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Sunday show hosted by Al Murray moves into BBC Radio 5 live’s Saturday schedule
It was announced today (22 May 2013) that AL MURRAY will return to host the freshly titled, 7 Day Saturday this June on BBC Radio 5
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Due to phenomenal demand RUSSELL HOWARD has added five extra arena dates to his 2014 Wonderbox tour, including shows at London’s O2 and Wembley arenas. Fans can purchase pre-sale Wonderbox tickets at 9am today
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Thursday, 9th May 2013
Avalon announce the full line-up for their 25th year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with the chance to see: limited runs from established and award-winning comics DAVID BADDIEL, JENNY
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RUSSELL HOWARD is set to embark on brand new tour Wonderbox in February 2014, with arena shows across the UK and Ireland and four consecutive nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Wonderbox will be RUSSELL’s
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Hot on the heels of his twice extended 2012 nationwide Craig Campbell Live tour, internationally acclaimed stand-up and master storyteller CRAIG CAMPBELL will once again hit the road this autumn with his brand new
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Star of BBC Two’s sitcom Hebburn, co-starring VIC REEVES, and series regular on Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated CHRIS RAMSEY is set to embark on a brand new 38-date national tour from 9th
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Try and imagine being dead. It's cold and dark and silent. There's nothing. Nothing at all. You can’t see anything, smell anything, taste anything. Also, you're not there. Can you contemplate the total absence of
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Jason Bent is now set to tour alongside Lee Nelson in a brand new live stand-up show. He hit the headlines last month when he found himself on the pitch warming up alongside Manchester City football players. The
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GREG DAVIES is set to extend his critically acclaimed, sell-out tour The Back of my Mum’s Head for the third time with four dates at London’s Southbank Centre, bringing the total number of shows to 75, including
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It was announced today (21 February 2013) that BBC Radio 4 have commissioned a pilot from acclaimed double act Peacock & Gamble. The Peacock & Gamble Emergency Broadcast, made by Avalon Television, will be
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GREG DAVIES is set to extend his critically acclaimed, sell-out tour The Back of my Mum’s Head by a further 23 dates, bringing the total number of shows to 71, including two sold-out dates at London’s
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Internationally acclaimed stand-up CRAIG CAMPBELL will be returning to London’s Bloomsbury Theatre for two final shows from his twice extended, first solo national tour - Craig Campbell Live. The tour has seen
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Following two sell-out shows at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee CHRIS RAMSEY has added a third date at the venue on Sunday 28th April due to popular demand.
How did we get here?
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Following a sell-out date at London’s Southbank Centre, CHRIS ADDISON, star of Academy Award nominated In The Loop, BAFTA Award winning The Thick of It (BBC TWO) and regular panelist on Mock The Week (BBC TWO),
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LEE NELSON, star of BBC Three’s breakout hit comedy series Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show, is set to embark on a brand new 31-date national stand-up tour, following the success of two critically acclaimed sell-out
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CHRIS ADDISON, star of Academy Award nominated In The Loop, BAFTA Award winning The Thick of It (BBC TWO) and regular panelist on Mock The Week (BBC TWO), has extended his critically acclaimed show; The Time Is Now,
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Following his sold-out autumn tour Feeling Lucky, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee CHRIS RAMSEY has added extra dates to his second tour extension at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre on 12th January, Sheffield City
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PAUL F. TOMPKINS, the US stand-up comic whose podcast The Pod F. Tompkast was ranked #1 by Rolling Stone Magazine, will be making his UK debut with Crying and Driving at London’s Soho Theatre for 11 nights in
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Following a successful start to their first ever national tour WitTank (KIERAN BOYD, MARK COOPER-JONES and NAZ OSMANOGLU), the stars of BBC Three’s talent showcase Live at The Electric, have added two London dates
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Following his sell-out autumn tour, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee CHRIS RAMSEY will return to London with a date at The Bloomsbury Theatre on 11th January 2013, and extend his nationwide stand-up tour Feeling Lucky
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Following a successful run at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Comedy Newcomer Award winner, ROISIN CONATY, returns to the Soho Theatre with her brand new show Lifehunter from 6th- 10th November.
