2014 Edinburgh Fringe

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Edinburgh born Wendy Wason makes her fourth appearance at this year's Edinburgh Festival, after 2 years off, with her new show Hotel California at the Gilded Balloon (where she used to work in their box office!)

Living it up at the Hotel California! That's what they say, don't they? Now imagine that the hotel you are staying at is a hospital! Wendy hilariously discovers the perils of falling ill in a country with no free healthcare. It happened to her husband, although this was Hollywood baby! Hotel California takes us through some of the people, places and characters Wendy met with a hilarious and brutal honesty about the land of the free, and why the United States is indeed the home of the brave.

Wendy launched her comedy career in 2004, getting to the final of Funny Women and semi-finals of 'So You Think You're Funny' at the Edinburgh Fringe the following year. She was already an established actress with roles in Coupling and the IT Crowd working with everyone from Chris O'Dowd and Benedict Cumberbatch to Johnny Depp and John Malkovich. February 2014 saw Wendy nominated for best actress in Hollywood for British Hustle, the Toscars spoof.

In 2008, Wendy went to America for NBC's Last Comic Standing and was also the year she did her first one-woman show at The Edinburgh Festival: Things I Didn't Know. Her charisma and wit ensured packed houses. After the success of that she returned with 2 more solo shows; 2010's Other People's Secrets and Flashbacks in 2011 (when she was heavily pregnant!). She has performed in all the major UK clubs such as Just the Tonic, The Glee Club, The Comedy Store, The Stand, and Laughter House in Dublin. In 2012 she performed at the New York Comedy Festival.