THIS AUGUST VERITY WELCH and PAUL RICKETTS of UP THE ARTS COMEDY are involved in two shows as part of the Laughing Horse Free Festival at the Edinburgh Fringe. LATE & FREE @ HILLSIDE
10.30pm – midnight, Laughing Horse @ Hillside, 11 Hillside Crescent. Bookings 0131 556 9332
Sun 5–Tues 7 Aug,
Thurs 9-Tues 14 Aug,
Thurs 16-Tues 21 Aug,
Thurs 23-Tues 27 Aug
Paul Ricketts, Nik Coppin, Dizzy High and Jane Hill. Four great comics - Four disparate haircuts - plus a nightly special guests including Patrick Monahan, Ivor Dembina, Reg D. Hunter, Shazia Merza and Ronnie Golden amongst others. It's a show that's utterly funny, fairly late, thrillingly live and totally free.
More info: wwww.myspace.com/lateandfree
PRETTY DIRTY THINGS
11.55pm-12.55pm, Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 112 Hanover St. Bookings 0131 225 2022
Sat 4-Fri 10 Aug
And
18.45pm-19.45pm, Laughing Horse @ Linsay’s, 15 Brunswick St, Bookings 0131 556 8974
Sun 19-Mon 27 Aug
Pretty Dirty Things – comprising Asian Muslim, Sajeela Kershi, British Buddhist, Verity Welch (Hackney Empire finalist in 2002) and London Scot, Maureen Younger (Hackney Empire finalist in 2007) – are bringing their first ever show to Edinburgh this year. Offering their hilarious take on life, love, death and everything in between, their subjects range from gentlemen rapists to using pseudo pregnancy to get a seat on the tube in rush hour! Three different viewpoints, three funny women!
www.myspace.com/prettydirtythings2007
