MERV's  FRIDAY  28th  SHOW
Where: Venue 17
When: 1.00pm - 2.30pm
Price: £11.00 / £10.00 concs

COMEDY

It’s back… An entirely unique entertainment experience every night with the quickest wits in comedy and their astonishing special guests. The total sell-out smash-hit returns to Edinburgh with a hefty dose of The Noise Next Door’s trademark off-the-cuff madness, two stand-up stars, and some once-in-a-lifetime comedy curiosities. Side-splitting gags! Mind-blowing songs! Finely tuned anarchy! 'Hilarious' (Daily Telegraph). 'Comedy gold... Staggeringly well executed' (Guardian).

COMEDY

James Dowdeswell's Perfect Pub

George Orwell wrote an essay on the perfect pub. A fictitious pub called the Moon Under Water. With the help of the audience, James, as seen on Russell Howard's Good News and Ricky Gervais' Extras (BBC) designs the perfect pub. 'An excellent line in comedy' (Guardian). 'A real master of the comedian's craft’ **** (Chortle.co.uk). 'I was drunk with laughter after James had been pouring me pints of jokes' ***** (RemoteGoat.com).

DANCE

Sushi Tap Show 2

Sell-out comedy tap dance show is back at the Edinburgh Fringe! Awfully addictive eccentric performances combine tap, circus, and music hall shtick for an unforgettable toe-tapping experience you've never seen before. The 2014 winner of C's Got Talent and nominee of the Asian Arts Award. Invitational performance at the Mervyn Stutter Pick of the Fringe and the National Museum of Scotland. 'What a find' **** (Scotsman). 'Accomplished performers with an exceptional comedic ability' (BroadwayBaby.com).

THEATRE

Little Thing, Big Thing

Darkly comic thriller from Fishamble by Donal O'Kelly, both double Fringe First winners. An ex-con and nun are chased across Ireland for a roll of film... why the bleedin' fuss? Sorcha Fox and Donal O'Kelly play Martha and Larry, who take a high octane jump into the world of international energy skullduggery, awakening passions they thought were dead. UK Premiere.

MUSICAL

Orpheus and Eurydice

About Turn presents a new production of Gluck’s much-loved masterpiece Orpheus and Eurydice. Overcome by grief for his deceased bride Eurydice, Orpheus travels to the underworld to claim her back from the dead. A contemporary take on the classic tale of undying love, the danger of tempting fate, and how just one moment can change everything. If you were granted a second chance in life, what would you do? Performed in English by high class singers and chamber orchestra.

COMEDY

Al Porter Is Yours

Al Porter Is Yours is the irreverent debut show from Ireland's newest comedy star. At 22, Al falls in love daily, has 'completed' Tinder and is still a mammy's boy! A parish secretary's son, Al was supposed to be a priest - until he slept with one and changed his mind. A socialite on a social welfare budget, Al has been on countless dates, gotten into debt and was sued by a presidential candidate! In this candid hour he pours over the details of it all in his playful style that's been described as council-estate camp.

MUSIC

Christine Bovill’s Piaf

‘There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in’ (Graham Greene). Christine threads her remarkable journey in the world of French song with the life and works of Edith Piaf. No gimmicks. No pretence. Nothing but a voice, singing of life’s triumphs and tragedies. Bovill’s Piaf is both a personal narrative and a powerful musical homage to France’s most endearing icon.

HOST

MERVYN STUTTER

“Mervyn Stutter is very very good as compere of this chat show; for to make such a showcase work requires skill, talent and quick reactions. Stutter works the crowd like the showman he is. Excellent…really, really good.”
The Observer

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