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Following a sell-out date at the Hammersmith Apollo, GREG DAVIES, star of BAFTA-winning TV series and hit film The Inbetweeners and new hit BBC Three sitcom Cuckoo, which attracted over a million viewers on its
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Due to overwhelming popular demand further new dates have been added to the already twice-extended nationwide stand-up tour, Lee Nelson Live, bringing the total number of dates to a massive 90, including London’s
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Due to phenomenal demand, US comic ROB DELANEY, who became famous in the USA through the power of Twitter, has added an extra date to his UK run, playing to a further 1028 fans at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on
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"We can't recommend The Horne Section highly enough... a gigantic heap of fun”
Ben Walters, Time Out
Following a third consecutive sell-out run at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, ALEX HORNE and THE HORNE
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It was announced today (Wednesday 26th September 2012), in the first week of his national tour, that AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD will extend The Only Way Is Epic, into spring 2013 by a further 54 dates. This
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Like a battering ram to the funny-bone, WitTank (KIERAN BOYD, MARK COOPER-JONES and NAZ OSMANOGLU), stars of BBC Three’s new talent showcase Live at The Electric are heading off on their first national tour
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RICHARD HERRING, will take to the road this autumn to find out all about about man and his manhood, in this reworking of his smash-hit 2002 show, Talking Cock.
It’s an object of shame and pride; it can inspire
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This autumn PEACOCK & GAMBLE will embark on a national tour with their brand new show - Peacock & Gamble Don’t Even Want to Be on Telly Anyway. The tour follows a full run for the pair at the 2012
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On your marks, get set and go get yourself tickets to the ultimate Olympic themed pub quiz! For three nights only, THE GUV will host a mental pintathlonin the gold medal standard of pub quizzes - all in aid of
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Britain’s favourite pub philosopher, AL MURRAY - THE PUB LANDLORD, will be polishing his brass neck banter in two weeks of special Edinburgh previews, ahead of his brand new 2012 stand-up tour The Only Way is
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Last year’s Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, CHRIS RAMSEY, returns to the Festival with his new stand-up show, Feeling Lucky, following two consecutive sell-out Edinburgh shows and a sell-out UK tour. How did we
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Join Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee CARL DONNELLY Mock the Week (BBC Two), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC Three), Dave’s One Night Stand (Dave) and Stand Up For The Week (Channel 4) as he reads and discusses
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Like a battering ram to the funny-bone, WitTank (KIERAN BOYD, MARK COOPER-JONES and NAZ OSMANOGLU), stars of BBC Three’s new talent showcase Live at The Electric rocket back to the Fringe with a lavish parade of
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BBC Radio 1 DJ and award-winning stand-up comedian TOM DEACON, as seen on The Rob Brydon Show (BBC Two) and Dave’s One Night Stand (DAVE), returns to Edinburgh Festival with brand new show: Deaconator. TOM talks
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The past year has seen RUSSELL become one of comedy’s hottest acts both live and on TV, and he returns to the Fringe this summer with his brand new show Posturing Delivery. The show sees RUSSELL ask: ‘What if
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Edinburgh Comedy Newcomer Award winner 2010 as seen on Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC Three) and Have I Got News For You (BBC One), ROISIN CONATY returns to Edinburgh with her brand new solo show: Lifehunter.
