Issue #08 - 11th August - FREE

with some digital graphics. Using maglights is a personal favourite - light art has been given a bad rep, but it’s a beautiful medium to mess with. Blacklight have facilitated the realisation of each projection.Are you studying design, then?I’m at Brighton University, an amazing place with a phenomenal course. I can’t rave enough about it.

What are your aims for Pleasance’s digital design?2011 has helped establised what will work. I’ve created a majority of the designs, to which other designers have added. I haven’t chosen just any old short films; they’ve all been created or chosen for Pleasance and for the specific spaces, particularly the courtyard turret. Hopefully we’ll develop new collaborations and maintain those that have helped make the 2011 designs such a success.

Where can people see your work?Enormous screens are scattered throughout Pleasance on the Courtyard walls, screens and at the Dome. They’re some of the best canvases a designer could ask for.How did you make the graphics?There’s a whole range of mediums. It’s mostly stop-frame animation

INDIE INVESTIGATES » 2for1 Voucher: Fit for Purpose

» Ros Adler is in three minds

PlEAsAnCE’s PREss PooCH TAPs EvERy CAll To BRIng yoU THE goss!

ElEctRiFying AnimAtionPRojEct DEsignER: tHEo DAViEs

For two weeks, Phil Knight has been locked in this shipping container. Inside, only water, cereal and himself. Why would he undertake such a feat of endurance? Phil Knight’s plight - The Everyday Project - raises awareness for the ongoing global disgrace that is human trafficking.

The cast of solD, whose show also raises awareness for human trafficking, performed snippets of the show outside the container in Euston, before journeying to Edinburgh. They send their regards to him as he now leaves his symbolic prison. “We thank Phil for going to such extremes to raise awareness of human trafficking” said cast member Peter Hobday. “Exposing human trafficking through the arts is a vital way of reaching the public. As we perform solD in Edinburgh, we too will shed light on the atrocity that is trafficking.”

SOLD, Pleasance Courtyard, 3-29 Aug 11:10

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HOGWARTS CARETAKER CARES ABOUT FRINGE

FRingE VEtERAns in DEniAl scAm

14 DAYS LOCKED IN A SHIPPING CONTAINER

veteran Fringe performers instant sunshine are refusing to lie down. Hailed as ‘the hit of the Fringe’ by sTv in 1975, instant sunshine originals Peter Christie,

David Barlow and Alan Maryon Davis were Pleasance stars when most of today’s stand-ups were still playing tiddlywinks. But they deny that years bring wisdom. What gives them their freshness and vitality, they say, is their unbounded enthusiasm, their daily fix of statins and physiotherapy and their brilliant young bassist and carer Tom Barlow.

Instant sunshine may have their imitators and tribute bands (although they deny this too). you can experience their genuine pulsating presence live durin this festival.

Instant Sunshine, Pleasance Dome, 5-13 Aug 14:30

Acting legend David Bradley - star of the Harry Potter films (Argus Filch) - spent the day flyering for his favourite show, taketh me Away, in Pleasance Courtyard. sporting a topical Take That t-shirt, David spilled the beans about his ‘must see’ of Fringe 2011. He spent the day flyering in the rain to ensure this hidden gem gets the audiences it deserves.

‘’I cannot remember the last time a piece of theatre affected me so much”, said the star, “if there’s one thing you do at this year’s festival, it has to be to see this play.” video: http://yousend.it/ql8r6d

Taketh Me Away, Pleasance Courtyard, 3-28 Aug (Not15) 15:15

Pleasance’s press pooch taps every call to bring you the goss!

@ThePleasance#pleztimes

RT @Kirstytweets Just had my heart broken and mended again by the amazing @RichardBMarsh. skittles is a must see. #edfringe #pleztimes

RT @laffoffstigma @clevertheatre wall looking smart in #pleztimes your wall on our youtube channel telling a #laff11joke? - http://ow.ly/5ZEER #socmedlove

RT @sirrickandrewsJigsaw @ThePleasance is a fantastic, fast-paced show. genuinely the quickest hour of my #edfringe this year (in a show, anyway) #festpicks

RT @noisenextdoorErm yeh, if you don’t see @maxandivan at @ThePleasance then you’re a total douche. It’s excellent. Don’t be a douche. #edfringe

PrESENTED by oNE of our comEDy AcTS AND fEATurING ThEIr SPEcIAl GuESTS, INcluDING:Joe lycett, Matthew Crosby from Pappy’s, Jeff leach, Katherine Ryan, Tom Price, Dan Clark, Kate Copstick and a regular daily message from Angelos Epithemiou. EPISoDE 3steve Hall, Holly Walsh, & out of the Blue

EPISoDE 4Joe lycett (& other from the Comedy Reserve), Matthew Crosby

IN THREE MINDSby Ros Adler

I’m feeling torn in two - well, three actually. on the one hand I’m fearfully organized and efficient. We’ve got a very warm, clean, comfortable house; everyone says so - and I’m jolly happily married, thankyou very much. Aren’t I?

on the other hand - yuh - it’s sooooo oK to have no-strings sex with online losers. But why don’t they get that I’m not some lamebrain clingfest

who can’t sleep on her own? Hullo! I’ve got a breakfast meeting at 7:30, so why would I want fourteen stone of snoring hulk keeping me awake and shedding hairs?

