Guide
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Peeling PVA in Happier Mache
What makes a sketch group really great is the sense that they’re all on the same page, each of them holding up their end, and that they’re comple... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
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Mike Newall: Get Better Box
Rarely have I seen a more appealing, sweet name for a show. Newall’s 'Get Better Box’ is a shoebox which, as a youngster, he filled with happy me... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
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Gemma Goggin: Double G
Boobs! Amongst other things, they help to sell tickets and many acts have employed a "when in doubt, get 'em out" philosophy when the show isn't doing so wel... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
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Squirrel Party
Squirrel Party is nuts. If ever a show could go from tame to wild, nay, mad in 50 minutes, this one certainly does. Structured as a parody of an 80s kids' TV... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
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Armageddapocalypse: The Explosioning
Anyone who has seen their share of action films or TV series will have some inkling about the standard formula – the clichéd characters, stock s... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
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Movin’ On Up! With Politically Erect
Written by and starring Ben Anderson, Alex Kempton and Sam Jacobsen, sketch group Politically Erect have themselves a very clever, astute and funny group of ... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011
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Screwed All Over Again
Free shows like this are what make the Fringe so much fun. These four comics bounce off one another, whipping through stacks of character-led sketches with a... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
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Catie Wilkins: A Chip Off the Odd Block
By her own admission, Catie Wilkins' voice is dry, detached and easy to mistake as an indication of sarcasm. As she heralds her arrival onstage with one of t... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
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Matthew Highton: Shadowed Vagary
As the room darkens, the lights begin flashing and the War of the World’s soundtrack plays. This is weird. It goes on for what seems like ages, an... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
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Joe Bor: In Search Of The Six Pack
The mysteries of sexual attraction are notoriously difficult to pin down and define. In Search of the Six-Pack is set in motion by a video montage, casting J... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
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Which One's Fergal?
On stage, there is a man wearing an ostentatious hoodie and a baseball cap with ‘Skillz’ sharpied on, talking in a Brummie accent and claiming to... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
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Ester and Son: Happiness
Ester And Son. Esther Rantzen. That slightly lame joke is part of a cunning disguise, intended to make you think you're watching a shambles when you're actua... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
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Caroline Mabey: One Minute Silence
Right from the off, Caroline Mabey wants you to feel part of the show. She greets each of us individually as we enter and welcomes us to her training course,... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
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Abi Roberts: Takes you Up The Aisle
This is a genuinely odd show, and even at the end of it I still wasn’t 100% sure what genre it was. In her fifties-style wedding dress, Roberts narrat... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
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Phill Jupitus: Stand Down
It's a Fringe tradition, seeing a big TV name attempt to 'return to their standup roots' only to die on their hole night after night, leaving their audience ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011