In the run up to our first radio series with the BBC (a four-part series broadcast Fridays at 11.30pm on BBC7), have a read of the Dreadfuls’ interview with the BBC. Here’s a tiny excerpt:

“We ended up spending a load of time in Travelodges doing impressions of the Tory front bench - Howard and Letwin specifically - and one thing lead to another…”

Click here for the whole interview and pictures.

Tune in to the Dreadfuls debut radio series on BBC7, “The Brothers Faversham”, documenting the adventures of the four brothers Leonidas, Horatius, Augustus & Theseus.

Part 1: Friday 11th January, 11.30pm
Part 2: Friday 18th January, 11.30pm
Part 3: Friday 25th January, 11.30pm
Part 4: Friday 1st Feburary, 11.30pm

(all times are GMT)

If you miss it, you can catch it again after broadcast through their excellent Listen Again service here.

The Penny Dreadfuls debut four part series of The Brothers Faversham recorded in front of a live studio audience at the BBC Radio Theatre, London for BBC7 has been duly recorded. The series will be broadcast in January 2008.

Click over the picture below to see more pictures from the recording.

The Dreadfuls debut radio show for BBC7, entitled The Brothers Faversham, will be recorded live in front of studio audiences. The two recordings take place over two dates, 26th & 31st of October at 7.15pm, at the incredible BBC Radio Theatre at the top of Regents Street in London (nearest tube: Oxford Circus).

Each episode of the four-part series documents the curious life of one of the Faversham brothers as they misguidedly stumble through the 19th century.

Please come along! To book tickets, call 0870 9011227, and more information is on the BBC tickets website here.

We are coming down to the Paramount International Brighton Comedy Festival with a one-hour show on Thursday 18th of October at the Pavilion Theatre at 9.15pm, which will be guest starring the fantastic sketch-comedianist Davies Wateracre.

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We shall be performing exclusive sketches from beyond our Aeneas Faversham Returns show at the lunchtime sketch comedy showcase, Sketchatron at the Bedlam Theatre (11b Bristo Place, at the foot of George IVth Bridge), this Friday & Saturday at lunchtime.

Other illuminaries from the sketch comedy scene also performing are the delectable Fat Tongue, the dapper Idiots of Ants, the wonderful two-piece Sunday Defensive, the Festival’s new discovery, New York’s incredible singing duo, Stuckey & Murray, Ginger & Black and many more.

To book tickets, call 0131 225 9893 or email book@sketchaton.co.uk, or of course, tickets are available at the door.

The preview week of “Aeneas Faversham Returns” is safely under our belts, with storming performances and packed houses. Friday 3rd August, our second show, was already our first sell out show, appeasing the the delightful Underbelly Box Office Manager Tom. We’ve sold out every show since, so please do book if you’d like to come along: ring 0870 745 3083 for the Underbelly box office, or book online via www.edfringe.com.

As well as our regular 6.10pm show at the Underbelly, the Penny Dreadfuls can be seen guesting in a number of fine cabaret, comedy and late-night shows in Edinburgh throughout August. For this weekend’s diary:

5th August:

Spank! 12 midnight, Underbelly Cowgate

6th August:

The Fringe Launch Party, Edinburgh Quay, Cabaret Stage

The Bongo Club, Venue 143, Holyrood Road, from 11pm

We’re also taking Lunch With The Hamiltons in the Pleasance Courtyard on Tuesday 7th - stay tuned for further details. Of course, for the full Faversham experience you’ll need to join us at the Underbelly..

Ladies and Gentlemen! Our second Edinburgh Festival run is upon us! If you happen upon Scotland in August, please pop along.

Welcome to the re-launched Penny Dreadfuls’ website - now powered by both steam and Madame Curie’s Fun-Time Radioactive Isotopes.

For press or contact information, details of this year’s show and current reviews, please click on the links in the menu bar above.

To go behind the scenes and read our Dreadful production blog (or to join our tremendously new-fangled facebook and myspace groups), follow the link in the column to the right. You can also click on the headlines of the stories from our production blog to head straight through to that particular entry.

Finally, click below for our Fringe 2007 press release:

Underbelly, Edinburgh, Fringe Festival, August 2007 Press Release