British Comedy Guide

2018 Edinburgh Fringe

Great British Mysteries: 1599?

  • Comedy (play / sketch show)
  • 4:45pm (60 mins)
  • 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
  • Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
  • £8 - £11
Great British Mysteries: 1599?. Image shows from L to R: Rose Robinson, Will Close
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Venue

33: Pleasance Courtyard
Room: Below

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Do you like mysteries? Do you like historical inaccuracies? Do you know the difference between Thomas More and Roger Moore? Read on! This is the follow-up to the company's sold-out debut show from 2017. But set 400 years earlier. Confused? You will be. In this edition, mystery-hunters Olive and Teddy become embroiled with witches, haunted houses, and the scent of Cardinal Wolsey's conscience. It's like The Woman in Black meets Keystage Two Tudor history. Expect multi-roling, homemade sound effects and more gags than Henry VIII had wives. Seven? 'Gloriously silly, wonderfully observed' (Time Out).

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Great British Mysteries interview

A quick chat with the duo behind Fringe hit Great British Mysteries: 1599.

British Comedy Guide, 21st August 2018

Seven questions with... Great British Mysteries

I asked Will Close from Great British Mysteries these seven questions to find out more about the pair...

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 8th August 2018

Will Close and Rose Robinson: Great British Mysteries

Keen to find out why they'd decided to shift the show back four centuries, we sent some questions in the general direction of both Will and Rose.

Chris Cooke, ThreeWeeks, 6th August 2018

Interview with Great British Mysteries

Rose Robinson and Will Close discuss the follow-up show to their sold-out debut. 'Expect multi-roling, homemade sound effects and more gags than Henry VIII had wives. Seven?'

Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 29th July 2018

An interview with Great British Mysteries

The British love history; Rose Robinson & Will Close love history: the British clearly love Rose Robinson & Will Close doing history. The Mumble caught up with them during a quick costume change...

The Mumble, 27th July 2018

Fringe Q&As: Will Close

Will Close on being an eccentric, intrepid investigator in Great British Mysteries: 1599?

Linda Howard, The Herald, 24th July 2018

10 things that make me laugh by Rose Robinson

Rose Robinson writes a piece for us ahead of her new show Great British Mysteries: 1599? at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Rose Robinson, Female First, 20th July 2018

BWW Q&A - Great British Mysteries

BWW catches up with Rose Robinson about bringing Great British Mysteries to the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 19th July 2018

A piggy interview with Close and Robinson

Close and Robinson interview.

Wrigley Worm, FringePig, 7th July 2018

Performances

Date Time Venue
1st Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
2nd Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
3rd Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
4th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
5th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
6th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
7th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
8th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
9th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
10th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
11th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
12th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
14th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
15th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
16th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
17th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
18th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
19th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
20th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
21st Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
22nd Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
23rd Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
24th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
25th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
26th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
27th Aug 2018 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard (Below)

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