane won’t be going to Edinburgh this year because Heath McIvor is busy with another project for a bit, so Sammy J is going to Scotland alone and premiering a new solo show called Skinny Man Modern World. We’ll get to see it in September at our own Melbourne Fringe Festival.
There are two exciting shows that we saw in Melbourne a few years ago being revived at the Edinburgh Fringe. The first is Matthew Hardy’s show about his adoration of Veruca Salt, a character in the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory film. The really exciting part is that the actress who played the part, Julie Dawn Cole will be appearing with Matthew as she did in Melbourne. Russell Fletcher is reviving his brilliant tribute to Danny Kaye show from 2005 which he is calling ‘Jest Like Danny Kaye’. I loved this show back then and hope it’s a big success for Russell.
There are many performers in Edinburgh doing two shows this year (some even more); mostly they are performing last year’s show for those who missed it as well as a new one. Aussies who are performing two shows at the Edinburgh Fringe this year include The Axis of Awesome, Ali McGreggor (one of them is purely music), David Quirk, Sam Simmons, The List Operators, and Yianni Agisilaou.
We send our best wishes to everyone heading over to the Edinburgh Festival showcasing their world class talent. Keep healthy folks.
Also, all of our readers can look forward to reviews from Edinburgh in early August by our UK correspondent Ron.
Here is the list of Aussie Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2010 with the venue, date of first performance and start time:
Adam Hills: Mess Around – Assembly Hall 5/8 – 7pm
Adam Vincent: Vital Signs – Assembly Hall 5/8 – 6.45pm
Asher Treleaven: Secret Door – Pleasance Courtyard 4/8 – 8.40
The Axis of Awesome: Songs in the Key of Awesome – Guilded Balloon 4/8 7.45pm
The Axis of Awesome and Friends Sing Songs… and Friends! – Guilded Balloon 6/8, 12.15am
Bec Hill Didn’t Want To Play Your Stupid Game Anyway – Guilded Balloon 4/8 4pm
Berlin for Beginners by Rosalie Delaney – Free Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde 12/8 – 12.10am
Brendon Burns: Y’know – Love ‘n’ God ‘n’Metaphysics ‘n’ Shit – Udderbelly’s Pasture 5/8 – 9:55pm
Busting Out! – Assembly @ George St 5/8 – 6.45
Cabahooray! (Free) – Laughing Horse @ Counting house…19/8 – 12.30 am
Carl Barron – Assembly Hall 5/8 -8.20
Celia Pacquola in Flying Solos – Guilded Balloon 4/8 6pm
Circus Trick Tease – Underbelly Cowbarn 5/8 – 5.55pm
Curiosity Killed the Cabaret hosted by Ali McGreggor – Pleasance Courtyard 18/8 – 11.00pm
Dave Thornton: A Different Type Of Normal – Guilded Balloon 4/8 – 8.30
David Quirk: I Don’t Wanna Tell Jokes – Assembly Hall 5/8 -8pm
Drags Aloud At The Movies – Underbelly 5/8 – 10.50pm
Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience [2010] – Best Restaurant 5/8 – 8.30
Felicity Ward Reads From The Book Of Moron – Guilded Balloon Teviot 4/8 – 6.45
Geraldine Quinn: Shut Up And Sing – Underbelly 5/8 – 10.20pm
Hannah Gadsby: The Cliff Young Shuffle – Assembly @ George St 5/8 8.30pm
I Like To Laugh by Cameron Davis and Bonnie Tessa Davies Free Fringe – Opium 7/8 – 5.15pm
The Incident by Sam Simmons and David Quirk – Assembly @ George St 5/8 – 4.45pm
Jason Chong, Minority Retort – Gilded Balloon Teviot 4/8 – 11.30pm
John Conway, The New Conway Show – Cabaret Voltaire, Speakeasy 7/8 – 7.30pm
Jungle Book: The Next Chapter Kids show by Glenn Elston and the Australian Shakespeare Company – Gilded Balloon Teviot 4/8 – 11.00am
Mrs. Bang: A Series of Seductions in 55 Minutes presented by Ines Wurth – Guilded Balloon Teviot 4/8 – 11.00pm
Jest Like Danny Kay by Russell Fletcher – Famous Speigeltent 8/8 – 2pm
Jim Jefferies: Alcoholocaust – Udderbelly’s Pasture 4/8 – 10:30pm
Jimeon : Something…Smells Funny – Udderbelly’s Pasture 5/8 – 8:20pm
John Robertson : A Nifty History of Evil – Opium 7/8 (6:45pm) & Bar 50 7/8 (10:45pm)
Just McBeth, for kids: Bell Shakespeare co – Assembly @ George St 5/8 – 11.45am
La Petite Mort: The Orgasm – Underbelly, Cowgate 5/8 – 5pm
Liam Speirs and Benny Boot: Flying Free – Hillside 4/8 – 12:05
The List Operators: More Fun than a Wii kids show Pleasance Courtyard 4/8 – 2.30pm
The List Operators: also doing Last Tuesday Society at the Bongo Club.
Matthew Hardy: Willy Wonka Explained – The Veruca Salt Sessions with Julie Dawn Cole Pleasance Courtyard 5/8 -7pm
Monster Of The Deep 3D: Claudia O’Doherty – Guilded Balloon 4/8 – 6.30pm
The Nelson Twins – Gilded Balloon Teviot 4/8 – midnight
Nick Sun: Dreamfist – The Stand Comedy Club II 4/8 10.30pm, 6/8- 11.25pm
One Kiwi, One Aussie, One Hour [2010] by Rich Brophy & Nick Rado – Globe 8/8 – 2.15pm
Pam Ford: All Legs And Ladders – Lindsay’s 4/8 – 8:55pm
Princess Cabaret [2010] – Guilded Balloon 4/8 – 5.30pm
Sarah Bennetto, The King & I – Pleasance Dome 4/8 – 1.30pm
Sam Simmons: Fail – Guilded Balloon 4/8 – 9.15pm
Sammy J: Skinny Man Modern World – Underbelly 5/8 – 9.50pm
Storytellers Club – Pleasance Courtyard 5/8 – 10pm
The Suitcase Royale: The Ballad of Backbone Joe – Pleasance Courtyard 4/8 – 2.35pm
Tripod Versus The Dragon – Assembly Hall 5/8 -9.45pm
Yianni Agisilaou in The Universe: A User’s Guide – Cabaret Voltaire 7/8 – 7.15pm
Yianni Agisilaou: They @#$% You Up, – Just the Tonic@The Caves 7/8 – 10.15