MERV's  SUNDAY  16th  SHOW
Where: Venue 17
When: 1.00pm - 2.30pm
Price: £11.00 (no concs)

COMEDY

Baby Wants Candy

One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world. With runs in NYC, Chicago and international touring, Baby Wants Candy has performed over 2,500 completely improvised musicals, and has spawned the careers of top comedic actors and writers in the US. Based on an audience suggestion, the show is a roller-coaster ride of spontaneously choreographed dance numbers, rhyming verses and witty, jaw-dropping comedy. 'An entertainment phenomenon!' ***** (Scotsman). Critics' Pick (New York Times). ***** (WhatsOnStage.com). ***** (BritishTheatreGuide.info). ***** (BroadwayBaby.com).

COMEDY

Spencer Jones Presents: The Herbert in Proper Job

The Herbert makes a triumphant return to Edinburgh with a brand new show stuffed full of physical, musical, prop-heavy insanity. A sort of grubby Mr Bean with a hint of Tommy Cooper. This guy is such a dickhead. Writer and star of BBC's BAFTA-nominated Big Babies and UK Barry-nominated for best performer in Edinburgh 2014, Spencer Jones was a New Act of the Year 2015 runner-up. ‘Punch you in the gut funny… Possibly the nicest, funniest, silliest, most heart-warming hour you can have this August’ **** (Scotsman). ‘Gloriously hilarious’ (Chortle.co.uk). Pay-What-You-Want.info

THEATRE

Bruce

The creators of award-winning international smash hits The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik and It's Dark Outside are back with a new lo-fi puppetry spectacular that bends time and melts your heart. Keeping you at the edge of your seat, Bruce will sweep you away on an adventure of love and revenge. He may be a yellow block of foam, but Bruce's out to prove he's got a heart of pure gold. Fusing mime and puppetry, Bruce is a non-stop rollercoaster of action, adventure and low-fi nostalgia. 'Bruce is brilliant ... funny, heart-warming and simply a joy to watch' (OutInPerth.com).

THEATRE

Richard Parker

Two men. One name. When two unfamiliar men are thrown together on the deck of a ship, Richard Parker is unaware that their coincidental encounter is part of a long chain linking the two individuals together. A brilliantly dark and witty exploration of the intersection between fate and coincidence. 'Oxford drama at its best; a funny, haunting, and supremely well-executed play - held together by a pair of mesmerising performances' (Oxford Student).

THEATRE

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family

A one-man show about love, loss, and motorways. Join writer/performer and UK poetry slam champion Ben Norris as he battles the country's most notorious service stations, and the perils of lower-league football, in search of the man who became his father. In turn hilarious and moving, the show explores the relative merits of Travelodge while asking searching questions of identity. 'A more capable storyteller would be hard to find' (Tab.co.uk). 'Accessible and arresting - never at the cost of complexity and depth - Norris combines poignancy and comedy, the colloquial and the poetic' (ApplesAndSnakes.org).

COMEDY

Jimmy McGhie - Winged Goddess of Victory

Jimmy McGhie flies through Edinburgh like a Winged Goddess of Victory with his fifth solo show. Confronting masculinity, mortality, the sins of the father and his complete inability to resist a good salesman. Along the way he encounters some vicious anti-corporate satirists, and explains how various early childhood humiliations made him what he is today: a clown. If you are an adult who still rides a skateboard, you should probably not come to this show. Jimmy performs to great acclaim across the world and has been described 'tediously handsome' (Fest).

CIRCUS

BARBU Electro Trad Cabaret

Straying close to the edge in their exuberant circus rave, Canada's Cirque Alfonse fuses the traditional with the contemporary. Referencing the origins of Circus in the early 20th Century, BARBU revels in celebration of eccentric contemporary circus. An raucous circus cabaret where spectators are swept up in remarkable performances, outrageous feats, simple curiosities and unexpected eccentricities. Circus and mayhem collide to wow you with this adventure of spectacular skills, including a frenetic electro trad band. Don't miss this stunning show.

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