2019 Edinburgh Fringe

Blind Date

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73: Summerhall @ The King's Hall
Room: King's Hall, Mainspace

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Rebecca Northan

'Balls to the wall theatre!' **** (GetDown.ca). One actor. One audience member. One blind date. A sexy French clown goes on a blind date with a willing gentleman from the audience. Warning: improv, naughty clowning, strong language, spiritual nudity, hilarity! Sold out across Canada! 'A flight of theatrical fancy that is absolutely magical' (Toronto Star). 'Very funny!' (New York Times). 'The comic agility of the best of the Saturday Night Live legends!' (Calgary Herald). 'Northan is gorgeous, aggressive, coy, heartfelt and sexy all rolled into one' (Will Knoll). 'The perfect marriage of theatre and comedy!' (NOW Magazine).

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Blind Date interview

Smash hit Canadian improv format Blind Date has descended upon Edinburgh for the Fringe. We spoke to Rebecca Northan about the show.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2019

Theatre Bubble members' must see shows of 2019

We asked our Theatre Bubble Facebook Group members to tell us what their absolute must see shows were from this years fringe - and the results are in!

Theatre Bubble, 16th August 2019

Nightmare audience members

We asked performers going to the Fringe who they would least like to see in the audience of their show...

British Comedy Guide, 10th August 2019

Fringe: 10 shows featuring sex & relationships

There is nothing surer to bring crowds to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe than plays and performances which deal in getting down and dirty.

Lorna Irvine, The List, 27th June 2019

About Blind Date

Blind Date is a Canadian Comedy Award winning format, performed by Rebecca Northan, who is a Second City alumna, as well as a Canadian Comedy Award & Just For Laughs Comedy Award winner. Rebecca has also appeared in the major motion pictures: The Rocker, and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, as well as being a regular panel member on the CBC Radio comedy, Because News.

The show starts in the lobby, where the very sexy, French clown "Mimi" mingles & interacts with the crowd, looking for a gentleman who's willing to go on a romantic adventure in front of the audience.

What happens once our 'audience-member-turned-romantic-Hero' arrives on stage is anyone's guess, as this improvised roller-coaster-ride plumbs the depths, and scales the heights of just how moving, hilarious, and complicated it can be when two humans try to connect. Every night is different, and audiences often see Blind Date multiple times.

Having just celebrated its 10th anniversary, with its 800th performance at The Centaur Theatre in Montreal, Blind Date shows no signs of slowing down.

Blind Date. Rebecca Northan

Blind Date's popularity and longevity are not only attributed to the world-class improv talents of the cast, but more importantly, to the care and respect with which the audience volunteer is treated. Always kind, never mean-spirited, Blind Date has been called, "surprisingly moving and laugh-out-loud funny."

This award-winning production caught the attention of Broadway producer Kevin McCollum (RENT, Avenue Q, Hand to God), who brought Blind Date to New York, to play off-Broadway in 2010. Since then, Blind Date has played sold out houses across Canada, the US, and in London. A sweet and surprising production, Blind Date has, in recent years, seen spin-off productions for queer audiences - developed with Evalyn Parry at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto, Canada - as well as having been licensed to the prestigious Norwegian improv company, Det Andre Teatret, in Oslo.

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Date Time Venue
31st Jul 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
1st Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
2nd Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
3rd Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
4th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
6th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
7th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
8th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
9th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
10th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
11th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
13th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
14th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
15th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
16th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
17th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
18th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
20th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
21st Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
22nd Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
23rd Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
24th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)
25th Aug 2019 21:00 Summerhall @ The King's Hall (King's Hall, Mainspace)

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