Edinburgh Festival

Five TV stars appearing at the Fringe

  • Source: The List (Issue 662)
  • Date: 26 July 2010
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This article is from 2010.

Five TV stars appearing at the Fringe

Simon Callow, Abi Titmuss and Clive Russell swap small screen for festival stage

Doon Mackichan
The award-winning star of Smack the Pony, The Day Today and Brass Eye has crafted a powerful, funny show based on the three worst years of her life, cunningly entitled Primadoona.
Gilded Balloon Teviot, 662 6552, 7–30 Aug (not 10, 17, 24), 5.30pm, £11.50–£12.50 (£10–£11.50). Previews until 6 Aug, £5.

Clive Russell
His name might not trip off your tongue, but this busy Fife-raised actor is a well-kent face having starred in everything from Coronation Street to Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He stars in Fringe snooker drama Touching the Blue.
Assembly Rooms, 623 3030, 7-29 Aug (not 16), 3.30pm, £11–£12.50 (£10–£11.50). Previews 5 & 6 Aug, £5.

Simon Callow
The much-loved thespian, writer and theatre director returns to the Fringe with new one-man show Shakespeare the Man From Stratford, which brings the Bard and his characters to vivid life.
Assembly Hall, 623 3030, 7–29 Aug (not 9, 16, 23), 2.30pm, 2.30pm, £20–£22 (£18–£20). Previews 5 & 6 Aug, £10.

Abi Titmuss
Best-known for her career as a glamour model, and as a mainstay of the reality TV circuit, the former nurse takes on her meatiest acting role to date as fitness instructor Hazel in the 25th anniversary production of John Godber’s Up N Under.
Assembly Rooms, 623 3030, 7–30 Aug (not 16), 5.25pm, £17.50–£19.50 (£15.50–£17.50). Previews 5 & 6 Aug, £10.

Rodney Bewes
The former Likely Lad heads back to the Fringe with his successful adaptation of Jerome K Jerome’s much-loved novel about messin’ about on the river, Three Men in a Boat.
New Town Theatre, 220 0143, 7-29 Aug (not 16, 23), 5pm, £11–£13 (£9–£11). Previews 5 & 6 Aug, £6.

This article is from 2010.

More: Comedy, Theatre, Abi Titmuss, Clive Russell, Doon Mackichan, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Festivals, Fringe, Previews, Rodney Bewes, Simon Callow

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