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ROMESH RANGANATHAN The loveable comic is back with brutally honest stand-up
The hardest working man in comedy? The nicest man in stand-up? Not the greatest maths teacher in the world? Romesh Ranganathan has been called the fi rst two several times and is open enough to dub himself the third on the occasions when he refl ects back on his previous life in the education game. Now, though, he’s teaching new stand-ups a lesson in how to make it in the business: hard work and being nice. Oh, and being very funny, too, which The Reluctant Landlord sitcom creator and star has been almost effortlessly doing since his emergence in 2013 (it takes hard work to make it look that effortless, remember). His debut Rom Com was nominated for the Best Newcomer prize at the Edinburgh
Fringe, while his equally puntastic follow-up, Rom Wasn’t Built in a Day, made the shortlist for the big award the following year. He’s now back this autumn with The Cynic’s Mixtape, a show that he is insisting will be his ‘most brutally honest yet’. (Brian Donaldson) ■ Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Sat 26 & Sun 27 Oct; Edinburgh Playhouse, Thu 21 & Fri 22 Nov.
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