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FESTIVAL COMEDY
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Jackson's Way at the Underbelly and now the thinking lady's scruffy existentialist. post-Beckett stand-up returning after a long. wiry absence. It seemed as though the comedy circuit had lost one of its favourite Irish sons to top telly shows like Never Mind the Buzzcocks and, um, The Last Detective, but he‘s finally back where he belongs: basking in the Fringe’s expectant bosom.
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4 acts who should be more famous in September than they were in July
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For venue addresses see index page 80.
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