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RICHARD HERRING, “The King of Edinburgh” (The List), returns to the Fringe in his Silver Jubilee year (he first performed here in 1987) to find out all about men and their spam javelins, in this reworking of his
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“Everybody’s favourite comedy nice boys, RAY PEACOCK (crumbs in his beard, idiot) and ED GAMBLE (big muscles, wrote this bit), return with another jam-packed hour of total idiocy and very handsomeness live on
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You can take the boy out of Glastonbury… PAUL McCAFFREY returns to Edinburgh with his brand new solo show Pill ‘n’ Thrills and Bellylaughs. Seeking to emulate bands reforming for classic album tours,
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NAZ OSMANOGLU: Turkish Prince. Stand-up comic. Tragically exiled. With appearances on BBC Three’s Live at The Electric and Russell Howard’s Good News, the hairy one from sketch trio WITTANK returns with
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Either, a “shameless sycophantic sell-out with a jelly spine and a mush mind”, according to one of his listeners, or a “first-class comic”, according to The Guardian. Come and help settle the debate that is
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Edinburgh Comedy Award winner RUSSELL KANE hosts a live special of the hit new BBC Three late-night comedy series Live At The Electric. The show features a different line-up of stand-up, sketch and musical comedy
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DAN ANTOPOLSKI (Triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee), TOM CRAINE (Times Top 5 Edinburgh Show, 2010) and NAT LUURTSEMA (Chortle Award nominee), stars of Live At The Electric (BBC Three) and Sketchorama (BBC Radio
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“If at first you don’t succeed; try, try again!” But if you still don’t succeed, it might not be a bad idea to sit down and have a good think about what it is you’re trying to do. JARLATH REGAN has
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IAIN STIRLING, BAFTA and Chortle Best Newcomer nominee, brings his hotly anticipated, debut stand-up show: Happy to be the Clown? to Edinburgh Festival this year. Ever wondered why your life ended up the way it
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Gathering together the UK’s finest musicians and throwing them on stage with the world’s most exciting comics, ALEX HORNE has created something truly unique: THE HORNE SECTION. This is potent comedy, a heady
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GRÁINNE MAGUIRE brings her brand new solo show Where Are All the Fun Places and Are Lots of People There Having Better Fun? to the Edinburgh Festival this year. Do you always worry that you’re missing out on all
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Join GARETH RICHARDS, Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee, for his brand new show Never been to Disneyland. GARETH’s parents couldn’t afford to take the whole family to Disneyland, so they went without
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Debut comedy show from BBC Radio 4 character comic FRAN MOULDS. Significant Human Error is a show about mistakes and change, told through six hilarious and original characters.
Samantha Powell - welcoming you to a
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ROB DELANEY, who became famous in the USA through the power of Twitter, has sold out his UK debut show at Soho Theatre, making him the fastest selling US performer in the venue’s history. Having built up nearly
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The US and UK hit satirical comedy podcast The Bugle, hosted by JOHN OLIVER (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and ANDY ZALTZMAN (7 Day Sunday on BBC Radio 5 Live) will celebrate its monumental 200th episode this
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Hot on the heels of hosting BBC Three’s brand new hit late-night comedy series, Live at the Electric and co-presenting Britain Unzipped (BBC Three), the multi-award-winning comedian RUSSELL KANE announces a brand
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How did we get here? Elaborately laid plan, or just pure fluke? Who knows… do you feel lucky? Perhaps you should. This autumn Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, CHRIS RAMSEY brings his hugely anticipated new
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With 100 days to go until the festival, Avalon announces their Edinburgh 2012 line-up with a host of award-winning comics, including three Edinburgh Comedy Award winners and four Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees, for
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"This is a really charming and at times poignant one woman show." Fringe Report
"Clear, pure storytelling... I enjoyed every moment." Snipe
HELEN O’BRIEN’s debut solo one-woman show Bronagh’s Big Weekend
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This autumn GREG DAVIES, star of BAFTA-winning TV series and hit film The Inbetweeners, is to embark on a brand new national stand-up tour - The Back of My Mum’s Head. Beginning 3rd October, the 47-date tour will
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Due to overwhelming popular demand LEE NELSON, star of BBC Three’s breakout smash hit comedy series Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show, is extending his nationwide stand-up tour for a second time by a further 27 shows,
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JENNY ECLAIR is back on the road with a brand new stand-up tour Eclairious, following the success of her sell-out 2010 tour, Old Dog, New Tricks, which was extended due to popular demand. The 38 date tour starts on
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ZALTZMAN comes to venues nationwide following storming runs at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe and London’s Soho Theatre with his hit one-man show, Armchair Revolutionary. In a joke-packed show encompassing economic
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BRAND NEW TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR 2012
Broken Britain may be staring into the bottom of an empty pint glass, but don’t lose hope - AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD, is back to fill it up again with a brand new show of
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RUSSELL HOWARD today (Thursday 23rd February) announces a run of very special live shows in aid of charity next month.
