British Comedy Guide

2014 Edinburgh Fringe

Mat Ricardo: Showman

  • Comedy (cabaret)
  • 8:10pm (60 mins)
  • 31 Jul; 1-10 & 12-16 Aug 2014
  • Pleasance Dome
  • £6.50 - £9.50
Mat Ricardo: Showman. Mat Ricardo. Copyright: Small and Clever
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23: Pleasance Dome

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The Gentleman Juggler returns to Edinburgh by popular demand following a triumphant run in 2013 and sell-out season in the West End. Witness a show packed full of big laughs, serious skills and breathtaking spectacle. See genuine danger, dexterous elegance and thrills, performed by a man at the top of his game. 'Incredible skills. Engaging and funny' **** (Scotsman). 'Brilliant!' ***** (Herald). 'Hilarious! ***** (FringeGuru.com). Winner of Best Speciality Act at London Cabaret Awards and Herald Angel Theatre Award.

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Fringe Review at The Pleasance

The Pleasance is still rooted primarily at the Courtyard and the Dome. These are two very different venues. The Courtyard is just that - a courtyard, with outdoor bars and catering (an indoor bar as well) and an often crowded, outdoor festival feel.

Fringe Review, 1st August 2014

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Following a hit Fringe run in 2013, a sell-out season in London’s West End and a triumphant solo debut at the Adelaide Fringe, internationally renowned gentleman juggler Mat Ricardo returns to Edinburgh for a strictly limited season as part of a tour of the UK & Europe.

Two and a half decades of work, practice, honing, polishing, brainstorming and attempting if not the impossible then certainly the bloody difficult, means that in a world where variety is seen as an unfashionable relic only suited for talent shows, Mat Ricardo is at the forefront of the reinvention and re-evaluation of his art form.

Showman is packed with tricks, with genuine displays of danger, teeming with understated dexterous elegance, thrills, skills, spectacle, slapstick and wit. He beguiles his audience with both old favourites and signature routines, including some tricks that haven't been performed for decades, and some that have never been performed before at all. Oh, and one that killed a fellow juggler in 1936. No biggie.

The leading speciality act of the British cabaret revival, winner of Best Speciality Act in the London Cabaret Awards, and the UK's most successful juggler, Mat Ricardo delivers a show packed full of big laughs, serious skills and breath-taking spectacle.

Performances

Date Time Venue
31st Jul 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
1st Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
2nd Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
3rd Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
4th Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
5th Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
6th Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
7th Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
8th Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
9th Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
10th Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
12th Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
13th Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
14th Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
15th Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome
16th Aug 2014 20:10 Pleasance Dome

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