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1 week ago |
comedy.co.uk | Si Hawkins
It was the first of times, it was the worst of times. This time we're looking ahead to a noteworthy event on Saturday, at London's Union Chapel. No Direction Home celebrates Refugee Week with an actively varied range of performers, from Lemn Sissay OBE to our guest today, Kyrah Gray. The London-born comic and TV writer is no stranger to sharing stages and writing rooms with big personalities - Tom Davis, Romesh Ranganathan, Rosie Jones - and this should be a memorable one.
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2 weeks ago |
comedy.co.uk | Si Hawkins
It was the first of times, it was the worst of times. This time we welcome hip-hop's most mannered MC, it's Mr.B the Gentleman Rhymer, who in mid-July will head to Idler Festival, the magazine-spawned weekend of 'philosophy and merriment' which takes place at the plush-sounding Fenton House and gardens, in Hampstead.
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2 weeks ago |
comedy.co.uk | Si Hawkins
One random comedian, eight random questions; it's the ultimate test of funny person and fate. This week that funny person is keyboard wizard Bennet Kavanagh, who is about to make his full-length Edinburgh Fringe debut, with the show Crank up the Volume!! (to a Reasonable Volume). As hinted in the title, the show is largely about a particular Jason Statham movie franchise. Or perhaps less than originally planned...
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3 weeks ago |
comedy.co.uk | Si Hawkins
One random comedian, eight random questions; it's the ultimate test of funny person and fate. This week that person is Christopher Beanland, a busy travel writer and author who decided to swap sitting at laptops for doing stand-up and exploring leafy urban spaces. The latter became the podcast Park Date, which recently celebrated 50 episodes of Chris strolling al fresco with comedy people. What are his favourite park/person moments, so far?
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4 weeks ago |
comedy.co.uk | Si Hawkins
It's a very sensible place for a fringe festival, the seaside. Say you do a work-in-progress that goes weirdly; just walk down to the beach, take a good long look at the view and, hey presto, instant perspective. And things definitely do go weirdly during our few days of show-going. In a good way, mostly. To begin, though, a fine example of successful showmaking, with The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show.
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