Jo Neary: Youth Club
28/08/2011 … You don't have to share Neary’s background to appreciate her evocative portrayal of being a teen in Camborne, Cornwall, where the only entertainment is the local…
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Sun 28 August 2011
Danny Pensive’s Map of Britain
28/08/2011 … As Danny Pensive, the duffel-coated, simple soul from Sunderland, John Cooper offers an hour that seldom exceeds gentle amusement but is endearingly amiable throughout.
Liam Mullone: Down To The Bone
28/08/2011 … Liam Mullone is an intellectual bruiser of a comedian, taking an uncompromisingly hardline approach to his subject matter – and if the result sounds a bit brutal,…
Jeff Mirza’s Jihad
28/08/2011 … This is not so much a comedy show as an awkward religious studies lesson led by a patronising teacher who occasionally bursts into something cringe-worthy like a…
Delete The Banjax: Pigs And Ponies
28/08/2011 … ‘Leave your brain’ at the door, we’re told at the top of Delete The Banjax’s fourth Fringe offering.
Boom Jennies: Blowout
28/08/2011 … I hope you like bad dancing, because The Boom Jennies do a LOT of it.
Sat 27 August 2011
Ian D Montfort: Spirit Comedium
27/08/2011 … As a follow-up to his hapless hospital radio DJ Ivan Brackenbury, Tom Binns created Ian D Montfort, Sunderland's foremost psychic, resplendent in New Age long hair…
Horse and Louis: Top Trumpin'!
27/08/2011 … At first glance there appears to be a Flight of the Conchords influence here.