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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 Chris Turner on his show We’re Where We Were. I’m almost certain that no other show will give you: Free bananas. Two mind-searing freestyle raps. A new perspective on little forks. The ...

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 Jacqueline Novak. My show pedals ideas I find freeing: that penises are feminine, blow-jobs can be spiritual act, and verbal crutches are a sign of greatness. In a dazzling display of ...

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 James Dangerfield on his show When You Fall Down: The Buster Keaton Story. Through slapstick, songs and soft shoe shuffle, follow the triumphs and trials of silent star Buster Keaton making ...

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 Norris & Parker on Burn the Witch. Debauched late-night sketch comedy for lovers of the strange, the sordid, the musical and the dark. Burn the Witch features sex witches, penis cliffs, ...

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 Rebecca Shorrocks & Paul F. Taylor on Young at Start.  Married sketch duo Short (Rebecca Shorrocks) & Curly (Paul F. Taylor) return to the Fringe with another mad cap high octane hour ...

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 Micky Overman on her show Role Model. This show chronicles my relationships with my ex-boyfriends, my family, and the teenage girl I nanny for. It's basically a bunch of pretty dumb ...

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 Catherine Bohart. This is my debut show and it’s about being the bisexual daughter of a Catholic deacon and having OCD. My show is about figuring out all those identities and ...

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 Evelyn Mok on her show Bubble Butt. After an eventful year, Evelyn is feeling the paradigm shift and trying to figure out her place in this brave new world. In this ...