2013 Edinburgh Fringe

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Benjamin Partridge brings his debut solo show, Benjamin Partridge: An Audience With Jeff Goldblum, at the Edinburgh Fringe. Through multimedia presentation, Hollywood megastar Jeff Goldblum will tell you about his extraordinary life and change yours in the process. Get within six feet of your idol. Sit in a plastic chair while he tells you about a holiday he once took with Richard Attenborough. Learn how an imaginary prawn can save your life. Featuring Whoopi Goldberg.

Imaginative, exuberant and full of heart, An Audience With Jeff Goldblum is a comedy/theatre crossover perfect for fans of Jeff Goldblum, or people who've never seen a Jeff Goldblum film. And it's free.

Written and performed by Benjamin Partridge. Benjamin is from Cardiff and is a full time comedy writer and performer. His most recent projects are his first radio sitcom The Toll (BBC Radio 4) starring Steffan Rhodri (Gavin & Stacey) and Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat), and also Small Scenes, a sketch show with Henry Paker, Mike Wozniak, Sara Pascoe and Daniel Rigby, which will air in the autumn (BBC Radio 4). Other writing credits include The News Quiz, The Now Show, Dilemma (BBC Radio 4). He also co-writes and appears in Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes (BBC Radio Wales) and devised the BBC Radio 4 panel show It's Your Round. Previous Edinburgh appearances include Mark Watson's The Hotel, and sketch show Superclump.

Director Catherine Paskell is an independent theatre director who was a founding member and Creative Associate of National Theatre Wales. She is also a director with Dirty Protest, a Cardiff-based new writing theatre company. Catherine has directed for companies including Sherman Cymru, Unity Theatre Liverpool, Oldham Coliseum, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Contact Manchester, and the Octagon Theatre Bolton where she was also Resident Assistant Director. She trained on the MFA Theatre Directing at Birkbeck.