British Comedy Guide

2023 Edinburgh Fringe

Early Word

  • Comedy (spoken word)
  • 10:15am (60 mins)
  • 2-13, 15-20 & 22-27 Aug 2023
  • Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
  • £13 - £15
Early Word. John Hegley
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26: Summerhall
Room: Red Lecture Theatre

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A family-friendly breakfast buffet from bespectacled legend John Hegley: poems, drawings, low-pressure participation, and a bit of punk-rock edge.


The Early Word. The word on the elephant in the rhubarb, the word on the horse on the golf course, the word on the snail (shell), the word on my father's ship which helped him to sail through big adversity: soutenu - upheld. There is little French in the show, but there are all of Mister Galimore's rules for the marking of your neighbour's French vocabulary test. And the word in response to a first attempt at engaging someone in a dance at the school discoteque. Two, in fact: 'not you'. Folk and creatures. 'Delightfully inventive' (Observer).

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Gags, Stags, and Poles - Si Hawkins' 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Round-Up

Si Hawkins says: "After last year's nervy comeback, the Fringe seems to be rocking the aisles in 2023".

British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2023

Performances

Date Time Venue
2nd Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
3rd Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
4th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
5th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
6th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
7th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
8th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
9th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
10th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
11th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
12th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
13th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
15th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
16th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
17th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
18th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
19th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
20th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
22nd Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
23rd Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
24th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
25th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
26th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)
27th Aug 2023 10:15 Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)

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