2018 Edinburgh Fringe

Richard Soames: Let's Make a Movie

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302: Underbelly, Bristo Square
Room: Buttercup

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Richard Soames

One man. One hour. One second hand camcorder. Join 'charming storyteller' (Chortle.co.uk) Richard Soames as he gets the band back together, gives that half-time speech to the peewee hockey team, casts the ring into the fires of The Death Star without crossing the streams and makes an entire movie in sixty minutes. 'Excellent' (Sunday Times). 'Oozing likability' (Skinny). As seen on BBC One's Michael McIntyre's Big Show. Co-writer of Edinburgh Best Newcomer Award Nominated Show The Story Beast and star of The Beta Males (Chortle Award Nominees). **** (Sunday Times). **** (Time Out).

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How would you improve the Fringe?

'We should make it free and move it to Norfolk'

Chortle, 21st August 2018

What do you think of critics?

'Some reviewers clearly don't like comedy'

Chortle, 20th August 2018

Has the 'spirit of the Fringe' been lost?

'It would be nice if audiences came in with open minds and generous spirits'

Chortle, 19th August 2018

What's the most you have put into a Free Fringe bucket?

Fringe interview.

Chortle, 15th August 2018

Fringe dispatches #1

Some news and trivia from the Edinburgh Festival. Motorbikes, knives, flyering, rain, and more!

British Comedy Guide, 13th August 2018

Who are the unsung heroes of the Fringe?

Little known Fringe heroes.

Chortle, 12th August 2018

What's the oddest thing you've read in a Fringe review?

'I once got a five-star review for a show I wasn't in'

Chortle, 11th August 2018

What track do you come on to and why?

'I sing my own walk-on music as I can't remember my iTunes password'

Chortle, 10th August 2018

Fringe Q&A: If you won a million pounds...

We asked some of the comedians at EdFringe what they'd do if they won a million pounds.

British Comedy Guide, 7th August 2018

What's the worst place you've ever stayed?

'We had to use a tortilla for toilet paper'

Chortle, 5th August 2018

What is the weirdest Fringe show you have seen?

'It was just a head slowly appearing then disappearing out of a large bin'

Chortle, 2nd August 2018

The one thing you wish you knew from your first Fringe

'You will cry... lean in to it'

Chortle, 31st July 2018

You have to be joking? Richard Soames

Richard Soames interview.

Short Com, 30th July 2018

Fringe Q&A: What do your parents think?

We asked some of the comedians heading up to the Fringe how many times their parents have seen them perform. Some acts have very supportive mums and dads it would appear... but not everyone in this list can say that.

British Comedy Guide, 30th July 2018

Fringe Q&A: Comedians share jokes from their shows

We asked some of the comedians heading to the Edinburgh Festival to share their favourite joke from their show with us. Have a read...

British Comedy Guide, 27th July 2018

A piggy interview with Richard Soames

Richard Soames interview.

Wrigley Worm, FringePig, 29th June 2018

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Richard Soames

Richard has 60 minutes to make a movie and he needs your help. Having misspent his childhood with his brother making uniquely exhilarating home movies, like their painstaking shot-for-shot remake of The Matrix, to their just painstaking Snakes in a Car, his younger brother's now all grown-wife-proper-job-and-mortgaged-up and Richard's on his own. But instead of six to eight weeks on a Studio lot, making an actual Blockbuster, he's booked an hour in a purple shipping container. Armed with a state of the art handycam from 2003, some questionable filmmaking techniques and genuine archive footage from his old home videos, Richard will do anything and everything it takes (mostly everything) to make a fully-formed movie in one hour.

Richard Soames

Actor, writer, comedian, improviser (and moviemaker, did he mention that?), Richard has appeared on BBC1's Michael McIntrye's Big Show, Dave's Go8Bit DLC, Radio 4's Sketchorama and various online content for BBC Three and 4oD. As well as his collaborations as the multi-award winning Story Beast's arch-frenemy, he also plays Lord Fear in sell-out Edinburgh Fringe hit show Knightmare Live, teaches and performs improvisation with the award-winning Monkey Toast and is a guest cast member of Radio 4, Chortle Award Nominated smash hit Austentatious.

The show is directed by Matthew Highton, long-time contributor and director for the Chortle Award Winning Weirdos Collective as well as Chortle Award Nominated group Comedians Cinema Club.

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Date Time Venue
1st Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
2nd Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
3rd Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
4th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
5th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
6th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
7th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
8th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
9th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
10th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
11th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
12th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
14th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
15th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
16th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
17th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
18th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
19th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
20th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
21st Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
22nd Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
23rd Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
24th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
25th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
26th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)
27th Aug 2018 15:55 Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup)

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