Mhairi Black to join commentators and comics in Edinburgh Fringe line-up
Paisley MP will appear at Masonic Hall during festival
Mhairi Black, Britain’s youngest MP, is to make her debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
She will be appearing in a Masonic Hall alongside impressionist Rory Bremner, Scotland football team manager Alex Mcleish, QC Donald Findlay, and the singers KT Tunstall and Barbara Dickson.
Crime writer Val Mcdermid, comic Ruby Wax, tennis coach Judy Murray, football commentatorarchiemcpherson, and human rights laywer Aamer Anwar will also be appearing at the George Street venue, which is run by the Stand Comedy Club.
It has organised a series of “in conversation” events at the venue, which is closed to the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s site in Charlotte Square, and the literary celebration’s new arena at the west end of George Street, which is expected to return in August.
Also due to appear at the Freemasons Lodge on George Street are the comics Ruby Wax, Jonathan Watson, Arnold Brown and Paul Sinha.
The line-up at the New Town Theatre, as it is known during the Fringe, will include runs by comics Brian “Limmy” Limond, rapper and Poverty Safari authr Darren Mcgarvey and magician and comic Jerry Sadowitz.
Other highlights of The Stand’s programme are expected to include a chat show fronted by comic Miles Jupp, a new one-woman show by singer Michelle Mcmanus and the return of Tony Slattery to the Fringe with a new “all-star improvisation show.” Ms Black was still studying politics and public policy at Glasgow University when she was elected MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South in 2015.
Black, who will be at the New Town Theatre on the festival’s opening weeekend, will be following in the footsteps of Alex Salmond by appearing at the Fringe.
The former First Minister hosted his own cabaret show last year, months after being ousted from Westminster.
Publicitymaterialforblack’s
“I think people also want to hear politicians go a bit off-script. Every time people hear politicians on television orradioittendstobea bit sound-bitey”