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Leeds University’s only sketch comedy collective once again will deliver a quick-witted, loose-moralled comedy sketch show to the Edinburgh Fringe. Tealights are for Lovers takes the sketch-comedy format to a new, sleazy level. Expect sex, filth and lewdness.

Since its inception in 2006 the Leeds Tealights Comedy Collective has been entertaining audiences across Leeds with regular, often shambolic comedy shows in underground bars and theatres.

This year’s Fringe will be the third time Edinburgh has had to be the victim of the Tealights’ fresh brand of humour. Tealights are for Lovers was inspired by the radio show of the same name on Leeds Student Radio and will thrill and excite audiences of most ages...

Harry Ainsworth Presents The Voodoo Revue

Perrier Award Winner Harry Ainsworth & Guests in a “Best Of The Fest Revue”

Harry Ainsworth returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and this time he’s joined by a host of Festival pals, old and new, at the sumptuous Voodoo Rooms, a new Festival Venue in the heart of Edinburgh’s bustling city centre.

Will he keep his cool or fall unflatteringly on his face ? Watch in terror and amazement as he wrangles with his severe lack of professionalism and wit....only time (and a heavy diet of alcohol) will tell !!!

Monday nights are comedy nights and also feature “Harry’s Festival Quiz”.

Tuesday nights contain a more eclectic mix of cabaret acts and nonsense!

9pm till 11pm advance tickets £3 in advance, or £4 on the door
Be there...or....be square!

A true story behind a tabloid headline.
Tudur Owen was once embroiled in a story which appeared on the front page of The News Of The World. His new comedy show recounts the bizarre sequence of events which led to this astonishing exposé. Set in his native North Wales, it is a tale of deception, dangerous animals and a disastrous royal encounter. A true story which has remained untold, and kept as a shameful family secret – until now!

(No animals were harmed during the making of this story ….. just a bit upset)

***THE STAR OF DUTCH STAGE AND SCREEN***

Rubber limbed comic genius ERIC KOLLER springs into the UK for the very first time. FOOL KOLLER is his definitive explosion of his unique cartoon-like comedy and dry humour. A visual tour-de-force, imagine Mr Bean on acid…

Possibly the quirkiest comedian in the universe, FOOL KOLLER is desperately funny, a word-less comedy with all with the physical energy of Umbilical Brothers, the subtlety of Charlie Chaplin, the facial origami of Lee Evans and the iconography of Ennio Marchetto.

Enter the absurd world of ERIC KOLLER, a twisted cabaret by the most twisted body in comedy. Clever stage constructions with stunning transformations from Michael Jackson to Ronaldo, KOLLER contorts his famous rubber limbs through broken newsfeeds and high noon cowboys. FOOL KOLLER is the must-see comedy of the moment.

Blurring the boundaries between tragedy and comedy, Eric Koller’s style is a fusion of clowning and mime with the edginess of late night standup comedy. With dazzling visual jokes and physical tricks FOOL KOLLER truly needs no words to put you on the edge of your seat, or have you falling off it.

THE SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE, stars of YouTube, BBC 3's Comedy Shuffle, MTV's Best Show Ever and much much more return with a brand new hour of songs, sketches, socks and violence.
"A hoot" - The Scotsman
"Utterly irresistible" - The Stage
"Hilarious... the Abbott & Costello of the sock world" - Time Out

8.45pm Gilded Balloon July 30 - Aug 24 2008

Two British chicks return to the UK after not living the dream in LA, to perform stand-up comedy.

"Seriously f********ing funny" -Queen (The)

A fun, fast and feisty exploration of conflict, identity and everyday life in the Middle East ... oh and the chickens! Written and performed by Arab, Israeli, Jewish and Muslim actors. www.conflictrelief.org

'This ensemble clearly knows their Hammas from their humous' Evening Standard

'Unique and quirky...this is great comedy' The Stage

'The team jumps in with both feet where others fear to tread, forcing us to look at our prejudices through humour.' Camden New Journal

The strangest collection of short stories never told. A fast-paced comedy sketch show of the bizzare, the ridiculous and the just plain funny.

Who or What is Clever Peter?

The rural comedy about the 3rd smallest town in Texas called Tuna, where the Lion's club is too Liberal and patsy Cline never dies. A Town full of small minds and big hearts. come and meet 21 of the zany xitizens of Tuna all played by only 2 Actors.

One of Britain's finest theatrical relics invites you to celebrate his long-overdue farewell to the acting profession. He will take you on an amusing and emotional journey through his life and career (spanning seven decades) and treat you to a number of comic stories and anecdotes.
The show will be interspersed with state of the art multimedia elements, featuring familiar faces from across the decades...

Enjoy a complimentary glass of Remy Martin during the performance.

From corpsing in 'King Lear' to spending 90 minutes on stage watching bacon cook every night for 2 weeks, Sir Barrington has done it all, rather badly...

Slick comedy creations brought to you by the razor sharp duo. A shocking, sexy, slap around the face sketch show.

"Excellent Sketch Duo" Time Out.

"Jaw droppingly superb, genuinely original, attention grabbingly vivid" John Fleming.

www.aliensatemyschnitzel.co.uk

Beautiful People don’t travel economy was written and performed solo by Robert Yule. Be warned it’s a camp character comedy show which sees you the audience as passengers onboard the budget airline sleezyJet. You are usually greeted in the boarding lounge by the Sassy Scouse Sondra Simpson.. She’s the one walking n talking really with her walkie talkies.

Next yule find yourself unceremoniously deposited in the hands of the rambunctious redheaded, huge hipped, husband hungry, Head Hostie Ms Alexis Van AirBust … yup your cruisin at 35,000 feet and she’s crusin for her next husband...

In-flight you might meet other hosties depending on the flight route... An exchange hostess at sleezy Jet. from the Soviet Union, and Air Chernobyl - Ms Olga Slagoffalot

you might meet the Soul Sita Oprah Winabago.... “don’t you get phunky with me white boi!” service is bronx style .. “you get what you get... ya hear!”

If the flight is off to the orient you quite possibly meet Ms Suzie Wong another exchange hostie from the newly merged National Independent China and National Air China ... “Nic a Nac”

Beautiful People don’t travel economy has Premium Class
seating for each flight during the festival.
You can only purchase an upgrade token at the venue box office. yule get a better class of seating, an inflight gift will be given to you “usually served in a glass”, yule also receive exceptional service.... if your pretty...

A tuneful take on all the things that really matter: national quiz shows, severed heads and large-print Catherine Cookson novels. Witty, dark and clever - these ladies know how to pluck.