Each year thousands of performers (and audiences) flock to Edinburgh in August for the infamous Fringe Festival. We have a weekend of comedy lined up of Edinburgh Fringe Previews before they are taken to this years Fringe Festival.
The festival can be an expensive visit so we’ve brought the festival to your local community theatre with a fully stocked bar AND less distance to travel.
TICKETS are £10 for one evening OR £15 for both evenings. A discount will be applied automatically at the checkout once tickets for both evenings have been selected.
Friday 12 July, Martin Mor and Rob Mulholland
Saturday 13 July evening, Michelle Shaugnessy and Freddy Quinne
Doors open at 7pm each evening for an 8pm show.
Martin Mor has over 30 years experience as a professional performer, Martin is one of the UK’s most popular and in-demand comedians.
He has performed at events of all descriptions; from the Hammersmith Apollo to a show for the inmates of an Italian prison. In April 2016 Martin was part of a team that set the world record for the highest altitude comedy show by performing at 5,300m/17,600ft at Mount Everest basecamp.
Very much the comedian’s comedian, Martin has been the support act of choice for; Frankie Boyle, Jack Dee, Lee Evans, Jasper Carrot, Patrick Kielty, Johnny Vegas, Steve Coogan, and once Tina Turner.
Martin has made numerous appearances on radio and television.
As well as devising and performing his own BBC television show, he has written jokes for some of the biggest names in British comedy.
Joining him we welcome back Yorkshire comedian, Rob Mulholland has clocked up a huge amount of gigs all over the UK as well as in Holland & Norway and is now a regular feature in most of the UK’s well known comedy clubs.
Becoming known for his intricately woven, gag-packed stories by adding a touch of the absurd to his askance glance at everyday life, Rob has won a host of awards. In 2016 Rob was a finalist in the prestigious Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year, he was named Hilarity Bites Comedian of the Year and Beat The Frog World Series Champion in 2015 and won the Funhouse Comedy Champion of Champions 2014.
Rob has also performed on BBC Radio 4xtra, Yet Another Comedy Podcast’ with Danny Deegan and Tony Jameson, and can be heard regularly on his podcast Rob Mulholland Has An Opinion.
On Saturday evening we welcome Michelle Shaugnessy, originally based in Tornato made a name for herself across North America. She’s had numerous appearances on television and her debut album ‘You Know What You Did’ hit number one on the iTunes comedy charts. Her sophomore album ‘Botoxic’ received a coveted 5 star review from Toronto’s NOW Magazine.
In 2017 she was a finalist in Canada’s ‘Top Comic’ competition and her audition video has gone viral, with 5 million views and climbing.
In 2018 her original scripted pilot was a finalist in ‘Just For Laughs Stand Up and Pitch’ sitcom contest.
Michelle is an accomplished writer and actor with credits that span commercial, variety, scripted and unscripted television. Her acting work has been features on Hulu, Amazon Prime and Netflix.
Newly based in London, Michelle is becoming a fan favourite all over the UK. She appeared in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022. Her show ‘Be Your Own Daddy’ was directed by Adam Hills. The Scotsman called it a ‘winning debut’.
Our second act for Saturday is comedic powerhouse Freddy Quinn, a regular in performing his shamelessly opinionated, no-holes-barred stand up at the biggest comedy clubs in the country. Known for his frank approach and often brutal punchlines, covering everything from topical news to universal truths.
When starting comedy in the North West of England, Freddy won the Hilarity Bites New At of the Year. Once a professional, he recorded ‘Live from Edinburgh Twenty Fifteen’ for Spotify, the first UK comedy album composed solely of interactions with the crowd.
Freddy’s Amazon Prime comedy special, ‘Quite The Catch’, has over half a million views and his Facebook and YouTube clips have been streamed millions of times.