2010 Edinburgh Fringe

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After a critically acclaimed, sell-out 2009 Edinburgh run, triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here Now! presenter Russell Kane returns with Smokescreens & Castles, a brand new stand-up show.

Smokescreens & Castles is inspired by Russell's childhood home; the only council house in his street which had been privately bought - by his Dad. This attracted the ire of the neighbours, and when Dave Kane built an extension, their home was mockingly christened 'The Castle' by incensed Enfield folk.

The Castle could be a symbol for all the funny and heartbreaking stuff that went on in that house. The bricking they put around their love, the barriers they built in place of feelings, the smokescreens in communication which hid the tender truths...

One room at time, Kane whisks us through The Castle, blowing away the smoke of history in a whirlwind of high-energy contortions and pant-spraying hilarious routines.

Smokescreens & Castles sees Russell return to the Edinburgh following a whirlwind year which included: receiving his third Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination for his 2009 stand-up show Human Dressage; touring the country twice, with both his stand-up show Human Dressage and his brand new Fakespeare play, The Tragickal Saveings of King Nigel; co-presenting the TRIC-award nominated I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here Now!; appearing as a regular on BBC Two's The Grumpy Guide To... and Comedy Central's Grouchy Young Men; and returning to the prestigious Melbourne International Comedy Festival for a month-long residency. In addition to his year's Fringe, the summer will also see Russell present his first musical The Great British Country Fete, commissioned by The Bush Theatre for an exclusive two week run. Written with scores from award-winning composer and lyricist Michael Bruce, the satirical comedy is set at a fictional village fete.