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Edinburgh Fringe preview: The Pin

Sometimes a sketch combo is simply not very funny from first sketch to last sketch. Not The Pin though. Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen are unashamedly smart cookies who have refined the process with forensic precision and have a consistently high hit level.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th July 2014

Review: The Pin, Soho Theatre, W1

I've seen so many shows at the Edinburgh Fringe over the years that a show must have something good about it if I can still remember bits of it two years later.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd March 2014

The Pin, Soho Theatre - comedy review

The sketch duo of Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden have lost none of the heady inventiveness that initially got them noticed.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 20th March 2014

Fringe stories: The Pin (Link expired)

Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen from comedy double act The Pin recall a dramatic episode while flyering for their Edinburgh Festival show.

Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen, WOW247, 22nd August 2013

Three new sketch acts to get excited about

The inaugural London Sketchfest threw up some pretty special talent - comedians who will be having a big impact very soon, if there's any justice. Here are LiF's big tips... The Pin, Rory and Tim and Thünderbards.

London Is Funny, 30th May 2013

The Pin triumph at London Sketchfest

The inaugural London Sketchfest has been won by duo The Pin.

Andrew Mickel, Such Small Portions, 29th May 2013

Sketchfest: The Pin are dog botherin'

The Pin are going to duke it out comedically with Robin and Partridge in the second of Saturday's Sketchfest shows.

Andrew Mickel, Such Small Portions, 16th May 2013

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