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Crowd work is the hottest thing in stand-up comedy - and not everybody is laughing
Comedians are increasingly leaning on audience interaction to sell their shows - and changing the nature of the shows themselves.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 24th June 2024
Crisis for Somerset Comedy Festival - promoter calls for fans to buy tickets
The Somerset Comedy Festival has hit a financial crisis, with the result that many of the shows have had to be cancelled. Seann Walsh and Simon Brodkin are among those no longer appearing at the festival which was initially due to run at various venues across the county from July 3 - 28.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th June 2024
Michael Palin says he still talks to his late wife: "It's a bit like losing a limb"
"Sometimes I will have done something and I'll get back and tell her about it," said Monty Python star.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 24th June 2024Chris Cantrill interview
A reluctant adventurer and an unlikely fellowship converge in this epic tale of an overdue reunion gone awry. Join Chris as he wrestles with the consequences of exile, middle-aged friendships, and the best way to admit you wear a cape sometimes.
The New Current, 24th June 2024Amy Gledhill interview
Amy Gledhill returns with a brand-new show about self-confidence, romance and bin bags.
The New Current, 24th June 2024Fringe Quickies: 46 - We Forgive You, Patina Pataznik
"We're both raging neurotics with a desperation for attention, so we wanted to see if we could mainline pure anxiety for an entire month."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 24th June 2024Fringe Quickies: 45 - Louise Atkinson: She's Got The Look
"My entire show is about misconceptions; how we judge people based solely off their appearance."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 24th June 2024Fringe Quickies: 44 - VILLAINS: A Dizney in Drag Parody
"We're on a great adventure from the land down under!"
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 24th June 2024EdFringe Talk: Amy Mason: Free Mason
"I know it's going to be tough, but as am much more used to playing to all kind of audiences - including ones who actively dislike me - I'm hoping things will be a bit better."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 24th June 2024EdFringe Talk: Eleanor Morton: Haunted House
"When I was 7, I went to see a play called The Red Balloon, about a red balloon."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 24th June 2024EdFringe Talk: Rich Spalding: Gather Your Skeletons
"It feels like you're at university - wandering around a big campus, constantly bumping into people you know, going out late, drinking too much, sleeping in late, 'working' for a couple of hours a day and then hanging out with your mates."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 24th June 2024EdFringe Talk: Bangtail
"I've run the gamut of Ed Fringe jobs, starting with flyering for Baby Wants Candy in 2019 - my first uni summer. I saw over 60 shows in the month and was hooked."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 24th June 2024EdFringe Talk: Suggestions of the Unexpected: An Improvised Horror Anthology
"I have seen this city change and wither, regrow and remain the same. It is timeless, it is aged, it has new life and the long dead."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 24th June 2024EdFringe Talk: Ted Hill: 110 Percent Normal
"I LOVE the Fringe, it's such an amazing way to perform to new people, and the doing the same show every day at the same time in the same venue is so good for improving a show and developing as a comedian."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 24th June 2024Shakespeare's comedies are about as funny as lobotomy - but this adaptation is a triumph
Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream is notoriously tricky to get right, which makes this Garsington production an unexpected delight.
Simon Heffer, The Telegraph, 24th June 2024Kinds Of Kindness review
In three separate but loosely connected stories, bizarre misfortunes and onerous tasks are thrust upon different couples.
Lou Thomas, Empire, 24th June 2024Videos
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