British Comedy Guide

2017 Edinburgh Fringe

To Hell In A Handbag

  • Theatre (play)
  • 12:25pm (60 mins)
  • 3-14, 16-21 & 23-27 Aug 2017
  • Assembly Rooms
  • £10 - £11
To Hell In A Handbag. Image shows from L to R: Helen Norton, Jonathan White
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The Secret Lives of Canon Chasuble and Miss Prism by Helen Norton and Jonathan White. While others are preoccupied with cucumber sandwiches and railway cloakrooms, two minor characters from The Importance of Being Earnest are up to their necks in something else. A country rector and a governess, models of Victorian propriety in public. But in private? This is the play behind the play: a tale of blackmail, false identity... and money. 'Top-notch gags... four stars' (Irish Times). 'Wickedly, side-splittingly funny... a joyous romp not to be missed' (Sunday Independent).

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There's no escaping the outside world

Chris Bratt continues his oldies' guide to the festival.

Chris Bratt, The Independent, 21st August 2017

Helen Norton and Jonathan White interview

In much the same way Tom Stoppard reckoned that Hamlet characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern deserved their own play, Helen Norton and Jonathan White couldn't help wondering what else we'd discover if we got to spend a little more time with Miss Prism and Canon Chasuble, two minor characters in Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest.

Chris Cooke, ThreeWeeks, 27th July 2017

Performances

Date Time Venue
3rd Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
4th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
5th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
6th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
7th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
8th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
9th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
10th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
11th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
12th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
13th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
14th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
16th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
17th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
18th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
19th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
20th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
21st Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
23rd Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
24th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
25th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
26th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms
27th Aug 2017 12:25 Assembly Rooms

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