Edinburgh Fringe 2008 Musical Theatre
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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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| £ 8.50 (£ 7.50) | £ 9.50 (£ 8.50) |
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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| £ 8.50 (£ 7.50) | £ 9.50 (£ 8.50) |
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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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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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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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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Tony! The Blair Musical
White Rose Theatre
England
Making Government Rock: 2007's award-winning, sell-out smash returns, Join Blair, Bush, Brown and the now infamous Tory Barbershop ('absolutely five-star' Times) to relive Tony's greatest hits and rediscover why there still ain't no party like a Labour party.
www.whiterosetheatre.co.uk | www.whiterosetheatre.co.uk
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Tony of Arabia
White Rose Theatre
World Premiere
Gone but not forgotten: Blair's back, and he's teaching the world to sing. Thrill as Tony rescues the peace process, unites Europe and saves the planet. Meanwhile Gordon battles for Britain, Cherie has ambitions of her own, Cameron raps and George gets lost in the desert with a compass that won't point Middle East...
www.whiterosetheatre.co.uk | www.whiterosetheatre.co.uk
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Queen of Wyoming
SenovvA
World Premiere
"... so when I got the call that Dad was running for Governor, I went home" Art & Politics collide on the cold plains of mid-western American. A true story of sacrifice, survival, and redemption from singer/ songwriter Maggie Simpson... "A drop dead voice with lyrics and a musical performance that will chill your spine"
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
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Coming Up For Air
SenovvA & Alliger Arts
European Premiere
"Coming Up For Air" is an odyssey of soulful discovery performed by Boston jazz musician Stan Strickland. In this emotionally-charged autojazzography", Stan mesmerizes audiences with multiple instruments, dance and musical forms, searching for his art and his destiny.
You can book tickets for this show (as well as many others) from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival website.
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