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EDINBURGH FRINGE PEVIEWS 2006

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Absolute Cabaret with Karen Egan
The comic diva from Dublin sings Brel, and some self penned songs.
Assembly, George St
10:15pm. 4th-28th Aug (not 14th or 21st). £12/£11/£10. page101

Afternoon Tea with a Transvestite
After last years massive hit show, Max(ine) is back to tell all, with a nice cuppa.
ClubWEST
2:30pm. 6th-26th Aug.
£8/£6. page143

Another Country
In this dark play, a gay schoolboy, Guy Bennett, turns his back on the UK in favour of Communist Russia.
C Chambers St
10am. 20th-28th Aug.
£6.50/£5.50. page146

Stephen K Amos
Stephen is a splendid and very funny stand up comic. This year his show is promisingly entitled, All of Me.
Pleasance Courtyard
9:20pm. 2nd-28th Aug (not 8th or 15th). £12/£11/£10.50/£9.50. page72

Simon Amstell 
Openly gay TV presenter and stand up comedian, with a new show. Sold out in 2005. Sure to again in 2006.
Pleasance Dome
10:40pm 2nd-28th Aug (not 15th). £10/£9/£8.50/£7.50. page19

Amy Lame’s Mama Cass Family Singers 
Make your own kind of music, with the ever popular, Amy Lame.
Gilded Balloon Teviot
5.30pm. 2nd-28th Aug (not 3rd or 14th). £10/£9/£8. page19

Bent Double 
Gay friendly comedy review show for Fri and Sat nights.
Hosted by ScotsGay favourite, Zoe Lyons.
Assembly, George St
11pm. 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 25th and 26th Aug. £10/£9. page21

David Benson - Why Pay More?
Benson is a brilliant and intelligent
character comedian. Not to be missed.
Pleasance Courtyard
2pm. 2nd-28th Aug (not 9th or 16th). £8.50/£7.50/£7/£6. page29

Boom Bang-A-Bang
Another great play from the pen of Jonathan (Beautiful Thing) Harvey.
Rocket @ Demarco
4:15pm. 7th-19th Aug (not 13th). £8/£6. page150

Caesar Twins
A lovely pair of homoerotic acrobats jump around, featuring the toned blond twins from La Clique.
Pleasance Courtyard
8pm. 4th-28th Aug (not 14th or 21st). £13/£11.50/£10. page25

Scott Capurro
Controversial gay stand up comic, from the United Sates, with his new show, Yankee Dog-Pig. 
The Stand Comedy Club II
9:30pm. 4th-27h Aug (not 14th). £8/£7. page67

Bridget Christie
The blisteringly funny stand up returns, with her one woman show, bizarrely entitled, The Cheese Roll.
Holyrood Tavern
Noon. 13th-27th Aug.
£6/£5. page25

Shelley Cooper
Join Shelley as she Rewrites History. A return to the Fringe for the very funny transgender comic star. 
Baby Belly, The Caves
9pm. 3rd-27th Aug (not 15th or 22nd). £9/£8/£7. page69

Bruce Devlin
The screaming bitch of a gay comic hosts Devlin's Daily, a series of free shows over lunchtime.
The Stand Comedy Club
Noon. 7th-11th, 14th-18th, 21st-25th, and 28th Aug. FREE. page30

Duels!
Featuring beautiful women fighting each other, sometimes with swords. A show for the lover of the ladies. 
C Chambers St
5:30pm. 2nd-19th Aug.
£8.50/£7.50. page162

Karen Dunbar
Scotland’s very own funny woman returnsto the Fringe. Karen sets the stand up standard North of the Border.
Gilded Balloon Teviot
6:30pm. 7th-16th and 21st-27th Aug. £13/£12/£11. page31

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Musical inspired by the Names Project quilt. Funny and moving.
Augustine's
7:45pm Various dates.
£9/£6.50. page137

End of the Rainbow
Judy Garland's life story, set to some familiar and catchy tunes
Assembly Hall
Noon. 4th-28th Aug (not 7th, 14th or 21st). £18/£16/£15/£13. page163

