FestivalTicketOffers Call Pleasance box office on 0131 556 6550 and quote ‘List Readers Offer’ and the show you wish to book for.
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Pleasance.
'Love, the greatest scene of all, it happens when it happens, the music tells it all.' A musical revue for four singers. Lyrics written and directed by David Levin. Composers: Sally Beamish, Giorgios Athanasopolous, Nigel Osborne, Alfredo Caponnetto, Alan Gilliland, Rick Wentworth, Cheryl Taylor, Kostas Rekleitis, Julian Wagstaff.
'Osborne's trademark mingling of musical traditions' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY (on Conflict Diamonds)
'Almost other-worldly' GUARDIAN (on Nigel Osbourne’s Rock Music)
Pleasance & Nichola McAuliffe At the age of 18, Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British Subject, arrived in Pakistan. 24 hours later a taxi driver was dead and Tahir was tried for his murder. Condemned to hang in the Criminal Court he spent the following seven years on death row. Released on appeal, he prepared to return home to Leeds but was sent back to death row by a Sharia Court. He stayed there for a further 11 years. Don Mackay of the Daily Mirror was the only journalist to visit him in that time. A British Subject is the true account of what happened... With Tom Cotcher, Nichola McAuliffe, Kulvinder Ghir and Shiv Grewal. Directed by Hannah Eidinow.
'Superb ✱✱✱✱✱' MUSICWEB (on Sally Beamish’s River) PEOPLE Pleasance Dome, 556 6550, until 31 Aug (not 18 & 25), £11–12.50 (£9.50–11). A BRITISH SUBJECT Pleansance Courtyard, 556 6550, until 31 Aug (not 18 & 25), 2.20pm, £9.50–10.50 (£8–9).
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2 FOR 1 TICKETS FOR FRANCIS, THE HOLY JESTER, WED 26 & THU 27 AUG 2 FOR 1 TICKETS FOR EARLY LONG ISLAND ICED TEA, WED 26 & THU 27 AUG
Mario Pirovano & Pleasance. Directed by Dario Fo. Pleasance. Directed by Mel Smith
Triumphant celebration of life and liberty by Nobel Prize winning playwright, Dario Fo. Superb one man show about Italy's most famous saint featuring colourful characters brought to life by Fo's friend and collaborator of 20 years, Mario Pirovano. 'A masterclass in vocal and physical expression' STAGE (on John Padan)
'A marvellous performer' STAGE (on John Padan) 'Engrossing stuff, vividly told' WHAT'S ON (on John Padan)
Mel Smith directs Peter Straker in this new musical revue. Expect guest stars, laughs and songs in this cabaret setting. 'Peter Straker is a unique artist, blessed with an extraordinary and beautiful singing voice. His Jacques Brel with Mel Smith directing was a corker, expect more mellifluous marvels in their latest cabaret collaboration' MICHAEL COVENEY
FRANCIS, THE HOLY JESTER Pleasance Courtyard, until 31 Aug (not 18 & 25), 3pm, £9–10 (£7.50 –8.50). EARLY LONG ISLAND ICED TEA Pleasance Courtyard, until 31 Aug (not 18 & 25), 2.30pm, £10–11 (£8.50–9.50).
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2 FOR 1 TICKETS FOR IDIOTS OF ANTS: THIS IS WAR, TUE 25 & THU 27 AUG 2 FOR 1 TICKETS FOR STAND BY YOUR VAN, WED 26 & THU 27 AUG
Pleasance & Idiots of Ants The Ants are back with their unique blend of fast-paced sketch comedy. Having amassed millions of hits online, the 'Internet sensations' (BBC Online) and creators of the most viewed BBC3 comedy clip on YouTube (Facebook in real life) return with an all-new show. Hot from the Montreal 'Just For Laughs' Festival, 'grab your chance to see them before they leave the circuit for TV land (Time Out)'. Total sell-outs 2007 and 2008.
✱✱✱✱✱ EDINBURGH GUIDE ✱✱✱✱✱ HAIRLINE 'Very, very funny' EVENING STANDARD 'Sheer excellence' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'Downright anarchic fun...nothing short of blissful' THE LIST IDIOTS OF ANTS: THIS IS WAR Pleasance Courtyard, until 31 Aug (not 17 & 24), 8.15pm, £9–10 (£7.50–8.50).
Menagerie/Pleasance/Escalator East to Edinburgh A spectacular new ‘live competition’ play about desire, hope, endurance... and a very big pick-up truck! The Pleasance Grand has never seen anything like it... there's a £25,000 pickup truck in the middle of the stage and 12 contestants are holding onto it – all desperate to win it. All they have to do is be the last person standing, with their hands having never left the surface of the truck... Sounds easy, right? Wrong.
Someone's gonna win a truck!!
STAND BY YOUR VAN Pleasance Courtyard, until 31 Aug (not 18 & 25), 7.40pm, £10.
TERMS & CONDITIONS: All ticket offers are subject to availability, and booking fees apply. 13–20 Aug 2009 THE LIST 11