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04/11/2024 … Twenty years after the release of his Timewaster Letters, Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper has returned with a new book of genuine correspondence from a…
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01/08/2024 … Here are all the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe shows Chortle has previously reviewed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with 3.
...and promoter Kim Wells' clashes with the feminists running the venue
22/06/2024 … In the fourth and final part of his series about the Earth Exchange – a vegetarian cafe in North London that was a significant venue in the early…
Part three of our series about alternative comedy at the Earth Exchange
21/06/2024 … In the third part of his series about the Earth Exchange – a vegetarian cafe in North London that was a significant venue in the early days of alternative…
Part two of our series about the influential London comedy venue
20/06/2024 … Following yesterday's introduction to the Earth Exchange – a significant venue in the early days of alternative comedy – today its promoter…
Here's what we are doing editorially and commercially at the 2024 festival
10/06/2024 … Here's information for performers and producers on what Chortle will be doing at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe.
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