Everybody Hates Chris (Neill)
Laugh out loud camp comic, in a new stand up show. If he’s not gay, I’m a virgin.
Underbelly
5:15pm. 3rd-27th Aug (not 14th). £8.50/£7.50/£7/£6. page33

Everybody Should Have a Gun
2 girls. 2 guns. No way out... how did they end up fighting for their lives? Dinnae ken.
The Zoo
4pm. 4th-28th Aug.
£6/£5/£4 page164

Fargo - A Mostly True Story 
A gay man and a straight women’s friendship examined for laughs. 
ClubWEST
6pm. 6th-26th Aug.
£8/£6. page33

4 Poofs and a Piano 
The big poofy boys from the Friday Night with Jonathon Ross TV show.
Pleasance Courtyard
6pm. 2nd-27th Aug (not 8th or 15th). £12.50/£11.50/£11/£10. page35

Freaks in the Box Variety Cabaret Spectacular
Worth seeing for the gold underwear and the prosthetic penises. 
C central
6pm. 4th-28th Aug.
£8.50/£7.50. page35

Gary Le Strange
He is the comic creation of Waen Shepherd, with a new musical show, Beef Scarecrow.
Underbelly
6:45pm. 3rd-27th Aug (not 15th). £10.50/£9.50/£8.50. page36

The Gaydar Diaries 
Gay sketch show based on the unpredictable world of our own dating website gaydar.co.uk
Pleasance Courtyard
11pm. 2nd-28th Aug (not 14th). £10.50/£9.50/£9/£8. page37

Reginald D Hunter
Reg's new show, Pride and Prejudice and Niggas, is top comedy from the best stand up comic in the UK today.
UdderBELLY
8:15pm. 3rd-28th Aug (not 14th or 21st). £13/£12/£11/£10. page65

Jack the Lad
Dark, serious, gay SM themed play. Billed as a nightmare fairytale for adults that pulls no punches.
C Chambers St
9:45pm. 2nd-28th Aug.
£8.50/£7.50. page177

Jimmy James
In his new show, Divas Dead or Alive, Jimmy James impersonates Cher, Bowie, Monroe, and more!
Bongo Club
9pm. 2nd-28th Aug (not 7th, 14th or 21st). £12/£8 page119

Kit and the Widow
More songs from the camp boys, with their new show, wonderfully entitled: A Barely Civil Partnership
Stage by Stage
Various times. 16th-26th Aug. £12/£10/£7.50. page49

La Clique
The X rated, circus style show returns with even more nudity and wetness. A very, very hot ticket.
Spiegel Garden
11:30pm. 5th-28th Aug.
£18/£15. page50

The Laramie Project
This play deals with the homophobic murder of a gay kid, Matthew Shepard, in the USA.
Sweet at the ECA
5:10pm. 5th-12th Aug.
£7/£6. page182

Love Me, Dorothy!
Surreal camp adult musical from the Flip Theatre. Raunchy fun and games are promised.
Rocket @ Demarco
10pm. 3rd-28th Aug (not 13th or 20th). £10/£9/£8/£7 page139

Taylor Mac
Direct from New York. Musical gender bent surrealism. Paul Lucas, who is usually right, says you'll love it.
Baby Belly, The Caves
8:55pm. 3rd-27th Aug (not 15th). £10/£9/£8 page184

Midnight Cowboy
From acclaimed gay writer, Tim Fountain, a new adaptation of the Oscar® winning film - with the gigolo cowboy. 
Assembly. George St
1:15pm. 4th-28th Aug (not 14th). £20/£17.50/£16/£15 page187

My Brother and I are Porn Stars
An edgy love story featuring incest and porn. Props include an 18” penis, it says here.
Gilded Balloon Teviot
9pm. 2nd-28th Aug (not 14th or 21st). £9.50/£8.50/£7.50. page57

My Dearest Byron
More incest, as Harper Ray depicts a bisexual Lord Byron, using intense prose and physical theatre.
C cubed
3:15pm. 3rd-28th Aug. £8.50/£7.50.page190

