It’s back. The Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Winning hit megashow The Wrestling will be returning to the Pleasance Grand with a brand new sequel, The Wrestling II on August 13th 2013. The show is the brainchild of Max & Ivan and we’re very happy to be co-producing with them and The Pleasance again. Click on the following link for a teaser trailer… The Wrestling II

Sketch group The Beta Males will be starring in the upcoming Radio 4 series Sketchorama, airing at 6.30pm on Radio 4 on May 30th. The Betas will be kicking off the new series!

Joseph and his 5 co-stars and co-creators, Cariad Lloyd, Rachel Parris, Andy Murray, Graham Dixon and Amy Cooke Hodgson have been nominated for a Chortle Award for their brilliant show Austentatious, the improvised Austen based comedy. Nominees are decided by a panel of comedy critics and the winner will be decided by public vote and announced at the end of March. Austentatious has a regular London residency in the Main House at The Leicester Square Theatre.

Adam Blampied’s debut screenplay was selected out of over 1000 eligible entries by a panel including Roman Coppola, Chloe Sevigny and the The Directors Bureau as one of four shorts to be made as part of Four Stories a competition sponsored and created by W Hotels and Intel Ultrabook Experience. Adam’s short, Eugene, was made by hugely talented director Spencer Susser. Roman Coppola said of Adam’s screenplay  “The script had a surrealism and intensity that stood out amongst the others. I found it appealing that the story was adventurous and the conclusion can’t be predicted.”

Tuesday night was the London premiere of all four wonderful films at the Prince Charles Cinema. Adam joined Roman Coppola, Lee Toland Kreiger, Robert Schwartzman, Naomi Scott and Margarita Kallas on the Q&A panel hosted by Mark Kermode. Eugene has already had some critical acclaim, with Kate Muir, chief film critic at The Times naming it as her favourite. You can watch Eugene and the other shorts here .

We’re thrilled to welcome Adam Blampied, Joseph Morpurgo, Briony Redman and Paul Foxcroft as agency clients at Ditto. We’ve been lucky enough to work with Joseph, Paul and Briony on Monkey Toast at Edinburgh this year, and with Adam through his work with The Beta Males. All four are hugely talented actors, writers, comedians and improvisers and we’re very excited to be working with them full time. Please click here for more information or contact Beth O’Brien.

The Betas are resurrecting  their cult post-apocalyptic show THE BUNKER at The Leicester Square Theatre in October for 2 nights only as part of the 13th Hour Horror Festival. Their 2012 Fringe sell out spooktacular The Beta Males’ Midnight Movie Theatre “Infectious late night lunacy” ★★★★ Metro, will also be playing on Halloween, October 31st at 10pm in the Main House, with a cast including Max & Ivan, Cariad Lloyd, Late Night Gimp Fight, Jonny and the Baptists, Paul Foxcroft and Thomas Nelstrop. You can get tickets for both shows, including a special season ticket which also includes entry to Colin Hoult’s Real Horror Show here.

You can currently catch the wonderful John Henry Falle in The Boy With Tape on His Face‘s BBC3 Pilot The TapeFace Tapes.

You can still watch on iPlayer here

Our 7 excellent 2012 Edinburgh Fringe shows are onsale now. All of our shows were sell out smashes last year, so get booking! 2% of Ditto’s profits from Edinburgh 2012 will be split between Kidney Research UK and Action for M.E.

THE BETA MALES IN… THE SPACE RACE

Pleasance Courtyard (Beneath) 5.45pm August 1st-27th
Tickets £5-£11 www.pleasance.co.uk /www.edfringe.com
The critically acclaimed sketch-storytellers return after two five star, sell-out Fringes with the secret history of the British Space Programme and why you’ve never heard of it. A sketch-comedy blasting off in T-minus…1969. Top 10 EdFringe Show Amused Moose Laughter Awards 2011 and Chortle Award Nominees 2012.

“A slick, hilarious sketch show… Genius.” Sunday Times
“Highly inventive… one of the most exciting, gloriously funny acts out there.” Time Out

THE BETA MALES’ MIDNIGHT MOVIE THEATRE

Pleasance Courtyard (P2) 00.20 August 10, 11, 17, 18th (Fri & Sat nights)
Tickets £8-£10 www.pleasance.co.uk / www.edfringe.com
Don your TerrorVision specs and scream yourself hoarse with a galaxy of Fringe stars and critically acclaimed hosts The Beta Males at this special shriek-tacular. Using patented IMMERSO-VISION, the Chortle Award-nominated sketch-storytellers transport you inside a late-nite horror-movie, showing one of the finest creature features, deranged slashers or apocalyptic schlockfests the bargain-bucket has to offer. Who knows who… or what lurks in the shadows? WARNING: The first two rows may get dead…of thrills!

