Laughing Coyote's STUART LAWS: PUFFINS & PAPER ROUNDS to Play Edinburgh Fringe

For the last three years, the lead-up to Edinburgh Fringe has seen Stuart Laws break his shoulder, undergo an emergency appendectomy and fracture his ankle, but he has yet to find a way to stay away, this year bringing his aptly-titled show, "Stuart Laws. So preoccupied with whether or not he could that he didn't stop to think whether he should. (1 hour show)".

Laws' fourth Edinburgh show brings another hour of his hallmark left-field anecdotes, this time about the boy who leaves his hometown and returns as a man ten years later. Will they accept him...or even remember him? Expect tales from the summer of 2001, breweries, paper rounds and puffins. Laws casts his eye over the often-overlooked with acute observations that have seen him recognised as an original, well-crafted standout on the comedy circuit.

"I realised I wanted to do this show the first time I ever mentioned the summer I worked at a puffin sanctuary on stage. It's not a normal summer job and I started to realise that it has massively shaped who I am and certainly the comedy I do." he said.

Producer Daniel Wright from Laughing Coyote said he was excited to be working with Laws this year. "Stuart is developing some of the most innovative and thoughtful material out there. This show is surreal, observational and hilarious in equal measure!"

A regular support act for James Acaster, Laws is part of the Weirdo's Collective and has performed in Nick Helm's Christmas shows as well as performing his stand up on BBC Radio 4. He is the creative force behind Production Company Turtle Canyon Comedy and also writes and directs, working with emerging talent and some of the biggest names in comedy today.

"Stuart Laws. So preoccupied with whether or not he could that he didn't stop to think whether he should. (1 hour show)", will run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 5th-28th August (except 15th):

Pleasance Below, Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9TJ
18:00 1 hour show, 5th- 28th August (except 15th)
Ticket cost £6.50 - £10
www.stuartlaws.com

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