Six ex-cons, one final job. The Hacker. The Smooth Talker. The Mercenary. The Driver. The Architect. And Graham (he does HR, mainly). All are reunited by the Ringleader to conduct one final sting – taking down a sinister oligarch. If we told you any more, we’d have to kill you. Luckily, that’s more or less the plot. An epic narrative sketch comedy heist from Max and Ivan. Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Winners/Total Sell Out Show 2011. ‘Hugely ambitious and impressive’ (Guardian). TimeOut Critics’ Choice. Directed by Jessica Ransom (Horrible Histories, Doc Martin, Armstrong & Miller).

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Following sold-out previews in Brighton, Belfast, Bracknell, Brockley and Buxton (as well as a couple of places that don’t begin with B, like Latitude Festival, Pleasance and the Leicester Square Theatre), Con Artists hit the Edinburgh Fringe for a SOLD-OUT run in the Pleasance Upstairs! We took the show to the Soho Theatre for a glorious week in October and November where we were reviewed as the ‘magical unicorns of comedy’ from the Londonist and then, finally, we headed out to Australia…

Barry Award Nominee – Most Outstanding Show Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2013

‘Utterly brilliant’ ★★★★★ – The Herald Sun
‘Dazzling’ – The Melbourne Age 

 

A potted history of Max and Ivan are Con Artists:

BARRY AWARD NOMINEE; MOST OUTSTANDING SHOW – MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2013

TOTAL SELL-OUT SHOW – SOHO THEATRE, OCT/NOV 2012

TOTAL SELL-OUT SHOW – EDINBURGH FRINGE 2012 (Pleasance Upstairs)

TOTAL SELL-OUT/’BEST COMEDY’ AWARD WINNER  - BUXTON FRINGE 20112

 Notable reviews:

‘Too good for human words.’
Londonist

‘Undeniably superstars of tomorrow. It feels like watching early Walliams and Lucas or Enfield and Whitehouse.’
GQ Magazine

‘A mercurial work of tremendous ferocity.’
Morning Star

‘Tantamount to comedy perfection’
★★★★★ – FRINGE REVIEW

★★★★ – METRO

From the people who brought you Holmes and Watson:

‘Nothing can stop Max and Iván on their sketch comedy quest for greatness’

‘This is as good as sketch comedy gets’ ★★★★★ Broadway Baby (6 star award)

‘An hour of fast-paced brilliance’ ★★★★★ Three Weeks

★★★★★ One4Review ★★★★★ The New Current  ★★★★ Edinburgh Guide ★★★★Spoonfed  ★★★★London is Funny ★★★★ British Comedy Guide