Kicking off the run at the Bath Komedia on the 12th March before taking to the stages at
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Following a hugely successful Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a sell-out UK tour it is announced today (17th January 2012) that DAVE GORMAN will extend his stand-up tour, Dave Gorman’s Powerpoint Presentation, by a
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Due to overwhelming popular demand LEE NELSON, star of BBC Three’s breakout smash hit comedy series Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show, is set to extend his nationwide stand-up tour, taking the total number of dates to
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Ho! Ho! Ho! In the words of SLADE, “It’s Christmaaaaaaaaaas”, and to see punters through to the festive season AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD has not one, but two Christmas themed shows this December.
AL
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So asked the insane, Welsh, poet-philosopher, Howard Jones in 1983, but in the intervening 28 years no one has dared to answer his questions? Until now.
Following critical success at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe,
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It was announced today (24th October 2011) that Frank Skinner and Friends - a night of comedy, cabaret and music all on one bill in London’s West End and brought to you by multi-award winning comedian FRANK
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“Manscaping, confirms his status as one of the most stimulating comedians around”
Dominic Maxwell, The Times
"In a terrific show mainly about his love life, Russell Kane‘s routines about The X Factor and
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JOE WILKINSON, star of BBC Three hit comedy Him and Her, is set to embark on brand new stand-up tour; My Mum’s Called Stella and My Dad’s Called Brian. Debuting at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe in
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Avalon is heading to Edinburgh 2011 with a host of award-winning comics, including two Foster’s Comedy Award winners and six Foster’s / Perrier Comedy Award Nominees, for the 23rd Festival Fringe this
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It was announced today (Wednesday 11th May 2011) that DAVE GORMAN will tour a brand new live show, Dave Gorman’s Powerpoint Presentation from September 2011. This time he is part of a double act…. with a
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It was announced today (3rd May, 2011) that RUSSELL HOWARD’S sell-out nationwide arena tour Right Here, Right Now has been extended by a further six dates in Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester, Aberdeen, Glasgow and
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It was announced today (5th April 2011) that CHRIS ADDISON, star of BAFTA-winning comedy The Thick Of It, Oscar nominated feature film In The Loop and Mock the Week regular (BBC TWO), is set to embark on a brand new
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Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and Let’s Dance for Comic Relief finalist RUSSELL KANE has announced a brand new tour for 2011. Manscaping will see the Comedy Rocks regular and ITV2 I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of
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Following the success of his 2010 tour, AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD is to extend Barrel of Fun into spring 2011. From 17th April Barrel of Fun Extra: Classic Hits and New Bits will see THE GUV once again turn his
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Internationally acclaimed stand-up CRAIG CAMPBELL - currently supporting FRANKIE BOYLE on his record breaking 120-date tour and recently seen on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC One) and Russell Howard’s
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Jesus Christ - Son of God! Saviour of mankind! Superstar! RICHARD HERRING - Son of Keith, a retired headmaster! Once saved a spider that had become trapped in his bath, only crushing three of its legs in the
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★★★★★ Mail on Sunday ★★★★★ The Independent ★★★★★ Sunday Telegraph
★★★★★ Chortle ★★★★★ Time Out Live ★★★★★ British Comedy Guide ★★★★★ The Arts
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Who’s the comic with an ear for dialogue and a bod for sin? Damn right it’s triple Perrier Award nominee, Dave Award for Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2009 winner, and veteran Fringe sell-out DAN ANTOPOLSKI who
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Proving that there’s life in the old dog, off JENNY ECLAIR goes again with a brand new stand-up show. Having dug up some fresh new comedy bones, the Perrier Award winner and self-appointed Grumpy Head Girl is
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★★★★★ The Times ★★★★★ Daily Telegraph ★★★★★ The Sunday Times
★★★★★ Mirror Online ★★★★★ Three Weeks ★★★★★ Fest ★★★★★Time Out Live
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ISY SUTTIE, the acclaimed stand-up and British Comedy Awards ‘Best Female Newcomer’ nominee - best known as Peep Show’s Dobby and as star of BBC TWO’s brand new sitcom Whites - is to embark on her first
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Direct from his Edinburgh Fringe run this summer, sharp-witted and down to earth stand-up comic ALUN COCHRANE (as seen on BBC ONE’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Channel 4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats and soon to
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The last year has seen CHRIS RAMSEY, star of last year’s Comedy Zone, support RUSSELL KANE and LEE MACK on tour, appear on Russell Howard’s Good News and sign-up to support AL MURRAY - THE PUB LANDLORD on his
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“A seriously talented young lady.”
