Edinburgh Fringe shows go on sale

Published: 1 February 2012
Reporter: David Chadderton

EdfringeThe first eight shows have gone on sale for this year's Edinburgh Fringe, four months before the official launch of this year's Festival programme.

The first batch of shows are mostly stand-up comedy, with performances from Alan Davies, Craig Hill, Daniel Sloss, Jason Byrne, Jimeoin and Rhod Gilbert.

There is also a comedy show called Bellylicious the Sequel - Confessions of a Belly Dance Diva written and performed by Galit Mersand and acclaimed children's theatre company Scamp Theatre brings its adaptation of the Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler book The Tiddler.

The full programme will be launched on 31 May for this year's Fringe, which will run from 3 to 27 August. Tickets for the shows announced so far are available from the Edfringe web site.

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