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2014 Edinburgh Fringe

WitTank: Old School Secrets

  • Comedy (sketch show)
  • 7:40pm (60 mins)
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-24 Aug 2014
  • Pleasance Courtyard
  • £9 - £12
WitTank: Old School Secrets. Image shows from L to R: Kieran Boyd, Naz Osmanoglu, Mark Cooper-Jones. Copyright: BBC
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Sketch maestros WitTank invite you into the ostentatiously furnished corridors of The School; a splendidly twisted world, and an unsettling relic of empire, where maniacal masters rub tweedy shoulders with sharp-tongued scoundrels, and mystery and misrule abound. Directed by Adam Brace. 'Beautiful narrative sketch comedy ... masterful' (Sunday Times).

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The sketch show isn't over, it's just waking up

Twelve years after a comedy troupe last won the best newcomer award, there are signs of a resurgence in skits and silliness.

Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 15th August 2014

Fringe Review at The Pleasance

The Pleasance is still rooted primarily at the Courtyard and the Dome. These are two very different venues. The Courtyard is just that - a courtyard, with outdoor bars and catering (an indoor bar as well) and an often crowded, outdoor festival feel.

Fringe Review, 1st August 2014

My Edinburgh festival nightmare: comedians Fringe Hell

So you're taking a show to the Edinburgh fringe. What's the worst that could happen? Vomiting, fainting, break-ups and malfunctioning smoke machines ... Felicity Ward, Josie Long and WitTank start off our series of comedians' horror stories.

The Guardian, 28th July 2014

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Stars of BBC Three's Live at the Electric and BBC Radio 4's Sketchorama, Sketch maestros Wittank invite you back into the ostentatiously furnished corridors of The School; a splendidly twisted world, and an unsettling relic of Empire, where maniacal masters rub tweedy shoulders with sharp-tongued scoundrels, and mystery and misrule abound. Old School Secrets follows on from Wittank's smash-hit 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, The School.

Kieran Boyd was a semi-finalist in So You Think You're Funny 2009 and the Amused Moose Laugh-Off 2010. At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2009 and 2010 he compered the stand-up showcase, Comedy Baby, 2011 saw Kieran perform in stand-up show Don't Mess and direct a sketch show from The Leeds Tealights. In 2012, he performed in the Fringe's longest running comedy showcase, The Comedy Zone.

Mark Cooper-Jones, recently on Russell Howard's Good News (BBC Three), Chortle Best Newcomer 2012 nominee and Loaded Laftas runner-up 2011, (Sir), is an authoritative stand-up with a penchant for rules and 'Countries and Capitals' tests - mainly due to his past experience as a geography teacher.

Naz Osmanoglu, is known as Live at the Electric's Spanish lothario Antonio, has been on Russell Howard's Good News (BBC Three) and will appear in an episode of the upcoming series of Plebs (ITV2). Naz was winner of the Amused Moose Laugh-off Competition 2009 and finalist in Edinburgh's So You Think You're Funny 2009.

Performances

Date Time Venue
30th Jul 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
31st Jul 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
1st Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
2nd Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
3rd Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
4th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
5th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
6th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
7th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
8th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
8th Aug 2014 23:40 Pleasance Courtyard
9th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
9th Aug 2014 23:40 Pleasance Courtyard
10th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
11th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
12th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
13th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
14th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
15th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
15th Aug 2014 23:40 Pleasance Courtyard
16th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
16th Aug 2014 23:40 Pleasance Courtyard
17th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
18th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
19th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
20th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
21st Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
22nd Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
22nd Aug 2014 23:40 Pleasance Courtyard
23rd Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard
23rd Aug 2014 23:40 Pleasance Courtyard
24th Aug 2014 19:40 Pleasance Courtyard

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