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With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of Nick Dixon. Nick Dixon is already being hailed as the “Saviour of comedy”. He has appeared on TV’s ‘Comedy Central at the Comedy Store’ twice and smashed both, was chosen by ...

With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of Barry Ferns. Love makes you feel alive, awake, connected and hopeful. This show will do the same. Like love, it’s complicated and often misrepresented. And like love, you will never forget ...

With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of A Very Brexit Musical. This original musical comedy from students of the University of Cambridge weaves patriotic anthems and political satire, as audiences follow the ill-fated story of Cavid Dameron’s referendum. ...

Writer: Ellyn Daniels Reviewer:  Tom Ralphs A great disservice has been done to this show. It’s been placed in the comedy section of the Fringe programme with a wacky photo of performer writer Ellyn Daniels to accompany it. Let’s get this straight from the start, this is not stand-up comedy. It is a frank, brave and, at times, shocking confessional.  It ...

Next up, Naomi Sheldon talks about her show Good Girls  in our annual series of Fringe preview Q & A’s. In one sentence tell us about your show. Good Girl is a frank and funny debut coming-of-age storytelling show which gives a bold look at the darker side of being a good girl and what it means to cut your feelings ...

Next up in our annual series of Fringe preview Q & A’s it’s the turn of Annie McGrath In one sentence tell us about your show. It is a stand-up comedy show set in the year 2017. What made you decide to bring a show this year? I’d have no friends if I stayed in London in August. Any advice ...

Next up in our annual series of Fringe preview Q & A’s, it’s the turn of Alex Kealy. In one sentence tell us about your show. A 27-year-old man whose only job was a year working at a philosophy festival, tries to make sense of the world’s political chaos but with jokes. What made you decide to bring a show ...

It’s that time of year when we launch our annual series of Fringe preview Q & A’s. Sam Dunham talks about his show Curse of the Mummy. In one sentence tell us about your show. Indiana Jones meets The Mummy in an hour of slick, slapstick comic mayhem with songs. What made you decide to bring a show this year?  We ...