Time Out
Earlier this year, ROISIN CONATY received an invite to give a talk to new graduates at her old convent school. After tiring herself with a dance of validation, she
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CHRIS ADDISON, star of BBC TWO’s BAFTA winning comedy The Thick Of It and Oscar nominated film In The Loop, returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time since 2005’s Perrier Award nominated
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This summer sees Chortle Best Newcomer 2008 nominee NAT LUURTSEMA make her Edinburgh Festival Fringe solo show debut with In My Head I’m A Hero, a stand-up comedy show about yearning for crisis and being careful
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Following the critical success of his 2009 solo debut, The Northern Meeting, JIMMY McGHIE returns to the Festival with his second full-hour of confessional, character-filled stand-up. This year he explores his lack
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The Fringe’s longest running stand-up showcase is back for its 20th year with four of the freshest talents on the circuit.
Recognised as the place to catch the best new stand-ups on the Fringe, The Comedy Zone
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Hold on to your cumpkins! One-off performance of the Sony Award nominated comedy podcast starring RICHARD HERRING. An hour of brand new stand up and sketches about the first two weeks of the Edinburgh Fringe,
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GARETH RICHARDS, regular on Frank Skinner’s Absolute Radio Show and star of 2009’s Comedy Zone, brings his debut solo show to the Edinburgh Festival. Performing stand-up between some poignant and genre-defying
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He’s not just a nice guy who does semi-educational comedy shows about mildly eccentric subjects. In his free time, ALEX HORNE is the Taskmaster.
It all started last August when he was at home, looking after a
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Rob Deering’s Beat This, the cult comedy music quiz featuring a quartet of star guests, comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for an exclusive six-night run. Fresh from London’s Leicester Square Theatre -
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GREG DAVIES, one-third of if.comeddie-nominated sketch troupe WE ARE KLANG and star of BAFTA-winning show The Inbetweeners, brings his first solo hour of stand-up to the Fringe with Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog. Can
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Jesus Christ - Son of God! Saviour of mankind! Superstar! RICHARD HERRING - Son of Keith, a retired headmaster! Once saved a spider that had become trapped in his bath, only crushing three of its legs in the
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Following the critical success of last year’s sell-out show, Perrier Award winner LAURA SOLON returns to Edinburgh with The Owl Of Steven, a grown up adventure mystery story inspired by 8 year old Laura Solon’s
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This summer, SADIE HASLER (Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder, ITV1) makes her Edinburgh solo-show debut with an hour of darkly comic characters. Fresh from performing at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and
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Back after sell-out shows in 2008 and 2009, Funny Women Finalists DOMESTIC GODDI return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Wonderland. Get ready for a brand new sketch show from The Herald’s Pick of the Fringe
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Who’s the comic with an ear for dialogue and a bod for sin? Damn right it’s Triple Perrier Award Nominee, veteran Fringe sell-out and Winner of the 2009 Dave Award for Funniest Joke of the Fringe DAN ANTOPOLSKI
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ALEX HORNE, award-winning comedian and star and co-creator (alongside TIM KEY and MARK WATSON) of BBC Four’s comedy quiz show We Need Answers, returns to Edinburgh with his brand new stand-up show, Odds.
