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FESTIVAL ’94
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INDEX
The index lists every show alphabetically by title which appears in this \veelt’s list and givesthepogenu-berontvhichtheshonis reviewed or previewed. Co-edy encoupesses staid-up. revue and cabaret.
THEATRE
Abducting Diana Moving Theatre 38 Actress Perestroika Productions 46 All Cut Up or lloe Five Great Hones: Kept Dphella Ailt
Stagefright Theatre Company 28 Archangels Don’t Play Pinball
CYT Productions 20 Bitch! Dyirel Faghagl Whore!
Assembly Rooms 81 The Black Ambulance Bang
Thirteen O‘Clock Productions 38 Boiv to the Beast Boilerhouse 32 Camping Dut - Top Tvrins Traverse Theatre 58 Claptrap Blue Harlequin Theatre Company 38 Conventional Deuons
Nottingham New Theatre
Courtess Demarco European Art Foundation 48 Crossing the B8 Fallen Angel Theatre Co 53 Derive Demarco European Art Foundation 41 Demon Mania Productions
Dudes With Dicks The Brian Collective 21 Elvis is Alive and She's Beautiful! KUTA Theatre Company
Fever Pitch Assembly Rooms
Fragile Pathways Theatre Company French KlSS Gilded Balloon Theatre
Go Ahead and Jim The Fisheye Project Going Up National Student Theatre Company 22 Happy Birthday Mr President Bunbury Touring
ilenry VII. tilt! at a Serial Killer Natural Theatre Company 19 line: to Live Volcano Theatre 57 The Importance of Being 2:Ernest
Peter lreland & Company 42 Jack The Mad Abbot 81 The Janishovt Bocs Productions
Joy Assembly Rooms
Just Whores The Wee Red Bar
Kissing Bingo The Cambridge Mummers Kissing Madame - Starving Artists Traverse Theatre
The Laird oi Sarnoa Cafe Royal Lamfirnolting Chameleon Productions Marga Come: in ‘Menory Tricks’
Marga Gomez
Measure for Meastrre Oxford Headlights Meeting Cassandra
Tmu-Na Theatre with Antonia Smits Merlin Wierszalin (Poland)
Milena Venue l23
Mooi Street Moves - Footpoul Prohctions Traverse Theatre
My Chilton! My Alrical
KCS Theatre Company
The Med Brunch Gilded Balloon Theatre The Kiwi larry Kroner Kissed lee Traverse Theatre
The Odd Carole
Borderline Theatre Company
The Oldest Profession Venue 123
One Flee Over The Cuckoo's lest
Blow Up TheaUe Company
One Shot Snarling Beasties
eresteia Edinburgh lntemational Festival Paradise - The Second Draft
The Electric Company
Passion Synaesthesia
A Piece of uy lleert
Festival Theatre USC-USA
The Playboy oi the Western World Communicado
Playing Tor Tile Bedlam Theatre
Beading Rim Freeway Stage
The Bile oi the Ancient W
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Robert louis Stevenson Diverse Attractions 8 Ito-en and Juliet
Demarco European Art Foundation
The Seven Stream ol the River the Edinburgh lntemational Festival
She'll be Co-ing BDtle the Homtain Backstairs influence
Site 12 Cambridge Very Devil Drama Co. Sleep oi the Just The Wee Red Bar
So llelp Me Festival Club/Adam House Soldier on a Monday Kick Back Theatre Storm in a Teacw Cafe Royal
Technique Sleeping Giant Theatre
Telling llesholnon Theatrestorm
The Tempest
Brave New World Theatre Company "mom Mimus Mundanus
The Web oi Innocence
Spotlites Theatre Company
The Well oi the Saints
Edinburgh International Festival 37 Who Will Carry The Word’
Bulmershe Revival 41 Wing Sp. The Wee Red Bar 42 The Winter’s Tale
Edinburgh lntemational Festival 37
COMEDY
Acing Sonya Ann Bryson 53 Back ill Tile Tor must
The Electric Company 21 Bedding Cley Jones Chaney Productions 32 The Best oi hish Couody
Young. Gifted and Green 81 Best oi Scottish Co-edy
Gilded Balloon Theatre
Bih 8 Bob Acropolis
Big, Big lloeee Bruce Morton
Blonde ltd Brainy Dolly Dupree
Bob Done and the llollnvood Ilorns Bob Downe and the Hollywood Horns Buying Dad Diverse Attractions Rhona Caneren Rhona Cameron M h! the let Dan O‘Brien
Charlie's Angels Be To llell Graham Nonon 55 Continental Brechtiest The Entire Company 21 Corky lid The Juice Pigs
