Although mostly known for their presence at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Gilded Balloon operates year round with a small core of dedicated staff headed up by artistic director, Karen Koren.
| Productions |
| Year |
Production |
Director |
| 2007 |
Chris Cox - Everything Happens for a Reason |
Colin Murray, Richard Lewis, Ben Furness & Chris Cox |
| 2007 |
Puppetry of the Penis |
Tim Fountain |
| 2007 |
Tony Blair the Musical |
Delyth Jones |
| 2007 |
Murray Lachlan Young |
Murray Lachlan Young |
| 2007 |
Modern Cautionary Tales For Children |
Murray Lachlan Young |
| 2007 |
Gordon Southern - Stamp Stamp |
Phil Whelans |
| 2007 |
The Discotivity |
Russell Labey |
| 2007 |
Love Labours Won |
Unspecified |
| 2007 |
Stuart Goldsmith and Jimmy McGhie |
Stuart Goldsmith and Jimmy McGhie |
| 2007 |
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre |
Kev F Sutherland |
| 2007 |
Mutton |
Katie Ellwood |
| 2007 |
Howard and Mimi |
John Kay Steel |
| 2007 |
Goodbye - The After Life Of Cook And Moore |
Michael Eriera |
| 2007 |
Bacchic |
Tamsin Shasha |
| 2007 |
40 Feathered Winks |
The Paper Birds |
| 2007 |
The Sound of Music Drag Show |
Drags Aloud |
| 2007 |
Miracle in Rwanda |
Leslie Lewis Sword |
| 2007 |
The Gently Progressive Behemoth |
Luke Roberts and Nadia Kamil |
| 2007 |
Dead Living |
Jack Productions |
| 2007 |
Stephen K Amos - Weekend Talk Show |
Stephen K Amos |
| 2007 |
The Tommy Sheridan Chat Show |
Tommy Sheridan |
| 2007 |
Unnatural Acts |
David Giles |
| 2006 |
Stephen Grant - Life’s Too Short |
Stephen Grant |
| 2006 |
Pentecostal Wisconsin |
Virginia Scott |
| 2006 |
Emily’s Kitchen |
Tangledfeet |
| 2006 |
Clinically Famous |
Caroline Gold |
| 2006 |
An Audience with Albert Einstein |
Gary Barber |
| 2006 |
Singalong A Showtune with Sister Mary McArthur |
Tim McArthur |
| 2006 |
Shoe Baby |
Polly Dunbar |
| 2006 |
Phil Kay – Gimme Your Left Shoe |
Phil Kay |
| 2006 |
Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom |
Philip Sheppard |
| 2006 |
James Campbell’s The Onomatopoeia Society II |
James Campbell |
| 2006 |
Aladdin |
Burklyn Youth Ballet |
| 2006 |
Twinkle Little Star |
Phillip Meek |
| 2006 |
The Unattended |
Robert Wolstenholme |
| 2006 |
The Pool |
Helen Elizabeth and James Brough |
| 2006 |
The Infant |
Jamie Harper |
| 2006 |
Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 |
Joe Tantalo |
| 2006 |
My Polish Roots (and other vegetables) |
Karola Gajda/Peta Lily |
| 2006 |
Meeting Joe Strummer |
Paul Hodson |
| 2006 |
Love Labours Won |
Rogue Shakespeare Company |
| 2006 |
Grimm Tales |
Carol Ann Duffy |
| 2006 |
Cabin Fever |
Jim Sweeney |
| 2006 |
Between |
Jean Dobie Giebel |
| 2006 |
All Two Girlie |
Andreya Lynham & Charlotte Curtis |
| 2006 |
Adrian Poynton - The New Rock ‘N’ Roll |
Adrian Poynton |
| 2006 |
A Can of Worms |
Jamie Lennox and Louis Waymouth |
| 2006 |
20 Years - And Still In The Pink |
Mervyn Stutter |
| 2006 |
Women with Standards |
Naomi Eyers, Libby O’Donovan, Melissa McCaig & Lee McAllistair |
| 2006 |
Howard Jones – The Acoustic Nights |
Howard Jones |
| 2006 |
Shaken ‘n’ Stirred |
Linda Catalano |
| 2006 |
Beergut 100 |
Bill Bailey, Kevin Eldon, Martin Trenaman & Phil Whelans |
| 2006 |
Too Close To The Sun |
BA Robertson |
| 2006 |
Rain Pryor |
Rain Pryor |
| 2006 |
Best of ‘So You Think You’re Funny?’ |
Gilded Balloon Productions |
| 2006 |
Ben Elton - The Musical |
Toni Arthur-Hay |
| 2006 |
Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden in Gold n’ Decayed – A Century of Songs |
Men in Beige |
| 2006 |
Anthony Menchetti – Ants Pantz |
Anthony Menchetti |
| 2006 |
Andrew Stanley & Damian Clarke – I Dare Ya! |
Andrew Stanley & Damian Clarke |
| 2006 |
Amy Lamé’s Mama Cass Family Singers |
Amy Lamé |
| 2006 |
Allen & Wrigglesworth |
Tom Allen & Tom Wrigglesworth |
| 2006 |
Alun Cochrane - Introducing an Introduction to Alun Cochrane’s Imagination |
Alun Cochrane |
| 2006 |
Corinne Grant - Nice Friendly Lady Hour |
Corinne Grant |
| 2006 |
Just You, Me and the Mountain Goat |
Clint Westwood |
| 2006 |
Charlie Pickering: Auto |
Charlie Pickering |
| 2006 |
Carrie Quinlan: Fear of A Beige Planet |
Carrie Quinlan |
| 2006 |
Geraldine Quinn – Bad Ambassador |
Geraldine Quinn |
| 2006 |
GB Midnight Film Club |
Gilded Balloon Productions |
| 2006 |
Gamarjobat |
Ketch & Hiropon |
| 2006 |
Francis & Power in Deep Dark Cuts |
Anthony Neilson |
| 2006 |
Gordon Southern – The Solutions |
Gordon Southern |
| 2006 |
Grow Up |
The Big Bad Friendly Wolf Explosion |
| 2006 |
Ha Ha Yum! Maeve Does Stand-up while Lilly makes Cakes |
Maeve & Lilly Higgins |
| 2006 |
Happy Hour in It Takes 3 |
Virginia Scott |
| 2006 |
Hils Barker In The Wrong Place |
Hils Barker |
| 2006 |
Inside Cherry Pitz |
Cheryl King |
| 2006 |
Jock Scott and Gareth Sager: Return of the Prodigals |
Jock Scott |
| 2006 |
Karen Dunbar |
Karen Dunbar |
| 2006 |
Karl Spain: Love … Whatever That Means |
Karl Spain |
| 2006 |
Late ‘n’ Live |
Gilded Balloon Productions |
| 2006 |
Kim Hope – Rollercoaster |
Kim Hope |
| 2006 |
My Brother and I Are Porn Stars |
Jackie van Beek and Jonathan Brugh |
| 2006 |
Mixt Nutz |
Dishad Husain |
| 2006 |
Michael Piper: Best Newcomer |
Michael Piper |
| 2006 |
Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of The Fringe |
Mervyn Stutter |
| 2006 |
Lizzie Roper in Peccadillo Circus |
Leisa Rea |
| 2006 |
No-one Has Ever Complained Before |
Logan Murray |
| 2006 |
Nelly Thomas in Family Ties |
Andrea Powell |
| 2006 |
Neil McFarlane: A Distinct Possibility |
Neil McFarlane |
| 2006 |
Phat Cave! |
Mickey D |
| 2006 |
Owen O’Neill is a ***t and so is Seamus Heaney |
Owen O’Neill |
| 2006 |
Otway On Otway – John Otway |
John Otway |
| 2006 |
Oh – Cut Throat Comedy from Claire Hooper! |
Claire Hooper |
| 2006 |
So You Think You’re Funny? |
Gilded Balloon Productions |
| 2006 |
Sarah Coomes in Big Bend National Park |
Sarah Coomes |
| 2006 |
Reggie Watts: Supercomedian |
Reggie Watts |
| 2006 |
Puppetry of the Penis |
David Friend & Simon Morley |
| 2006 |
Punk Science: Know It All? |
Punk Science |
| 2006 |
Phil Kay |
Phil Kay |
| 2006 |
Rain Pryor’s Tribute to her Dad – An MS Benefit |
Rain Pryor |
| 2006 |
Ben Rowe ‘Drawing Your Own Conclusions’ |
Ben Rowe |
| 2006 |
David Letterman’s Showcases |
Gilded Balloon Productions |
| 2006 |
Young, Gifted and Green |
Carol Tobin, Colum McDonnell & John Lynn |
| 2006 |
Tony Law: The Dog of Time |
Tony Law |
| 2006 |
Tony Robinson’s Cunning Night Out |
Tony Robinson |
| 2006 |
Tim Minchin – So Rock |
Tim Minchin |
| 2006 |
Shakespeare’s Passions |
David Owen-Bell |
| 2006 |
Iron Brew |
Roar Productions |
| 2006 |
Know It All |
Punk Science |
| 2006 |
Fahrenheit 451 |
Joe Tantalo |
| 2005 |
Cabaret Decadanse |
Serge Deslauries, Enock Turcotte & Raynald Michaud |
| 2003 |
Diane & Ross - The Awesome Years |
Heather Davies |
| 2002 |
You Couldn't Make It Up |
Patrick Wilde |