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After a critically acclaimed, sell-out 2009 Edinburgh run, triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here Now! presenter RUSSELL KANE returns with Smokescreens & Castles, a
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ALEX HORNE EMBARKS ON QUEST TO BECOME THE WORLD’S OLDEST MAN
This summer ALEX HORNE launches his record breaking attempt to become the world’s oldest man. Over the next few months, ALEX who is currently the
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Avalon is to launch a bill of award-winning comics, including two Perrier Award winners and five if.comedy/Perrier Award nominees, as it returns for its 22nd Festival Fringe this August.
The full line-up features:
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Comedian Al Murray (The Pub Landlord) will be swapping his bar stool
for a drum stool when his band, T-34 appears at The Download Festival
on Sunday 13th June at 6.00pm on The Red Bull Stage.
Al said “I’ve
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It was announced today (23rd March 2010) that RUSSELL HOWARD is to embark on a brand new arena tour, Right Here, Right Now, which will see the comic perform at some of the country’s biggest venues, including the
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CHRIS ADDISON, star of BBC TWO’s BAFTA winning comedy The Thick Of It who recently appeared alongside JAMES GANDOLFINI and PETER CAPALDI in ARMANDO IANNUCCI’S British Comedy Award winning In The Loop, has
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Multi award-winning AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD is back on the road this autumn to roll out his Barrel of Fun, a brand new stand-up tour for 2010. Following the success of last year’s three time extended
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“An evening of Olympic-class whingeing about the state of the world, the collapse of good manners and the general ineptitude of men … Some of the mediations on mortality and the fading of desire could almost
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CHRIS ADDISON, star of BBC TWO’s BAFTA winning comedy The Thick Of It who recently appeared alongside JAMES GANDOLFINI and PETER CAPALDI in ARMANDO IANNUCCI’S British Comedy Award winning In The Loop, is to
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Award winning comedian and star and co-creator (alongside TIM KEY and MARK WATSON) of BBC Four’s comedy quiz show We Need Answers ALEX HORNE is to embark on a 35-date national tour from 15th January 2010.
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In 2009 DAVE GORMAN did two things at the same time. He set out to cycle between the four corners of the British mainland, from south to east to west to north - and, five years after he last toured the UK, do a gig
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In one of the most talked about sell-out shows of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, RICHARD HERRING - creator of previous hits Christ on a Bike, Talking Cock and last year’s critically acclaimed The
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BAFTA-winning stand-up LEE MACK, writer and star of BBC ONE’S hugely popular primetime sitcom Not Going Out (Royal Television Society and Golden Rose award-winner), has extended his brand new stand-up tour due to
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★★★★ The Sunday Times; ★★★★The List; ★★★★ Edinburgh Evening News; ★★★★ Fest; ★★★★ Three Weeks; ★★★★ Fringe Review; ★★★★ The National Student
After a
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Direct from an award-winning Edinburgh run DAN ANTOPOLSKI, triple-Perrier Award nominee and winner of the Dave Award for the Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2009, is to embark on his first national tour. The star of
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As It Occurs To Me is a revolutionary new ten-part weekly stand-up and sketch show written and performed by RICHARD HERRING which will only be available via internet download from iTunes and the British Comedy Guide
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Direct from a totally sold out Edinburgh run, Perrier Award Winner LAURA SOLON (BBC ONE’s Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul, ITV1’s Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder and Radio 4’s Talking and Not
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It was announced today (26th August 2009) that CHRIS ADDISON, star of BBC TWO’s BAFTA winning comedy The Thick Of It who recently appeared alongside JAMES GANDOLFINI and PETER CAPALDI in ARMANDO IANNUCCI’S hit
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2009 National Tour
Sharp-witted stand-up comic ALUN COCHRANE, recognised for his recent TV appearances on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC ONE) and his return as a panellist on popular satirical comedy
