Rare Birds Entertainment - Edinburgh, Shows 2007

Brian Damage and Krysstal, the �daft and charming� duo (Stage) are Fringe favourites, presenting comedy, music and loads of guests:

�a unique comic experience you really have to sample
at least once.� Chortle.co.uk.

�Madly wonderful� (Stage).

Unique comedy double act Brian Damage and Krysstal return for their seventh consecutive year with Pear Shaped Afternoons. The pair host up to two hours of madcap humour in the infamous back room of the White Horse with LOADS of comics and LOADS of laughs and even a reputed Ghost....!

Pear Shaped comedy club was born in 2000 from the ashes of The Oval Comedy Club (RIP) which Brian started in 1997 before meeting Krysstal. There are now two Pear Shaped Clubs in London (Fitzrovia and @ Turnmills in Clerkenwell), one in Sydney, and the annual event in Edinburgh.

Pear Shaped has the well deserved reputation of discovering and nurturing talent. Comedians new and old have performed at Pear Shaped over the years, including Edinburgh Festival favourites such as:

* Malcolm Hardee (RIP) * Al Murray * Charlie Chuck * Daniel Kitson *
* Boothby Graffoe * Mark Maier * Reginald D Hunter * Dan Antapolski *
* Peter Buckley-Hill * Dave Thompson * Silky * Phil Nicol * Nick Wilty *
* Noel James * Shelagh Martin * Award winners: Paul Foot * Shazia Mirza *
* Hal Cruttenden * Nina Conti * Nic Sun * Wil Hodgson * Seymour Mace *
and many others too humorous to mention!

Brian says �We�ll book anyone! But only for 5 minutes.� His philosophy is that you can stand anything for 5 minutes. �You can be shit, you can be brilliant, but everyone gets the same time.� In between the acts Brian and Krysstal perform their special brand of humour and silly songs to create a wonderfully anarchic but comfortable atmosphere where anything goes.

�We get people returning year after year� says Krysstal, �what�s wrong with them?� Indeed Brian, Krysstal and Pear Shaped are Fringe favourites with audiences and comedians alike. Drop in for a laugh, heckle or just fall asleep in the corner.

Past Pear Shaped Reviews:
"...a line-up of acts ranging from the highly professional to the unashamedly amateurish. It is wild. Madly wonderful." The Stage
"..this unthreateningly cheerful atmosphere lends a real sense of fun to the evening� a unique comic experience that you really have to sample at least once." Chortle.co.uk

Further info:
www.pearshapedcomedy.com
and
www.briandamage.net