2013 Edinburgh Fringe

Wardens

  • Comedy (satire)
  • 3:30pm (60 mins)
  • 1-13 & 15-26 Aug 2013
  • Assembly Roxy
  • £12.50 - £13.50
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Every 4.6 seconds in Britain a penalty notice is issued and an estimated £700 million is raised every year in parking fines. The people have had enough and they are not going to take it anymore... A small band of traffic wardens are being held hostage following the issuing of the ticket that broke the camel's back. There is rioting in the streets. The revolution has come, and predictably, the wardens are the first against the wall. David Cann, Thom Tuck and Garrett Millerick star in a comedy about what it's like to have the world's worst job.

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Darren Richman on why dying is easy, but comedy is hard

The last words of the actor Edmund Kean are alleged to have been "dying is easy, comedy is hard." He passed away (with relative ease) in 1833, more than a century before the outbreak of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. One can only envy his good fortune and wonder what he'd make of the mayhem that unfolds every August in Scotland's capital.

Darren Richman, The Independent, 1st August 2013

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Every 4.6 seconds, a parking fine penalty notice is issued in Great Britain. An estimated £700 million is raised every year in parking fines. The people have had enough and they're not going to take it anymore...

Having issued one ticket too many, a small band of traffic wardens are being held hostage in a disused cricket pavilion. The people are rioting in the streets. The revolution has come and, predictably, the wardens are first against the wall.

Traffic wardens recently beat out politicians and estate agents to be crowned the country's most despised profession.

Wardens are universally loathed figures of ridicule and hatred but what is it like for the people with this dubious means of earning a buck? Surely no small child stood up in front of their class and said, "When I grow up, I want to issue fines".

Written by Darren Richman & Garrett Millerick, Wardens attempts to humanise the hate figures that roam our streets. It invites the audience to laugh both with and at a collection of people who are simply doing their jobs in the most trying circumstances imaginable.

David Cann, Colin Hoult, Vikki Stone & Thom Tuck star in a comedy about what it's like to have the world's worst job.

Garrett Millerick - Writer/Producer/Director, has written for The Independent and The Huffington Post and performs regularly as a stand up comedian. As a Director his stage work has garnered considerable critical acclaim and his short films have been screened and distributed internationally.

Darren Richman - Writer, has co-authored four plays, including the Edinburgh Fringe sell-out farce The Straight Man. He co-wrote a sitcom pilot for Channel 4 starring Jessica Hynes and Julian Rhind-Tutt, and his debut feature film is currently in development with Big Talk and STUDIOCANAL. He writes a weekly column in The Independent.

David Cann is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking collaborations with Chris Morris. He has appeared in many of the most respected comedy series of the last decade. Most recently David has been staring in Michael Frayn's Democracy at London's Old Vic.

Colin Hoult is an exceptionally talented actor who excels in comedic character transformation. A prolific writer and former winner of the Writers Guild Award for Comedy, Colin penned the hugely successful live shows: 'Carnival of Monsters' and 'Enemy of The World', as well as being a regular contributor to television and radio productions.

Vikki Stone is a multitalented, award-winning comedian, actress, singer and musician. Vikki's debut Edinburgh Show, Big Neon Letters, played to sell-out audiences and received incredible reviews, including The Observer's Comedy Top 5 Edinburgh Shows 2011. Her follow up show, Hot Mess, sold out its entire run adding four extra shows due to phenomenal public demand.

Thom Tuck has established himself as one of the country's most exciting writer performers. His debut solo show was nominated for the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer and was subsequently adapted into the BBC Radio 4 series Thom Tuck goes straight to DVD.

Performances

Date Time Venue
1st Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
2nd Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
3rd Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
4th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
5th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
6th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
7th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
8th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
9th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
10th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
11th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
12th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
13th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
15th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
16th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
17th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
18th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
19th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
20th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
21st Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
22nd Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
23rd Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
24th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
25th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy
26th Aug 2013 15:30 Assembly Roxy

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