Penny Spubb's Party
01/01/2010 … At its best, the Fringe is a nursery for original ideas, and this quirky, distinctive show is a perfect example of the new strains of comedy fruit that can be created…
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Fri 01 January 2010
Emo Philips at Newbury Comedy Festival
01/01/2010 … Britain’s regional comedy festivals are getting increasingly ambitious in their choice of headliner.
Penny Spubb's Prawn Free
01/01/2010 … Review In their Penny Spubb incarnation, Anna Crilly and Katy Wix create one of the weirder shows on the Fringe.
Infidel
01/01/2010 … As film pitches go, ‘Omid Djalili plays a Muslim who discovers he’s a Jew’ is about as concise as you can get.
Huge
01/01/2010 … Live comedy is notoriously difficult to portray on film, the illusion of spontaneity, the appeal for empathy and the reality of jeopardy poorly served by the distancing…
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01/01/2010 … Comic god Chris Morris may be, but he doesn’t exactly have a reputation for treading delicately around sensitive topics.
Jumping On The Bandwagon
01/01/2010 … Well, they certainly make no apologies for it.
Russell Peters
01/01/2010 … Before Russell Peters takes to the stage, he shows a big-screen video reminder of just how big a comedy superstar he is, with scenes of him performing all around…