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Lloydie
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 18th, 2014Lloydie is an improviser and writer who has performed with MissImp in Nottingham and The Maydays in Brighton. He has also guest performed at Chinese Menu Comedy in Washington DC and at the Del Close Marathon at the UCB Theatre New York. His latest Edinburgh Festival Fringe offering is Life Deconstructed. “Life Deconstructed is an […]
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Gary Shaw
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 18th, 2014This Edinburgh Festival Fringe you can enjoy four comedians doing their best ten minutes in Now That’s What I Call Stand-Up #1. The show is lovingly MC’ed by stalwart of the London and Home Counties open mic circuits, Gary Shaw. “My show brings together all my favourite things: comedy, MC’ing and laughing at my friends. […]
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Danny Ward
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 18th, 2014Infra Dig is the follow-up to award-winning Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Pressure Point. At last Danny Ward is on the up. He’s escaped living in Auntie Annie’s conservatory, upgraded the T-reg Polo and even bought some red trousers… “It’s a show about pride – and trying to find some. Infra Dig is Latin slang for […]
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Donald Mack
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 18th, 2014This Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Donald Mack will talk about his adventures and challenges whilst seeking to get his audiences to participate and identify their own inner monkey. Is he simply another delusional individual who wanders the streets of Britain and talks to strangers for money? Or is he a comedian who, just happens to be […]
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Barry Ferns
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 18th, 2014For his first solo stand-up hour, Barry Ferns invites you to The Barry Experience. He won the Malcolm Hardee Award last year for distributing realistic but fake copies of the Broadway Baby and Three Weeks reviews sheets, containing five star reviews of his show. What does he have planned for 2014? “The show is a […]
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Patrick Monahan
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014This Edinburgh Festival Fringe you can enjoy a brand new energetically witty and charming family show from Patrick Monahan. Martin Walker chats to everybody’s favourite Irish/Iranian about the show, Adventures in Monahan Land. “It’s a brand new hour of stand-up including a mixture of stories, routines, dancing and hugging. I hug every year but this […]
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Elf Lyons
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014The multitalented Emily-Anne Lyons, or Elf to her friends and fans, is a comedian, writer and director. She created The Secret Comedians and is the co-director of OddFlock. At this year’s Edinburgh Festival fringe she presents her first solo show. “Underground Success is my first full length stand up show, exploring all my favourite things […]
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Sarah-May Philo
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Sarah-May began her career in comedy by getting to the finals of Comedy Central’s Clean Your Act Up in 2010. She took to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe stage shortly afterwards and has since enjoyed sell-out performances every year since then. Martin walker asks via email about her latest Fringe offering. “This show is essentially me […]
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Kathryn Bond
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Kathryn Bond is one half of critically acclaimed duo, That Pair. At this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival however, she’s doing something different with The Kat and Jon Appeal. Apparently it’s been described as funny a combined total of nine times… “It’s an hour I share with comic Jon Pointing. We perform characters, clowns and as […]
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Anil Desai
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014The fast and funny globe-trotting impressionist, Anil Desai, returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with more comedy action, laughable adventures and romance in this mix of stand-up and stories featuring over fifty movie star impressions. “It’s my celebration of movies and their impact on life, and features an all star cast of ‘impersonated’ movie stars! […]
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Eddy Brimson
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Eddy Brimson is a full time stand-up on both the UK and international circuit. He played the first ever Altitude Festival in the French Alps in 2008 and the Sydney Cracker Festival in Australia. Eddy has also taken his comedy to such far flung places as Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain. […]
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Troy Conrad
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Prompter is an ‘info-larious’ new show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from Troy Conrad, who created TVs of Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net. What will the Fringe’s biggest and funniest performers say when their live auto-cue cuts out? Troy explains… “This is a very 3D comedy show. So many comedy dimensions. It works like […]
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Declan Dineen
