Thurs 24, Fri 25 & Sat 26 & Sunday 27 July @ 8pm 

previewing the best stand up and comedy
at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival

Thursday 24 July @ 8pm
SIMON BRODKIN
Simon Brodkin Is Lee Nelson
Winner Edinburgh Festival Writers' Guild Best Newcomer.
Character comedy at its brilliant best: an hour with Lee Nelson
(star of Al Murray's forthcoming ITV sketch show, BBC3's The Wall and Radio 2's Out To Lunch).
"Genius" Independent. "Masterful" Scotsman. "Magnificent" Herald. "Scintillating" List
"Inspired" Metro "Prodigious talent, destined to become a household name" Times
&
Two Episodes of Mash presents
JOE WILKINSON & DIANE MORGAN
Diane Morgan (as seen in Pheonix Nights, unless you blinked) and Joe Wilkinson doing stuff.
This is more a less a sketch show, as far as we can tell...
"Clearly destined for greatness" Evening Standard
They were winners and runners up in The Hackney Empire -'So you think you're funny'
& 'funny women' Comedy Competitions.

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Friday 25 July @ 8pm
ISY SUTIE
The Suttie Show
Catch the 'fantastic' (Scotsman) musical comic after sell-out 2007 show.
Ever-quirky songs, characters and stand-up from Isy, recently seen in Channel 4's Peep Show (as Dobby),
Radio 2's Out to Lunch and as writer for C4's Skins.
'The best new comic I've seen for ages' - Frank Skinner.'Comedy with heart and soul ' **** Chortle
&
RICHARD HERRING
The Headmaster's Son
What's worse than being a podgy, swotty, virginal schoolboy?
What if your dad's the headmaster too? Fist of Fun and Oh F***, I'm 40 star
re-lives childhood embarrassments, first love and belching during the minute's silence in church.
What are the psychological repercussions of schooldays filled with suspicion and mistrust?
"Smart and effective" Chortle

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Saturday 26 July @ 8pm
RUSSELL HOWARD
Dingledodies
Still unfashionably fond of humanity, Russell's back with his 5th new show.
'You'll find more laughs here than many comedians manage in an entire career' The Metro
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STEVE HALL
Vice-Captain Loser
We Are Klang's least memorable member does a stand-up show.
If.comeddies Nominee, Barry Award Nominee, Chortle Award winner,
Adecco Alfred Marks Borehamwood Branch July 1997 Temp of the Month Nominee
"Breathtaking comic firepower" (The Scotsman). "Stand-up as it should be" (The List)
(Show title actual quote from actual dad. The cat's name is Eliot)

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Sunday 27 July @ 8pm
DAN ANTOPOLSKI’S
Penetrating Gaze
Humbled by fatherhood, the genius returns.
Perrier Nominee, star of BBC2’s Hyperdrive and Radio 2’s Out To Lunch, Sold Out 2000-04
‘Ludicrously original…You have to see this’ ***** List
‘If a person’s sexiest feature is the mind, then Antopolski
is one of Britain’s genuine comedy pin-ups’ **** Scotsman
‘Intriguing… disarming… intellect-tickling comedy’ ***** Sunday Herald

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Support (tba)

all tickets £8 (£6)
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