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Hemel Gazette

Tringe tickets selling fast as Screaming Blue Murder season comes to an end
Hemel Gazette
Call the box office on 07543 560478 for the last few tickets or go online at either www.courttheatre.co.uk or www.get-stuffed.biz. Alternatively pop into Beechwood Fine Foods, 42 Frogmore Street, Tring, HP23 5AU. > Join fellow comedy connoisseurs in ...

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Derbyshire Times

Fancy a laugh?
Derbyshire Times
Irish/Australian comedian, Jimeoin is renowned for his exceptional audience rapport and witty observations on the absurdities of everyday life. He'll be demonstrating both of these attributes when he performs at Sheffield Memorial Hall, on Sunday, ...

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Morley Observer

Top comedian includes Peterborough on UK tour
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Micky Flanagan, one of Britain's biggest comedy stars has revealed a UK tour for 2013 - and it includes a date in Peterborough. London's Micky Flanagan will travel the length of breadth of the country with his new show called Back In The Game.
Micky Flanagan's Back in the Game at Leeds Town HallMorley Observer
Micky Flanagan Announces 'Back In The Game' TourEntertainment Focus

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Five-star comedian heads for The Laughter Lounge stage, Uckfield
Uckfield News
The Scotsman called it 'joyful, heart-warming and funny'. Both gave him four stars. Chortle.co.uk gave him five stars in 2007 for Deafy's Island Discs, a show The Sunday Times called funny and moving. It toured the UK in 2008 and has been performed in ...

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Silent movie-style comedy act added to East Lindsey Live Programme
This is Lincolnshire
A SILENT movie-style comedy is the latest act to be added to the East Lindsey Live Programme. The award winning Bash Street Theatre Company will perform against the backdrop of Tattershall Castle. The Strongman fuses silent comedy with circus skills, ...

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The Guardian

This week's new events
The Guardian
Various venues, Fri to 10 Jun Iain Aitch You only have to check the guestlist to realise that two-year-old Kapow! has already established a rep as the UK comics con. Comic-book royalty in attendance includes Frank Quitely, the artist behind what's ...

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The Guardian

Chris O'Dowd: from The IT Crowd to Hollywood
The Guardian
By this point, he was best known for his role in the Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd, written by Graham Linehan (Father Ted, Black Books), and had acted in a few British films of varying quality – the 2005 black comedy Festival, Richard Curtis's The Boat ...

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NEWS.com.au

Sacha Baron Cohen: UN was scared of my 'dictator'
The Independent
He had previously declined to appear in person and explain his comedy because potential targets, seeing him on chat shows and alerted to a “set-up”, would withdraw their consent to appear. Since The Dictator did not require any subterfuge, ...
What's On - entertainment guideStirling Observer

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Telegraph.co.uk

'Dictator's Sacha Baron Cohen has reinvented comedy, says Judd Apatow
Digital Spy UK
His six funniest moments are six of the funniest moments in comedy history," Apatow declared. "It was hilarious," Apatow recalled. "Things get very stale." He added that the incident should be a landmark for comedy: "Our entire industry needs someone ...
"I dressed as Borat and Ali G fans had no idea it was me": Sacha Baron Cohen ...Mirror.co.uk
Sacha Baron Cohen: I enjoyed anonymityBelfast Telegraph
A frenzied start to the Cannes film festReuters UK
Brisbane Times -WTOP
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The Guardian

Beryl and Betty: a very English mixture of intended and unintended comedy
The Guardian
I think it is the mixture of intended and unintended comedy. It wouldn't work if they were just being funny by accident, but some of the more surreal moments wouldn't work if they were doing it on purpose. Reeves is a nice, presentable 35-year-old, ...

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