Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
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Jon and Nath
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 30th, 2017Jon & Nath Like To Party is sketch comedy with the pace of The Fast Show and the very real slapstick of Bottom. We fired over a Q&A to Jon Levene and Nathan Lang to get more info. Hi guys, tell me about your show. A mischievous new sketch comedy show from two best friends […]
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Graham Dickson
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 30th, 2017Graham Dickson is The Narcissist is described as a meta-theatrical mind-fuck of a character show about an egomaniac called Graham Dickson. We fired over a Q&A to get more info. Hi Graham, tell me about your show. The show charts the efforts of an egocentric actor and his well-meaning director as they attempt to adapt […]
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Elf Lyons
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 30th, 2017Graduate of L’Ecole Philippe Gaulier, Elf Lyons is returning to Edinburgh with a brand-new clown show. We fired over a Q&A to get more info. Hi Elf, tell me about your show. Swan is a very, fun, silly, show. It has lots of unnecessary props in it and is a direct response to my dad’s […]
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Denim
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 30th, 2017Denim: World Tour is a girl band pop tour designed for Wembley, performed by drag queens in a Fringe venue. We fired over a Q&A to get more info. Hi ladies, tell me about your show. Five queens. 80,000 people in the audience. An epic live singing pop performance. And the tragic backstories that got […]
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Ed Night
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 30th, 2017Ed Night’s debut hour long Edinburgh Festival Fringe show is called Anthem for Doomed Youth. It’s a comedy show about Ed’s depression.We fired over a Q&A to get more info. Hi Ed, tell me about your show. It’s a show about loads of stuff. It’s not done yet so what it’ll end up being about […]
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John-Luke Roberts
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 30th, 2017John-Luke Roberts: Look On My Works, Ye Mighty, And Despair! (all in caps.) is an hour of extraordinary character comedy. We fired over a Q&A to get more info. It’s an hour of clowning, character comedy, stand-up comedy, absurd ideas, actual jokes and a floating intergalactic head. There’s a bee in it, and a pirate. […]
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Naomi Sheldon
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 30th, 2017Good Girl is a frank and funny debut storytelling show from Naomi Sheldon. A bold look at the darker side of being a good girl. Welcome to the 90s, where the only sex education is Madonna.We fired over a Q&A to get more info. Hi Naomi, tell me about your show. Good Girl is a […]
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Nick Cody
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 30th, 2017On Fire is hilarious, actual stand up, from a bearded Aussie bloke who will be your best mate by the end of the hour. Hi Nick, tell me about your show. It’s a stand-up show about the fun, simple things in life. For example, my recent wedding, my honeymoon in Vietnam, my deep desire to […]
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Myra DuBois
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 30th, 2017The self-declared Siren from South Yorkshire stands trial seeking redemption from you, her adoring audience. She’ll tell you herself, ‘the devil made me do it!’ Do what? We wanted to know more. Hi Myra, tell me about your show. DuBois Entendre is an hour with ME, and what more do you want? I’ll be regaling […]
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Mark Nelson
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 30th, 2017Mark Nelson writes, “Irreverence is a man onstage trying to be funny as he can for an hour. No gimmicks, no lessons. Just a man, a mic and jokes.” We fired over a Q&A to get more info. Hi Mark, tell me about your show. My show is a deep introspective examination of the relationship […]
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Luca Cupani
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 30th, 2017Luca Cupani writes: “It’s me! is my fourth solo show, in which I look for an answer to a crucial question: who am I?” We fired over a Q&A to get more info. Hi Luca, Who are you? Well… in order to answer this key question, I use science, religion and astrology. And I also […]
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Mark Forward
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 30th, 2017Mark returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new show filled with everything that he hopes will help him win all the awards. Death, bees, death, puppets, death, and bears in heaven. We fired over a Q&A to get more info. Hi Mark, tell me about your show, Mark Forward Wins All the Awards […]
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Andrew O’Neill
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 29th, 2017Andrew O’Neill is an award-winning comedian off the telly and radio, who happens to dabble in the occult. We dared to ask him about his free Edinburgh show, Andrew O’Neill’s Black Magick Fun Hour. Hi Andrew. What happens when you drop acid and invoke Mercury, the trickster god of the spoken word? You go mental, […]
