Category: Comedy
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Fifty Shades Of Ginger
“…and then after that, well, there was nothing for it, we hi-fived!” concluded Christian Grey as he recounted another of his sexually deviant stories to the assorted group of red-blooded friends gathered around him in the Leek and Lion Pub just off Old Street. The old school friends met up like this every year to…
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Edinburgh 2012 Reviews
I’ve just returned from four glorious days in sunny Edinburgh (it seems wrong to say…), basking in comedic and theatrical genius with the odd road bump along the way. Last year I reviewed in depth everything I saw. However this year it wasn’t possible for 3 reasons. 1# I was there with my girlfriend who…
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Comedy Review: Jon Richardson
For someone who claims to be a “bit of a penis”, “a dick” and an all round nasty person Jon Richardson is, it should be said, a comedian who audiences instinctively warm to. He has a charm, a turn of phrase and a vulnerability which allows him to say the most horrendous (yet…
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England V Italy
Press F5 to refresh the blog #That all folks – That’s all folks, please add comments to the bottom, and rate (also at the bottom), keep an eye out for other blogs and follow me @mrfreeman1984 – Cheers! #England Lose – Beaten again on penalties, it’s a harsh way to go out, but at the…
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England V Ukraine
Keep refreshing (F5) for latest content Hello and welcome to my Football blog, keeping YOU, up to date with all the exciting moments of the game.. Pre Match – Well I’m excited… Are you? I might die from excitement. And in exciting pre-match news, it seems most of the England team are singing the National…
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Football (Writing a story – pt2)
So continuing my promise to try and write material every night…. A new section… I have a problem with my jaw so immense headaches so this might be terrible and end abruptly. However if it does rest assured I’ll be crying somewhere while clutching a bag of frozen southern friend chips close to my face……
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Writing a story – pt1
So here’s the thing. I think deep down I’ve always wanted to do something more creative than marketing. Crazy huh? But it’s true. For a long time it was playwriting, but while I occasionally have moments of inspiration, largely I struggle to get to the end of telling stories in a traditional play sense. Floating…
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Songs about stalking
I was sat in on Thursday with my guitar (I bought a new guitar, a lovely Farida acoustic… fills me with joy) strumming away when I realised that there are some subjects which have never been immortalised in song. Like trying to find clean socks, or the trials of curry farts or stalkers. So I…
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The First Read Through…
For a long time now I’ve had the feeling that something wasn’t right. It’s weird how life pushes and pulls things into different perspectives, often I’ve found when my personal life is least settled my professional life is an oasis of calm and visa versa. At the moment I find myself in a good place…
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Comedy – Work In Progress
It’s been a while since my last blog post, the extremely geeky games review, and in that time a couple of things have happened – firstly I have written a serious play which will be showing on May 30 & 31 at Unity Theatre, more details to follow – and secondly the comedy set I’ve…
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Podcast – Episode Two!
The second Dark Laughs podcast looking at local news from around the UK. Featuring Sam Freeman and Tim Franklin! With Tim leading the series 1 – 0 how will the tension be managed in this all new episode. Listen to Sam and Tim talk about uncanny coincidences in Kendal, toilet weed, library closures and Sam’s method of…
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Podcast – Episode One!
The first Dark Laughs podcast looking at local news from around the UK. Featuring Sam Freeman and Tim Franklin! Listen to Sam and Tim talk about lightning that may have struck, thieves stealing the most unlikely things, terrible donkey based stories, and a complete lack of artistic integrity or comic flair! Episode one so let…
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On The Edge
It’s a weird experience I’m going through this week. I’ve had an odd ‘career’ as a writer so far to date. Produced work includes a show in a restaurant about cous cous, and a studio show with a panda suit, necrophilia jokes and, quite naturally lots of eerie silences. In common with everything I’ve done…
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Comedy Review: Edinburgh 2011
Glenn Wool – Brilliant stand up from Canadian stand-up Glenn Wool. A little known comedian in the UK his subject matter is all that stands between him and the nicely polished pleasantness of “Live at the Apollo” or “Comedy Roadshow”. And thank god. If ever there was a comedian born to talk about anal examination in…
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Comedy Review: Andrew Bird’s Village Fete
Edinburgh Festival 2011 The measure of success for any performer should be their ability to effect an audience, manipulate them and create an experience that is unique but also managed with intent and conviction. Andrew Bird works hard from the start to get his audience on his side an succeeds epically. There are few comedians I…
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Comedy Review: The Axis Of Awesome
Edinburgh Festival 2011 One of the great things about the festival is the contrast in performances, styles, venues and atmospheres. Surely there are few other places where you can go from an underground basement room with six other people watching a Geordie comedian flogging his comedy heart and soul out for little noticeable effect to…
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Comedy Review: Bridget Christie
Edinburgh Festival 2011 – Housewife Surrealist I was standing, as is my will to do, yesterday at the Virgin half-price ticket desk looking for festival bargains while tirelessly trying to avoid the endless repeats of Puppetry of the Penis, Titanic 2 and the many many productions of some second rate Sarah Kane show by undersexed…