This week we will take a look at all the interactive shows that are playing at the Fringe. They come in all shapes, forms and sizes and will all bring you a different type of show experience.
Adventures in Menstruating with Chella Quint
About: If you are looking for a show all about periods and if everyone at the Fringe will get synchronised cycles then this is the show for you. Presented by Chella Quint who has been on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, this show will look at all things period and how century old ads can still affect attitudes now plus many more things.
Where: Banshee Labyrinth (Venue 156)
Cost: Free
Dates: August 6-9. 10-15. 17-22, 24-28
Time: 18:40
Alex Love: How to Win a Pub Quiz
About: If you are looking for a highly interactive experience at the Fringe then this is the show for you. It is part stand up and also part actual pub quiz. It will help you to expand you trivia and compete against other teams. It has received positive reviews in the past and set to do the same this year too.
Where: The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6 (Venue 319)
Cost: Preview – £8, Full Price- £9, concessions £8
Dates: August 4-14th
Time: 12:00
Battle of the Superheroes: The Great Superhero Debate
About: A show where comedians on a revolving line up come together to discuss and have arguments and disagreements about who is the greatest superhero. There will be a number of different heats with the semi Finals and Grand Finals happening later in the run of the show.
Where: Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters (Venue 272)
Cost: Free
Dates: August 6-9, 11-16, 18-21, 25-27
Time: 16:00
Battle of the Supervillains: The Great Supervillains Debate
About: If you are interested in the show above you may be interested in this as well as its practically the same however all about the super villain.
Where: Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters (Venue 272)
Cost: Free
Dates: August 22-23
Time: 16:00
Cassie Atkinson – Supernumerary Rainbow
About: Join comedian Cassie Atkinson who has appeared on ITV and E4 as she goes through the colorful rainbow of her mind. A show of fun and quirky character comedy.
Where: Sabor (Venue 261)
Cost: Free
Dates: August 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-27
Time: 1330
Daniel Nicholas: Scripted
About: An hours show that is filled with a mix of interactive games, one liners and some longer stand up bits too. There is something for everyone and has been described as the fact that if Tim Burton did a stand-up game show it could look something like this.
Where: Just the Tonic at The Caves (Venue 88)
Cost: 4/5 August – Free, Rest of the show – £5
Dates: August 4-14, 16-28
Time: 15:40
Foxdog Studios
About: Join Foxdog studios as they welcome you to a night of surreal computer consultants that push interactive technology to the limit. They will introduce you to their latest inventions such as using a smartphone to draw your avatar, play games and become part of a band.
Where: Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey (Venue 293)
Cost: Free
Dates: August 4 -28th
Time: 23:15
Fright Bus Service
About: If you want to be rattled out of your bones not just by comedy but also by scaring yourself silly then this is the bus route you have to take at the fringe. It will guide you through all the dark and haunted history of one of Europes most haunted cities showing you sites of murders, tortures and executions.
Where: Necrobus (Venue 115)
Cost: Full price – £9, Concession – £7
Dates: August 3-28th
Time: Times vary
Marcel Lucont’s Whine List
About: Winner of the 2015 Chortle award and also the 2013 winner for Best Comedy for Fringe World. This new show is all about interactivity. It’s sort if like a self help group but funnily enough everyone leaves feeling more depressed then when they walked in.
Where: Pleasance Dome (Venue 23)
Cost: Full price – £12, Concession – £11
Dates: August 3-14,16,28
Time: 21:30
Middle Age Came Quick!
About: Join Gary lynch as he talks about all things about getting older and when age catches you up. Its all about the feelings of what happens when time flies and you don’t know where its all gone.
Where: Laughing Horse @ The White Horse (venue 296)
Cost: Free
Dates: August 4-28th
Time: 13:15
Short & Curly: A Curly night in
About: The description on Fringe describes it as :
Join highbrow sketch group member Curly for a relaxing night in with his classic highbrow films. Hopefully he’ll avoid any disruption from that anarchic and ridiculous Short character who will surely lower the tone. Expect high energy, shambolic sketches in which they both play multiple characters and utilise a ludicrous quantity of sometimes cumbersome props.
Where: Gilded Balloon at the Counting House
Cost: £5
Dates: August
Time: 13:15
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