Freestival Fringe 2015 Highlights

The Arches

4 stages holding 40 shows including:

• Rhinoceros (Harry Carr) - ★★★★ "Best show I've seen at this year's Edinburgh Fringe... baffling but really kind of wonderful" THE LIST
• Maddy & Horse are not Themselves - "It's joyful... Their merry enthusiasm is highly infectious" - Chortle
• Comedy World War (Christian Schulte-Loh) -”One of the most subversive acts ever." THE SPECTATOR 
• Bleak Zoo (Liz Smith) - ★★★★ GUARDIAN "even the throwaway jokes are hilarious”; “Fast-paced and inventive… a gem of a show… Sparklingly funny.” FEST
• Storyteller, Storyteller (Story Pocket Theatre) - “the UK has just accrued a fantastic addition to the children's theatre family.' SCOTSMAN
• Super Duper (Ingrid Dahl) - "Ingrid Dahl offers something genuinely different in her act...mark her out for an alternative hero of the future." CHORTLE; 2014 Leicester Comedian of the Year, Runner Up
• Haus of Chi Chi (Seda Yildiz and Mawaan Rizwan) - "Deliciously euphoric anti-comedy" GUARDIAN

Sin Club 

250 seat venues programmed with acknowledged crowd pullers and critically acclaimed international acts including:

• Damian Clark – sell out shows at the fringe and Glasgow Comedy festival 2013/14 - “The world’s wittiest machine gun. Let yourself in on one of the funniest secrets in town.” – The Scotsman
• Javier Jarquin – Card Ninja – sold out shows every year since 2012
• Vampire Waiting Room – cult theatre favourite “a stealth hit of the Fringe” Broadway Baby
• “Eggs” by Florence Keith-Roach "Hot newcomer," Evening Standard, last years play sold out at the Fringe and was named Another Magazine, Le Cool and the Evening Standard's top ten things to do
• Soho Comedy Club – one of the top 10 attended shows at Freestival last year
• Don’t Flop – One Off performance by the hugely successful Battle Rap specialists

Thistle King James Hotel:

Host to a range of acclaimed theatre and improve performers, including:

• Thom Jordan – Cleansed in Blood: Nominated for best emerging artist at the Adelaide Fringe 2015
• The Nursery – the first ever dedicated Improv space at the Fringe featuring a total of 19 different shows over the course of the Fringe
• Roisin & Chiara – Wild at Heart: “Hard to explain and impossible not to like” FringeReview

Fingers:

A full programme of cabaret and musical comedy acts including:

• From Geek to Goddess (Kai Hoffman) - resident performer at Ronnie Scott’s, shows at Blue Note Milano, the Elgar Room of the Royal Albert Hall, European Jazz Expo, Hippodrome, 100 Club, 606 Club, Proud Cabaret, London Jazz Festival
• Side by Sooz by Sondheim (Sooz Kempner) – “brilliantly light-hearted” Chortle
• MishMash (Gareth Cooper) - ★★★★★ from ThreeWeeks, Broadway Baby, British Comedy Guide,           ★★★★from Timeout, Chortle, One4review, allthefestivals
• Shit Girlfriend (She Makes War/Laura Kidd) – “she’s ace” - Lauren Laverne, 6 Music, "absolutely wonderful" - Midge Ure