2012 Edinburgh Fringe
The Beta Males in... The Space Race
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Critically acclaimed sketch storytellers return after two sell-out Fringes with the secret history of the British Space Programme and why you've never heard of it. Professor Brian Brilliance vows Blighty will get to the moon before the Americans and Soviets if it kills him. Or them. Or everyone else. A sketch-comedy blasting off in T-minus... 1969. Top 10 EdFringe Show Amused Moose Laughter Awards 2011/Chortle Award nominees. ***** (ThreeWeeks, Spoonfed, FringeGuru.com). **** (Fest, Chortle.co.uk, List, TimeOut). 'Genius' (Sunday Times). 'One of the most exciting, gloriously funny acts out there. (TimeOut).
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The Beta Males Edinburgh Fringe festival 2012
Cold War paranoia, a classified British space programme and morris dancing.
Jay Richardson, The List, 25th July 2012The Beta Males interview
Tommy Holgate interviews The Beta Males their two Fringe shows.
Tommy Holgate, The Sun, 4th July 2012More details
Critically acclaimed sketch-storytellers The Beta Males return to Edinburgh after two sell-out Fringe runs. The Space Race is the secret history of the British Space Programme... and why you've never heard of it. Professor Brian Brilliance vows Blighty will get to The Moon before the Americans and Soviets if it kills him. Or them. Or everyone else. A sketch-comedy blasting off in T-minus... 1969.
The Beta Males are writer-performers John Henry Falle, Jon Gracey, Guy Kelly and Richard Soames and writers Adam Blampied and Tom Clarke, directed by Robert Pirouet, ably assisted by SFX wizard, Tom Burgess. They have their roots in the island of Jersey and formed when they realised making each other laugh was easier than talking to girls.
Performances
| Date | Time | Venue |
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| 1st Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 2nd Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 3rd Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 4th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 5th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 6th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 7th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 8th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 9th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 10th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 11th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 12th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 13th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 15th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 16th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 17th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 18th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 19th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 20th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 21st Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 22nd Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 23rd Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 24th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 25th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 26th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 27th Aug 2012 | 17:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |