British Comedy Guide

2012 Edinburgh Fringe

The Beta Males in... The Space Race

  • Comedy (sketch show / storytelling)
  • 5:45pm (60 mins)
  • 1-13 & 15-27 Aug 2012
  • Pleasance Courtyard
  • £5 - £10
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Critically acclaimed sketch storytellers return after two sell-out Fringes with the secret history of the British Space Programme and why you've never heard of it. Professor Brian Brilliance vows Blighty will get to the moon before the Americans and Soviets if it kills him. Or them. Or everyone else. A sketch-comedy blasting off in T-minus... 1969. Top 10 EdFringe Show Amused Moose Laughter Awards 2011/Chortle Award nominees. ***** (ThreeWeeks, Spoonfed, FringeGuru.com). **** (Fest, Chortle.co.uk, List, TimeOut). 'Genius' (Sunday Times). 'One of the most exciting, gloriously funny acts out there. (TimeOut).

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The Beta Males Edinburgh Fringe festival 2012

Cold War paranoia, a classified British space programme and morris dancing.

Jay Richardson, The List, 25th July 2012

The Beta Males interview

Tommy Holgate interviews The Beta Males their two Fringe shows.

Tommy Holgate, The Sun, 4th July 2012

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Critically acclaimed sketch-storytellers The Beta Males return to Edinburgh after two sell-out Fringe runs. The Space Race is the secret history of the British Space Programme... and why you've never heard of it. Professor Brian Brilliance vows Blighty will get to The Moon before the Americans and Soviets if it kills him. Or them. Or everyone else. A sketch-comedy blasting off in T-minus... 1969.

The Beta Males are writer-performers John Henry Falle, Jon Gracey, Guy Kelly and Richard Soames and writers Adam Blampied and Tom Clarke, directed by Robert Pirouet, ably assisted by SFX wizard, Tom Burgess. They have their roots in the island of Jersey and formed when they realised making each other laugh was easier than talking to girls.

Performances

Date Time Venue
1st Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
2nd Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
3rd Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
4th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
5th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
6th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
7th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
8th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
9th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
10th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
11th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
12th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
13th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
15th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
16th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
17th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
18th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
19th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
20th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
21st Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
22nd Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
23rd Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
24th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
25th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
26th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard
27th Aug 2012 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard

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