BCG Daily Tuesday 5th July 2022
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No Half Price Hut at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
The news comes amid growing backlash over the axing of the event's app as a money-saving move - with more than 1,200 comedians, agents, producers and others signing an open letter in protest.
Chortle, 5th July 2022
Best in Class announce All-Star Benefit show
The show boasts a stellar lineup of Frankie Boyle, 2014 Funny Women Awards winner Jayde Adams, Sikisa, and Angela Barnes, with even more acts to be announced. Best in Class founder and 2019 Funny Women Awards finalist Sian Davies will host the 90-minute extravaganza at Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose in the Big Yin on the 17th August.
Funny Women, 5th July 2022
Mark Steel reveals the next series of In Town...
Series 12 includes a stop in Paris - where he performs two versions of the show, one in English and one in French. The other locations are Nottingham, the Isles of Scilly, Tring, Salisbury and Newport in South Wales.
Chortle, 5th July 2022Funny At The Fringe - interview - Nick Everritt, Quiet
On paper the theme of the show is shyness. In reality the show is a spoof of a stand-up hour, lovingly mocking the tropes of an Edinburgh show.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 5th July 2022
Private Eye illustrator launches £18k crowdfunder to open London bookshop
Illustrator David Ziggy Greene has launched a crowdfunder to open a bookshop in Shoreditch, London, specialising in design books and graphic novels.
Ruth Comerford, The Bookseller, 5th July 2022
How the devil are you, Sam Nicoresti?
If Sam's answers are anything to go by, this show is going to be BRILLIANT.
Punchline UK, 5th July 2022
Shelf interview
We met at age 10 because our parents' live across the street from each other.
On The Mic, 5th July 2022
Caimh (C.K.) McDonnell shortlisted for book award
Caimh (C.K.) McDonnell's The Stranger Times series has been shortlisted for a Dead Good Reader Award.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th July 2022
Edinburgh 2022: Will Duggan Q&A
BWW catches up with Will Duggan to chat about bringing Iceberg to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 5th July 2022
Roy 'Chubby' Brown show cancelled in Morecambe; hits out at 'woke snowflakes'
An upcoming show by controversial comedian Roy 'Chubby' Brown has been cancelled in Morecambe.
Matthew Calderbank, The Lancashire Evening Post, 5th July 2022
Vix Leyton: There's a huge problem with this year's Edinburgh Fringe
The withdrawal of an app which thousands use to find and promote smaller shows directly affects disadvantaged artists.
Vix Leyton, The Independent, 5th July 2022
Update from Shona McCarthy, Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society
The Fringe Society has issued this statement today. This comes following complaints about the absence of the Fringe App this year and an imminent open letter being sent to the Fringe Society asking for more transparency.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th July 2022
Mona Hammond obituary
Trailblazer for black actors in Britain best known for her roles in EastEnders and Desmond's.
Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 5th July 2022
Tudur Owen receives an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature
Welsh comedian Tudur Owen became a Doctor of Literature today after being awarded an Honorary Degree from Bangor University.
Nation Cymru, 5th July 2022Interview: John Hegley's Biscuit of Destiny
John Keats met a woman in Ireland, being carried in a kind of mobile kennel. The Romantic poet observed that she seemed to be suffering from a scarcity of biscuit.
The New Current, 5th July 2022Comedy newbie Q&A: Chloe Petts
The subject of today's Q&A is Chloe Petts.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 5th July 2022Videos
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