Corky and The Juice Pigs 57 Craig Ferguson - love. Sex. Death and Heather Craig Ferguson 55 The Dave Schneider Shoe Dave Schneider 41 All! Davies Gilded Balloon Theatre
Mark Davis Assembly Rooms
Kevin Day Gilded Balloon Theatre
Dead Boat Cosmetics
Gilded Balloon Theatre
Electricity: The Caged Pony Ben Moor
Fit Dave Cohen
Going Places Heavy Luggage
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llattie llayrldge ltd Unda Slith
Gilded Balloon Theatre
flutter A Docherty Absolutely Productions l'- a Short Fat Kebab-Shop Owner‘s Son Hill Street Theatre
Ji-eein Jimeoin
Phil Kay Gilded Balloon Theatre
Kittens Be Brrrl'rll Melanie and Susan M WT Assembly Rooms
lane Id Woodley Leno and Woodley Late ‘n’ Live Gilded Balloon Theatre lorrelne Bevan Experience
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Lorraine Bowen Experience
Love Cats John Hegley
Donna flcPhail Donna McPhail
The lien Who Knew Pleasance
The Harry Liflrthoeso Experience Incidental Theatre (Continued)
Roger W with Tony lioness Roger Monkhouse with Tony Burgess flora Cedaes Klan
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N. 3* Jasper! Fossick Valley Fumblers
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Comedy Factory
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The Publicity Sttl'It
Incidental Theatre (Continued) 37 Risk Bay Scott Capuno 82 Robert Schluoel Assembly Rooms 62 John Shuttleworth John Shuttleworth 35 This Morning with Richard lot Judy
Richard Herring 23 Thoracic M Cambridge Medics Revue 57 Tokyo Shock Boys Tokyo Shock Boys 37 Viva Variety Viva Variety 57 What a Bargain! Felix Dexter 58 Willy's World Nick Wilty 53
Wt - Stillfllanglng
Gandini Juggling Project
Circuit Breaker - The Kosh
Gilded Balloon Theatre
Co-panion Piece Theatre Workshop Dancing Blris
Demarco European Art Foundation Eros of love and Destruction Shak'i
h The Pitt Noflt State Circus
Jewels Edinburgh lntemational Festival The land of Counterpaive Diverse Attraction. Scanning Ricochet Dance Company
La Vita Edinburgh lntemational Festival
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An Aerul oi Burgess
BBC Scotland Studio One
Altll Aegis Productions
Battlefield Band in Concert Battlefield Band Combo! Combo! The Fringe Club
The Co-edians Moray House
Antonio Forcione and Kell Stacey
Assembly Rooms
Bene La Belle Angele
Jools Holland ltd llis Big Blld Queen‘s Hall 33 lchiro Acropolis 83 the [M Edinburgh lntemational Festival B4 Lulu ACTS BB 0 B McBlym St Paul‘s & St George’s Church N m Edinburgh lntemational Festival 54 lAalcoll lo Halstre Cafe Graffitti B4 Robert m Dultet
Absolute Blues: Jazz Chicago Style
A Midsumer lifllt’s Drea-
Edinburgh lntemational Festival
Odd Bod'lra'l Moray House
Bed Paterson and Ian Johrtstone Acoustic Music Centre
The Poozies Acoustic Music Centre Songs of Travel: Robert louis Stevenson Centenary Celebrations
Dan Taper Trio Cellar No.l
The Tartan Areoebes Moray House
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An Evening with Robert Louis Stevenson Philomusica of Edinburgh 8 Flush! - The Meal
The London Musicals Company 28 People You Mother Would llave Disapproved 0i Menagerie A Tois 25 B18 - The Ken Musical Adventrae
Edinburgh Footlights Theatre Company 42 Stan Starbust Beyorrd the l
Festival Theatre USC-USA 81 South Airlca. We Love You Cape Town Youth Theatre Company 25
All At Sea/Trustee lint Diverse Attractions 21
The Chith Kaleidoscope
The Fool’s Progress 19 Dance You Socks tilt Jiving Lindy Hoppers 1B Beerdle the Viking The Whale Venue 32 htalsie la the llainlorest
Brunton Theatre Company 41
Chinese State Circes Chinese State Circus 41
Jil lleee Circus Sideshow Acropolis B1 The Bandit: Talks The Guardian 10 Ten Steps to Starting e Theatre Coupe-y
independent Theatre Council 19
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