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Craig Hill: 40 Love...?
If you ever find yourself wandering into a Craig Hill show, here’s a tip: don’t bother avoiding the front row. Nobody is safe from the ultra-camp... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Robin Ince: Bleeding-Heart Liberal
The angry, lefty, very pre-97 politics that pour forth in Robin Ince’s meandering show make it hard to believe that this bitter cynic has only just hit... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Lady Garden 2009 Review
Looking through the back-catalogue of press for Ladygarden, it becomes clear that this all-female sketch comedy troupe demand, for once, an unpatronising, un... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Jason Byrne: The Byrne Supremacy
Credit where it's due: Jason Byrne has a massive queue. 840 people long, to be precise. He also has one of the most ill-conceived, out of place, shoddily per... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Paul Zerdin
From Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion to Keith Harris and Orville the Duck, the British have always had a curious fascination with ventriloquism. There is, it s... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Des Bishop: Desfunctional
It's useful being from two places at once. Des Bishop was born in America, so he gets away with being sentimental in a way other comics can't. And he's lived... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009
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Rich Hall
Best known on these shores as a deadpan and mostly taciturn presence on a million and one British panel shows, Rich Hall has been coming to the Fringe for ye... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Who Steals Umbrellas?
It would appear in Edinburgh, everyone is willing to steal an umbrella if the mood is upon them! Who are these heartless brutes who would do such a wicked th... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Ava Vidal: Remember, Remember the 4th of November
Carving out a niche for oneself as a minority voice in stand-up can't be an easy task. Ava Vidal is one of the scene's very, very few black women and as such... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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It’s been a good week but it has not involved enough sleep. My girlfriend Corry is producer of Mark Watson’s last ever 24 hour show that started ... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Barry & Stuart: Powered By Demons
<!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> As the audience assembles, Barry and Stuart sit at a corner... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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JoJo Sutherland Stands Up For Herself
JoJo Sutherland has more than a few tales to tell in her stand-up routine. She grew up in a castle, her father was a WWII veteran and a celebrate... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Four Quarters
Contemporary dance is often seen as a murky art form, dense with pretensions and grand but clandestine themes. In the opening moments of Four Quarters, Isobe... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Ed: The Musical
A stockbroker in need of a heart transplant and a rock star who needs a liver transplant meet in hospital. “Sounds like the start of a fabulous joke,&r... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Art House
Art House tells the tale of a superlative artist who, in true maverick fashion, fakes her own death so that she may reap the posthumous acclaim guaranteed by... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009