2017 Edinburgh Fringe
Barry Crimmins: Atlas's Knees
Legendary American political satirist and activist takes you on an emotional, intellectual journey that has audiences sobbing with both laughter and, well, sobbing. A tale about recovering from trauma at a time when his country elected a man who, in Crimmins words, 'will make the next four years the longest ride ever taken in the back seat of an abusive bastard's station wagon'. Barry offers a remedy for Donald Trump's vitriol in the form of a substance completely foreign to the man who would be dictator: love. Goddamned funny, hilarious, trenchant, and brave.
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ThreeWeeks, 26th August 2017Trump gives Fringe performers a shot in the arm
"Things are embarrassing, sad, awful, cruel, stupid, bigoted, violent and shameful in America at the moment," says Barry Crimmins, the veteran comic from upstate New York whose latest Fringe show promises a passionate political experience fuelled by his dismay at our times.
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Chortle, 26th July 2017Barry Crimmins: Atlas's Knees preview
Having helped to establish the artform of stand-up in America with his political activism and anger, the sexual abuse victim has been a dogged pursuer of paedophiles, with his fury channelled through his comedy.
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Brian Donaldson, The List, 11th July 2017Performances
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15th Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |
16th Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |
17th Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |
18th Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |
19th Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |
20th Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |
21st Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |
22nd Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |
23rd Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |
24th Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |
25th Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |
26th Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |
27th Aug 2017 | 21:40 | The Stand Comedy Club |