Patrick Monahan (Support Alan Seaman)
Saturday September 25 8pm £8/£10otd
Following the success of his 2009 national tour, the brilliant Middlesbrough-Irish-Iranian comic is embarking on a full-scale British tour. The veteran of several sell-out Edinburgh Fringe runs and for a long time the warm-up man for Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, Patrick’s breathtaking gift for interaction combines with sharp and hilarious observations, paying special attention to his unique cultural roots. Now warming up for The Paul O’Grady Show and often seen on it, other TV credits include The World Stands Up and The Armstrong and Miller Show. Also support from Alan Seaman, sharp topical and observational comedy.
“The best show in Edinburgh 2008” - Martin Kelner, The Guardian
“He has all the charm of Ed Byrne, the energy of Adam Bloom and wild leaps of imagination that are resonant of Ross Noble” The List
“This gifted livewire commands the stage with a mix of wit and force of
personality” - (Bruce Dessau) Evening Standard
www.patrickmonahan.co.uk
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Robin Ince’s Bad Book Club
Friday October 22 8pm £10/£12otd
Robin Ince is widely recognised as one of the UK’s most accomplished, versatile comedians with a string of awards and media appearances to his name.
Curator of Nine Lessons And Carols For Godless People, co-creator of Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage and stand-up comedy trailblazer Robin is back with a brand new show. Combining his twin passions, science and bad literature, the Bad Book Club clashes Cliff Richard biographies with evolutionary biology, Dutch astrology with books on how to pick up sexy girls, and Spiders From Mars are explained away as a scientific impossibility.
He was the Chortle Award Winner in 2009, Winner of the Time Out Outstanding Comedy Achievement Award and nominated for the British Comedy Award’s Best Stage Show for Robin Ince’s Book Club - a celebration of uniquely bad writing out of which evolved his first book, Robin Ince’s Bad Book Club, which was published in the summer.
As well as Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People he is writing and co-presenting a new science show for BBC Radio 4 and has regularly appeared on Antony Gormley’s One and Another (Sky Arts) and on Newsnight Review (BBC2). Robin was a regular on Richard and Judy, Channel 4 / UKTV and supported Ricky Gervais on his Fame tour. His first feature film (co-written with Carolyn Wilson) Razzle Dazzle was officially selected by the Berlin Film Festival and the New York Children’s Film Festival.
“When someone writes a history of modern comedy, they should make room for Robin Ince” The Guardian
“Robin Ince may not be the most mainstream comedian in the country, but he’s certainly the most intellectually audacious.” Evening Standard
“One of the most thoughtful stand-ups around” The Independent
“Thoughtful, provocative and very funny” The Times
www.robinince.com
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Milton Jones SOLD OUT
Sunday October 24 8pm £10/£12otd
Milton Jones is a multi-award winning comedian. He is a former Perrier Best Newcomer and Nominee as well as having won a Sony Award for his radio show the Very World of Milton Jones. (and has recorded his 8th radio series for Radio 4).
He is a frequent guest on other radio and TV shows and has recently been a panellist on Mock the Week quite a few times.
www.miltonjones.com
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Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Company
Friday October 29 8pm £8/£10otd
To begin with, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets come across as a couple of sweet, innocent little chaps, but don’t be fooled: they’re filthy wee tykes at heart.
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre are the comedy double act that has to be seen to be believed. The stars of BBC 3's Comedy Shuffle and Upstaged, and MTV's Best Show Ever, and the darlings of YouTube bring you songs, sketches, socks and violence. BEST SHOW Nominees, Leicester Comedy Festival 2009, back for their 3rd year at the Edinburgh Fringe.
" For sheer energy and laughs per hour, these comic stockings are the biz – denier miss it." - **** The Scotsman Aug 2008
"A show that will rock your socks off - if only all laundry could be this fun." - ****Three Weeks Aug 2008
"Utterly irresistible" - The Stage
"So hilarious they have to be seen to be believed" - Latest 7
"Hilarious... the Abbott & Costello of the sock world" - Time Out
www.myspace.com/scottishfalsetto
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Andrew O’Neill: Occult Comedian
Saturday November 20 8pm £8/£10otd
Chortle Award Nominee 2009 Andrew O’Neill is, quite simply, British comedy’s hottest property right now. In 2010 he has toured the world, with appearances at the Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and New Zealand Comedy Festivals, and the Hollywood Fringe.
Don’t miss this chance to see the most exciting young comedian around.
“Wholly personal, fascinating stuff, original and left-field to the point of bumping into the perimeter fence. A charming, genuine stage presence … do not leave without hearing him” The Scotsman
“Probably the best actual jokes I’ve heard on the Fringe this year … his skill with language is on a par with the best of Peep Show or The Day Today” The Guardian
“O’Neill packs in more gags and info than anyone else on the circuit … I doubt you’ll find a funnier (and more thought-provoking) show – a Must-See Show ” The Stage
www.andrewoneill.co.uk
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Mary Mary Quite Contrary – Mary Bourke
Simon Clayton is a Coconut
Saturday November 27 8pm £8/£10otd
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Award winning Irish comic Mary Bourke presents her contrarians guide to pop culture ... if you think Come Dine With Me is a work of sociological genius then this is the show for you!
Simon Clayton is a Coconut
Simon Clayton is half Jamaican, half English ....lately he’s discovered that brown is the new black ....he explores his mixed heritage in this funny thought provoking show.
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