2014 Edinburgh Fringe

Fascinating Aida: Charm Offensive

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300: Udderbelly, Bristo Square

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Following three Olivier Award nominations and more than 10 million YouTube hits for Cheap Flights (their infamous anthem to budget air travel), Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza Pulman celebrate over 30 years of growing old disgracefully with Charm Offensive, their terrific new show bursting with hilarious new songs hot off the press and outrageous old favourites. Book early to avoid a pointless existence. 'Engages the brain as well as the funny-bone' ***** (Times). 'Outrageous...seductive' **** (Guardian). 'See them before you die otherwise your life will have been meaningless' (Mail on Sunday). 'Cabaret heaven' ***** (Metro).

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The Edinburgh Fringe is not all about young kids flying straight out of the womb and onto the stage. There are plenty of more, how shall we put it, experienced performers who have been around the block a bit and seen a bit of life.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th July 2014

Guest tips: On the musical Fringe

People often forget what a great musical programme there is at the Edinburgh Festival, and of all genres too. A lot of it, though, is stand alone gigs rather than the residencies you find in other genres. But some music people come for the whole shebang. To get you in the musical mood we asked ThreeWeeks Editors' Award winner Daniel Cainer to pick out some highlights.

Daniel Cainer, ThreeWeeks, 27th July 2014

Guest tips: Choices galore on the cabaret Fringe

The cabaret strand of the Edinburgh Fringe has grown hugely in recent years, with a plethora of exciting shows and acts taking to the stage each year. One of our all-time favourite performers in the cabaret Fringe - and someone who played a key role in establishing a stand-alone cabaret community at the Festival - is Sarah-Louise Young.

Sarah-Louise Young, ThreeWeeks, 27th July 2014

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Fascinating Aida, Britain's best-loved comedy cabaret trio, who in 2013 celebrated 30 years of their unique brand of filthy, witty and fabulous entertainment, will continue to visit every corner of the UK through the rest of 2014 and into 2015 with their hit show Charm Offensive.

On 8 October, Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza Pulman released a freshly minted song on YouTube entitled Song for Teachers, which gained 100,000 hits within 7 days of posting. On 22 December, they released their own outrageous Christmas Carol, which had 150,000 hits in a fortnight, and 60,000 on Christmas Day alone. This follows the enormous success of their infamous anthem to budget travel, Cheap Flights, which has had over 10,000,000 hits to date and counting... YouTube.com/FascinatingAida

Dillie Keane founded Fascinating Aida in 1983 (and was joined by key writing partner Adele Anderson in 1984) and since then the group has played in hundreds of theatres in the UK and Ireland, with London seasons at the Donmar Warehouse, Lyric Hammersmith, Piccadilly, Vaudeville, Garrick, Apollo and Comedy theatres and the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. They have toured Australia three times, including a month at the Sydney Opera House, and also played New Zealand, San Francisco, New York, Berlin, Kenya, South Africa and Singapore.

As Dillie herself says, "we've never been off the fekking road, and we're too old to retrain." They have made numerous television appearances and radio recordings, released seven CDs, two videos, an autobiography and a songbook, and have also been nominated for several awards - Perrier (once), Olivier (3 nominations) and New York Drama desk (3 nominations). In 2013 they won Best Musical Act in the London Cabaret Awards.

Dillie Keane says: "Fed up with the endless recession? Got any money left after paying your bedroom tax, losing your child benefit and being robbed by a Cypriot Bank? If so, cheer yourself up at the cheapest and cheeriest show in town! Oh and 30 years... who'd have thought that we'd outlive the VHS? Expect topical new songs hot off the press, plus some outrageous old favourites, as Fascinating Aïda continue to grow old disgracefully!"

Performances

Date Time Venue
31st Jul 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
1st Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
2nd Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
3rd Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
4th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
5th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
6th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
7th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
8th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
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10th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
14th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
15th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
16th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
17th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
18th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
19th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
20th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
21st Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
22nd Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
23rd Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
24th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
25th Aug 2014 18:00 Udderbelly, Bristo Square

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