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Archive for the 'Stand Up' Category

Ed Fringe 2010: Charlyne Yi, Dances on the Moon – Assembly @ George Street

Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½ I love stand-up comedy, but then again I don’t think I know anybody who doesn’t enjoy a good laugh, I also enjoy having to go away and think through things that I have heard, or to be touched by something quite profound that it can change the way you percept things [...]

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Ed Fringe 2010: Sex Idiot – Zoo Roxy

Writer/Performer: Bryony Kimmings Reviewer: Stephanie Walls The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★½☆ How to start a review about a show where we see a pair of scissors, a tea cup and a bottle of Jack Daniels passed around for the sole purpose of collecting audience members pubic hair? Hmmm. As you can see – this was certainly a very [...]

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Ed Fringe 2010: Patrick Monahan, I walked, I danced, Iran – Gilded Balloon, Wine Bar

Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½ It is without a doubt that Monahan’s rise to fame has come through hard work, rather than luck. Paying the bills by being ITV London’s regular warm up comedian led to many appearances on The Paul O’Grady Show and The 5 O’clock Show and it is through these avenues and 8 [...]

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Ed Fringe 2010: McNeil & Pamphilon: Addicted to Danger -Pleasance Dome

Reviewer: Elizabeth Vile The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★½☆ The comedy duo of Steve McNeil & Sam Pamphilon have created, with the assistance of Rachel Stubbings, a fast paced, off the wall, sketch show. It has something for everyone, from sketches based on tv shows, topical news stories and their own experiences, to sections of stand up with some good [...]

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Ed Fringe 2010: Hardeep Sing Kohil – Chat Masala, Gilded Balloon, Teviot

Reviewer: Elizabeth Vile The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★★ If you love curling up on the sofa late in the afternoon and watching the chat shows on television then this show will be perfect for you. Hardeep Sing Kohil’s show is a well balanced blend of comedy, interview, music and of course cooking. It would make an enjoyable television programme [...]

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Ed Fringe 2010: Toby Hadoke: Now I Know My BBC – Underbelly, Belly Laugh

Writer: Toby Hadoke Reviewer: Stephanie Walls The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★☆☆ Toby Hadoke’s Now I Know My BBC is the follow up to his critically acclaimed show Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf. We spend an hour with Hadoke as he gently explores and reminds us of various BBC Shows from his childhood and beyond. We see Hadoke question, [...]

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Ed Fringe 2010: Frisky & Mannish: The College Years – Underbelly, Belly Dancer

Writer: Laura Corcoran & Matthew Jones Reviewer: Stephanie Walls The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★★ Is it okay to fill the word limit of a review by repeating the following words over and over? AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING! I LOVED THEM I LOVED THEM I LOVED THEM! No? Oh okay. That’s alright as there really is so much more to [...]

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Ed Fringe 2010: Cabaret Whore Encore – Laughing Horse Free Fringe: The Three Sisters

Writer: Sarah Louise Young Music: Michael Roulston Reviewer: Stephanie Walls The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★★ I have to admit – when I first heard I was going to review a female comedian at the Free Fringe I was a little sceptical. As someone who has worked on and explored the comedy circuit as a girl and a comedian [...]

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