Momentum Venues Launch for 2015 Edinburgh Fringe, Featuring USHERS, 'MARIONETTE CIRCUS' and More

Momentum Venues - a fresh venue for the Edinburgh Fringe announces its complete inaugural programme.

Momentum Venues has officially announced its complete programme for the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe to coincide with the launch of the 2015 Fringe Festival brochure.

Located in central Edinburgh at the St. Stephen's Centre, Momentum Venues moves to expand on this stunning building's history of success at the Fringe. Offering three performance spaces of differing scales, Momentum Venues is uniquely equipped and geared to accommodate an array of productions, from intimate cabaret to large-scale musicals.

Momentum Venues is positioning itself to be the hub for emerging talent at the Festival. The incredible line up of established producers, exciting new plays and innovative creative productions, is being headed up by three critically acclaimed musicals:

USHERS: The Front of House Musical: Previously produced at the Charing Cross Theatre, follow the lives of the stagiest people in the industry - the front of house staff! Discover the hilarious and ridiculous life of a ticket tearer, in The Grand nightly at 9.30pm. "energetic, G&T-fuelled satire, chock full of in-jokes." (What's On Stage)

Shout! The Mod Musical: After a sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2014, Shout! returns for a full run in 2015, bigger and better than before. Playing in The Grand daily at 5.45pm, this revue tracks six groovy gals as they come of age during those liberating days that made England swing! "a stunning fringe debut from Boheme Productions and stands out as one of the strongest of the musical revivals currently being presented at this years Fringe." (Public Reviews)

There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis: Transferring from one of London's leading fringe venues, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, this new musical play follows the true events of when Elvis touched down in the UK for the one time only, in a small airfield on the West Coast of Scotland.

The Grand, boasting 450 seats and stunning surroundings shall also play host to The Biggest Marionette Circus in the World with life size puppet giraffes and elephants. As the title suggests, this will be the largest scale circus at Edinburgh Fringe this year. Joined by tamers, strongmen, acrobats and clowns the show combines a rich circus tradition with cutting-edge, incredibly life-like puppets, certainly one to keep on your radar as the perfect morning show.

Between the 18th and 23rd August, the Grand will be playing host to London Contemporary Theatre's adaptation of the classic tale, Wind in the Willows. In this hilarious production with original music, the audience join Mole as he abandons his spring-cleaning for the riverbank, and stumbles into an adventure with Mr. Toad and friends. Mr. Toad has an obsession for the fast and chaotic and it's left to his friends to save him from himself, battle against the weasels and save Mr. Toad's beloved Toad Hall.

Award winning Proteus Theatre Company's production of 12.10.15 will play in the Playhouse at 2.20pm daily, an uncompromising and fiercely contemporary performance, following two women's lives that are defined by conflict. From today's Middle East to occupied Belgium 1915, this gripping one-woman show explores the female experience of warfare. With their slightly riskier title More C*NT that Can't: The Scandalous Life and Fast Times of Lord Byron in the studio at 8.30pm throughout the festival, hear Lord Byron's wild tales of debauchery and romance. Entertaining you with his wit and wisdom let the infamous Lord Byron charm you with his sheer charismatic force. Meet the man who invented celebrity culture in this unique evening performance.

Harrogate Theatre, in association with Reform Theatre Company, shall be producing Edith In The Dark. Celebrated children's author Edith Nesbit, best known for The Railway Children, unleashes her ghostly Tales of Terror on an unsuspecting party guest.

If cabaret is what you are looking for then look no further, as Bebe & Luna Present The Cabaret Farce - join Bebe van der Belt (a glamorous American) and Miss Luna Peach (a cheeky Brit) in conspiring to host the most divinely decadent evening Edinburgh has ever seen, ending the evening in a spectacular pandemonium of cabaret chaos at 10pm nightly in The Studio, on sale 21st May.

TwoRep Theatre will bring two classic children's productions to Momentum Playhouse at 10am and 12.15pm daily. Just So Stories, a fun and interactive storytelling of Rudyard Kipling's classics, innovatively allows audiences to choose which stories they see and help bring the adventures to life. Enter this mythical world and discover how the Camel got his hump and the Leopard got his spots. TwoRep also present The Little Prince, a tender tale of imagination, friendship and loss, as a little prince who has travelled the universe just wants to return to his asteroid and his rose, both on sale 21st May.