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This year DAVE GORMAN decided to go back on the road. And when we say “on the road” we really mean it. Five years after he last toured the UK, August 30th 2009 sees him embarking on a truly unique stand-up
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GREG BEHRENDT - Sex and the City writer and New York Times bestselling co-author of He’s Just Not That Into You - makes his UK debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Love, Sex, Pudding, Death. A prolific
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It was announced today (6th July 2009) that RUSSELL HOWARD is to embark on a 10-date UK-wide arena tour, Big Rooms & Belly Laughs, taking in some of the country’s biggest venues. The tour begins on 11th
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COLIN HOULT - acclaimed writer-performer who recently appeared in Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder (ITV1), and Pete and Dud: Come Again (West End, The Venue / Leicester Square Theatre) - presents his
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After last year’s debut in the prestigious Comedy Zone, star of BBC Switch (BBC TWO, BBC Radio 1 & online) TOM DEACON returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his first solo show Indecisive. Struggling
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JIMMY McGHIE, BBC New Talent and Amused Moose Star Search finalist, embarks on his Edinburgh solo debut. Following on from the critical success of his 2008 split-bill show at the Gilded Balloon, he returns to the
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We’ve all been kids and some of us father them - if you trust the blood-test guy, he was smoking in a lab and his english was poor - but whatever. Wouldn’t it be amazing if someone who wasn’t a bell-end was
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SIMON BRODKIN, acclaimed writer and performer on Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder (ITV1), returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his brand new multi-character comedy show. Hold tight as the
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“Thou art lazier than Columbo’s eye.”
After last year’s acclaimed debut Edinburgh play, RUSSELL KANE’s Fakespeare is back with a brand new bawdy romp in blank verse. Following a hit three-day run at last
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s longest running stand-up showcase is back for its 19th year. Recognised as the place to catch the best new stand-ups on the Fringe, it has helped launched the careers of DAVE
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Perrier Award winning comic LAURA SOLON is to return to Edinburgh with her first live show since her 2005 award winning debut. The acclaimed writer and performer of Talking and Not Talking (BBC Radio 4), Laura, Ben
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Since February 2008, esteemed broadcaster and star of I Love 1983* ANDREW COLLINS has been coming round to the house of scatological comedian, and ‘Percy the Shepherd’ from BBC ONE’s Servants, RICHARD HERRING
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For his 25th Fringe show, RICHARD HERRING - creator of the hit shows Christ on a Bike, Talking Cock and last year’s critically acclaimed The Headmaster’s Son - attempts to reclaim the Hitler ‘tache for
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Get the look… Get the Domestic Goddi look
Back after 2008's hit show, BBC Comedy Award-winner HELEN O’BRIEN and Stage Award-nominee GENEVIEVE SWALLOW show us ‘How To Cope’ the Domestic Goddi way: with
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Following his two previous critically-acclaimed hit solo Edinburgh shows - the most recent of which quite creepily "foretold" the Credit Crunch - DAN ATKINSON has called his new show Death by a Thousand Pricks, and
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The title is spot on. FERGUS CRAIG - winner of the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2009 and star of Channel 4’s hit comedy Star Stories - does indeed still watch Neighbours. In 1988 Scott and Charlene’s
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Star of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords KRISTEN SCHAAL and acclaimed US stand-up KURT BRAUNOHLER had an amazing time in Edinburgh last year. They had so much fun they couldn't wait to come back. But, they forgot
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THE UMBRELLA BIRDS, stars of BBC Radio 4’s The Ladies, return to Edinburgh for a third year with Sketches in a Shop Changing Room. Following the success of their cult hits, WC and Gym, they are back - with a show
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Mickey Dolenz’s mother invented the glue gun!
Cats can’t hear vowels!
Before Foreign Ministers meet David Miliband they are made to sign a document stating they will not try to touch his lovely hair!
