Comedy

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"Once upon a time the world forgot to laugh..." That Beautiful Laugh conceived by Orlando Pabotoy joins 2011 Hollywood Fringe Top of the Fringe winners, 4 Clowns and Porter’s Macbeth director, Turner Munch for a show about the pursuit of laughter and what makes it so beautiful.

From the brilliant minds at Fierce Backbone comes a collection of three hilarious short pieces all about when it's time to tell the harsh truths. BANANA INTERVENTION by Jeremy Kehoe, THE END OF THE LINE by Mona Deutsch Miller, and CLOUDS REST by Nancy Beverly.

An Evening Of Meryl Streep Monologues -Performed by an All-Male Cast, is a group of seven actors recreating scenes from the most unforgettable movies of one of the greatest actresses of all-time Meryl Streep.

Poe and Mathews are an unlikely duo. Once shipwrecked on a deserted island they realize the only thing they have in common is getting on each other’s nerves. Will they survive or kill each other trying? Find out in this absurd clown show! “Laurel and Hardy waiting for Godot” - King Rivers Life Mag.

In A Part, The Queen, a traitor, is hunted by the King. A meeting between the former lovers becomes a battle for the Kingdom. Or Queendom. In Funeral Party, Iris and Josh reunite for their mother's funeral. They discover an unexpected mutual acquaintance, resulting in a scandalous turn of events.

Bring your phones and Katie and Dana will improv songs based on real text messages from your exes!

In our closets hang a thousand costumes and faces; we love to throw them on in the name of Love. This is an attempt to rediscover Love and its lexicon. A thematic series of snapshots, with original music and the mad joy of dress-up, dozens of characters are trying to remember what Love looks like.

Get a taste of the madness that is 25 Plays Per Hour at Fringe Cabaret!

To err is to be human. But what if we build a working time machine? We could go to the past and fix all those errors! With the help of Back to the Future, Douglas Adams and hours watching the Science Channel, Chris McGowan may have the answers to his life's problems - and yours!

Ever wondered how to take your show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe? World Fringe and Dr. Batchelder (16 year veteran manager and producer at the Fringe and a scholar and researcher of the Fringe phenomenon) present a workshop on taking your show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Award-winning physical comedy and clown troupe Four Clowns will take the students through a warm-up and a couple of exercises and then show them how they used those very exercises to create material in their current production of Four Clowns presents That Beautiful Laugh.

A World War 2 allied prisoner of war camp. A British Colonel, an American Flight Lieutenant and Sikh Sepoy must perform a production of Oedipus. But without a copy of the text and a common world-view, madness inevitably ensues! A ridiculous CLOWN-DRAMA performed by 3 trained buffoons!

Multiple award-winning trio S&F present the parody mash-up of 'Doctor Faustus,' and every Western film ever made. "5 Stars! Comic genius! All the panache and clever wit of the best British comedy writers of the 20th century!" - Edinburgh Evening News. "4 Stars!" - ChortleUK/Scotsman/TheListUK.

The Love Potion is a hilarious show taking on the eternal question of love and the ingredients needed to make it work. Whether it's juggling, climbing the rope, spinning in an aerial cube, hand balancing or just clowning around, this show will take you on a roller coaster of ridiculousness of love.