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Ahir Shah
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014In 2014, Ahir Shah has performed a solo run at London’s Soho Theatre and won the award for Best Show at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival. Using lyrical language, emotional frankness and funny jokes, the alternative comedian presents Texture at the year’s Edinburgh Festival fringe. “Texture is a stand-up show about moving house, romance, perception, drinking, […]
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James Veitch
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014In James Veitch’s 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show, The Fundamental Interconnectedness of Everyone with an Internet Connection, he investigates scam emails, distant princes, unclaimed inheritance and close friends marooned in a foreign country. Standard procedure is to delete on sight, but what happens if you reply? “I’ve spent the past year responding to as many scam […]
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Cal Wilson
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014A diverse and prolific character comedian, Cal Wilson bounces between Australia and New Zealand. This Edinburgh Festival fringe you can see who she might have been if she’d made different decisions… Like become a surgeon. Or a poet. Or a dude. It Could Have Been Me. “It’s a mix of stand up and characters, and […]
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Alex McAleer
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Mentalist, mind-magician or psychological-illusionist – call him what you will, Alex McAleer reads minds. At this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Alex reveals strangers’ secrets, demonstrates why you should never play cards with him and teaches one lucky member of the audience how to read minds. “My show, Alex the Mind Reader is a fun, interactive […]
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Alistair Green
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014At this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, acclaimed stand-up Alistair Green spends an hour on stage ranting, moaning and generally talking about everything he thinks is wrong with the world, including his own pitiful shortcomings as a human being. Martin Walker speaks to the long suffering comedian about his show, Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm. “It’s a […]
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Dan Clark
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Best known as Don Danbury from BBC3’s cult hit sitcom How Not To Live Your Life and Johnny Two Hats from The Mighty Boosh, Dan Clark is back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after a few busy years away. Martin Walker asks about Me, My Selfie & I. “Hmm. The old ‘self your show’ question. […]
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Pippa Evans
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Character comic Pippa Evans first made a splash on the comedy scene with an incredibly successful debut Edinburgh show in 2008, when she was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Best Newcomer Award. She returns to the Fringe this year with a show… about being Pippa. “Does anybody really know who they are? I spend most […]
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Devvo
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014YouTuber Devvo is Darren Devonshire, an English working class youth. This year he returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “This is my second full Edinburgh and I’m proper excited about it. You guys came down last time and gave me four stars. You sent a very pretty lady and I would like her to come […]
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Gareth Cooper
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014The former member of the Delete the Banjax sketch group, Gareth Cooper, returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to share an hour of stand-up comedy with Dan Cook. “It’s a split hour between an idiot – Dan – and a dork – me. Dan will be attempting a sketch show of sorts and I’ll be […]
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George Rowe
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year you can experience a trio of stand-ups and musicians make tracks with you, the audience, for the next pop sensation, Mr. Kirby. We’re promised beats, art, stories, loops, samples and gags. “Who is Mr. Kirby? Is a largely improvised comedy show where two musicians hope to create an […]
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James Dowdeswell
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014James Dowdeswell jokes about booze. The ultimate happy hour. Why are ales crafty? Why do girls taste better than boys? What’s wrong with a sideways glance at merlot? What’s it like to grow up in a West Country pub? Find out at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe with James’ new show, Wine, Ale and I. […]
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James Meehan
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014James Meehan and Will Duggan are friends who also happen to be stand-up comedians. At this year’s Edinburgh Festival fringe, you can watch them do thirty minutes of stand-up comedy each, as they prepare for their future debut hour long solo shows, when they can finally stop working together. “I worked with Laughing Horse last […]
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Dan Willis
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014At the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Dan Willis performed six one hour shows a day for a month, repeating no jokes, breaking comedy world records and cementing himself as the single most experienced festival act in history. “This year, not only am I saving the world, but I’m also educating one side of the world […]
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Jay Islaam
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Edinburgh Festival Fringe goers can enjoy a live recording of a daily podcast in a showcase of comedy, sketches, spoken word, music and variety acts from the Fringe. Martin Walker talks to PodComedy host Jay Islaam, about his own controversial show, which has been banned in some venues in the UK. “It’s called Racist Joke […]
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Jennifer Belander
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Jennifer Belander’s 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe offering, is MommAutism, a one-woman show about raising a son with autism. She created the show to highlight issues most parents of autistic children have to deal with, whilst having a good laugh about the whole experience. “The show is what I like to refer to as subversively educational… […]
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Demi Lardner
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Award winning Australian comedian, Demi Lardner, describes herself as a writer and jungle cat fighter. According to her website she grew up in constant fear of birds. Her first stage appearance was at age sixteen and she’s never looked back. Martin Walker asks about her 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show, Birds With Human Lips. “Birds With […]
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Lucy Fennell
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014This Edinburgh Festival fringe you can join SmART Attack on a whimsical trip through 90s kids’ make and do TV shows! Grab your glitter glue, toilet roll tubes and PVA as they use retro craft to bring you something a bit different. We’re promised fast-paced character and sketch comedy with a heart. Lucy Fennell explains… […]
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Sarah Campbell
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Have you been mis-sold PPI? Sarah Campbell hasn’t either and her friend got seven grand! This Edinburgh Festival Fringe you can join Sarah for an hour of mind-blowing stand-up. Martin Walker interrupts her writing the impressions show, Dead Ringers, to ask about her latest Fringe offering. “It’s called Don’t Worry Guys It’s Sarah Campbell. It’s […]
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Lizzy Mace
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014In July and August last year Lizzy Mace spent six weeks studying improvisation and sketch comedy at the legendary Second City Training Center in Chicago. She then teamed up with award-nominated director Logan Murray to devise her new character-based solo show. Which brings us to this August and her two shows at the Edinburgh Festival […]
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Rob Pybus
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014A graduate of Brighton University with a degree in Illustration, Rob Pybus works freelance in many areas of graphic design, animation and storyboarding. In 2014 he presents The Living Cartoon – a unique comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “The Living Cartoon is about propelling the audience through a vivid and unforgettable experience. Projected […]
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Deborah Frances-White
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Comedian Deborah Frances-White was adopted as a new-born baby. This Edinburgh Festival fringe she presents the true story of her search for her biological family, Half a Can of Worms. “It’s a true story about finding my biological family, having been adopted as a new born baby. In October 2012 I stumbled across some information […]
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Brent Weinbach
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014According to his website, Brent Weinbach’s stand-up comedy is weird and stupid and visual and post-modern and random… plus he has a t-shirt with his name and his face on it. Martin Walker asked about his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Appealing to the Mainstream. “Appealing to the Mainstream is about a weird man named Brent […]
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Sara Pascoe
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Everything that has happened to us shapes who we are today… does free will even exist? Who knows? Sara Pascoe is at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Sara Pascoe vs History. “My new show is an examination of the evolutionary and emotional history of relationships. Pair bonding and baby making and jealousy and things like […]
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Ian Hall
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Edinburgh Festival fringe show, An Hour of Ian was the winner at this year’s Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival. Bereft of an exciting name or personality, Ian Hall dreams of being called ‘a real character’ but really just pretends to be a plethora of people he made out of his brain. “An Hour of Ian is […]
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Robyn Perkins
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Robyn Perkins has been performing stand-up for almost three years. She is renowned for her friendly, chatty style and delivering an honest and entertaining depiction of her life through her comedy. Martin Walker asks Robyn about her Edinburgh Fringe show. “Over It – Death, Anorexia & Other Funny Things is a show that explores taboo […]
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