And on the third hand - hang on, that can’t be right....but on the fourth finger of my left hand I’ve got a very sparkly ring. My boyfriend hasn’t had time to buy me one himself, so it’s not real but we’ll get a proper one as soon as he’s left his wife and moved in with me. We can’t spend much time together at the moment - well, none really - but that’s because he’s overwhelmed, I think, by how much he loves me.

All three of us - or is it just one - are in lol throughout August.LOL, Pleasance Courtyard, 3-29 Aug 12:55

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FIT FOR PURPOSERedeem On: THURS 11 & 12 AUg 2011, 12:45pmPleasance cOuRtyaRdPoignant new play about asylum by Royal Court young writer Catherine O’Shea. Supported by the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve.

[Redeem coupon at box offices in person, Subject to Availability]

FUNDRAISING FOR THE PLEASANCEYou can support us in a number of ways:

2. Become part of “Pleasance History”We would be delighted if you joined our celebrity alumni on this extraordinary 231-ft long ‘Bayeux’-esque Tapestry’, charting the history of the world according to the Pleasance. You will also receive a very beautiful portrait. All we need is a passport photo! And if you don’t have one immediately, it doesn’t matter, because you can always send it to us later!

3. Simply donate your own amountTEXT: plez33 to 70070(for any amount up to £10)

BY TELEPHONE: Please call us on 0207 619 6868

ONLINE: Please visit www.pleasance. co.uk/islington/support-us

IN PERSON: Complete the Gift Aid form on the back of the Fundraising leaflet and drop it into Reception at any of our box offices in Edinburgh and London, or pop it in the post.

1. Adopt a Pleasance cobblestoneFamous for its cobbled courtyards, the Pleasance is the bedrock of great theatre and comedy. You can look after these very foundations by adopting your own pet cobblestone! We promise to provide you with regular updates on how it’s getting along.

FRIDAY 11th

Please note that all line-ups are subject to change. Check the Box office for the latest information.

AfTEr hourSPleasance Dome 00:40

TERRy AlDERTon, PAUl sInHA, AnDREW MAXWEll, sTUART

golDsMITH , JoE lyCETT

AmuSED mooSE comEDy AWArD ShoWcASEPleasance Dome 16:00

AvA vIDAl, MATT RUDgE, sTUART golDsMITH, PAUl McCAFFREy, HoRsE & loUIs, PAUl DUnCAn McgARRITy, lAUREn sHEARIng

ArThur SmITh’S PISSED-uP chAT ShoW

Pleasance Dome 21:40BRyony KIMMIngs, BIll ColE,

RonnIE golDEn

NIcholAS PArSoNS’ hAPPy hour

Pleasance Courtyard 14:30CHRIs MC CAUslAnD, sCoTT

CAPURRo, DAvID MIlls

chorTlE PrESENTS: fAST frINGE

Pleasance Dome 18:40sUsAn CAlMAn - MC, sTEvE

gRIBBIn, nATHAn CATon, FlAngE KRAMMER, WIl HoDgson,

CHARlIE CHUCK, sHloMo, KATE sMURTHWAITE, BRETT golDsTEIn, DoUg sEgAl, CHRIs MAyo, PAUl

sInHA, PAUl sWEEnEy

mErVyN STuTTEr’S PIcK of ThE frINGE

Pleasance Courtyard 13:00sHARRon MATTHEWs sUPERsTAR, AlI CooK, RICH FUlCHER, PoTTED

PoTTER, FRAnKly I WAs A Fool FoR lovE, TARA Flynn, sTAR

CHIlD

SToryTEllEr’S clubPleasance Courtyard 22:00

lIFE-CHAngIng MoMEnTs: ElIs JAMEs, FRAnCEsCA

MARTInEZ, ToM AllEn, AnDREW MCClEllAnD, WITH sARAH

BEnnETTo & JAMEs DoWDEsWEll

ThE ShoWcASE ShoWPleasance Courtyard 13:10MC – DAnny WARD, DAn

AnToPolsKI, JAMEs DoWDEsWEll, sUsAn MURRAy,

ToM AllEn

ThE WrESTlINGPleasance Courtyard, 15 Aug, 23:00

RUssEll KAnE, PATRICK MonAHAn, PAC, AnDREW

MAXWEll, BREnDon BURns, AngElos EPITHEMIoU, ADAM

RICHEs, ABAnDoMAn, RICH FUlCHER, nICK HElM, HUMPHREy KER, FRIsKy & MAnnIsH, JEssICA

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VIVE lE cAbArETPleasance Courtyard 22:30

DEs o’ConnoR, AlI MCgREgoR, MARCEl lUConT, FRAnK sAnAZI,

HUsTlE, EDD MUIR oF FRAyED KnoT CIRCUs, PIFF THE MAgIC

DRAgon & AlEXIs, MAT RICARDo, gyPsy & vIvA - THE vIvE showgirls