MERV's  SATURDAY  15th  SHOW
Where: Venue 17
When: 1.00pm - 2.30pm
Price: £12.00 (no concs)

MUSICAL

Shout! The Mod Musical

‘Theatrical therapy at its funniest’ ***** (BroadwayBaby.com). Returning after a smash hit Fringe debut in 2014, this revue tracks six groovy gals as they come of age during those liberating days that made England swing! A non-stop journey through the infectious pop anthems and ballads of the 60s! With a live band and new arrangements of such chart-topping hits as To Sir With Love, Downtown, You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, Son of a Preacher Man, and Goldfinger. Produced, directed and performed by graduates from Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.

COMEDY

Jamie MacDonald: Oblivious

Britain's hottest blind comedian returns! One man, one mic, one white stick and countless rave reviews. 'One of the funniest Scots on the circuit' **** (Sunday Herald). 'Hilarious' **** (BroadwayBaby.com). 'Brilliant' **** (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine).

MIME/CLOWN

Trygve Wakenshaw: Nautilus

The highly anticipated follow-up to sell-out physical comedies Kraken and Squidboy from award-winning idiot Trygve Wakenshaw. Winner: Time Out Best Comedy of 2014; Edinburgh Underbelly Award 2014; Best Comedy Adelaide Fringe 2015; Best Comedy Perth Fringe 2015; Best Comedy New Zealand International Comedy Festival 2014. 'Delirious and surreal physical comedy... Boundlessly absurd.' ***** (TheAge.com.au), 'Reminiscent of the young Jim Carrey... rubber-faced, loose-limbed and wondrously expressive.' **** ( Independent), This has to be one of the most fall-about, wet-yourself laughing hours of this year's fringe.

THEATRE

Derby Day

It's Derby Day, and the Ballard brothers have a luxury box at the Oaklawn Racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Their father has just died, and Frank, the oldest, has flown down from Chicago to see the angry newlywed Ned, and the ex-con Johnny. Over the course of one long day the Ballard boys destroy everything and everyone in their way - drinking, cursing, and revealing family secrets that might just tear them apart forever. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams explores family, love, and mortality in a dark comedy that culminates in a race that you will never forget.

THEATRE

CELL

After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Ted goes on the trip of a lifetime... and so does his pet fish. He rushes to experience the world, from the markets of Lille to the romance of Venice. Humorous, heart-warming and uplifting, CELL features charming puppetry, physical theatre and an original score to tell the story of one man's final adventure. CELL is a collaboration between two of the UK's most exciting young companies. 'As perfect a piece of theatre as one is likely to see' ***** (TheNewCurrent.co.uk). Created with support from Arts Council England.

COMEDY

Aunty Donna

Aussie Edinburgh favourites return with a killer new show. Unique, tight, fresh, filthy, but best of all flat out, laugh 'til your face hurts funny. Hold onto your seats, don't blink! You won't want to miss a beat. Expect 60 minutes of pure sketch comedy that transports you into the warped world that is Aunty Donna - turning the ridiculous into the sublime. 'Comparable to some glorious crossbreed of The Mighty Boosh and Flight of the Conchords ... appreciation and split sides were universal' ***** (BroadwayBaby.com). 'Ingenious and brilliantly crafted ... smart, fast-paced, hilarious and wonderfully absurd’ (List).

THEATRE

Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas

Secrets, songs and love lives of five legendary divas. Three make-up girls bitch, compete, harmonise and laugh as they entertain us with hilarious, heartbreaking, irreverent tales from backstage. Morag Fullarton, double Scotsman Fringe First winner and creator of Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut, presents another smash hit with a line-up of top talent: Gail Watson (Bar Flies, Sunshine on Leith), Clare Waugh (Casablanca), Frances Thorburn (Marilyn, Citizens Theatre) and award-winning musical director, Hilary Brooks. 'Genius' (Robbie Coltrane). 'One of the most brilliant shows I've ever seen...shivers up the back time' (Liz Lochhead).

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
“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