Pleasance brings more comedy and theatre to Edinburgh Fringe

Pleasance have announced that along with their packed comedy offering, their Edinburgh Fringe will also see some innovative reinterpretations of works by household favourites including Roald Dahl and Shakespeare - with further shows also released online for audiences to enjoy.

Fresh takes on household favourites include Bard in the Yard: The Scottish Play, which is endorsed by Michelle Terry and Dame Helen  Mirren; storyteller John Kirk creates a bonkers world of  upside-down monkeys, wormy spaghetti and sticky hug-tight glue in Roald Dahl’s The Twits; and Maddie North, a former Victoria Wood tribute act, stars in the touching and funny show, I Am Not Victoria Wood.  

Recipient of Pleasance’s National Partnership Award with York Theatre Royal, Eugene is a show about what happens when we give technology power over us. In the not-too-distant future, millionaire and inventor Hugh launches the first superhuman artificial intelligence - and you're invited. Edinburgh’s own Magic Gareth is bringing his colourful, interactive magic show, The Big Birthday Show to the  Pleasance for all those who missed their own birthday parties because of COVID. Press is a powerful  satire following two film producers as they discover that the heroic lead of their prestigious Civil War epic, played by a white actor, was in real-life actually Black. They frantically try to keep the film from  getting any attention to prevent a career-jeopardising backlash. 

If you’re not heading up to Edinburgh this year, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on Fringe fun. Based on true events, Hitler’s Tasters is a dark comedy about the young women who had the ‘honour’ of being Adolf Hitler’s food tasters during the Third Reich. Award-winning company Popelei  are bursting out of isolation with their darkly comic PUSH to stare down the barrel of motherhood. 

With shows bringing the Fringe to Edinburgh, London and the world wide web, the Pleasance programme is not one to miss this August! There’s still plenty more to be announced including a very  special guest doing a run of comedy shows at the end of this year’s festival.

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