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  July 19, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Interview with stand up Andi Osho

  One of the best acts of the Liverpool Comedy Festival this year, Andi Osho is one of stand up’s rising stars. MADEUP instantly fell for her many charms, and has been raving about her ever since. City comic Jake Mills got to know her during her sta…

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  May 5, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Simon Munnery, Unity

  Simon Munnary’s show, Self Employed, is a revealing journey into the mind of one of British comedy’s unsung talents. Personally, I hadn’t seen Munnary live for donkeys’ years, and don’t really remember much enjoying his Alan Parker, Urban Warrior …

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  May 4, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Tim Fitzhigham, Unity

  Tim Fitzhigham is probably chuffed to find himself regularly described as a great British eccentric. Well, someone’s going to get round to calling you that if you insist on rowing across the Channel in a bath, which is precisely what the comedian …

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  April 20, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Is Liverpool really the worst place to gig?

  Everybody’s been talking about the results of a recent poll among comedians that put Liverpool down as the toughest place to gig. Some 18% of the professionals questioned by Dave TV said this city was the hardest to get a laugh in. In all honesty,…

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  April 13, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Interview: stand up Jake Mills

  Jake Mills is one of Liverpool’s brightest up-and-coming comedy stars. A regular on the stand up circuit as he balances student life with an increasingly busy live schedule, he has managed to impress some of the biggest names on the regional scene…

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  April 7, 2011 / 9 Comments

  Review: Doug Stanhope, St George’s Hall

  Acts performing in the concert room of St George???s Hall are practically contractually obliged to be impressed with the surroundings. They always mention it. With that in mind, even hearing this gig had been announced was enough for a double take. …

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  April 6, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Interview: Micky Flanagan

  Micky Flanagan left school at 15 with no qualifications – now he is one of the most popular comedians in Britain. James Rampton investigates… Flanagan’s Out, Out tour comes to the Liverpool Empire tonight (April 6) – and the tour tops an extraor…

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  September 2, 2010 / 0 Comments

  Sarah Millican on the way to the Phil

  It’s been all go for comedian Sarah Millican. No sooner has she finished her most recent Edinburgh Fringe show (for which she was nominated for the Foster’s Comedy Award), than she’s hitting the road on the biggest tour of her career so far. Milli…

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  May 12, 2010 / 0 Comments

  Review: Richard Herring, Hitler Moustache, Baby Blue

  By chance recent events only served to make last night, the final night of an 135 date tour, just as relevant as it was at the start, and normally it would be fair to say that would give a bit of a shot in the arm to a year-old act – not that Rich…

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