The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
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The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre is a comedy act that began in the UK in 2005 and has performed nationally and internationally since. They first appeared as part of The Sitcom Trials
in London
. They appeared in the Gilded Balloon at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, attracting rave reviews. The act has toured nationally and internationally every year since 2008 including Holland, Denmark and the Channel Isles. Prestigious appearances have included the Cheltenham
Literary Festival and the Edinburgh International Magic Festival. They have appeared on BBC TV's The One Show
, Comedy Shuffle, The Culture Show
, Points West and Upstaged
, GMTV
, MTV
, Current TV
and Channel 4
's Big Brother's Little Brother.
Their show was nominated Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival
Awards in 2009, and was the Winner of the Edinburgh Festival
Insider Comedy Award 2009.
They have a large popular following through YouTube
and published their first comicbook Socks in 2008.
They have appeared in DVD extras on the DVD releases of three classic Doctor Who
serials: The War Games
in 2009, the The Horns of Nimon
and the The Dominators
in 2010.
Their show is written and performed by comedian and comic book creator Kev F. Sutherland
, author of Bash Street Kids Adventures and creator of The Sitcom Trials
.
The Sitcom Trials
The Sitcom Trials is a stage and TV show devised, produced, and presented by Kev F. Sutherland. Beginning in Bristol in 1999, it showcases new sitcoms and comedy items in a head-to-head format...
in London
London
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. They appeared in the Gilded Balloon at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, attracting rave reviews. The act has toured nationally and internationally every year since 2008 including Holland, Denmark and the Channel Isles. Prestigious appearances have included the Cheltenham
Cheltenham
Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...
Literary Festival and the Edinburgh International Magic Festival. They have appeared on BBC TV's The One Show
The One Show
The One Show is a topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD, hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker. Chris Evans joins Jones to present the programme on Friday...
, Comedy Shuffle, The Culture Show
The Culture Show
The Culture Show is a weekly BBC Two Arts magazine programme. It is broadcast in the UK on Thursday nights at 7pm, focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture, music, visual fashion and the performing arts...
, Points West and Upstaged
Upstaged
Upstaged was a 2008 multi-platform talent show aired on the Internet, BBC Red Button and BBC Three.Upstaged contenders were voted into two glass-fronted studios in Millennium Square, Bristol, where they had to entertain for six hours at a time, with only a few breaks allowed.During the heats, acts...
, GMTV
GMTV
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, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, Current TV
Current TV
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and Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's Big Brother's Little Brother.
Their show was nominated Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival
Leicester Comedy Festival
The Leicester Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival held in a number of venues across Leicester, England early in the year. The festival started in 1994 with 40 events in 23 venues over 7 days throughout Leicestershire, attracting 5,000 people...
Awards in 2009, and was the Winner of the Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...
Insider Comedy Award 2009.
They have a large popular following through YouTube
YouTube
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and published their first comicbook Socks in 2008.
They have appeared in DVD extras on the DVD releases of three classic Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
serials: The War Games
The War Games
The War Games is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in ten weekly parts from 19 April to 21 June 1969. It was the last regular appearance of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, and of Wendy Padbury and Frazer Hines as companions Zoe...
in 2009, the The Horns of Nimon
The Horns of Nimon
-Outside references:The plot of this serial incorporates aspects of the story of Theseus and the Minotaur - a fact the Doctor comments on at the end of the last episode...
and the The Dominators
The Dominators
The Dominators is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in five weekly parts from 10 August to 7 September 1968.-Plot:...
in 2010.
Their show is written and performed by comedian and comic book creator Kev F. Sutherland
Kev F. Sutherland
-Career:Since 2005, Sutherland has written, produced and performed as The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, in theatres internationally and on television...
, author of Bash Street Kids Adventures and creator of The Sitcom Trials
The Sitcom Trials
The Sitcom Trials is a stage and TV show devised, produced, and presented by Kev F. Sutherland. Beginning in Bristol in 1999, it showcases new sitcoms and comedy items in a head-to-head format...
.
| Year | Show name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre | Debut show at Gilded Balloon, followed by 18 date tour. |
| 2008 | Return of The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre | Gilded Balloon, followed by 36 date tour |
| 2009 | Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Goes To Hollywood | Gilded Balloon, followed by 28 date tour |
| 2010 | Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre On The Telly | Gilded Balloon, followed by 32 date tour |