August will soon be upon us and another army of Australian comedians are preparing to descend upon the worlds largest arts festival, the Edinburgh Fringe.
One Aussie with a guaranteed ticket to Edinburgh is this year’s Raw Comedy winner “Neil Sinclair”:comic. He will take on other newcomers in the “So You Think You’re Funny”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=443 competition.
Some Australian acts are frequent visitors to the Fringe. “Tim Minchin“:comic is performing a new show “Ready For This?”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=141 and last years If.Comedy Award winner and ex pat “Brendon Burns“:comic has a new show entitled “F&k You I’m Brendon Fx%x%king Burns Part IV Again”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=780. Fans of “Adam Hills“:comic expressed disappointed that he will not be performing a show at Fringe, however they can be comforted by his appearance alongside “Jason Byrne“:comic for a limited season of late night shows, “Adam, Jason and Friends”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=229.
Two of this years Moosehead recipients are making the trek. “The Axis Of Awesome”:comic (“Lee Naimo“:comic, “Benny Davis“:comic and “Jordan Raskopoulos“:comic) are extending their “Comeback Spectacular”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=1119 to Scotland while “Sammy J“:comic, “Heath McIvor “:comicand a cast of puppets are performing “Sammy J in The Forest of Dreams”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=942.
After tours covering most of Australia, comedians often use Edinburgh as the next logical audience for their most recent show from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. “Jimeon“:comic will be “On Ice”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=416 and “Fiona O’Loughlin“:comic will perform her current “stand up show”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=426. “Pig Island“:comic are performing their current show “Simply Fancy”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=1146 while “Frank Woodley“:comic performs his solo show “Possessed”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=251. “Interactive Theatre Australia“:comic are bring the chaos of “Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=592to Scotland’s culinary crowd and “Sean Choolburra“:comic will perform his show “Live & Deadly”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=277 . The guys/girls from “The Grease Lightnin’ Drag Show”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=415 will be bringing Rydell High to life while “Robert Yule“:comic stars in “Beautiful People (Don’t Travel Economy)”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=20.
There are other performers who decide to use a proven show to introduce themselves to a foreign audience. “Dave Bloustien“:comic is making his Fringe debut with his show “Beastly”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=1184, “Alison Bice“:comic is performing her Moosehead assisted MICF show “The Wizard Of Bice”:http://freefringe.org.uk/programme/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=228&Itemid=56 and “Geraldine Hickey“:comic is revisiting her acclaimed debut MICF show “One Week In Paradise”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=1581. This concept also applies to Fringe veterans with “Damian Callinan“:comic is performing his show “Spazznuts” to Edinburgh under the new title of “Mmm…They’re Small!”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=1123, “Greg Fleet“:comic is performing “Secrets & Lies”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=450, a show that seems to be a reworking of his “Word Up” show of 2006, and Wilson Dixon (“Jesse Griffin“:comic ) will make the trek from Cripple Creek to perform “Wilson Dixon Rides Again”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=736.
Formerly of Perth, “Richard Brophy“:comic is performing in “The After Dinner Society”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=1573 shows at Free Fringe as well as appearing in “International Stand Up”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=336. Another expat “Marcus Ryan“:comic is performing in “A Cold Slap Down Under”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=1241 with Canadian James Uloth.
Despite not being a stranger to the Fringe “James Hazelden“:comic will be in Scotland in a different guise. He appears minus his “Man Bites God“:comic band mates for a solo show entitled “Freeloader”:http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=1561.
All the best to the Australian contingent.