It's the ever-essential Edinburgh Fringe 2025 round-up from @SiHawkins
This year's highlights - American mavericks, Britpop breakdowns, and sibling angst... oh, and a bit of Oasis!
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[Recap:] "Everything went wrong that could have gone wrong". James Acaster has talked about how his non-broadcast Channel 4 pilot People Person was a disaster.
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@theofficialfwa I only met Paddy once - at the greatest game I ever saw. He was in my seat at Oxford/Orient '06, apologetically moved, but left me with his laptop for a while, which was charging. Was sorely tempted to try a quick para & see what happened, like a sportswriting Billy's Boots
It's the (hopefully) triumphant return of @WeirdosComedy's panto tomorrow, for charity - although my chat with Cerys Bradley featured a heartfelt appeal for missing crisps. Have YOU seen them? Cerys would love to know https://t.co/1v1vzTFZUM
@brucedes Last thing I saw, he was writing for Sewing Bee (I think), so maybe that sort of thing has taken over, off camera, saving the gags for more lucrative outlets?
The Weirdos Panto returns.
One night only at @bloomstheatre
All money goes to charity.
Buy a ticket today for a glorious night out of silliness.
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Yes, yes The Old Vic's Christmas Carol, Julian Clary's panto and Jools' Hootenanny - this is 2024's festive show to see. Well, if they've worked out what to do with it - I had a lazy Sunday chat with Riches, who was busy baking for Kearns. "He demands banana bread..."
Adam Riches and John Kearns ARE Ball & Boe. Two award-winning comedy mavericks take on two mighty music behemoths, for two weeks before Christmas. Riches explains more in this interview:
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Hi followers, I recently did my first pre-tour interview. In it I mention newscasters Kenneth Kendal AND Richard Baker, so a riveting read is guaranteed!
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Thoughts with our friends in the United States this morning. Why not donate to @ACLU - a vital hub for numerous key campaigns to protect civil liberties.
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Only one big-in-the-90s-&-on-tour-next-year rock icon I wanted to interview. Absolutely dripping with attitude (& probably dripping)
"If I disagree with someone I’m very likely to say ‘You’ve made a grave error!’ Or ‘You’re very wide of the mark, lad!'"
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A pleasure to chop it up with #TheChroniclesofDOOM author SKIZ Fernando Jr on anything from breadcrumbs of esoterica the #Supervillain would lay in his lyrics, to his underrated production skills. Published by @FaberBooks on 7/11.
LISTEN: https://t.co/oPId1cABcL
#MFDOOM#DOOM