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New Comedy Script Showcase To Be Launched At Edinburgh Fringe

DLT Entertainment, co-sponsors of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and Monkey Barrel Comedy, host of ‘Best Comedy Show’ in 2022 and 2023, have announced the launch of 'Table Reads: New Comedy Script Showcase’.

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Edinburgh Fringe Review – Geraldine Hickey, Of Course We've Got Horses, Assembly George Square

Geraldine Hickey is having a strange gig.
 
The one time Melbourne Comedy Award winner has lost her voice and is reduced to talking in a whisper.
 
The Assembly venue known as the Box is so hot a woman almost faints in the second row.
 
And there’s an oddly timed walk out during Hickey’s whispered recap of the reality television show Say Yes to the Dress.
 
It’s one of those days.
 
Hickey’s show is the story of her wedding – which w

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Edinburgh Fringe Rarely Asked Questions – Nick Pupo

New York based comedian and actor, currently guest starring in Amazon Prime’s hit new series Daisy Jones & and The Six, makes his Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut.  His show ‘Addicted’ will premiere at Just The Tonic Bottle Room.

You know the saying “curiosity killed the cat’? Well, what if instead of curiosity killing the cat, it got the cat addicted to heroin? And it lived! That’s Nick Pupo - a cat that was addicted to heroin. 

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Edinburgh Fringe Rarely Asked Questions – Maggie Crane

Can you ever be as cool as your older brother? Not when he has a purple sparkly wheelchair and everyone’s attention. Set during the early 2000s in the crunchy-granola-meets-redneck-woods of western Massachusetts, Maggie Crane’s darkly funny show is an autobiographical account of growing up amidst disability, death, and Dunkin Donuts. 

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Edinburgh Fringe Rarely Asked Questions – Kuan-wen Huang

Introducing Taiwanese comedian Kuan-wen Huang who brings his debut hour ‘Ilha Formosa’ to the Gilded Balloon.

In his first ever stand-up hour, already nominated as one of the best shows at the Leicester Comedy Festival, Kuan-wen recounts how he traded in his beloved island of Taiwan for rainy Britain and what it means to be Taiwanese after generations of migration and shifting identities. 

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Edinburgh Fringe Rarely Asked Questions – Ange Lavoipierre & Jane Watt

Ange Lavoipierre (pictured) brings her brand new show ‘Your Mother Chucks Rocks And Shells’ to the Edinburgh Fringe Underbelly - George Square Gardens. Already a critical success at the Adelaide Fringe, this marks the first time she has moved away from straight stand-up and, no longer concerned with or constricted by genre, presents THE show she has really always wanted to do.

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Edinburgh Comedy Awards Statement

The Edinburgh Comedy Awards long-standing Director Nica Burns is delighted to announce today that three amazing comedy partners 

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Entries Open For Amused Comedy Awards At The Edinburgh Fringe

Amused Moose Comedy Awards 2023 entries have opened for comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.

The Awards focus on discovering 'unknown' comedy talent performing their shows on at least ten dates as listed in the comedy section of edfringe.com. 

The Awards ethos is to ensure that every Fringe performer (who meets entry criteria including being based in UK/RoI) who wishes their comedy show to be included, can be sure that it will be seen by talent scouts. 

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Launches Programme

The official 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme has been launched. The programme celebrates the diverse selection of work at the Fringe, spanning the genres of theatre, dance, circus, physical theatre, comedy, music, musicals, opera, cabaret, variety, children’s shows, spoken word, exhibitions and events. the Fringe runs from August 2 - 28. Buy tickets here.

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Outcry Over Absence Of Official Edinburgh Fringe App This Year

Comedians and comedy fans alike have expressed their shock and outrage at the news that there will be no official Fringe app this year.

The app has been an increasingly popular way that visitors to Edinburgh have planned their Festival Fringe Festival. One of the most useful features is the comedy "nearby now" function enabling fans to choose shows at the last minute that are close to them. 

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