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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the winners of the 2019 Allen Wright Award and Fringe Young Writers Award. The Allen Wright Award recognises the best Fringe feature writer and best Fringe reviewer under the age of 30, while the Fringe Young Writer’s Award is awarded to the best Fringe review by a journalist aged 16-21 years old.
A man in a huge white boat sails to the edge of the world and the end of time –finding out everything there is to know about legs.
Legs, winner of the 2019 Malcolm Hardee Award For Comic Originality, is the creation of Julia Masli and the Duncan Brothers.
In a darkened cellar, aided only by some hats, a few sheets, some torches and a mop, three young men re-enact World War Two.
We meet a young man so lonely he has only a mop, a table and ashtray for company, an evil actor, the man who does everything by the book and a host of strangely eccentric British generals and camp dastardly Nazis.
The Dougal of the title is the lighting and sound technician behind the desk.
Henry Perryment and Joe Barnes play backstage staff, who have to fill in when the advertised act fails to show.
Our plucky heroes are also at the mercy of Dougal, who plays tricks with the sound and lighting cues and who has an improbable dislike of swearing.
Finlay Christie has won 2019’s So You Think You’re Funny? competition, the UK’s original comedy talent search celebrating its 32nd year.
Following heats across the country, Finlay Christie was winner, with Shane Daniel Byrne coming in as first runner-up and Charlie George coming in as second runner-up.
For Muslim families a data sheet is a way of comparing eligibility for marriage, which includes economic status, qualifications and family heritage.
On paper Eshaan Akbar is an excellent match. His parents and grandparents were eminent accomplished and intelligent. He has a fine education – and before becoming a comic he had a well paid, prestigious job.
The dark heart of light entertainment is exposed in this hilarious hour packed with surprises.
Chris Cantrill and Amy Gledhill introduce themselves as the resident artistes at a grim northern holiday resort called Ginster's.
There’s an introduction voiced by Johnny Vegas, a karaoke singalong with disturbing lyrics and a discernable air of desperation from our pink-coated hosts.
‘Hench’ for people who don’t know the word – is a body building term that means well built, muscular and strong.
Jessica Fostekew has always been sturdily built – but now she’s started bodybuilding and she’s happy to think of herself as ‘hench’.
This is a show about body issues, about feminism and about how, as a woman, we are supposed to be strong.
Gig theatre is a big thing these days. Having a live band or a solo musician on stage to provide a soundscape is having a moment.
Jack Rooke, storyteller and broadcaster, performs his show about love to the accompaniment of classical harpist Alexander Thomas.
His previous shows have covered loss and mourning but in this one ‘no one dies’.
Climate change and mental health are everywhere this year – and Laura Lexx has something to say about both of them.
She also mentions Brexit – which is now guaranteed to plunge an audience into despair. Lexx has noticed this too – so she’s come up with a way of mentioning it without actually saying the word.
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