British Comedy Guide

2023 Edinburgh Fringe

Great Ruckus

  • Theatre (play)
  • 2pm (60 mins)
  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2023
  • Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
  • £11.50 - £13.50
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Venue

33: Pleasance Courtyard
Room: Baby Grand

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Two sisters have to navigate their way through their mother's funeral and quickly find the warm embrace of their family turns into a seething snake-pit of selfish and self-absorbed relatives. Grandparents argue over whether the funeral reception will be a celebration of Marks and Spencer catering packs or a piece of Victorian Gothic tragedy. Jo and Ida dutifully march to death's drumbeat, only to tumble as their delicate relationship cracks under the pressure. Izzy Tennyson, writer of award-winning Brute and critically acclaimed Grotty, returns with Etch Theatre with this wickedly dark play about people behaving badly.

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Fringe in 5 - Izzy Tennyson

Amy chats to Izzy Tennyson the writer of The Great Ruckus which is on at this year's Edinburgh Fringe!

Lost in Theatreland, 19th July 2023

Theatre At The Fringe - interview - The Great Ruckus

The Great Ruckus is about two sisters trying to navigate their way through their mum's funeral and all the family madness that that entails.

Holly, Phoenix Remix, 3rd July 2023

Edinburgh 2023: The Great Ruckus Q&A

BWW catches up with Izzy Tennyson to chat about bringing The Great Ruckus to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 21st June 2023

Edinburgh preview: The Great Ruckus at Pleasance Courtyard

Two sisters are navigating their way through their mother's funeral, dutifully marching to Death's drumbeat, when the warm embrace of family turns into a seething snake-pit of selfabsorbed relatives. As grandparents argue over whether the funeral reception will be a celebration of Marks and Spencer catering packs or a piece of Gothic tragedy, the sisters succumb to their own bad behaviour. Everyone seems to think this funeral is about them.

Theatre Weekly, 18th June 2023

Performances

Date Time Venue
2nd Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
3rd Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
4th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
5th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
6th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
7th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
8th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
9th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
10th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
11th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
12th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
13th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
15th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
16th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
17th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
18th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
19th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
20th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
21st Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
22nd Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
23rd Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
24th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
25th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
26th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
27th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)
28th Aug 2023 14:00 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand)

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