British Comedy Guide
Tony Allen
Tony Allen

Tony Allen

  • English
  • Actor, writer and comedian

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How comedy captured the Edinburgh Fringe: part 3

In the third part of our Fringe history, two long-forgotten venues put comedy before theatre with the help of Austin Powers and a Wonder Dog.

Ben Venables, The Skinny, 11th July 2017

How comedy captured the Edinburgh Fringe: part 2

Our first instalment of this series covered over three decades, when the Edinburgh Fringe was almost without comedians at all. Now in Part Two, we find one year alone - 1981 - influences comedy more than all the previous Fringes put together.

Ben Venables, The Skinny, 6th June 2017

How comedy captured the Edinburgh Fringe: part 1

In the first of a series of articles to celebrate the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's 70th anniversary, we look back at the remarkable rise of stand-up comedy and how it came to dominate the once theatre-heavy programme.

Ben Venables, The Skinny, 9th May 2017

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