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- Jane Canaway
Now that we’re all so time poor and have short attention spans, the “Best of” comedy nights fulfil an important role: they offer the chance to see some of the new kids on the block.
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- Jane Canaway
There's an awful lot of good-fun stuff going on inside Hannah Gadsby's mind and, thanks to Ritalin, we're now able to take a quick peek inside.
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- Jan Chandler
Twenty years in the business and Wil Anderson has mastered the skills needed to be both funny and thought-provoking; the seventy minutes went in a flash, perfectly paced and with never a dull moment.
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- Lee Bemrose
Judith Lucy shares a lot of herself in Ask No Questions Of The Moth. She shares her humour, her intelligence, and a little bit of wisdom too.
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- Lee Bemrose
The title says it all, really; two men act out Dumas' classic, The Three Musketeers, in one hour. But these are no ordinary men. These are The Pajama Men (Shennoah Allen and Mark Chavez). And there are more than three characters in The Three Musketeers. A lot more.
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- Lee Bemrose
Never been a big fan of comedy involving puppets. I mean, puppets are for kids, aren't they? That's obviously why this show has an early time slot – so the puppet-loving kiddies can get their comedy fix, right?
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- Simon Piening
In the follow up to their smash-hit Empire, Spiegelworld present their latest wayward circus/burlesque spectacular – Absinthe.
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