2022 Edinburgh Fringe
Les Dawson: Flying High
Jon Culshaw (Dead Ringers, The Impressions Show) stars in this funny, affectionate and poignant celebration of the much-missed comedy legend. Join Les as he summons forth a wealth of characters and incidents from his eventful life and career, as he travels on Concorde at twice the speed of sound 68,000 feet above the Earth, in this new play from BAFTA and Olivier Award-winning writer Tim Whitnall and director Bob Golding.
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- Jon Culshaw - Les Dawson
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- Tim Whitnall - Writer
- Bob Golding - Director
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Press articles
Fringe: Seventies comedians find an audience from beyond the grave
There are new shows about Charlie Williams, Les Dawson and Eric Morecambe.
Mike Wade, The Times, 6th August 2022Jon Culshaw says playing Lancashire comedian Les Dawson is an 'honour'
The impersonator Jon Culshaw has said it is a "great honour" to play the comedy genius Les Dawson in a new touring stage show about his life.
ITV, 29th July 2022Les Dawson did more than mother-in-law jokes - he predicted cancel culture
The Blankety Blank host wasn't an unreconstructed 1970s stand-up - he was our drollest comic. Can Jon Culshaw fool Edinburgh into thinking he's back?
Jon Culshaw, The Telegraph, 23rd July 2022Jon Culshaw on Les Dawson
'Even his most savage mother-in-law lines were written with love'.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 22nd July 2022Edinburgh 2022: Jon Culshaw Q&A
BWW catches up with Jon Culshaw to chat about bringing Les Dawson: Flying High to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 20th July 2022Ten Edinburgh theatre shows about comedians
Kicking off our annual series of features, each previewing ten shows from the thousands at the Edinburgh Fringe next month, with a selection based around the art of comedy and those who perform it, real and fictional, and first-hand...
Chortle, 18th July 202222 telly stars to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
From the Fringe to TV and now back to the Fringe.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 9th July 2022Top 40 shows to see at Edinburgh Festival 2022: music, art, theatre and more
Times critics on the hottest tickets at the Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival to book now.
Dominic Maxwell, Clive Davis, Neil Fisher, Alex O'Connell and Ed Potton, The Times, 2nd July 2022Performances
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| 3rd Aug 2022 | 16:30 | Assembly George Square Theatre (Gordon Aikman Theatre) |
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| 28th Aug 2022 | 16:30 | Assembly George Square Theatre (Gordon Aikman Theatre) |