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15 August 2018
Brennan Reece: Evermore
‘Over the next 3000 seconds, you will experience human emotions, such as joy, laughter and boredom’. So begins Brennan Reece’s Evermore, and he’s right – except for the boredom part.
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15 August 2018
Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted
Angela Barnes is excellent at what she does, and while discussing the occasional darker side of things, Rose-Tinted proves to be a topical and heart-warming hour of comedy.
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15 August 2018
Gyles Brandreth: Break a Leg!
Break a Leg! is a whimsical hour in memorandum of a bygone age of showbusiness, through which Brandreth romps with a biographical flourish.
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15 August 2018
Christian Finnegan: My Goodness
Christian Finnegan describes himself as ‘woke but extremely groggy’. This description mutually applies to his stand-up.
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15 August 2018
Andrew Maxwell: Shake a Leg
Shake a Leg is a topical and hilarious hour of comedy, which sees Andrew Maxwell masterfully navigating modern phenomena from Twitter trolls to Brexit. It is an invocation to pay attention to the world around us, while not getting too bogged down in the news.
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14 August 2018
A Silent Voice
A Silent Voice (2016) - A redemption story that speaks volumes.
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14 August 2018
Beyond ‘Curious Incident’, New Narratives of Autism by David Hartley
There’s a saying in the autism community: “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” There’s a serious humour at the heart of it, a wilful contradiction of logic spoken with an eyebrow raised that asks for change. It speaks to the frustration felt by autistic individuals who have seen the story of their identity told through harmful medical hypothesising, misguided neurotypical guesswork and deeply entrenched stereotyping – and usually by people who are not autistic.
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15 August 2018 – 27 August 2018
Only Fools and Three Courses
Comedy Dining presents a tribute to Only fools and Horses, the world's greatest sitcom, accompanied by a delicious, three course meal.
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30 September 2017 – 31 August 2018
Empire Through The Lens - Bristol Museum
The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol have a photography exhibition called Empire Through The Lens (click here to see the online exhibition) running from September 2017 to August 2018.
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13 August 2018
Jacob Hawley: Howl
Laugh along with up and coming comedy star Jacob Hawley.
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13 August 2018
The Ministers of Grace and Chatroom - Edfringe shows featuring Arts Award Achievers
There are undoubtedly many more shows featuring Arts Award achievers in Edinburgh, but these are two I knew. Both have their Gold, and I wanted to give them a try. I’m glad I did!
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13 August 2018
Alex Edelman: Just for us
This is a slick show, with a character who seems to like a touch of danger in his life. A Jew from New York who is a must see in Edinburgh.
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13 August 2018
Russell Hicks: Love Song for the Viciously Ambitious
Russell meets his aim of providing an antidote to the planned comedy sets of the Fringe. He bravely attempts improvised stand-up in a cool space.
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13 August 2018
Tania Edwards: Not My Dog
A dark, dry and hilarious show which has absolutely nothing to do with dogs
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13 August 2018
Darlings
A well-written, emotive play about how childhood scars can hurt us long into out adult lives
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13 August 2018
History I know
So many of you want me to tell you more about art and history and how I connect with the image the models and the full scale well I tell you in this blog.
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12 August 2018
Silver Arts Challenge Review
Following 7 days of intensive fashion school I have achieved my arts challenge. I would be very grateful for any feedback as this is the first week I have ever done a blog. What do you think of my challenge and blogs?