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Posted in August 10th, 2011
The atmosphere is palpable in the packed out theatre as the audience awaits Julian Sands to appear. He walks on stage, confident, and begins to address the audience with stories of his experiences of working with Harold Pinter
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Posted in August 9th, 2011
This is what the Fringe is about, but is it Art? Bryony Kimming’s show is a surreal journey based upon an experiment she performed where she was drunk for 7 days in a clinically controlled set-up with carers minding her throughout the duration.
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Posted in August 8th, 2011
Show stopping pants dropping circus burlesque. From the moment the troupe of 6 men wearing boxers and sleeveless shirts shimmy round the stage pouting in a group fan dance you know you’re in for a riot.
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Posted in August 8th, 2011
All American Girl Margaret Cho is a minor celebrity known for being an openly bi-sexual Korean woman working for Gay Rights in the USA, and probably best known to the greater public for a guest appearance in “Sex and The City”.
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Posted in August 27th, 2009
The lights go out and the band is ghoulishly lit onstage with carnival light-bulb strings and dry ice against a circus striped background.
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Posted in August 27th, 2009
Rich Hall is modern giant in comedy and this is reflected in his ability to fill up the cavernous Music Hall in the Assembly Rooms on George Street.
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Posted in August 26th, 2009
There has been a recent resurgence in the popularity of ventriloquists, what with Terry Fator winning America’s Got Talent.
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Posted in August 25th, 2009
Die Roten Punkte (or The Red Dots as it translates) are a brother and sister band (Otto and Astrid Rot) – she plays the drums and he plays guitar.
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Posted in August 25th, 2009
Chris Cox is an enthusiastic “mind reader” that jokes and quips his way through his show with boyish enthusiasm.
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Posted in August 23rd, 2009
Lighter Than Air is a solo show performed by the clown Danny Schlesinger. He is not a make-up wearing clown of the Ronald McDonald variety however (which is a relief), and instead is faintly comically dressed in a pale blue suit and glasses.
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