“A furnace of invention” Chortle

JIM CAMPBELL: NINE-YEAR-OLD MAN

Underbelly Bristo Square, Daisy 7pm August 1st-27th
Tickets £6-£10 www.underbelly.co.uk / www.edfringe.com Can you become a fully functioning adult without growing up? The highly anticipated début from the So You Think You’re Funny and Amused Moose Finalist. As seen on BBC Comedy Online. “Rich with beautifully phrased jokes… it’s hard to imagine a subject he couldn’t come up with an original and literate joke about” Chortle

JAY FOREMAN’S MIXTAPE

Underbelly Cowgate, White Belly August 19th-26th 1.25pm Tickets £10 www.underbelly.co.uk www.edfringe.com
Fresh from supporting Dave Gorman’s UK and Ireland tour, Jay returns to Edinburgh with an hour combining the best of his sell-out Fringe shows and some exciting new bits. Musical comedy has never been this dextrous or catchy.“Sharp and sophisticated… classy and funny.” Chortle

McNEIL & PAMPHILON

Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand) 4.30pm Aug 1st-27th
Tickets £5-£11 www.pleasance.co.uk /www.edfringe.com The award-winning double act return triumphantly for a third year after sell-out shows in 2010/11. Come see why critics have compared them to Morecambe & Wise, Reeves & Mortimer and The Mighty Boosh! As seen on BBC & MTV. 2011 Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year Finalists and Top Ten EdFringe Show, Amused Moose Laughter Awards 2011. “Face-achingly funny” ThreeWeeks

MONKEY TOAST: THE IMPROVISED CHAT SHOW

Pleasance Dome (10 Dome)11.05pm  August 1st-26th
Tickets £5-£11 www.pleasance.co.uk / www.edfringe.com
The six-time Canadian Comedy Award-Winning show hits Edinburgh with an all-star UK cast including Humphrey Ker, Sara Pascoe, Cariad Lloyd, Phil Whelans , Richard Soames, Paul Foxcroft, Charlotte Gittins, Dylan Emery, Susan Harrison, Briony Redman, Javier Jarquin, Rob Broderick and host David Shore. Onstage interviews with real celebrity guests including stars from the Fringe and beyond become hilarious improvised scenes in front of your eyes- and theirs! “Number 1 Fringe Comedy Show to See” NOW Magazine (Canada)

THOMAS NELSTROP: GREAT(ISH) HITS

Pleasance Courtyard (Attic) 4.30pm August 1st-27th
Tickets £5-£11 www.pleasance.co.uk /www.edfringe.com
A barnstorming debut solo hour from Thomas Nelstrop, a man who has quite literally been on television. GREAT(ISH) HITS is a euphoric mix of character comedy and riotous songs. Be prepared to fight for a ticket to this hilarious one-man music festival. As seen on The Impressions Show, Doctor Who (BBC), Honest (ITV), Comedy Shuffle. Directed by Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Ben Wilson. “Hilarious” THE SUN

We’re previewing two of our brilliant Edinburgh 2012 shows at the Brighton Fringe in May!

THE BETA MALES IN… THE SPACE RACE
Upstairs at Three and Ten
5pm Saturday 19th &Sunday 20th May.
Tickets: http://boxoffice.brightonfringe.org/event.aspx?evID=3972

Critically acclaimed sketch-storytellers return to Brighton after two sell-out Edinburgh Fringes with a brand new show! The Beta Males in… The Space Race is the secret history of the British Space Programme and why you’ve never heard of it. Professor Brian Brilliance vows Blighty will get to The Moon before the Americans and Soviets if it kills him. Or them. Or everyone else. A sketch-comedy show blasting off in T-minus…1969.
★★★★★Three Weeks ★★★★★ Broadway Baby ★★★★★ Spoonfed★★★★★Fringe Guru ★★★★ Time Out ★★★★ Chortle ★★★★The List ★★★★ Fest

Chortle Award Nominees 2012 and Amused Moose Laughter Awards Top 10 EdFringe Show 2011.

“A slick hilarious sketch show… genius.” Sunday Times
“Highly inventive… one of the most exciting, gloriously funny acts out there.” Time Out

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MCNEIL AND PAMPHILON
Upstairs at Three and Ten
8.30pm May 4th and May 18th
Tickets: http://boxoffice.brightonfringe.org/event.aspx?evID=3973

The award-winning double act return to Brighton – Come see why critics have compared them to Morecambe & Wise, Reeves & Mortimer and The Mighty Boosh! As seen on BBC & MTV.
★★★★★ “Face-achingly funny” (ThreeWeeks)

“The key to a great double-act is chemistry – McNeil and Pamphilon have enough to start their own laboratory. Their excellent show never falters…destined for great things.” (Fest)

2011 Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year Finalists

Top Ten EdFringe Show 2011 Amused Moose Laughter Awards

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