These are
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Following the sell-out success of 2008’s critically acclaimed hit Gaping Flaws, and hot on the heels of his acclaimed appearance on BBC1 ONE’s Live at the Apollo, double if.comedy Award nominee RUSSELL KANE is
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Following the critical success of his first national tour, double if.comedy Award-nominee RUSSELL KANE will return to the road for the second time this year with his brand new stand-up show Human Dressage. Known
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It was announced today (10 June 2009) that Perrier Award winning comic LAURA SOLON will have a two-week run at the Soho Theatre this autumn with her first live solo show since her 2005 award-winning debut. The
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Avalon is to launch a bill of award-winning comics, including three Perrier Award winners and three if.comedy/Perrier Award nominees, as it returns for its 21st Festival Fringe this August.
The full line-up
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Grumpy Old Women Live 2: Chin Up Britain, a brand new show from the creators of the touring theatre phenomenon Grumpy Old Women Live, is set to hit UK venues in 2009. The new show sees SUSIE BLAKE (Coronation
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Frank Skinner’s Credit Crunch Cabaret will take up residence in Edinburgh for the Festival Fringe. The hour-and-a-half show will run in the Assembly Rooms from the 14th to 30th August, with extra late shows
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BAFTA-winning stand-up LEE MACK, writer and star of BBC ONE’S hugely popular primetime sitcom Not Going Out (Royal Television Society and Golden Rose award-winner), is to embark on a brand new stand-up tour making
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It was announced today (24 April 2009) that Frank Skinner’s Credit Crunch Cabaret has been extended for a third time. The show resumes its Monday residency at The Lyric Theatre with a 10-date autumn run starting
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It was announced today (22nd April 2009) that brand new show Grumpy Old Women Live 2: Chin Up Britain will tour major UK theatre venues this autumn. The new show will see SUSIE BLAKE (Coronation Street, The
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In 2009, DAVE GORMAN decided to set off on a unique national tour. The intention: to cycle over 1500 miles across Britain in 33 days… with a gig each night. We suppose that explains the title.
But demand for
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Al Murray - The Pub Landlord’s Beautiful British Tour has been extended by an additional 29 dates - taking the national run to over 80 shows, totalling in excess of 220,000 tickets. This is the third time the tour
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It was announced today (30th March 2008) that brand new show Grumpy Old Women Live 2: Chin Up Britain will see SUSIE BLAKE (Coronation Street, The Victoria Wood Show) and WENDI PETERS (Coronation Street, Bad Girls)
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“Tickets for Skinner's cabaret cost a tenner - which is hard to sneeze at, even in the chilly depths of this discontented winter. …Skinner is the ideal compere for this event: a comic everyman and a great
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It was announced today (23rd February 2009) that DAVE GORMAN is going back on the road. And when we say “on the road” we really mean it. Five years after he last toured the UK he’s embarking on a truly unique
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It was announced today (23rd January 2009) that multi-award winning comedian, FRANK SKINNER, is to launch the Credit Crunch Cabaret, offering audiences the chance to see acclaimed comics, West End performers and
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Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, RICHARD HERRING is to tour his critically-acclaimed show The Headmaster’s Son during 2009. The 39-date tour begins with a two-week run at London’s The
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Perrier Award nominee ALEX HORNE is to embark on a 32-date national tour from 1st February 2009. Birdwatching, which played to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, sees ALEX tackle a subject that
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Double if.comedy Award nominee and host of BBC Radio 2’s Out To Lunch RUSSELL KANE is to embark on his first national tour. Following the sell-out success of his critically acclaimed stand-up show Gaping Flaws -
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RUSSELL HOWARD, star of BBC TWO’s Mock The Week, will return to venues across the UK this year as he embarks on a 60-date national tour with his new show, Dingledodies. The if.comedy and Barry Award nominee will
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Multi award-winning AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD is to embark on a spring 2009 tour - making over 65,000 tickets available across 32-dates in the UK & Ireland. Following the critical success of hit primetime
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