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Rich Hardisty Interview
Richard Hardisty: Silly Boy “My aim was to talk about some of the darkest parts of my life but make it as funny and silly and joyous as possible… and from the reactions so far I appear to have succeeded.” Full Interview Richard is appearing at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Tom Skelton Interview
Tom Skelton: 2020 Visions (What if I hadn’t gone blind?) “I was terrified and assumed that I would never do any comedy ever again. In fact, I actually first noticed some blurriness in my central vision at the Edinburgh Fringe, and managed to miss a significant plot detail during an improv gig that absolutely ruined […]
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Tom GK Interview
How to Record the Greatest Album of All Time “If you take the top 10 best selling albums of all time and play them at the same time, it actually sounds quite bad. Play my one as-yet-unrecorded album by itself, in contrast, and I’m confident the effect will be reasonably okay.” Full Interview Tom is […]
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Full Website Launch 1st August 2022
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EdFringe REVIEW: Darius Davies: Don’t Be Shit
Darius Davies: Don’t Be Shit Laughing Horse @ 32 Below Get Tickets Let’s get straight to the point. Darius Davies is a brilliant comedian. In Don’t Be Shit, he presents his greatest hits from the last ten years. It’s the best stand up comedy show I’ve seen this Fringe. God only knows why Davies […]
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EdFringe REVIEW: Zumba Gold
Zumba Gold Pleasance Courtyard Get Tickets Here Zumba Gold is a low intensity dance class designed for beginners and older people. For ten long years, Cathy Campbell has worked as a Zumba Gold dance teacher, twice a week at the local Deenside Leisure Centre. Cathy has unfulfilled dreams. She’s a performer in search of an […]
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EdFringe REVIEW: Magical Bones: Live and Direct
Magical Bones: Live and Direct Underbelly George Square Get Tickets Here The show kicks off with a Britain’s Got Talent montage. I don’t know if BGT finalists are contractually obliged to do this, but it’s unnecessary and falls flat. The audience is either here because of the magician’s acclaimed appearances on the ITV show, or […]
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EdFringe REVIEW: Paul Currie – TEET
Paul Currie – TEET The Hive, Big Cave Get Tickets Here According to Muppet Wiki Paul Currie is a puppeteer, street performer and stand up comedian most notable for playing the lead Muppet, Potto on Sesame Tree, the Sesame Street spin-off that aired on BBC2 and CBeebies in the UK. According to The Skinny, Currie […]
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EdFringe REVIEW: Leo Kearse – Cancel Culture
Leo Kearse – Cancel Culture Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters – Maggie’s Chamber Get Tickets Here When Guto Harri took the knee on GB News, live on air, viewers were so outraged that the presenter was suspended. The fledgling station’s management said that Hari’s actions were “an unacceptable breach of our standards”. So […]
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EdFringe REVIEW: This is Not a Subject For Comedy
This is Not a Subject For Comedy Laughing Horse @ The Counting House Lounge Get Tickets Here “What you have to understand ladies and gentlemen, is that Jerusalem is very important to the Jews. Don’t get me wrong, I know it’s important to other religions as well, but the Muslims, they got Mecca. The Catholics, […]
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