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Alex Hylton

  • Stand-up comedian

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Fringe: Former Leicester pub landlord set for comedy gigs

Alex Hylton will be among 3,000 artists performing at the prestigious festival in the Scottish capital in August.

Tom Oakley, BBC, 6th August 2022

Line ups announced for Just The Tonic's Edinburgh Fringe Big Value shows

Edfringe's longest running mixed bill show brings these hopeful comics to you every night.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th July 2022

Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2020 results

Johnny Vegas has won this year's Legend of Comedy prize from the Leicester Comedy Festival. Other winners at the festival's annual awards include Alex Hylton and Friz Frizzle.

British Comedy Guide, 30th March 2020

Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Awards nominees

Alex Hylton, Paul Currie, Scott Bennett, Olga Koch, Nathan Cassidy and Troy Hawke are amongst the nominees for the Leicester Comedy Festival's 2020 awards.

British Comedy Guide, 28th February 2020

Leicester Comedy Festival Gala Preview Show review

Suited and booted, Tom Allen and Suzi Ruffell presented this gala preview to the Leicester Comedy Festival, which is now in its 26th year and starts next month.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 14th January 2019

Leicester Gala Preview Show leaves us eager for more

Before being presented with the eclectic mix of emerging comedians, we were welcomed by energetic hosts Tom Allen and Suzi Ruffell.

Leicester Mercury, 12th January 2019

Fringe performer in appeal to find missing teddy owner

An Edinburgh Fringe performer has taken to social media to try and find the owner of a lost teddy bear.

Diane King, Edinburgh Evening News, 15th August 2018

Review: Naked Comedy

They must be full of cracks and flaws. How else could five comedians and a compere be encouraged to do their thing naked? Admittedly, this sold-out late night show, downstairs at Manhattan 34, is all for charity (Loros) but wouldn't it be easier and slightly less embarrassing to be shaking your tin fully clothed?

Sean Tizzard, Leicester Mercury, 13th February 2017

Local comics baring all for naked comedy event

It's the second time a bunch of brave comedians have bared all for the Naked Comedy event.

Becky Jones, Leicester Mercury, 11th February 2017

Ten must see new acts at Edinburgh Fringe 2016

There are plenty of big names gracing the Edinburgh Fringe right now, and there'll be celebrity acts, to suit every taste, showing off their latest productions all over the city. However, every superstar started at the bottom of the ladder and had to work their way to success, demonstrating their superiority amongst their tenderfoot peers.

Jay Islaam, The Huffington Post, 16th August 2016

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