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Princess Pumpalot: The Quest for the Purple Super-Farting Bean

Princess Pumpalot: The Quest for the Purple Super-Farting Bean is a bit like Ronseal - 'it does exactly what it says on the tin'. There's no hiding the attraction in this show, and let's face it which child doesn't like talking about and hearing pumps and farts?!

The stage area is very small in the style of an old-fashioned radio set, with a few props on a table. The lighting is very subdued and the venue has a Baroque feeling with red chandeliers, gold ceiling and mirrored walls. The 'Fart, fart, fart' song introduces us to one of the three characters - 'Guffy' who is Princess Pumpalot's best friend, then 'Cookie crumble' the Chef, and finally the Princess herself. Although, Cookie Crumble dresses up in many accessories to play the other parts in the Princess's radio play - including the baddies 'Prince Nastavia' and the 'Low-flying gnome'.

The Princess shows us exactly what happens when she eats the red bean 'big noisy fart' and the green bean 'silent but violent fart'. There were screams of laughter from the kids at these great moments of physical comedy. Guffy and the Princess follow the clues to try and find the whereabouts of the purple bean within 'Whiffyville', meeting various characters along the way. The jokes come thick and fast - 'gallery of modern fart', 'farting bureau of investigation', 'strictly come farting' and ‘sweetfart’ instead of ‘sweetheart’.

There is a large part of audience participation to keep the kids happy including dancing, chanting words, booing, doing the butterfly swimming stroke and even a bit of maths! There is also some adult humour tucked away too – Wind in the Willows quotes, plus zero hours contracts and Adrian Mole jokes. The biggest cheers came when the kids were asked to help get rid of the gnome by standing up, turning round and farting at him till he blew off the stage.

Hailey (8) and Isla (7) were two very happy young customers who spent the rest of the day concentrating very hard to emulate their heroine!

Children's Quotes

Hailey aged 8 thought the show was “pumptastic” and “fartazing”, whilst Isla aged 7 said, “Guffy and Princess Pumpalot were amazing” and “I loved doing all the silly things in the show”

We are having a blast at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Thank you to all our audiences so far. I think you've taken 'participation' to a all new level!

The venue at Le Monde in George Street is perfect for this year's production - Princess Pumpalot: The Quest for the Purple Super-Farting Bean. We are on at 11am until Friday 18th August.

Remember if you're coming to see the show you can get a photograph taken with Princess Pumpalot and Guffy at the end of the performance.

Keep up to date on our twitter https://twitter.com/PPumpalot

or Fartbook https://www.facebook.com/PPumpalot/

Happy Farting!

This taken from The Cadies & Witchery Tours blog post.

"As our keenest followers will know, Witchery Tours founder Robin Mitchell also created the windy, rugby-loving Princess Pumpalot in the successful children's book of the same name.

The Princess and her Wiffyville chums then took a step further, jumping from the page to the stage at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2013. They haven't left since, with 2017 marking an astounding fifth year of full-throated flatulent fun.

The 2017 show is now barely a month away, but before it starts, Robin has another treat up his sleeve: the arrival of the second Princess Pumpalot book, Princess Pumpalot: The Super-Farting Bean Mystery!

Can Princess Pumpalot (The Farting Princess) and her best friend Guffy solve the mystery of the priceless purple super-farting bean? Aided by a set of bizarre clues from some of Wiffyville's more unusual residents including a werewolf, a mummy and a prisoner that isn't a prisoner, Princess Pumpalot and Guffy embark on a mind-boggling adventure to solve this 'whodunit'. On route, the brave duo are confronted at regular intervals by their arch enemies - Prince Nastavia and the Low-Flying Gnomes. Will Princess Pumpalot and Guffy succeed in their quest?

The new book features illustrations by Scottish artist Keli Clark. Keli is one of Edinburgh's and East Lothian's better known artists. Her work encompasses a wide and varied range from: Scottish land and cityscapes, murals, works of magic and mystery, faeries, cats and birds. After this commission Keli can add a mummy, a werewolf and a bearded witch to her portfolio!

Keli said of the work: "I was delighted to be commissioned to illustrate the new Princess Pumpalot book. It was great to exercise my creative mind on completely new characters."

Audiences of last year's Fringe show will have, unknowingly, received a sneak preview of some highlights of the new book: it featured a new narrative, parts of which (including new characters) went into what became Princess Pumpalot: The Super-Farting Bean Mystery. The 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe production (which takes place at Le Monde in George Street) is based on the new book.

The new book will be released towards the end of July. As soon as it's off the presses, it will be available alongside the original right here in our online shop."

