VENUE: Assembly Box
TIME: 11:20pm
DATES & PRICES: Previews 5th-7th August @ £6. 8th-30thAugust (not 17th) @ £12.50 / £10
TICKETS: 0131 623 3030 /
It’s a Fringe-goers dream come true; a brand new improvised show, where top comedians play lawyers prosecuting and defending charges set against you. You decide the accused and their charges. We decide the arguments for each case. You decide their guilt. YOU are the jury!
With the cream of the comedy world already lining up to guest star, this year will no doubt put This Is Your Trial as one of the greatest and most unique comedy shows at the Fringe. Those who have ‘taken silk’ in the past include the likes of Phill Jupitus, Andrew Maxwell, Al Murray, Sara Pascoe, Marcus Brigstocke, Janey Godley, Fred MaCaulay, Pippa Evans, Trevor Lock and Alex Edelman, and with Fringe favourite Tim FitzHigham presiding over the proceedings as Judge, what could possibly go wrong? This is original improv comedy at its very finest!
TIM FITZHIGHAM
Having rowed the channel in a bathtub, paddled up the Thames in a paper boat, lived as a medieval knight errant for a year, Morris Danced from London to Norwich and tackled a whole host of the world’s weirdest wagers, Tim is never going to give himself an easy time. The twice World Record holder’s unswerving devotion has seen him break various bones in his body, re-mortgage his house, contract a flesh eating microbe, collapse of dehydration, be blinded in one eye for six months, spend nights with the Leith Police, survive minor concussions and be hospitalised with a bone-marrow-eating infection, among a further catalogue of injuries and stunning disasters - all to create shows that make people smile. His 2011 critically acclaimed show The Gambler was developed into a full series on BBC Radio 4, and his CBBC science series Super Human Challenge was a ratings smash hit.
Tim has been Judge for over 100 cases in the court of This Is Your Trial since his first hearing in 2013.
DAVID ALLISON
David Allison is a law graduate, a writer, director and maker of films and TV, lover of comedy. He devised the concept of an improvised comedy trial to be one of his range of personalised comedy shows after he was brought up on stage for his birthday at the Queen’s Head in Camden by the MC, Sara Pascoe.
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TESTIMONIES FOR THIS IS YOUR TRIAL
★★★★★★★★★★"All rise for some proper off-the-rails anarchic humour and wit…Don't miss the chance to watch some of the big wigs of the fringe” DAILY MIRROR
"The only court where the law isn't an ass, but the lawyers are" AL MURRAY
"A genuinely inventive, intelligent, comedy creation" KATE COPSTICK
“With such strong comedians behind it (and such a strong production team behind them), This Is Your Trial ensures a solid night of comedy with a refreshingly unique format” EDUNCOVERED
For more information on This Is Your Trial, please contact...
Bex Colwell: 07747 055227 /