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Alex Oliver
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 29th, 2017Alpha Child is critique of Alex Oliver as a person with a few complaints about bungalows thrown in for good measure. Alex tells us more. It’s me trying to work out who I am, why I am and what we can do about it. It’s just a meandering examination of my life so far, the […]
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Michael Porter
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 27th, 2017Apparently, the Galway Tribune said that “Love & Brain Damage is so tragically funny it’s almost artistic.” The show isn’t listed in the Fringe brochure, or anywhere else. It may not even exist… But Michael seems very nice and we just had to find out more. Hi Michael, tell me about your show, Love & […]
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Shelf
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 27th, 2017Shelf: Boys is a comedy show where double act Shelf explore gender, sexuality and mental health with sketches, songs and a boyband. Hi Rachel and Ruby, tell me more about your new show. Boys is Shelf’s first show to be named, or gendered, and takes an honest approach to gender, sexuality and mental health. A […]
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Ken Cheng
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 27th, 2017Ex-Cambridge dropout and professional poker player Ken Cheng applies his mathematical brain to comedy in Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian. We fired over a Q&A. Hi Ken. Tell me about your Edinburgh show. It’s mostly about me using my mathematical analytical way of thinking to break down things, mostly words and phrases, to try to make […]
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Jonny Awsum
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 27th, 2017Jonny foolishly promised his daughter that he’d play live on stage at the O2 Arena. It wasn’t as easy as he hoped! Hi Jonny, tell me about your show. I promised my daughter I’d play live on stage at the O2. Did I do it? Come along and find out in this true tale packed […]
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Manic Pixie Dream Girls
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 27th, 2017Manic Pixie Dream Girls is the antidote to pale stale male comedy. A fuck you to crusty chauvinism. It’s pure undiluted joy, and ALL of y’all are invited… This is what they had to say… Hey Manic Pixie Dream Girls, tell me about your Edinburgh doings. Manic Pixie Dream Girls is the show your grandmother […]
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Sam and Tom
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 27th, 2017Sam & Tom just want to perform Unrectifiable, but a silly game goes awry when spirits from a wormhole invade their bodies and ruin the fun! OMG! Hi Sam & Tom. Tell me about your show, Unrectifiable The Two Ronnies, Ant & Dec, Cannon & Ball: There is a grand lineage of double acts in […]
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Patrick Turpin
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 27th, 2017It says here that, Patrick Turpin – Itty Bitty Little Titty Piece is a show about being a frothy emotional wetbag in a modern world, that gets derailed by grief. We just had to learn more. Hi Patrick, tell me about your Edinburgh show. Well I lost two close family members in January. What was […]
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Rhapsodes
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 27th, 2017Rhapsodes is billed as a ground-breaking, unique improvised Shakespeare show, inspired by the bardic competitions of the ancient Athenian festivals. We fired a Q&A off to its co-star and co-creator of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical , Sean McCann. Me and Adam Megiddo will create an authentically Shakespearean masterpiece on the spot out of audience suggestions. […]
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Rob Oldham
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 27th, 2017Rob Oldham’s Brink is a stand-up show about family, politics, and growing up. There are also two jokes about bums. Our appetite wetted, we asked Rob a bunch of questions. Hi Rob. Tell me about Brink. Brink has been written over the last year after I moved back to London. It looks a lot at […]
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Paula Valluerca
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 27th, 2017Bob’s BlundaBus hosts the show Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day! in which Paula Valluerca attempts to create a show from scratch for 25 nights. We fired a Q&A over to the crazy clown. Hi Paula, what’s this all about? This is an attempt to create a show from scratch using the audience […]
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Charlie V Martin
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 27th, 2017Dante’s History of the Banished is a comedy show about exile. Historical characters are reimagined in a solo debut from Charlie V. Martin. We fired a Q&A over to the enigmatic Charlie. Hi Charlie. Tell me about Dante’s History of the Banished. I play famous characters from history and literature who have been banished. The […]
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