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Glynn Jones
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Glynn Jones has performed in children’s shows, a sketch show and a musical. Quite a variety, #Awkward is his first solo venture into stand up comedy. “Basically this is my first full solo stand up show, all based on and around life’s awkward moments. And by ‘life’s’ I mean ‘my life’s.’ Stand up, comedy songs […]
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Holly Walsh
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Some people have got it. Holly Walsh most definitely does not. But who needs it when you’ve got a Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award and nearly two thousand Nectar points? Holy talks to Martin Walker via email about her latest Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. “It’s called Never Had It – because all my life I’ve […]
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Naomi Carter
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Actor and comedian, Naomi Carter describes herself as both lucky and crazy enough to be doing two shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. She shares a line up with three stand-ups in 4 on Demand and is part of a sketch act called Carter & Ollerton: Won’t Go Quietly. “I know lots of […]
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Laura Ollerton
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Bursting onto this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a potent blend of mutual musings, surreal sketches and extraordinary stories, this energetic duo, Carter and Ollerton, will roast your cockles and beguile you through to midnight. Martin Walker talks to Laura Ollerton about the debut of a double act. “I am one excited half of a […]
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Stephen Frizzle
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Newcastle’s own Stephen ‘Friz’ Frizzle is a comedy musician who performs puns in song form at the piano. Why yes, exactly like Tom Lehrer, Richard Stilgoe, Victoria Wood and Amateur Transplants. But Friz is the youngest, so he has the advantage. His Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, for one performance only, is Harry My Cat Died. […]
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Liam Hourican
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Liam Hourican is a TV personality, impressionist and semi-funny man. He was last seen in a starring role in Channel 4′s Very Important People, playing Gordon Ramsay, Simon Cowell, Simon Bird and many others. Now he’s appearing in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with A Kitchen Nightmare. “It’s a hilarious take on the rom-com genre, except […]
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Oscar Jenkyn-Jones
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Thomas Pocket presents: Me (Oscar Jenkyn-Jones) is the debut solo show from exciting young absurdist Oscar Jenkyn-Jones. An hour-long sashay through moments of unlikely surrealism, impressions of inanimate objects, and silent thinking. This is a whirlwind of acute non-sequiturs; a show-within-a-show. “Oh thanks, ok, I’m up for this. What do you want to know? Oh […]
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Stuart Laws
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Stuart Laws writes and performs sketch and stand-up comedy. Observational and surreal, Stuart is James Acaster’s regular tour support. Martin Walker asks about his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. “I’m now thirty, so it was time to write a show about grown up things, so it’s about why Dunston Checks In is the epicentre for all […]
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Juliette Burton
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014In what promises to be a highly original Edinburgh Festival fringe show, Juliette Burton uses comedy, a power-point presentation, original music and interviews with a wide range of people, to celebrate the diversity of beauty. Martin Walker finds out more. “Look At Me is a docu-comedy all about whether who we appear to be is […]
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Damian Clark
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Aussie boy Damian Clark burst onto the UK comedy circuit in 2012 where his high-octane observational stand up has certainly caused some waves. Before touching down in the UK, Damian made Ireland his home and became a regular feature on Irish TV. You can catch him live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. With his new […]
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Celia Pacquola
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Celia Pacquola has always been obsessed with the future, but planned for none of it. She has, however, planned to return to this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her most revealing stand-up show to date. Tell us about your 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show, Let Me Know How it all Works Out “I’ve always wanted to […]
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Phil Jarvis
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014The future. The mechanised labour force is disenfranchised. Enter A Robot, determined to teach the grimacing machines how to laugh. This stand-up showcase at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe features the best in alternative up-and-coming talent, including the incomparable Malcolm Julian Swan. “It’s not my show. I’m just a lucky guest on Andy Barr and Nathan […]
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Zoe McDonald
