"Breathtakingly talented. An awe-inspiring vocal genius. Do whatever it takes to get a ticket."
Tim Arthur, Time Out
Comedy Editor
"Beardyman was astonishingly good in the Slam tent at this year's T in the park festival. His many fans converged to join the thousands of house heads already in the huge tent and he thrilled them all. I think each time he plays more people get into what is happening and at first nobody can believe what they are hearing is generated by a man's voice!"
Dave Clarke
T In The Park 2009
BBC footage of Beardyman's T In The Park performance:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tinthepark/2009/artist/beardyman/
Beardyman's Unplanned Explosion
Monday August 24th & Tuesday 25th @ Udderbelly
£14 (£12.50) Midnight-1.15am. Box office: 0844 545 8252
After two smash sell-out shows at E4's Udderbelly at the South Bank in July, UK Beatbox Champion Beardyman is taking his mind-blowing new show up to Edinburgh this August. Audiences were stunned into a standing ovation for both shows by the deeply surreal music/ comedy continuum traversed by Beardyman and his incredible collaborators.
Drawing inspiration from his ground-breaking and always packed-out improvised music club-night Battlejam which he runs with long-time collaborator "JFB", you - the audience - will get to stir the creative pot and become a key participant of the anarchic madness that unfolds. Get involved as they work off your suggestions or sit back and guffaw as they spin wheels of genres and backdrops to get the most bizarre combinations possible, all with visuals taken live from the randomness that is the internet. No other show has this much cutting edge music-technology aimed straight at your funny bone via free-styling horses. Join the transcendent Ouija board and become part of the madness.
If you bring weird objects Beardyman and his crew will chuck them into the live shambolic mix but careful, they may just video your face and scratch with it "til the audience is done laughing at you. "Beardyman's Unplanned Explosion" will be the most incredible night out at the Edinburgh festival this summer.
For this ride into the improvisational wilderness, Beardyman will be teaming up with long-time collaborators 2007 DMC Champion JFB, freestyle lunatic Klumzy-tung, winner of best Newcomer at the 2009 Tuborg Musical Comedy Awards, Jay Foreman, and visual artist David Hopkinson. But the most honoured guest on the night will be YOU.
An Audience With Beardyman
Wednesday August 26th @ Underbelly
£11 (£10) Midnight-1.15am. Box office: 0844 545 8252
For this intimate show, Beardyman will be showcasing not only his beatbox and real-time music-production skills, but also his impressive improvisational prowess and musical sensibility. "An Audience With Beardyman" will be a side-splitting, awe-inspiring one man show, which will take you on a journey into this great talent's genius mind.
Frank Skinner's Credit Crunch Cabaret
Thursday August 27th @ The Pleasance Cabaret Bar
£11 (£10) Midnight-1.15am. Box office: 0131 623 3030
Frank Skinner takes his hit London show up to Edinburgh, where he hosts a variety-style show bursting with new talent – dancers, singers, comics - and beatboxers. After enthralling the crowd during Skinner's London spree, Beardyman has been asked back for another installment of entertaining antics.
Time Out Presents... For One Night Only
Friday August 28th @ The Pleasance Pleasance Courtyard
£12.50 (£10) Box Office 0131 556 6550