British Comedy Guide

2010 Edinburgh Fringe

The Gentlemen Of Leisure Present: An Hour Of Too Much Culture

  • Sketch show
  • 1:40pm (60 mins)
  • 6-18 & 20-30 Aug 2010
  • The GRV
  • £5
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As the Greek dramatist Menander observed 'Culture makes all men gentle'. So come along and enjoy this side-splittingly educational, hilariously inspirational sketch-comedy show. Your hosts for the hour will be Nish Kumar and Tom Neenan, two young men who devour books but drink paint. These seasoned performers and pillars of a proverbial Parthenon of culture invite you to join them as they seek out fine arts, fine living and fine-r things. Two men, too much culture - you do the maths. **** (Scotsman); **** (ThreeWeeks).

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Two young comics are to assume what I can only describe as "close to the bone" comedic alter-egos as bumbling and inept arts correspondents for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, I'm told. Nish Kumar and Tom Neenan, who are avid fans of Newsnight Review and The Culture Show on television, are not exactly satirising the presenters and the acts that appear on such shows, but only gently "ribbing" them, Kumar says. The act, Gentlemen of Leisure, will feature such imaginary performance troupes as the Reduced Dickens Company (could this possibly have been inspired by the Reduced Shakespeare Company?) who rap the entire plot of A Tale of Two Cities. Another sketch involves a politically motivated dance troupe called Dystopia, who are "completely obsessed with the onset of robot attacks". Kumar says that, while it is not straightforward satire, it is what might happen "when the wrong people present these shows". Arts correspondents be warned. Their show is at GRV in Edinburgh from today.

Arifa Akbar, The Independent, 6th August 2010

Performances

Date Time Venue
6th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
7th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
8th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
9th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
10th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
11th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
12th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
13th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
14th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
15th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
16th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
17th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
18th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
20th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
21st Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
22nd Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
23rd Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
24th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
25th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
26th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
27th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
28th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
29th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV
30th Aug 2010 13:40 The GRV

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