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The Dullest Blog: Comedy ramblings to inspire the most tedious moment of your week
Underdogs When The Skinny asked me to write about underdogs, it struck me that the term is a particularly British concept. Look the word up in Italian... Read more »| 03 Nov 2009 -
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The Dullest Blog: Comedy ramblings to inspire the most tedious minute of your week
When looking at the odds made up by my comedy colleagues for the last two Scottish Comedian of the Year Finals, my heart has sank as I’ve been joint fa... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
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The Dullest Blog: Comedy ramblings to inspire the dullest moments of your week
Back to School No sooner had I read this month's theme, it started. All my repressed memories of my school days started popping like giant acne in my brain.... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
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The Dullest Blog: Comedy ramblings to inspire the dullest moments of your week
The Dullest Blog has taken a couple of weeks' break whilst the comedians of this great country recover their livers from the Fringe. But we're Back to School... Read more »| 15 Sep 2009 -
Festivals
Fringe Theatre Review Round-up
2009 saw the Lecoq-trained Half-Wit Theatre's first Fringe performance. And what a debut. In First Class, they bring a wonderful explosion of physical theatr... Read more »| 07 Sep 2009 -
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The Dullest Blog: Comedy ramblings to inspire the dullest moments of your week
Edinburgh is without doubt the world's greatest festival. But it is a marathon rather than a sprint. Last week, every other show at my venue had a night off,... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009
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The Dullest Blog: comedy ramblings to inspire the most tedious minute of your week
On one particular day this Fringe, a girl called Geraldine was dobbed in by her friend because she made four different types of cake in one day. This may not... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
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I think one man got a little bit confused by the term festival today; he turned up to a performance I’m in called “The Hotel” wearing... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
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The Dullest Blog: Comedy ramblings to inspire the dullest moments of your week
'Oh my god he's almost semi famous' screams a young Scot at Sean Hughes, this is then followed by someone else shouting 'Sean! He's my f@*king idol'. It's th... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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The Dullest Blog: Comedy ramblings to inspire the dullest moments of your week
It has been an interesting experience at this Fringe Festival for a debut antipodean performer like myself. I’ve been spellbound, swarmed and attacked.... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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The Dullest Blog: Comedy ramblings to inspire the dullest moments of your week
11 Things the List Operators have learnt about Edinburgh: 1. Newtown is old. 2. Hen parties can strip the meat off a Chippendale is less than 5 minutes. 3... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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The Dullest Blog: Comedy ramblings to inspire the dullest moments of your week
"Today my dipshittery has reached an all time high. Most days I am quite comfortable with the fact that I don't drink but sometimes my behaviour would be far... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
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The Dullest Blog: Comedy ramblings to inspire the dullest moments of your week
Last year, when I came to Edinburgh, I struck up a friendship with Nadira Murray who was at the Fringe with her one woman show 'The British Ambassador's Bell... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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The Dullest Blog: Comedy ramblings to inspire the dullest moments of your week
I am an Edinburgh Festival virgin. It is so different from the festivals from my youth. My home town’s festival is the annual Riding of the Marches whi... Read more »| 17 Aug 2009 -
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The Dullest Blog: Comedy ramblings to inspire the dullest moments of your week
The festival is a jolly time. Why would anyone ever dare to think otherwise? You can convince yourself that you are busy if you are only working for a total ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009