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London Varieties comes to the Edinburgh Fringe

Cory Doctorow at 5:08 pm Sat, Aug 4, 2012

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Juggler and impresario Mat Ricardo sez,

After six months of sell-out shows and fun times in London, we've arrived at the Edinburgh Fringe where Mat Ricardo's London Varieties has become The Voodoo Varieties! We're all very excited - we have a completely different line-up of the best cabaret, variety, circus and comedy acts every single night - and we've got some amazing guests in the next few days, including professional wrestling superstar MICK FOLEY, Scary genius RICHARD WISEMAN, comedy star THE BOY WITH TAPE ON HIS FACE, PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON and lots and lots more.

Every night is going to be a one-off, unique show, and we're adding more names all the time. I am, if you can't tell already, giddy like a schoolgirl about some of the people I'm going to get the chance to host. The show is running at The Ballroom, The Voodoo Rooms at 8.15 every night except Mondays, and my new one man show "Vaudeville Schmuck" is at the same venue at 5.45pm every night.

Boing Boing readers have been so supportive of the Varieties project, so I wanted to make sure that any of you that are around the fringe this month knew what fun would be going on over at the Voodoo Rooms. You can book tickets for the Varieties here and for Vaudeville Schmuck here.

Voodoo Varieties with Mat Ricardo (Thanks, Mat!)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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  • mobobo

    “ THE BOY WITH TAPE ON HIS FACE”
    That line alone just makes me want to go!

    • Little John

      PIFF is pretty good, too.

      • mobobo

        agreed – it has four of the letters that make up one of my all time favourite words

  • http://germanwotd.com Amelia_G

    Phillip Adams will be there! (I <3 Phillip Adams.)