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Edinburgh Fringe shows cancelled as comedian says festival has ‘let us all down’

EDINBURGH Fringe comedians have warned that shows are being cancelled as audiences appear to fall away during the final week of the festival

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David Tennant, Jodie Whittaker and Riz Ahmed to star in daring unrehearsed West End play

‘White Rabbit Red Rabbit‘ sees a different performer take to the stage each night to be presented with a sealed envelope, inside is a script they have never seen before, which they will perform only once - with no rehearsal and no director

The Independent UK

David Tennant and Jodie Whittaker to take turns to star in play

White Rabbit Red Rabbit sees a different performer take to the stage each night, with no rehearsal and no director.

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Gillian Anderson to get ‘in the ring’ with Billy Crudup for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in London

The stars of Sex Education and The Morning Show will appear in a new West End production of Edward Albee’s classic, directed by Marianne Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Show exploring life as a trans woman wins Best Comedy award at Edinburgh Fringe

An act which explores life as a trans woman has won the prestigious Best Comedy Show award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The National (Scotland)

Double win for Yorkshire in Edinburgh comedy awards

Hull’s Amy Gledhill wins best show and Huddersfield’s Joe Kent-Walters named best newcomer, with Rob Copland winning Victoria Wood award

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh comedy awards champ Amy Gledhill is a delightful standup now set for breakout success

The festival’s top prize has gone to a warmly witty act, previously nominated for best newcomer, with the chops to become a household name

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Digested week: Liz Truss’s unintentional comedic turn at Edinburgh fringe

A crowing flash-in-the-pan PM and Jimmy Carr’s life lessons from the Oompa Loompas

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh festival fringe: Ahir Shah’s Ends wins best show at comedy awards

32-year-old comedian whose set explores race, class and migration becomes first British-Asian to take prize

The Guardian - UK

‘You absolutely can’t make money’: can the Edinburgh Fringe survive?

The world’s biggest arts festival is back this month, at a time when discussions about the cost of taking a show to the Fringe have never been louder. Isobel Lewis speaks to performers, producers, food stall owners and community organisers about the problems facing the festival and whether it can…

The Independent UK

The Edinburgh comedy awards have been saved. But are they a fringe benefit?

At a late hour, the former Perrier has found new sponsors. Some winners have mixed feelings about it but the prize brings attention to an art form that doesn’t get enough appreciation

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh Comedy Awards to go ahead this Fringe as sponsors step in one month before 2023 festival

Awards’ future had seemed uncertain after previous sponsor dropped out

The Independent UK

Edinburgh Comedy Awards in call for new sponsor as Dave backs out

Organisers are also setting up a charitable trust in order to raise smaller sums of money

Insider UK

66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards Special Award winners Vanessa Redgrave and Nica Burns on theatre’s future

The Standard recognised two great theatre names who fought for the art form and kept its spirit alive during the pandemic

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Joyous and emotional: inside the 66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards returned last night after a two-year pandemic-enforced break, in a night that reflected the strength of London’s theatre recovery

Evening Standard

Jodie Comer takes centre stage at Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2022

Winners unveiled on star-studded night celebrating London theatre’s resurgence after the lockdown years

The Guardian - UK

Josie Rourke: ‘If Shakespeare was alive now he’d be under commission to Nica Burns’

As You Like It comes to London’s new venue @sohoplace this winter. The play’s director and the theatre’s owner discuss arts cuts, the industry’s gender balance and the pandemic

Evening Standard

Understudies save the day for West End’s new theatre

Two understudies have been hailed for “stepping up” after a leading actor fell ill hours before opening night at the West End’s first new theatre in 50 years.

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First new-build West-End venue in 50 years enjoys ‘glorious’ opening night

Owner Nica Burns said the theatre had been ’embraced’ by audiences, but still needed to ‘earn its place’ in the world-famous theatre district.

The Guardian - UK

Sophie Okonedo to play Medea at new West End theatre

The production, beginning next February, will be directed by Dominic Cooke for @sohoplace in London

The National (Scotland)

Australian comic Sam Campbell wins top comedy award at Fringe festival

AUSTRALIAN comic Sam Campbell has won the top prize for his show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The Independent UK

Australian comic Sam Campbell wins top prize at Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards

Campbell took the best comedy show prize, while Lara Ricote was named best newcomer.

The Guardian - UK

‘It comes down to taste’: how the Edinburgh comedy awards find tomorrow’s funniest stars

Nica Burns, driving force of the festival’s comedy prize, talks about the winners and losers in 40 years of the hugely influential event

Evening Standard

New West End theatre will have more female loos than men’s

The new theatre is above the Elizabeth Line station at Tottenham Court Road

The Guardian - UK

London’s West End gets first purpose-built theatre in 50 years

Part of a £300m regeneration of the area near Tottenham Court Road station, @sohoplace combines intimacy with innovative design

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