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Nine must-sees at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
Heading for Edinburgh? Here's a selection of some shows you shouldn't miss
July 29, 2019 12:30
Heading for Edinburgh? Here's a selection of some shows you shouldn't miss
July 29, 2019 12:30Using his time playing Daddy Pig in the stage production of Peppa Pig as a starting point, comedian Philip Simon’s show Who’s the Daddy Pig? goes on to explore this cartoon dad’s influence as a paternal role model while addressing modern parenting issues when raising two sons in a post #MeToo era; answering the crucial question: “ Can everything by solved while jumping in muddy puddles?”
“Who’s the Daddy Pig?” is on at Banshee Labyrinth - Chamber Room from August 3 to 26.
Simon also co-hosts Jew-O-Rama, with Aaron Levene. Showcasing the best in Jewish comedy at the Fringe, there’s a different line up every day.
Jew_O-Rama is on at Whistlebinkies August 3-25
Civil servant turned cabaret star, Nigel Osner is back in Edinburgh with a new show taking a quizzical look at the challenges and opportunities for those no longer young. Osner illustrates his theme with original songs and stories by male and female characters, including a rich designer who falls for his hunky gardener and the woman driven mad by her companion on a river cruise down the Danube.
Too Young to Stay In, Too Old to Go Out is at the Sweet Novotel August 2 – 18
New York based Emmy Blotnick, is bringing her show Party Nights to Edinburgh for the first time.
Stand-up, actress and writer Blotnick has appeared on Conan and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.She says her humour can be summed up by one photo, of a “human menorah”, Nicki Minaj was paid approximately $400,000 to appear at a New York City bar mitzvah, where she was photographed flanked by eight 13-year-old Jewish boys.
Party Nights is at the Underbelly Buttercup July 31 to August 21
Hollywood comes to Edinburgh as Danny Pudi and Gayle Rankin take to the stage in Four Woke Baes by one of America’s most acclaimed playwrights, Jonathan Caren (Gypsy, Netflix; Rise, NBC; A Million Little Things, ABC). Multi-award-winning Teddy Bergman directs this UK premiere which considers just how liberal “woke” boys really are when they’re alone together, out in nature, beers in hand.
Four Wake Baes is at the Underbelly Cowgate (Belly Button) from August 1
Ivor Dembina’s at Edinburgh for the seventh consecutive year, performing some of his favourite kosher gags alongside his personal take on the life of the modern Jewish comic
Old Jewish Jokes is at the Laughing Horse @Finnegan’s Wake August 1 – 25
lAward-winning comedian Joe Bor tells the story of the friendship between his grandfather (world-renowned town planner, Walter Bor) and his grandfather’s best friend (world-renowned comedy actor, Herbert Lom) and their journey from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to the UK
The Story of Walter and Herbert is at the Underbelly, George Square August 1 - 25
If you love impro, Ben van de Velde is your man – “the master of audience interaction”, according to one critic, with “impressive spontaneity” according to another. Expect thrillers, romances, ghost stories and more freewheeling flights of fancy.
Ben Van de Velde - Fablemaker is at the Laughing Horse @32 Below August 1-13 and 15 – 25
Taking your children to Edinburgh? Don’t miss Louis Pearl, aka The Amazing Bubble Man who explores the breathtaking dynamics of bubbles, from square bubbles to rocket bubbles, with science, comedy and music intermixed. But get in quickly — the bubble man has been at the Fringe for 12 years and always sells out.
The Amazing Bubble Man is at the Underbelly, George Square August 1-25