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Live from the studios of Forth One this Edinburgh Festival Fringe comes Zoe McDonald, who is suffering from FOMO – The Fear of Missing Out. A Fringe theatre show inside a radio studio, audience members pop on a set of headphones and get exposed to Zoe’s world. “FOMO is a one-woman show. I play myself, […]
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Laurence Clark
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Internationally acclaimed comedian, presenter, actor and writer, Laurence Clark is back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his new stand up show, Moments of Instant Regret, directed by the brilliant Matt Holt. Martin Walker finds out more. “I guess most people will have experienced moments where they’ve said or done the wrong thing and instantly […]
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Sammy J
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Sammy J thought it would be humorous to fly from Melbourne to Edinburgh, perform one show, then fly home. This is that show, Sammy J: Songbook. Known and loved for his catchy, filthy, nerdy musical comedy stylings, Sammy J has stuffed his hand luggage full of his favourite songs, and plans to rock out for […]
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Dave Chawner
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014A full time comic of six years, Dave Chawner is regular MC, opener and warm up act. Now he is preparing a set with Robyn Perkins for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Martin Walker finds out more about what promises to be a deeply personal show. “The name of the show is Over It – Death, […]
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Alexis Wieroniey
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Thirty-one years ago Alexis Wieroniey, was born somewhere in suburban America. She got out, and moved to England, forever. Find out why in her stand-up comedy debut at the Edinburgh Festival. “My show is called An American’s guide to being like, totally British. It’s my solo stand-up comedy debut which tells the tale of me […]
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Eric Davis
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014This Edinburgh Festival Fringe you can once again experience the exquisite monstrosity of Eric Davis’ brilliant creation, Red Bastard. Lines will be crossed and laughs will be had in this interactive feast of biting wit, mischievous improvisation, and physical prowess. “Oh, you’re gonna love it. It’s brand spanking new. With the exception that I’m doing […]
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Gillian Hardie
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Writer/performers Gillian Hardie and Keddy Sutton’s arrival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe follows sell-out performances and five-star reviews for their latest collaboration, Scottie Road the Musical. “It’s named after a famous road in Liverpool and based around the musical Chicago. We deviate hugely from the plot by including inspiration from Les Mis and Evita but […]
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Mathilda Gregory
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014When a prisoner requested Mathilda Gregory’s werewolf erotica novel, a court had to decide whether her work had enough literary merit to be allowed behind bars. Martin Walker caught up with Mathilda by email as she prepares for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “My show, Werewolf Erotica, She Wrote is about my life writing werewolf erotica […]
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Glenn Cosby
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Glenn Cosby loved to cook and bake throughout his childhood and teens, but got distracted when he went to university. He became a teacher and started to bake again, but didn’t really get back into it seriously until Bake Off. “It’s no news that many comics and performers used comedy as a self-defence tactic while […]
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Chelsea Manders
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Chelsea Manders is a mischievous comedic folk singer. This August she will make her Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut with her show Don’t Tell My Dad. “Don’t Tell My Dad is about how I overcame a supportive middle-class upbringing to become the disturbed girl I am today. I guide the audience through the meaning of my […]
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Carl Donnelly
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Carl Donnelly has spent part of the last year travelling around India, and the rest of it going through a divorce, so has plenty to talk about. As Martin Walker finds out, some of what Carl is set to reveal about himself in his latest Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Now That’s What I Carl Donnelly […]
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Dane Baptiste
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Dane Baptiste is known for his distinctive stage persona, his brilliant take on all of life’s irritations and his phenomenal gift to tame some of the most difficult of crowds. This year he makes his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with Citizen Dane. “Citizen Dane is … Disappointment? Anger? Nervousness? Existentialism…? “It’s essentially all that I […]
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Paul Vickers
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 9th, 2014This year, Paul Vickers returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his cabaret creation, Mr Twonkey, in Twonkey’s Private Restaurant. In a piece that contains no spoilers, Martin Walker talks to Paul about making people laugh. “It’s my most accomplished work to date it. I feel I am finding my voice and not just my […]
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