Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019

[CaledonianGonzo]

90 min WIP fuckarounds in Stand 3.

[DrGreggles]

Anyone still looking for cheap accommodation?
www.booking.com/hotel/gb/edinburgh-first-at-the-university-of-edinburgh.en-gb.html

[billyandthecloneasaurus]

Booked 18th-23rd! yay!

got a shortlist of adam hess, adam riches, john robins, jordon brookes, mat ewins, seymour mace, tony law, colt cabana and all 3 kieran hodgson shows i haven't seen before

any glaring omissions ??

[hummingofevil]

Booked 18th-23rd! yay!

got a shortlist of adam hess, adam riches, john robins, jordon brookes, mat ewins, seymour mace, tony law, colt cabana and all 3 kieran hodgson shows i haven't seen before

any glaring omissions ??

Women.

[hummingofevil]

Ha ha. Sorry couldn't resist.

From your list I reckon you will like the Tom Parry show. It's fairly throwaway stuff but it's packed full of laughs. Also, Tom Ballard's show was really funny a few years back if slightly naughty man with a mic stuff is your bag. I remember laughing a lot.

More generally everyone has to go see Rosie Jones. The WIP i saw was already real strong and if she manages to pull out a couple more punchlines for the middle section it's going to be an absolute corker of a show.

[DrGreggles]

Seymour Mace is on after Michael Legge and before Simon Munnery, if you fancy a few hours at The Stand.

As mentioned, Tom Parry is on at the courtyard directly before Adam Hess, as is Spencer Jones.

John Kearns/Fern Brady/Zoe Coombs Marr is a nice Monkey Barrel run too.

I like grouping shows by location!

[BritishHobo]

Sam and Tom

and

Tom                   (separately)

[hummingofevil]

And Sam.

(Bob's Yurt is a pretty intimate place for a show and there are some really intersting shows there this year - will park myself in for an afternoon I think).

[DrGreggles]

Sam and Tom

and

Tom                   (separately)

Both on separately. Not together.

[BritishHobo]

separately

[CaledonianGonzo]

That's BBC shows available

[CaledonianGonzo]

Lucy Pearman is in the programme  - 4.30pm in Monkey Barrel 4.

[JCR]

That's BBC shows available

They said last year at Just A Minute that 12,000+ people apply for the popular shows and the odds of getting Just A Minute tickets are in the region of 40/1. I guess only put it in your spreadsheet if you feel lucky.

The Stand have said more Stewart Lee tickets will be available when they relaunch their website next Tuesday.

[DrGreggles]

Spencer Jones is doing a late night show at the Monkey Barrel, as well as his Pleasance show.

[CaledonianGonzo]

And Jessie Cave is doing a wip lunchtime show with her sister.

[DrGreggles]

And Jessie Cave is doing a wip lunchtime show with her sister.

Yep, that's in the calendar.
Really need Kitson to confirm one way or another so I can book another chunk of stuff.

[DrGreggles]

Anyone have any theatre suggestions/recommendations?
I like to pretend that I'm cultured every so often.

[An Actual Propeller]

Anyone have any theatre suggestions/recommendations?
I like to pretend that I'm cultured every so often.

Richard Gadd's in the theatre section this year isn't he?

[DrGreggles]

Ooh, hadn't spotted that!

[DrGreggles]

The Stand have released a few more tickets for the (previously sold out) Stewart Lee gigs:
https://www.thestand.co.uk/shows/649-stewart-lee-wok-in-progress/

[CaledonianGonzo]

Saw Catherine Bohart's WIP yesterday afternoon at The Stand. Way stronger than expected and the final show should be well worth seeking out of you're in the market for some conventional, quirk-free stand up.

[DrGreggles]

Going to see a double preview of Moon and Rachel Fairburn in a couple of weeks.
Which is good as they're both on at the same time during the Fringe and my calendar is already pretty full at that time.

[DrGreggles]

https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/faulty-towers-the-dining-experience

https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/fawlty-towers-live-themed-dinner-show

FIIIIIIGHT!!!

[JCR]

https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/faulty-towers-the-dining-experience

https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/fawlty-towers-live-themed-dinner-show

FIIIIIIGHT!!!

I was surprised there weren't more of them, as the one that used to run in the restaurant on the corner of South Bridge & Drummond Street was always full whenever I walked past.

John Cleese will have a fit that one of them has put his and C. Booth's names on the poster.

[Quisby]

My Fringe plans so far - bought a ticket for Stewart Lee for a night it now looks like I won't be able to go. And today got a letter about being called for jury duty starting 12th August. Is "I would rather be in another city watching comedians" a sufficient reason for getting out of it?

[Small Man Big Horse]

My Fringe plans so far - bought a ticket for Stewart Lee for a night it now looks like I won't be able to go. And today got a letter about being called for jury duty starting 12th August. Is "I would rather be in another city watching comedians" a sufficient reason for getting out of it?

I think you can get out of it if you say you're away on holiday. But it might have changed since I was last called up in the 90s.

[DrGreggles]

My Fringe plans so far - bought a ticket for Stewart Lee for a night it now looks like I won't be able to go. And today got a letter about being called for jury duty starting 12th August. Is "I would rather be in another city watching comedians" a sufficient reason for getting out of it?

Can you still get out of it by proving that you'd incur a financial loss by attending?

[DrGreggles]

Ed Gamble's doing a Work in Progress:
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/ed-gamble-work-in-progress

[up_the_hampipe]

I think you can get out of it if you say you're away on holiday. But it might have changed since I was last called up in the 90s.

It's all different nowadays with the political correctness. You have to say you're on an "all-inclusive sabbatical". I mean, puh-lease!

[JCR]

Hannah Gadsby is playing the Festival Theatre on 30th October.