#HonestAmy review – warmth, stoical wit and a flavour of fortune cookie

Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Kathy Burke directs Amy Booth-Steel’s feelgood, if cliched, ukulele-assisted chronicle of cancer and PTSDFive years ago, Amy Booth-Steel was a jobbing actor, when she was diagnosed with stage three cancer and told she could be…

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All Steel Panther wants to do is **** itself in new video

Feel the steel because Steel Panther is back! The argument can be made that SP is the most important band… MORE
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The circle is complete, Chris D’Elia is now Eminem in “Homicide” video

Remember a few weeks ago when Chris D’Elia’s viral clips where he “rapped” like Eminem ended up in the new… MORE
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Kyle Kinane is in the Off With Their Heads music video

Kyle Kinane is a beast of a comedian. In his journey to the top of the stand-up pile, he’s also… MORE
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Edinburgh festival 2019: 50 theatre, comedy and dance shows to see

There’s a Belle and Sebastian play, a show in a hair salon, Frances Barber performing Pet Shop Boys songs and top comics including Josie Long and Stephen Fry. Here’s our guide to the world’s biggest arts festivalCrocodile Fever Traverse Playwright Megh…

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Jess Robinson review – slick impressions and super-powered ballads

Soho theatre, LondonBig of voice and wide of smile, the Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist fills the room with her singing and mimicryAt points in Jess Robinson’s show, as you’re being pinned to the back wall of the venue by the power of her balladeeri…

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It’s come full circle, Chris D’Elia is on the new Eminem track

A few months back on his Congratulations podcast, Chris D’Elia got on a jag about Eminem. The comedian started mimicking… MORE
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Ian Cognito obituary

Provocative standup who never appeared on television, but was a much loved figure on the comedy circuitThe charismatic and iconoclastic comedian Ian Cognito, who has died aged 60, was a critically acclaimed and much loved figure on the British circuit …

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‘Anyone else would have kicked him out’: celebrity flatmates reveal all

Stealing clothes, sharing a bed, cereal for dinner… from Shaun Ryder and Bez to the boys from Busted, former housemates remember their first houseshareShaun Ryder and his Happy Mondays bandmate Bez first lived together in Salford, Greater Manchester,…

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Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story review – tender Frank Sidebottom tribute

This documentary about Sievey’s wacky comic creation makes a good case for bestowing posthumous national treasure statusIt’s appropriate that this absorbing, tender documentary has been driven by a surge of fan loyalty and love. A grassroots Kickstarte…

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