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme was launched on Wednesday 7th June 2017. It's a mighty big programme which will require a lot of reading. You will find details of our children's show Princess Pumpalot: The Quest for the Purple Super-Farting Bean on page 42. #Fart2017

We've had a blast this year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing Princess Pumpalot: The Radio Show – Live on Stage! at Sweet Venues in the Grassmarket.

A BIG thank you to everyone who attended the 2016 show. We had great audiences including a number of "regulars" or "Pumpalites" as we sometimes call them.

The cast of #Fart2016 was Julie Heatherill as Princess Pumpalot, David Mairs as Guffy, Robin Mitchell as Cookie Crumble and The Toilet of Truth as himself.

The Director was Liam Rudden of LRStageworks (who was partaking in his 33rd Edinburgh Fringe) and the Stage Manager was the fantastic Sabina Smith.

The 2016 show was a Cadies Productions/LRStageworks production sponsored by Mandragora Productions and Arcus Animation Studios.

Our colleagues at the Princess Pumpalot site have been having fun and games playing with an APP called Morphy.

Three actors (Niloo-Far Khan, Lindsey Lee Wilson and Julie Heatherill) have played the part of Princess Pumpalot: The Farting Princess since its inception at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2013.

We are thrilled to have David Mairs debuting as Guffy in our NEW production of Princess Pumpalot: The Radio Show - Live on Stage! at Sweet Venues, Apex Grasssmarket (4th to 16th, 20 & 21st August).

David is perhaps best known as a member of top One Direction tribute band - One and Only Direction.

David has appeared in a number of productions including Broadway in the Bar (Inside Out Productions/Arta Glasgow), Songs for a New World (Gillian McLaren Scott/SWG3), Grease (Alan Currie/Hamilton Town House), Sleeping Beauty (Richard Gray/Hamilton Town House, Rutherglen Town Hall) and Prince Niceavia in the 2015 production of Princess Pumpalot: The Farting Princess (Cadies Productions/LRStageworks).

#Fart2016

You know someone is destined to play the part of Princess Pumpalot when the costume fits like a glove. Stepping out of the shadows to play Princess Pumpalot in Princess Pumpalot: The Radio Show — Live On Stage! at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the very talented Julie Heatherill.

Julie graduated with a BA Acting degree from Glasgow’s Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in 2007. After gaining a great deal of professional experience, she went back to pursue her other love in life: dancing. In 2010 she graduated once again, this time gaining her BTEC in Dance and an A in Higher Dance.

Julie recently performed in Starbird, a co-production between Mull Theatre and Toto Tales, a National Tour of Scotland, Highlands and the Islands.

Previous theatre credits include Carnegie (Ian Hammond Brown), Aladdin (Howden Park Theatre), The Little Mermaid (On in Fife), Cinderella (Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh), Silence in Court (Emerald Blue Productions, Edinburgh Fringe), Cross Currents (Telford Dance College, Edinburgh), Beneath You: Spider Girls are Everywhere (Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, National Tour), All’s Well that Ends Well (Arches Theatre, Glasgow/RSC Complete Works Festival).

At the first ever script read-through of Princess Pumpalot: The Farting Princess in 2013, Julie read the part of Princess Pumpalot. It's great she's finally able to play the role, reuniting with Director, Liam Rudden. #Fart2016.

Tickets are NOW on sale for the 2016 Cadies Productions / LRStageworks Edinburgh Festival Fringe production of Princess Pumpalot: The Radio Show - Live on Stage!

The show will be performed at Sweet Venues, Apex Grasssmarket (4th to 16th, 20 & 21st August) at 11.30am. This is a NEW show for 2016 and stars Julie Heatherill, Carole Andrew and Arron Usher. The Director is Liam Rudden.

Get your tickets HERE.

#Fart2016

We are delighted announce that the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe production of our BRAND NEW show, Princess Pumpalot: The Radio Show - Live on Stage!, is to be sponsored by Mandragora Productions and Arcus Animation Studios.

Arcus is a 2D animation studio that creates broadcast animation, promotional videos, video installations, in-house original content and develops new IP. They have enjoyed producing work for the likes of CBBC and E4, partnered with local and national agencies and brought outdoor events to life with spectacular animation based art installations.

Mandragora Productions are a UK based independent production company who work in all aspects of production and development of shorts and feature films, television entertainment, comedy, drama, childrens, corporate & network commercials, training, web design and multimedia.

Having secured the animation rights to Princess Pumpalot, Mandragora and Arcus were keen to support the 2016 show while turning Princess Pumpalot’s world of Wiffyville into an animated series. We shall be using some of the newly created images as projected backdrops in the actual show. #Fart2016.