Chris Lynam Returning to Edinburgh Fringe Festival

ErictheFred is the curious and poignant story of a trouper at the end of his tether grappling with a fading career. Like scattering dust particles, his flickering thoughts and projected dreams blur the lines between the real and ethereal.

ErictheFred takes the audience backstage into the private world of a performer, where he fondly relives his stage act in a silent tableau of merriment. Gradually these innermost thoughts become visible - holograms of his doubts, dreams and delusions, which disturb, delight and torment him, until the startling climax.

Although taking aesthetic inspiration from the past using the looks gestures and mannerisms of silent movies the presentation and sensibilities are entirely contemporary, blending original film projection, music, puppetry and live action, ErictheFred seamlessly creates an unnervingly familiar world of slapstick, tragedy and joy.

Hauntingly poetic and deeply evocative, Lynam's touching story takes the art of clowning to another wondrous level and prompts a range of emotional responses and interpretations in his audience. "No matter how we see it, this flickering spirit of a clown touches parts deep within us all".

Developed in collaboration with John Wright (Director), Clive Howard (Original Film), Misi Bekesi (Light and Sound) and original music by Kevin Sargent, composer of scores for a host of successful movies, ErictheFred , premiered at the London International Mime Festival in January, where it was very well received and has since already toured in South Korea and Finland.

Described by Eddie Izzard as "the most dangerously funny man on the planet" , and by The Times , as a "wild clown in a class of his own" , Chris Lynam brings 30 years of performance skills and experience to his wildly original one man show. In the words of The Guardian, Lynam has a "surreal unhinged quality which makes for comic greatness" and heralded by The New York Times as a "brilliantly bizarre antidote to today's truculent society", Lynam has appeared at the world's top comedy festivals and has toured regularly with the multi award winning international sensation Slava's Snow Show . You think you know about clowns? This show will make you think again....

Listing Information :

Dates : Aug 8 Aug 30 (*except 12 th , 17 th & 24 th ) at 9.45pm (running time: 55 mins)

Venue : Assembly Roxy Central, 2 Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9SU (Venue 139)

Price : £7 (8 th & 9 th ) all other performances £12

Age guidance : 8 +

Box Office : 0131 623 3030

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