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Why do performers go to Edinburgh Fringe when it costs so much?
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (901+ words) At the biggest arts festival in the world, costs have soared, bursaries have dwindled and breaking even is an achievement A street performer at Edinburgh Fringe. Image: David Monteith-Hodge. Image: David Monteith-Hodge This month, comedian June Tuesday was all set…...
Inside the Big Issue: Trash talking with Count Binface
1+ week, 5+ day ago (238+ words) Count Binface is Nigel Farage's highest profile challenger in Clacton. He sat down with Big Issue ahead of the by-election. Inside the Big Issue: Count Binface. Count Binface is a 5,900-year-old intergalactic space warrior from the planet Sigma IX. When the…...
Meet the ex-homeless comedian behind Barry's Economics
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1313+ words) Choose your Big Issue newsletters: The stories we’re investigating, the change we’re fighting for, and the ways you can get involved and help make it happen. Stand-up Barry Ferns wants more people with lived experience of poverty to tell their…...
Caroline Aherne: An extraordinary talent and a relatable genius
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (653+ words) Choose your Big Issue newsletters: The stories we’re investigating, the change we’re fighting for, and the ways you can get involved and help make it happen. Caroline Aherne had an extraordinary gift for capturing our shared life experience through a…...
Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (74+ words) Manchester-set romcom Finding Emily offers an alternative to anyone who does not fancy Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn. Image: Focus Features Finding Emily is in cinemas now Buy from your local Big Issue vendor…...
Comedian Fatiha El-Ghorri on representing female Muslim comic
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (984+ words) Find out more about how your personal data is processed and set your preferences in the details section. The comedian's first national tour, Cockney Stacking Doll, runs from April to June and includes a headline date at the Hackney Empire…...
Live Comedy Day: No Last One Laughing without open mic nights
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (621+ words) Live comedy generates more than £1 billion for the UK economy each year, yet it still isn’t recognised as an art form Image: Lana Sham / Shutterstock; Amazon MGM Studios; MATT STRONGE “That circuit is essential. They are the lifeblood of our…...
The Molotovs: 'We kind of created a scene from nothing"
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1210+ words) They're still in their teens, but siblings Issey and Mathew Cartlidge of The Molotovs know exactly where they want to be – and that's not in a maths class The Molotovs. Image: Nick Benoy Mathew Cartlidge quit school before his GCSEs…...
Comedian Rosie Jones: 'I thought I couldn't be disabled and gay"
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (446+ words) Find out more about how your personal data is processed and set your preferences in the details section. Rosie Jones chats to the Big Issue about disability and sexuality as she is set to take to the stage in a…...
John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (320+ words) Choose your Big Issue newsletters: The stories we’re investigating, the change we’re fighting for, and the ways you can get involved and help make it happen. The beloved comic actor celebrated, with insights from famous friends That great comic actor…...