2014 Edinburgh Fringe
Marc Burrows in the Ten Best Songs Of All Time - Free
Marc Burrows is a stand-up comic, a music writer for The Guardian, Quietus.com, Drownedinsound.com and Rock Sound and a would-be rock star. Here he counts down the definitive Ten Best Songs of All Time (no arguments). An autobiography told through bass guitar, bad sex and Britpop. 'A Festival highlight ... a confident and seasoned performer' ***** (RemoteGoat.co.uk). **** (TheNewKid.co.uk). 'This fresh faced young comic has really come into his own' **** (BroadwayBaby.com). 'A Peter Kay for the 1990s Generation' (ThreeWeeks).
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Comedian and Music Journalist Marc Burrows returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his brand new show, The Ten Best Songs Of All Time. It serves as an autobiography through music via the ten most important songs of Marc's life, the songs he genuinely thinks are the best ever written. Through these songs he springboards into stories, silly facts and ridiculous singing.
Marc Burrows is now in his 6th year of stand-up. Prior to performing he served a two year apprenticeship behind the scenes in the comedy industry working as a live booker for Avalon & Best Medicine, and commissioning, producing and writing online sketches full time for ComedyBox and Funny or Die, jobs he describes as "far more valuable than any comedy course".
He performed his first gig at the 2008 Fringe and hit the circuit hard in January 2009, gigging consistently ever since. At the 2009 Fringe he put together & compered the near sell-out, five star-rated The Big Comedy Breakfast, also featuring Diane Spencer, Sarah Pearce and Robert Auton, which returned in 2010, and made his solo debut in 2011 with The 90s In Half an Hour, appearing again the following year with his second fringe solo show, An Indie Boy's Guide To Sex & Girls.
Away from stand-up, Marc writes about music for The Guardian, The Quietus and Drowned In Sound, among others, and also plays bass in the critically acclaimed Steampunk band The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, alongside cult comedian Andrew O'Neill. The band have released 2 albums of punk-fuelled modern Musical Hall metal, played across the UK & US including Glastonbury, Latitude, the Edinburgh Fringe and Bestival, and have a growing and dedicated fanbase which includes writers Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman, and comic Phil Jupitus.
Performances
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1st Aug 2014 | 23:30 | The Free Sisters |
2nd Aug 2014 | 23:30 | The Free Sisters |
3rd Aug 2014 | 23:30 | The Free Sisters |
4th Aug 2014 | 23:30 | The Free Sisters |
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12th Aug 2014 | 23:30 | The Free Sisters |
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18th Aug 2014 | 23:30 | The Free Sisters |
19th Aug 2014 | 23:30 | The Free Sisters |
20th Aug 2014 | 23:30 | The Free Sisters |
21st Aug 2014 | 23:30 | The Free Sisters |
22nd Aug 2014 | 23:30 | The Free Sisters |
23rd Aug 2014 | 23:30 | The Free Sisters |