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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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- Jane Canaway
For a chance to see Britain’s Hot New Things before they become household names, the tapas board that is New Order UK offers a rotating line-up featuring perfect bite-sized morsels of some excellent new talent.
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- Liza Dezfouli
It’s not hard to ‘get in the mood’ for Endgame, as relevant now as when it was first written; a timeless portrayal of futility, of waste, of power struggle and desecration. Or you can see it as a psychic personal hell; it’s up to you.
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- Gordana Andjelic-Davila
When a comedian is successfully delivering his material to an audience in a foreign language, and is still able to generate laughs, that’s pretty damn incredible. Such is the case with Venezuelan-born Ivan Aristeguieta.
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