International hit LA CLIQUE
and brand new family musical YOU CHOOSE announced as part of Edinburgh’s Christmas 2018
Edinburgh’s Christmas / 16 November – 5 January
- International hit La Clique, returns with La Clique Noël – Part Deux to Edinburgh’s Christmas, mixing cabaret, new burlesque, circus and contemporary vaudeville and featuring fire-eating, sword-swallowing Heather Holliday, the remarkable Bernie Dieter as MC and aerialist Stephen Williams, with more acts to be announced soon.
- You Choose, an interactive family musical show based on Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt’s best-selling children’s book also announced for Edinburgh’s Christmas 2018.
- Tickets available to book now at www.edinburghschristmas.com
- This season’s Edinburgh’s Christmas takes place between 16 November 2018 and 5 January 2019 and remains one of the most popular Christmas celebrations in the UK
Edinburgh’s Christmas is set to return to Scotland’s capital from 16 November 2018 to 5 January 2019 and is sure to remain one of the most popular Christmas celebrations in the UK. 2018 will see the biggest, brightest and best programme of events and entertainment to date.
Two headline shows are announced and go on sale today offering adults and children alike a Christmas treat.
La Clique Noël returns home for Christmas with a new seasonal spectacular, La Clique Noël – Part Deux. Born at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2004, the multi-award winning La Clique has since toured the globe to international acclaim and after wowing audiences in Edinburgh last Christmas the show returns with an all new stellar cast for La Clique Noël – Part Deux.
Following on last year’s Christmas-season success, La Clique Noël – Part Deux has a reimagined line up of new eclectic and eccentric artists plus a few firm favourites for this year’s festive edition, including the astounding fire-eater and sword-swallower Heather Holliday, aerialist Stephen Williams with his famous bath act and mistress of mayhem, host Bernie Dieter. The show will feature a scintillating live band and the best of the best in adult, genre-bending, new variety – in a night you won’t forget!
Edinburgh’s Christmas is the place to be for families too. This year they will be amazed and entertained by You Choose, a brand new interactive musical show for people of all ages to enjoy. Based on the brilliant book by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt, the show comes fromNonsense Room Productions whose Shark in the Park wowed Edinburgh-based and visiting families in 2017. But in this show – you choose what happens… Using the best-selling picture book as inspiration and through a series of games and challenges each show will come up with a unique story, with different characters every time.
Edinburgh’s Christmas favourite, Princes Street Gardens’ Christmas Market – voted best Christmas market in the UK last year in a survey conducted by McCarthy & Stone – will be back to offer visitors a wide range of local and international gifts as well as mouth-watering delicacies, all topped with a generous helping of Christmas spirit. Edinburgh’s Christmas also features a variety ofrides and attractions for all the family to enjoy, and it wouldn’t be Christmas if Santa wasn’t back in his Grotto!
Light Night on 18 November officially marks the start of the Christmas season with live performances from local talent and stunning fireworks.
The full programme for Edinburgh’s Christmas 2018 will be announced on 25 September.
SHOW INFORMATION
Edinburgh’s Christmas, David Bates and Spiegeltent International proudly present La Clique Noël – Part Deux.
Festival Square Spiegeltent, Lothian Road
Previews: 16-22 November (not 19th) at 8pm (4pm on Sunday 18th)
23 November 2018 to 5 January 2019 at 8.00pm Monday to Friday (Thursdays 6pm and 9pm), 5.00pm and 8.00pm Saturday, 4pm Sundays.
Days off: 19 and 26 November, 3, 10, 17, 24-25, 31 December and 1 January.
Tickets starting from £14.50 for previews, from £20.50 on weekdays and £20.50 during weekends are available to book now at www.edinburghschristmas.com and 0131 510 0395
Running time: 120 minutes, includes an interval.
No age restrictions. Show contains adult content such as strong language and nudity. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Nonsense Room Productions present You Choose based on a book by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt.
Festival Square Spiegeltent, Lothian Road
30 November 2018 – 5 January 2019 (not on 3, 10, 17, 24-25 December and 1 January).
Tickets starting from £10 weekdays, from £11.5o weekends are available to book now atwww.edinburghschristmas.com and 0131 510 0395
Age recommendation: 2 – 7 year olds.