Tickets for all shows on sale now at www.momentumvenues.com. For more, follow on Twitter: @momentumvenues and Facebook: www.facebook.com/momentumvenues.

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SHOW LISTINGS:

JUST SO STORIES

Space: Momentum Playhouse @ St Stephens

Time of show: 10am

Previews: Aug 5-6 £5.00

Weekdays: Aug 7,10-14,17,19-21,24-28,31 £6.50 (£5.50) (£20.00F)

Weekends: Aug 8-9,15-16,22-23,29-30 £7.50 (£6.50) (£20.00F)

Running Time: 45mins

THE BIGGEST MARIONETTE CIRCUS IN THE WORLD

Space: Momentum Grand @ St Stephens

Time of show: 11am

Previews: Aug 5-6 £7.00

Weekdays: Aug 10-13,17-20,24-27 £12.00 (£10.00) (£36.00F)

Weekends: Aug 7-9,14-16,21-23,28-30 £13.00 (£11.00) (£40.00F)

Running Time: 60mins

THE LITTLE PRINCE

Space: Momentum Playhouse @ St Stephens

Time of show: 12.15pm

Previews: Aug 5-6 £5.00

Weekdays: Aug 7,10-14,17,19-21,24-28,31 £7.50 (£6.50) (£22.00F)

Weekends: Aug 8-9,15-16,22-23,29-30 £8.50 (£7.50) (£22.00F)

Running Time: 45mins

WIND IN THE WILLOWS

Space: Momentum Grand @ St Stephens

Time of show: 1pm

All performances: Aug 18-20 13:00 £10.00 (£8.00)

Running Time: 80mins

12.10.15

Space: Momentum Playhouse @ St Stephens

Time of show: 2.20pm

Previews: Aug 6 £8.00

Dates: Aug 7-17 & 19-30 £10.00 (£8.00)

Running Time: 75mins

EDITH IN THE DARK

Space: Momentum Playhouse @ St Stephens

Time of show: 4.25pm

Previews: Aug 5-6 £8.00

Weekdays: Aug 7,10-14,17,19-21,24-28 £9.50 (£8.50)

Weekends: Aug 8-9,15-16,22-23,29-30 £11.50 (£9.50)

Running Time: 80mins

SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL

Space: Momentum Grand @ St Stephens

Time of show: 5.45pm

Previews: Aug 5-6 £8.00

Weekdays: Aug 7-9,14-16,21-23,28-30 £13.50 (£11.50)

Weekends: Aug 10-13,17,19-20,24-27 £12.50 (£10.50)

Running Time: 60mins

THERE'S A GUY WORKS DOWN THE CHIP SHOP SWEARS HE'S ELVIS

Space: Momentum Playhouse @ St Stephens

Time of show: 6.45pm

Previews: Aug 5-6 £8.00

Weekdays: Aug 7,10-14,17,19-21,24-28 £14.00 (£12.00)

Weekends: Aug 8-9,15-16,22-23,29-30 £15.00 (£13.00)

Running Time: 105mins

MORE C*NT THAN CANT: THE SCANDALOUS LIFE AND FAST TIMES OF LORD BYRON

Space: Momentum Studio @ St Stephens

Time of show: 8.30pm

Previews: Aug 6 £5.00

Weekdays: Aug 7,10-14,17,19-21,24-28 £9.50

Weekends: Aug 8-9,15-16,22-23,29-30 20:30 £10.50

Running Time: 45mins

USHERS: THE FRONT OF HOUSE MUSICAL

Space: Momentum Grand @ St Stephens

Time of show: 9.30pm

Previews: Aug 5-6 £9.00

Weekdays: Aug 10-13,17-20,24-27 21:30 £12.00 (£10.00)

Weekends: Aug 7-9,14-16,21-23,28-30 21:30 £15.00 (£12.00)

Running Time: 80mins

BEBE+LUNA PRESENT...THE CABARET FARCE!

Space: Momentum Studio @ St Stephens

Time of show: 10.00pm

Previews: Aug 5-6 £5.00

Weekdays: Aug 7,10-14,17-21,24-28 22:00 £9.50

Weekends: Aug 8-9,15-16,22-23,29-30 22:00 £10.50

Running Time: 60mins