Sue Perkins
The lesbian stand up, and funny half of Mel and Sue, returns after a stunning Fringe show last year.
Pleasance Courtyard
7:40pm. 7th-27th Aug (not 9th, 14th or 21st). £10/£9/£8. page62

Puppetry of the Penis
Two guys get their cocks out and perform impressions with them. Honestly.
Gilded Balloon Teviot
Various times. 2nd-28th Aug (not 8th, 14th or 21st). £12.50/£10.50. page63

Paul Sinha
Gay, Asian and funny. Check out Paul's side splitting new stand up comedy show, Saint or Sinha?
Pleasance Courtyard
7:15pm. 3rd-28th Aug (not 15th). £9.50/£8/£6.50. page61

A Slice O’ Minnelli
Liza Minnelli impersonator, Rick Skye, with an affectionate musical tribute to the legend.
C central
7:20pm. 4th-28th Aug.
£8.50/£7.50. page140

Tapeire
Homoerotic Celtic passion with original live music and a live video mix. Irish eye and ear candy agogo. 
Baby Belly
6pm. 3rd-27th Aug.
£10/£9/£8. page87

Tap Water Awards
The Taps are a great alternative to all the mainstream comedy awards that the Fringe drowns in every year.
Bongo Club
11pm. 27th Aug.
£9.50/£7.50. page94 

The Tempest
There are always lots of new takes on this play at the Fringe. This version just about pips the lot to the post. 
C too
7:15pm. 3rd-28th Aug.
£8.50/£7.50/£6.50 page208

Terre Haute
This play by Edmund White (co-author of the Joy of Gay Sex) focuses on friendship and terrorism.
Assembly, George St
2pm. 5th-28th Aug (not 14th or 21st). £11/£10/£9 page208

The Terrier Awards

Some shows never die. They might get bad luck, bad news, bad houses and bad reviews, but, through all these adverse
circumstances, they hang on. Like indomitable Scottish terriers, they get their teeth into something and won’t let go.
Now these shows have their own awards night - The Terrier Awards.
As part of the event, a special Greyfriars Bobby Award will be presented - in honour of the legendary little dog from Edinburgh who stayed by his master's grave for 14 years. The award will be given to the show that loyally goes on, whilst appearing to be in theatrical graveyard.
The Terriers will be hosted by Dusty Limits, host of The Midnight Carousel, and ably aided by a local Scottish doggie.
C central
Midnight 25th Aug
£8.50/£7.50

Tina C
For three nights only, catch Chris Green's satirical drag creation, in Sometimes I Frighten Myself.
Spiegel Garden
8pm. 25th-28th Aug (not 27th). £11/£9. page75

Topping and Butch
After groundbreaking 5 Star Fringe shows in 2003/04/05, this year Andrew and Michael indulge in Filth. Simply put, they are the best comedy double act performing in the UK today.
Underbelly
9:55pm. 3rd-27th Aug (not 14th or 21st). £12/£10/£8. page76
Also appearing on Paul Provenza’s Talk of the Fest
11:15pm. 12th Aug. £10/£9. page73
and Topping and Butch with Friends
8:15pm. 14th and 21st Aug. £11/£9. page76

Twinkle Little Star
Ex-Rent-a-Ghost actor, Christopher Biggins is the last great pantomime dame. We knew that already. 
Gilded Balloon Teviot
6:45pm. 2nd-28th Aug (not 8th or 14th). £10.50/£9.50/£8.50. page211

Two Men Talking
A touching and unique play about two men, gay and Jewish, living on the outside of South African society.
Assembly, George Street
3:30pm. 4th-28th Aug (not 14th) £11/£10/£9 page211

Rosie Wilby
This rising lesbian stand up, stars in her curiously titled show, Olympic Swingball Champion 2012.
C cubed
4:35pm. 3rd-28th Aug (not 13th). £8.50/£7.50. page66

Luke Wright
The greatest young poet of this generation. Luke treats the Fringe to his new show, Poet Laureate.
Pleasance Dome
4:10pm. 2nd-28th Aug (not 14th). £9/£8/£7/£6. page53