Venue Focus: Green Man Gallery

Previews: Grant Curnow and Tom Cain

As they prepare to travel to Buxton, comedian Grant and playwright Tom tell us what to expect from their shows. 0:00 - Grant is an amateur timelord and shows us how pop culture and geek humour combine in his show. 5:36 - Tom explains how the his personal link to the Hillsborough Disaster informed his highly-acclaimed play. Grant performs Salvador Dalek at the Green Man Gallery on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th July. Tom's play 97+ is at Underground Venues on Sunday 16th July. For all info and tickets, go to buxtonfringe.org.uk [https://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2023.html] Ad Music: from And the Beat Goes On by our friends The Glummer Twins [http://www.writetolive.com/twins/index.html]

Previews: Marc Adams and Black Liver

Damian meets multi-skilled comedian Marc Adams outside his venue the Old Clubhouse, to find out how a Bavarian came to Buxton via Berlin. As a band unexpectedly starts up in the background, Marc makes the most of it and improvises... Rob bumps into Ruth and Keith from Black Liver just outside the pub, so they go in to shelter from the rain and have a chat about their returning favourite comedy with music - this time dedicated to Buxton. Marc's show is BMW - Bavaria's Most Wanted Black Liver are performing A Soirée of Black Liver For all info and tickets, go to buxtonfringe.org.uk [https://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2023.html] Ad Music: from And the Beat Goes On by our friends The Glummer Twins [http://www.writetolive.com/twins/index.html]

Previews: Gifts From Crows and Babbling Vagabonds

Damian meets the Gifts from Crows Trio in Buxton Pavilion's Conservatory, to find out about their neoclassical music performance on Tuesday 11th July at Buxton Methodist Church. He then takes a walk in the woods with Phil and Mark from Babbling Vagabonds, to where their Wagon of Wonder will be parked, offering adventure for all the family. All info and tickets at buxtonfringe.org.uk [https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/]

Venue Focus: Green Man Gallery

Damian goes to see Caroline, the very busy Green Man Gallery manager, to find out about the 77 performances they have on this year: Comedy, Music, Theatre and Spoken Word. All info and tickets at buxtonfringe.org.uk [https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/]

Greg Byron and Edy Hurst

Damian checks in with #StandUpPoet Greg just before he sets off on his arduous journey to Buxton and finds out how to tell a story in 55 words. Amid the excitement of the Fringe Launch, Rob grabs compere Edy Hurst for a chat about his upcoming comedy shows - the return of a favourite and a brand new work. Greg Byron will be performing #StandUpPoet Edy Hurst brings Edy Hurst's Comedy Version of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of HG Wells' Literary Version (via Orson Welles' Radio Version and Steven Spielberg's Film Version) of The War of the Worlds and The Wonderfull Discoverie Of Witches In The Countie Of Edy Hurst (WIP) For all info and tickets, go to buxtonfringe.org.uk [https://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2023.html] Ad Music: from And the Beat Goes On by our friends The Glummer Twins [http://www.writetolive.com/twins/index.html]