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Declan Dineen writes scripts and perform tricks. He describes himself as a liar for money – but good lies like romcoms and pro-wrestling. “My show at the Fringe is basically a lark that got out of hand. In January 2013 I had a lazy notion on a Saturday afternoon: ‘Wouldn’t it be fun to try […]
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Lolly Jones
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014This Edinburgh Festival Fringe you can witness Lolly Jones tear in to the internet. It’s a subjective journey set in a seemingly other worldly parliament and virtual friendships strung together with cat-based, satirical jpegs. Evocative, funny and poignant. Lolly is addicted, unpoked and self-flatteringly adrift at sea. “I’m Thinking of Leaving Facebook is an anecdotal […]
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Ben Morgan
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014In its third year running, Austerity Pleasures returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new hour of politics, social satire and leader lampooning, now with an international twist. As the UK tightens its belt, Martin Walker talks to Ben Morgan to find out more about the popular free show. “As the show’s pun title […]
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Jody Kamali
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Jody Kamali is a versatile and fun character comedian, clown, actor, filmmaker and avid traveller. He is a regular face on the alternative comedy and variety circuit in London and the UK. Not a stranger to performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Jody has performed seven shows and is currently working towards his eighth. “My […]
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Adam Belbin
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Tell us about your new Edinburgh Fringe show. “No.” Why did you choose to perform as part of Laughing Horse Free Festival? “‘cos.” How do you describe your comedy to those that might not have seen you before? “Alright.” What advice would you give your seventeen year old self? “Stop.” If you were curating a […]
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Ben Harris
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Ben Harris is a writer on BBC’s Shooting Stars and Have I Got News For You. He says that you don’t want to die without seeing him at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. You probably don’t want to die at all but, there’s not much that can be done about that. “People have been begging […]
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Luke McGibbon
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Want to know how to be attractive to women using fruit? How to explain menstruation to a 12 year old? What your last words should be? How to top any ex you’ve ever had to compete with? It’s all here at Luke McGibbon’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. Sort of. “I get sick of hearing cookie-cutter […]
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Kate Smurthwaite
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Kate Smurthwaite was one of the very first comedians Stand-Up Comedy Editor, Martin Walker, interviewed after joining Broadway Baby in March 2014. As this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe looms, Martin catches up with Kate again to talk about her three Edfringe shows. “I’ve got a brand new feminist atheist political stand-up show. It’s called The […]
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Phil Mann
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Phil Mann is stand-up comedian, actor and writer. As a comic he has performed open-mic, club nights, gong-style competitions and yes, his own hour long shows too. “Every show I’ve ever done gives me a weird headache and leaves me feeling tingly. This show is no different. It’s a stand-up show that involves a lot […]
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Marc Burrows
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Marc Burrows is a stand-up comic, a music writer and a would-be rock star. For his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show he counts down the definitive Ten Best Songs of All Time – no arguments. An autobiography told through bass guitar, bad sex and Britpop. “It’s called The Ten Best Songs Of All Time and that’s […]
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Tommy Rowson
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014At this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the So You Think You’re Funny? Winner 2011 and BBC New Comedy Finalist 2012 Tommy Rowson, presents his debut solo show. Expect tales from Wales and London featuring bordello belles, vagabonds, vagrants, swindlers, bindlers, drunks, drifters, drug dealers and Jesus. “Someone – Rocky Balboa in the film Rocky Balboa […]
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Kevin J
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Having played stages from London to Africa, the winner of the Black Tie Comedy Award’s prestigious Best Newcomer gong, star of MTV’s Comedy Funhouse and BBC Radio 1Xtra, Kevin J makes his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut. But why now? “I have been considering it for a few years and always put it off, which was […]
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Ben Van der Velde
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014According to his website, Ben Van der Velde is a stand-up comedian, actor, improviser and presenter, who has spread joy and nonsense to all four corners of England, as well as the more choice bits of Wales and Scotland… Martin Walker asks about his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Strudelhead. “This is my second solo show […]
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