Paco Erhard
Paddy Lennox
Paddy McGuinness
Padraig Ryan
Pam Ford
Papa CJ
Parrot
Pat Burtscher
Pat Cahill
Pat Condell
Patrick Kielty
Patrick Lappin
Patrick McDonnell
Patrick Monahan
Patrick Morris
Patrick Turpin
Paul B Edwards
Paul Betney
Paul Byrne
Paul Chowdhry
Paul F Taylor
Paul Foot
Paul Harry Allen
Paul Kerensa
Paul Laight
Paul Langton
Paul McCaffrey
Paul Merton
Paul Mooney
Paul Myerhaug
Paul Pirie
Paul Provenza
Paul Revill
Paul Ricketts
Paul Savage
Paul Sinha
Paul Sweeney
Paul T Eyres
Paul Thorne
Paul Tonkinson
Paul Zenon
Paul Zerdin
Pearse James
Persephone Lewin
Pete Beckley
Pete Cain
Pete Dobbing
Pete Firman
Pete Gold
Pete Johansson
Pete Jonas
Pete Otway
Pete Smith
Peter Brush
Peter Buckley Hill
Peter Cook
Peter Kay
Peter McCole
Peter Searles
Peter Serafinowicz
Peter von Natzmer
Phil Buckley
Phil Butler
Phil Cool
Phil Davey
Phil Differ
Phil Ellis
Phil Hammond
Phil James
Phil Kay
Phil Klein
Phil Nichol
Phil O'Shea
Phil Walker
Phil Wang
Phil Zimmerman
Philip Wilson
Phill Jupitus
Pierre Hollins
Pierre Novellie
Piff The Magic Dragon
Pippa Evans
PJ Gallagher
Pommy Johnson
Prince Abdi
Priorite A Gauche
Paul Harry Allen
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Paul Harry Allen – the showbiz middle name coming from his gay Yorkshire Terrier, who in turn was named after Harry Hill – has been performing on the comedy circuit since 2003. He made the final of the Hackney New Act Of The Year competition in 2006 and has performed with the Comedy Project sketch group. |
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Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters Of Cathy G |
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![]() Rummaging around in a second hand shop in London, Paul Harry Allen, discovers a bundle of letters from the Sixties belonging to someone we only know as Cathy G. As someone who spent most of my teenage years writing letters to various pen friends around the world (and still have most of their replies in a box under my bed) I was fascinated by the concept of this show. In age of texting, email and facebook, we have lost the art of writing letters, and when we receive one, it is a thing to be cherished. I wasn't sure if the audience would share my empathy with the subject matter, though. Do others also long wistfully for the time when we looked forward to the postman delivering our mail, to the thrill of opening envelopes with stamps from foreign shores and the excitement of reading letters often in broken English, a comic source in themselves. Allen’s premise is similar to that of previous Fringe visitors the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, who found collections of unidentified slides in a junk shops and garage sales in America and set the images to music. Aided by projection of the letters themselves, Paul narrates their content, allowing us to meet various hilariously naive romantic young French boys vying for Cathy's affections, American schoolgirls sharing their stories and most interestingly of all, a young teenage groupie, whose exploits with various famous musicians of the Sixties including members of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch and her obvious disdain for Cat Stevens and Jimi Hendrix, are fascinating historical records of a time when London was where it was all happening. Perhaps we all wanted images, too, to see who Cathy was, to hear her adventures and to find out what happened to all these correspondents. The communication was all one way and it was Cathy's story that was missing. However, the day I was at the show, an audience member told Paul that she worked next to one of the addresses mentioned in the show and offered to investigate whether the current occupiers knew anything about who used to live there. With a bit of detective work, this could be a show along the lines of something Dave Gorman might have pursued.
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| Date of live review: Sunday 29th Aug, '10 | |
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Review by Cara Sandys |
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The Accidental Dog Detective - Fringe 2009
Tuesday 25th Aug, '09- | |
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Monday 14th Jan, '08- | |
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I totally loved it. What a refreshing joy. Whoever didn't like this has no sense of humour... A. Smith, June 2012 |
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A total joy. I have seen him a couple of times and he never ceases to make me belly laugh. Susan, May 2012 |
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Not funny one iota, like your embarrassing uncle who tries to make you laugh - and fails! John A, April 2012 |
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Just seen him in Darlington, excellent act and the Stephen Hawking bit at the end pushed me over the edge haha Dave, September 2011 |
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This man is a genius Jake Cornford, June 2008 |
Where can I see Paul Harry Allen next?
| 20:30~21:30 - Saturday 6th Jul, '13 | |
| Venue: | Leicester Square Theatre |
| Prices: | £10 |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters Of Cathy G |
| 21:15 - Thursday 11th Jul, '13 | |
| Venue: | Hitchin Market Theatre |
| Prices: | £8 |
| Comics: | |
| Info: |
Edinburgh previews with MCs Doggett & Ephgrave
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| 14:30~15:30 - Thursday 1st Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Friday 2nd Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Saturday 3rd Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Monday 5th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Tuesday 6th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Wednesday 7th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Thursday 8th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Friday 9th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Saturday 10th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Monday 12th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Tuesday 13th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Wednesday 14th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Thursday 15th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Friday 16th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Saturday 17th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Monday 19th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Tuesday 20th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Wednesday 21st Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Thursday 22nd Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Friday 23rd Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |
| 14:30~15:30 - Saturday 24th Aug, '13 | |
| Venue: | Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake |
| Prices: | Free, Voluntary donation at end |
| Show: | Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013] |

Good, The Bad And The Cuddly
Edinburgh Fringe 2009
The Accidental Dog Detective
Parry & Allen's Revolutions
Edinburgh Fringe 2010
Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters Of Cathy G
Edinburgh Fringe 2011
Stuff and Nonsense
Edinburgh Fringe 2013
Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters of Cathy G [2013]

