BIGHEAD at the Edinburgh Fringe
Anna Hale: Control Freak
Pleasance Courtyard, 30th July - 25th August, 5:30pm
Introducing Anna Hale: comedian, singer-songwriter, control freak.
She's written the jokes, the music and the lyrics. She's rigged the lights and sold the tickets. But what happens to a control freak when her world is out of control? Anna's a socially anxious extrovert and a perfectionist with sixty minutes to solve all her problems. The real challenge is doing it without letting anyone else have a go.
Featuring hilarious original songs, 'natural charisma' (Beyond The Joke), and 'undeniable vocal pyrotechnics' (Chortle), Control Freak is the debut show from the 2024 Musical Comedy Awards Audience Favourite.
Bebe Cave: CHRISTBRIDE
Pleasance Dome, 30th July - 24th August, 5:40pm
In the dark, deathly world of the Middle Ages, one (annoying) woman strives to find the light.
Join Christbride, a female mystic in a world of male dullards, as she escapes from a life of monotony to a life of devotion.
Bebe Cave presents her debut character comedy show. In a time where people believe anything, Christbride is a wild historical farce about what happens when you believe in yourself a little too much.
Previous Praise:
★★★★★ Everything Theatre
★★★★★ The Recs
★★★★★ Bookmarks and Stages
★★★★★ theatrebab
★★★★ List
★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
Holly Spillar: Tall Child
Underbelly Bristo Square, 30th July - 24th August, 5:45pm
Tall Child, is an hour on the impossibilities of being alive right now.
In this ‘age of insecurity’, in a cost of living crisis, we’re all stuck in the shit, so let's wade through it together. Armed with nothing but a little red loop pedal and her ever growing rage. Holly Spillar is looking for the catharsis only art (made by low income people, working two shit jobs on minimum wage) can provide.
★★★★★
“Otherworldly... the love child of Kate Bush and Bo Burnham” -North West End
★★★★
"A riveting performer" - Chortle
Su Mi: THISMOTHERPHUCKER
Underbelly Cowgate, 31st July - 24th August, 6:40pm
THISMOTHERPHUCKER is a public nuisance. A dysfunctional anti-clown whose only mission is to destroy ego.
Award-winning stand-up and drag performance artist Su Mi presents their debut show: an immersive surreal experience resurrecting every nostalgic moment left forgotten, healing the inner child and seeking to destroy archaic stereotypes and challenge the narrative of comedy whilst navigating a predominantly white cis space.
BBC New Comedian of the Year nominee, finalist of Funny Women Awards and Musical Comedy Awards, and Top of the Slops drag superstar.
Pedro Leandro: Soft Animal
Pleasance Courtyard, 30th July - 24th August, 8:10pm
Debut show from Pedro Leandro, a comedian who has famously been described as 'magnetic' (Guardian) and 'a beautiful bright-eyed joy' (Everything Theatre).
Sadly, he has found this praise to be insufficient. Standing atop the lonely Everest of his innumerable achievements, he invites his audience to reflect: will it, can it, ever be enough? If the whole world said, as one: 'You are the greatest comedian that has ever lived. In fact, you transcend that label. You are a raconteur. An artist. And we actually like that you're gay', would that be enough?
I mean, it wouldn't hurt.
Cabbage The Clown: Sinnyworld
Underbelly George Square, 30th July - 24th August, 9:45pm
Minimum wage cinema employee turned multi-award winning tragic fool Cabbage The Clown’s debut hour marries a buffet of genres in polygamous holy matrimony in the name of drag.
With over 8 million views online for their genre-busting brand of multimedia drag-clowning, Cabbage presents their hotly-anticipated debut show: One-part breathless parody of cinematic history, one part thoughtful dissection of minimum wage careers, one part rolling around on the floor covered in popcorn.
So talk through the trailers, get the loudest snacks available, then sit back, relax and enjoy this Bechdel Test-passing, BBFC-unapproved, global premiere.
Rosa Garland: Primal Bog
Assembly Roxy, 30th July - 24th August, 9:45pm
The gorgeously gross new piece from Rosa Garland, the creator of Trash Salad, one of The Telegraph's Funniest Shows of the Fringe. Join Rosa on a slimy trek into the recesses of our erotic imaginations, celebrating pleasure in its ugliest forms, and the hard work of accessing desire. Like Jackass if Johnny Knoxville was Gwyneth Paltrow, this new comedy experiment will stop at nothing to investigate the mucky mind-corners we prefer to ignore.
Come into the bog; the mud's just fine. 'Instantly unforgettable' (Chortle) 'A force of nature' (TheWeeReview.com). 'A knock out... riotously funny' (BingeFringe.com).
