Edinburgh Fringe 2008 Musical Theatre
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MTM:UK Question Time and Awards Showcase
Musical Theatre Matters
Join leading theatre professionals for a morning Q&A on Musical Theatre and be first to hear the nominations for the MTM:UK Awards, then return in the evening for a showcase of nominated shows.
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
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A hat, a mic and a talent
Musical Theatre at George Square
Watch out for the George Free travelling spotlight on extraordinary performers offering (nearly) free show extracts, production tasters, and great auditions, coming to a spot near you. Details from July 1st. www.festivals.ed.ac.uk
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Sex And The Village
Applin and Pearse
World Premiere
Chloe wants the High Life, Katie wants the Good Life. Oscar likes his new life and Charlie preferred his old one. As for Ken, he just wants a new thermos flask and a bit of peace. A new musical comedy about life, love and power cuts.
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
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| £ 6.50 (£ 4.50) |
Tutankhamun All Wrapped Up
Casson & The Brannick Academy
A cracking cabaret to start the day. Discover your inner Pharaoh with this timeless Egyptian tale of witty words, catchy tunes, multi-instrumental virtuosity and oodles of style from our prodigiously talented duo. With multiple BBC credits stacked between them, singer-songwriter Casson and cutting-edge percussionist Brannick sparkle in a treasure of a show.Directed by Tom Blackmore.
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
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Faithful
toomuchinformation
World Premiere
A musical in development. Two teenagers: a white boy who’s gay and a girl who’s Muslim. A rare friendship, which those around cannot easily accept. And soon she must marry. Set in nineties London – a musical for today. This is a 45-minute excerpt of a new musical in development and your feedback will be very welcome.
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
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The Pipers' Trail
The Army in Scotland, in association with ImpAct Universal (Scotland)
World Premiere
Follow the Piper in pursuit of your dreams. Packed with music & magic, this show is for anyone who wants to feel good about life!
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
www.thepiperstrail.com
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Musical Theatre Masterclasses
Musical Theatre at George Square
Inspiring experienced professional directors, choreographers, and creators of Musical Theatre will offer masterclasses for aspiring professional practitioners as part of the George Free programme. Details from 1st July on. www.festivals.ed.ac.uk
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Missing Mel
Youth Music Theatre: UK
World Premiere
YMT:UK return to Edinburgh with Missing Mel, a dramatic new musical about a missing teenager charting the impact and fallout on her peers. Following 2005’s acclaimed Goblin Market and 2007's award-winning Force 9½, director Pete Gallagher and writers Conor Mitchell and Kath Burlinson return with this world premiere, featuring some of the UK’s most up-and-coming young musical theatre talent.
There is an extra show in the 15th at 20:30, tickets: £10 /£7.
www.ymtuk.org
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Faeries
SL Productions
World Premiere
In 1917 five photographs of Faeries sparked debates around the world. Could Faeries exist? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believed & Harry Houdini did not. This magical, mysterious, enchanting musical will leave you wondering - do Faeries really exist? Previewed across Scotland over the last three years, SLP presents the official World Premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe2008. Do you believe?
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
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Brand New World
Positive Impact
World Premiere
Follow the rags to riches tale of Aladdin, a poor street boy on the wrong side of the track, who finds love against the odds. Exciting street dance, soulful singing and an 'original score'! This new musical is retold with an 'Urban Flavour', ... A feel good family show!
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
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| £ 8.50 (£ 7.00) | £ 9.50 (£ 8.00) |
Mathilde
Chris Grady.org and Conor Mitchell
Surefire Theatrical and Speckulation Entertainment Ltd Present
Mathilde by Conor Mitchell
Based on Maupassant's The Necklace, Mathilde tells of a 19th-century
Parisienne who, believing herself born into the wrong class, borrows a
diamond necklace for a grand ball with her loveless husband. Dir.
Simon Callow, featuring West End stars Frances Ruffelle, Rebecca
Caine, Sarah Lark, Nigel Richards, Anton Stephans.
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George M. Cohan Tonight!
David Herzog
USA | European Premiere
Starting as a poor Irish-American boy, George M. Cohan rose to become a top entertainer, songwriter, playwright, director and producer known as "The Man Who Owns Broadway."
David Herzog stars in the first European production of this award-winning hit Off-Broadway solo show.
www.georgemcohan.org | www.myspace.com/pjdavern
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Sa-choom
Sa-Choom
European Premiere
The new smash-hit Dance-Musical from Korea!
In movement and music Sa-Choom tells the story of 3 friends coming-of-age. Exciting, humorous, and interactive with high-energy hip-hop, modern, jazz and break dance.
The 16-strong cast keep the action moving with powerful yet elegant choreography. The usual barriers between audience and performers collapse as enthusiastic audience members join in. Standing ovations are the norm.
Dance becomes the universal language transcending time, space and nationality.
Dancing in the aisles is not compulsory, it just happens.
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Hippos in the Shower
Theatre Knights Belfast
Have you ever looked deep into a campfire on a summer night and felt like anything is possible? When taxi driver George sees a hippo in the flames, then again in his dream and the next morning in his shower, he decides it is! Come aboard for a psychedelic voyage into uncharted cheeky fun!
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
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Big Bruvva - The Musical
Racky Plews
World Premiere
A house. A big swivel chair. A shower room. A bunch of eager, hopeful Bright Young Things – well, they’re not all young, they’re mostly not bright, but they’re certainly things. They’re the Inmates of the Big Bruvva Gaff and they’re hungry for stardom. Watch them sing, snog and shriek their way towards their final Live Ejection. Who wins? You decide…
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
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I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Take Note Theatre
Got a GSOH?Then come flirt with the hottest date in town!Travel up the aisle and down the highway of love with this energetic production of the hit musical comedy.From cringing first dates to bedtime shenanigans,the talented cast of eight journey through the highs and lows of love in this hilarious musical revue of the dating game.
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
http://www.takenotetheatre.co.uk/
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Jet Set Go! -The Cabin Crew Musical
Take Note Theatre
World Premiere
Take off with a team of fun-loving cabin crew in this brand new British musical. With romance in the sky, a stopover in New York sends sexual tensions five miles high.So fasten your seatbelts for this exciting world premiere,with a vibrant new score from Notes for The Stage finalist Pippa Cleary. It’s a journey you’ll never forget!
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
http://www.takenotetheatre.co.uk/
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Whisky Kisses
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
World Premiere
Two international collectors converge on a Highland distillery to compete for the world’s last example of a fabled malt whisky – The Glenigma. The stakes are high, but is this simply a battle for the bottle – or will the unique Scottish experience change everyone’s lives forever…? Great songs, great music, great laughs!
“Brilliantly funny” The Times.
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Zanna, Don't!
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
European Premiere
This urban fairytale explores the world through the 80s, retro-chic, pink-tinted glasses of Zanna, a cupid for today's metrosexual society. What would happen if one morning you woke up and the whole world was gay? Winner of numerous awards Off-Broadway, this show turns every teenage cliché on it's head with its pop-tastically camp score.
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
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Funk It Up About Nothin’
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
European Premiere
From the minds and rhymes behind The Bomb-itty of Errors comes the European premiere of Funk It Up About Nothin’—an “ad-rap-tation” of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. The QBrothers transform the Bard’s romantic comedy into an exuberant hip-hop extravaganza, rapped to the rhythm of six MCs and a DJ. Straight from its acclaimed debut.
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