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The Fringe takes over Old Town Festival on Friday July 14

Coming to the Old Town Festival this year is a selection of some of the best shows from this year’s Swindon Fringe Festival.

And it’s all been brought with a helping hand from us guys at The Ocelot.

The theatrical and comedy extravaganza takes place at the C6 Theatre at Commonweal School on Friday July 14 and features two plays and a stand-up comedian.

We’re more excited than that time we found an old £20 note in a pair of trousers that we hadn’t worn for a couple of years. That’s pretty excited.

Fringe Cuts featured acts are The Door - the Swinge Choice Award Winner 2017, Daft Pun, the festival’s Best Stand Up Comedian 2017 and Breaking Point, awarded the festival’s Best New Writing Award 2017.

The Door - Swindon Choice Award

Six strangers awake to find themselves locked in a windowless room with no means of escape but a single door.

When their unseen captor gives them a choice, stay in the room or go through the door and into the unknown, tensions run high as the group each try to persuade the others of their views, but can they really work together when they’re already so divided? The Door is the theatre debut of writer/director Alex Secker, a psychological thriller about division, paranoia and human interaction. Starring Laura Coates, Daniella Faircloth, David Higgins, Lindsay Linnegar, Matthew Mordak and Ashley Robson. Recommended Age: 16+

Daft Pun - Best Stand Up Comedian

If you’re a fan of puns and are ‘up all night for good fun’, prepare to ‘get lucky’ as Sony award-winning comic Tony Cowards brings his show Daft Pun, an hour of great gags, playful puns and witty wordplay, to Swindon Fringe.

A sought-after comic worldwide, Tony’s gags turn up in all sorts of places from greetings cards, to TV shows.

So, even if you’ve never heard of him, there’s a very good chance you’ve laughed at one of his jokes!

Breaking Point - Best New Writing

It’s been a bad night, a really bad night. In fact, life in general is pretty bad for these two strangers. They wind up in A&E… then sat on bench, in the early hours, waiting. What they’re waiting for is a bit of a mystery.

All that’s certain is the sun will rise and they will part ways. The question is: how much do you share with a stranger?

In Breaking Point two women take a one-night stand approach to the confessional, in a bid to wind up a little happier at the end of it all.

Tickets for the event, on Friday July 14, cost £15. The Fringe Cuts shows will be staged at the Commonweal School Theatre.

Recommended Age: 16+

Book your tickets for any of these shows online at ticketsource.co.uk/fringecuts

  • The Fringe takes over Old Town Festival on Friday July 14
  • The Fringe takes over Old Town Festival on Friday July 14
  • The Fringe takes over Old Town Festival on Friday July 14
  • The Fringe takes over Old Town Festival on Friday July 14
  • The Fringe takes over Old Town Festival on Friday July 14
  • The Fringe takes over Old Town Festival on Friday July 14
  • The Fringe takes over Old Town Festival on Friday July 14