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Jennifer Jordan on 3 Minutes Inside My Brain

Admin2 months ago2 months ago

Playing at this year’s Brighton Fringe, 3 Minutes Inside My Brain is a whistle-stop tour through the fascinating, exuberant and…

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Mike Rice: Nasty Character (Digital release) ★★★★☆

Admin3 months ago3 months ago

‘It’s a great time for nasty men…’ Mike Rice says in the opening segment of his hour-long comedy special, recorded…

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Garrett Millerick: Just Trying to Help Review (Digital release) ★★☆☆☆

Jim Keaveney4 months ago4 months ago

Jim Keaveney reviews the digital release of Garrett Millerick’s stand-up special, Just Trying to Help

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Alison Larkin on Grief… A Comedy / Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Jim Keaveney10 months ago10 months ago

The English-American writer/comedian returns to the UK with the world premiere of this ‘improbably funny, life-affirming, bright bauble of a…

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Aidan Sadler on Melody and Big Gay After Party / Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Jim Keaveney10 months ago10 months ago

Join award-winning, absolute tornado of a cabaret star Aidan Sadler as they springboard through the top steps to surviving the…

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Tegan Verheul on Chokeslam / Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Jim Keaveney10 months ago10 months ago

Part confessional, part exuberant oral history of sports entertainment’s greatest matches and most loved characters. Acclaimed comedian Tegan Verheul leaves…

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Ollie Horn on Comedy for Toxic People (and their friends) / Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Jim Keaveney10 months ago10 months ago

Since starting stand-up comedy in 2014, Ollie Horn has toured to over 25 countries as a headline act. His 2019…

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Chelsea Birkby on This Is Life, Cheeky Cheeky / Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Jim Keaveney10 months ago10 months ago

Following her highly acclaimed debut at Edinburgh, No More Mr Nice Chelsea, in 2022 and a sell-out Soho Theatre transfer,…

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Mustafa Algiyadi: Almost Legal Alien review – Just the Tonic Nucleus, Edinburgh ★★★☆☆

Jim Keaveney10 months ago10 months ago

The turnout for Mustafa Algiyadi’s hour-long show Almost Legal Alien is admittedly not the largest but he seems happy to…

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Andrew Doherty: Gay Witch Sex Cult review – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh ★★★★☆

Jim Keaveney10 months ago10 months ago

Do you want to know about the Gay Witch Sex Cult? Estate agent Kaelan – comedian Andrew Doherty – is…

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