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A 3-STAR Review from The Edinburgh Guide.

If there are any children who don’t love a good fart joke, I certainly haven’t met them. Princess Pumpalot, her royal parents, and her loyal servant Guffy know the many ins-and-outs of a good fart, so to speak.

Who knew that a fart was a powerful defense against a low-flying gnome invasion? Or that it was a right-of-passage for 16-year-old princesses? These and other charming discoveries carry the audience along on this fast-paced romp through one royal family’s strange traditions.

While many actors are competing with each other for ONE role in a stage production, Philip Kingscott of Deans in Livingston will be appearing in THREE shows at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Philip will be appearing as Guffy in the children’s show Princess Pumpalot: The Farting Princess at 11.30am, as Callum Patterson in Silence in Court at 4:30pm and also as Callum Patterson in Conflict in Court at 6:30pm The shows and the roles he plays are not only miles apart in content but hours apart in time.

The cast has been announced for the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe production of Princess Pumpalot: The Farting Princess at the New Town Theatre in George Street. The show takes place daily at 11.30am from 31st July - 24th August (not 12th).

Princess Pumpalot - Lindsey Lee Wilson

Guffy - Philip Kingscott

The Queen - Donna Hazelton

The King - Edward Cory

Prince Niceavia - Eric Murdoch

Prince Nastavia - Blair Grandison

FAQ - Cameron Pirie

Low-Flying Gnome - Scott Postlethwaite 

Delighted to annouce the book is to be translated into Arabic.

The book will be translated by Filmmaker Yasmin Fedda who said, “I attended the Fringe show and was very impressed by the performance. The story has a real mix of theatre and pantomime. When I told friends and family about it they couldn't stop laughing! Farting is the same in any language! I’m sure the story will be well received in the Arab world.”