Three comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe are going to be screened at ODEON venues nationwide.

The cinema chain has teamed up with digital arts company Hibrow to beam, via satellite, a number of shows at the festival to cinema audiences around the UK. There will be eight shows involved in total under the 'Hibrow Hour' banner; spanning theatre, comedy, opera and visual art. Three of the selected productions are comedies. The shows will be performed live at the Summerhall venue in the city, and then shown in cinemas around the UK a few hours later.

On 6th August, Jonny & The Baptists - the musical comedians who hit the headlines with their song about UKIP - will perform an hour long show featuring 'high-calibre musical comedy with political bite'.

The second comedy offering will be on the 12th August, when comic group Four Screws Loose (pictured) take to the stage to perform some of their high energy sketches.

The final Hibrow Comedy Hour performance, scheduled for the 20th August, sees winner of the Spirit of the Fringe and Three Weeks Editor Awards, Sarah-Louise Young, returning as Cabaret Whore for an evening of character comedy and 'glittering original songs'. She will introduce 'desperate divas from around the globe, from tortured French chanteuse La Poule Plombée to washed up lounge crooner Bernie St Clair'.

The organisers say: "These screenings offer the first opportunity to combine the thrill of artistic discovery that only the Edinburgh Festival Fringe can offer with the unparalleled pleasure of a trip to the Cinema."

Don Boyd, Artistic Director for Hibrow, comments: "Our Hibrow Hour at Summerhall was conceived with the intention of offering audiences everywhere a flavour of Edinburgh's creative buzz in August. Our relationship with Odeon has given us the opportunity to fulfil that ambition and so extend the great work pioneered by the National Theatre and the Royal Opera House in bringing exciting new shows to local cinemas all over the country."

Listings

To watch the show live in Edinburgh see our Listing

The shows will be screened in Odeon cinemas on the following dates, with a start time of 6:30pm...

August 6th - Hibrow Comedy Hour: Jonny & The Baptists
August 12th - Four Screws Loose
August 20th - Sarah Louise Young as Cabaret Whore

The following ODEON cinemas will be offering the screenings. To book call the box office on 08712244007:

Basingstoke
Churchill Way West, Basingstoke RG21 6PG

Bath
Kingsmead Leisure Complex, James St W, Bath, Somerset BA1 2BX

Birmingham Broadway Plaza
220 Ladywood Middleway, Birmingham B16 8LP

Bournemouth
Westover Rd, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 2BZ

Brighton
West Street, Kingswest, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2RE

Cardiff
The Red Dragon Centre, Hemingway Rd, Cardiff CF10 4JY

Dundee
Douglas Rd, Dundee, Tayside DD4 7SN

Dunfermline
1 Whimbrell Pl, Dunfermline, Fife KY11 8EX

Edinburgh Lothian Road
118 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 8BQ

Edinburgh Wester Hailes
Westside Plaza, 120 Wester Hailes Rd, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH14 3HR

Glasgow Quay
Springfield Quay, Paisley Rd, Glasgow G5 8NP

Guildford
Bedford Road, Surrey. GU1 4SJ

Hull
Kingston Park, Kingston St, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire HU1 2TX

Kilmarnock
Queen's Dr, Kilmarnock, Ayreshire KA1 3XF

Kingston
The Rotunda, Clarence St, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 1QP

Leeds, Bradford
Gallagher Leisure Park, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD3 7AT

Lincoln
Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln LN1 1YS

Liverpool One
14, Paradise Street, Liverpool, Lancashire L1 8JF

London, Covent Garden
135 Shaftesbury Ave London WC2H 8HA

Manchester
The Printworks, 27 Withy Grove, Manchester M4 2BS

Milton Keynes
The Point, 602 Midsummer Blvd, Milton Keynes MK9 3NB

Norwich
Riverside Leisure Park, Wherry Rd, Norwich NR1 1XA

Oxford
George St, Oxford OX1 2BL

Sheffield
Arundel Gate, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 1DL

Newcastle Silverlink
Silverlink Retail Park, Osprey Dr, Wallsend NE28 9NP

Southampton
Leisure World, W Quay Rd, Southampton SO15 1RE

Tunbridge Wells
Knights Park, Knights Way, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3UW

Warrington
100 Westbrook Centre, Warrington, Cheshire WA5 8UD

Wimbledon
Victoria Crescent, 57 The Broadway, London SW19 1QB