Sam and Helen are out there

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Sam and Helen are out there and they think you should be too. By the end of this hour long show, you won’t just think this eccentric comedy duo are hilarious, you’ll want them to be your BFFs too!

Helen Sorren and Sam Baines

2014 Funny Women Awards Finalist Sam and 2015 semi finalist Helen marry stand-up, audience challenges and improvised opera in their uplifting and hilarious show. Obviously great friends, Sam and Helen invite you to hang out with them in the cavernous Just the Wee One at Just the Tonic and learn a little something about how to break the shackles of self-imposed limits but with a dance break and belly laughs.

As self-styled ‘keynote speakers’ on the subject of out there, Helen explores what it is to be zany, positive and little bit weird in a world where everyone expects her to be normal. The result will have you squirming with delight and utterly endeared by her quirky self-aware hilarity. Sam describes her recent efforts to impress Space aficionado Brian Cox while taking the audience on a journey through our solar system. With incredible agility and a masterful hold on her audience, Sam marries intellect and wimsy on a subject that makes her unique at the Fringe though given how uproarously funny she is on the topic, you’ll wonder why more people aren’t talking about space.

Bring your mum and dad or your best friends and have a charming, fun and uplifting hour with Sam and Helen.

★★★★

Sam and Helen are at Just the Tonic at the Caves (venue 88) 6:20pm 17th, 19th-29th August. For more information click here!

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