2014 Edinburgh Fringe
Luke McQueen: Now That's What I Luke McQueen
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This is the brilliantly funny new show from Luke McQueen, star of BBC's Live at the Electric and the #getsarahback YouTube mini series. 'Luke McQueen fearlessly serves up a weird, sometimes disconcerting, collection of dazzlingly original pieces that constantly pull the rug from under you... A triumph of originality' (Steve Bennett, Chortle.co.uk).
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Malcolm Hardee Award nominees 2014
The nominees for the 2014 Malcolm Hardee Awards have been announced.
British Comedy Guide, 18th August 2014My Edinburgh festival nightmare
Lucy Beaumont, Susan Calman, Carl Hutchinson and others survive humiliation in a homemade sandwich board, a hex involving the number two, and being upstaged by a giant rabbit in the audience.
The Guardian, 31st July 201410 weirdest acts
The Edinburgh Fringe is a weirdo-magnet, and long may that continue. A proportion of these oddballs may be absurdist geniuses, a larger proportion may simply just be batshit crazy, to use the medical parlance. Some may even be both... With no comment on the quality of the shows, here are 10 of the strangest shows from the comedy section, with videos of their work.
Chortle, 15th July 2014The Luke McQueen extended interview
Luke McQueen is a successful stand-up comedian. But don't let him tell you that. Distracted by his self-deprecating charm, Martin Walker fails to get Luke to talk about his Edinburgh show.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 13th June 2014More details
Hi, I'm Luke. Last year I humiliated myself in a number of ways to try and get my girlfriend back. I didn't get her back and to make things worse my family are now ashamed of me. I'm doing this show to try and make it up to them. They don't really think I'm funny and audiences tend to agree with them. As I don't have any money I tried to get someone to sponsor me to do this show but no-one agreed, stating reasons such as, "You're not funny mate" and "You're not funny".
I have however managed to get a job for the month to help me survive. I will be dressed as a giant hot dog handing out flyers for discounted food at "Harry's Hot Dogs". I get paid in hot dogs. I had to sell my TV and bed to afford the festival fees. I now sleep on a "Power Rangers" blow up arm chair. None of that will matter though if I manage to make my Dad proud and have him love me in the same way he loves my brother. My brother is a teacher.
I have been performing comedy since 2006. It has largely been quite disappointing but in 2012 I got my first paid slot which almost covered my travel expenses. In 2010 I got through to the 1st round of the Amused Moose Hot Starlets. I went out to a comedian named Paul Crowe who has since given up comedy and is now a full time electrician.
I have performed at the Edinburgh Festival a number of times: most notably as the unfunny one from a sketch group I was in named The Gadabouts. A couple of years ago my girlfriend dumped me for cheating, which isn't funny in itself but I launched a campaign to make amends and rekindle our relationship entitled Get Sarah Back, and this has proven quite popular. Although not with her. I embarrassed myself in a number of ways to prove my love and BBC Three got in touch saying they wanted to do a documentary about it. Instead they put me in some comedy show named Live at the Electric and now everyone is laughing at me. Here are a couple of the videos of these events:
A rap 'battle', where I was humiliated:
A busy town centre public confession and a solo ice-skating session, where I was humiliated:
Performances
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| 30th Jul 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 31st Jul 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 1st Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 2nd Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 3rd Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 4th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 5th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 6th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 7th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 8th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 9th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 10th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 11th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 12th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 13th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 14th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 15th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 16th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 17th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 18th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 19th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 20th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 21st Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 22nd Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 23rd Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |
| 24th Aug 2014 | 20:00 | Pleasance Courtyard |