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Ya ya ding dong. Two of the UK’s most exciting new comedians present an hour of standup. Freya Mallard (BBC Radio 4) is a Leicester Square New Comedian finalist. She has been described by Josie Long as, “a wonderful and exciting new voice: silly, warm and super smart!”. Thor Stenhaug (British Comedian of the Year shortlist) finished sold out runs of his past two Edinburgh shows. ‘Heart-warming and hilariously self-aware stand up****’ (EdFringe Review). ‘The crowd loved him. The gem of the Free Fringe’ (North West End).
Last little joke about why they should come.
This year we have two entry methods: Free & Unticketed or Pay What You CanFree & Unticketed: Entry to a show is first-come, first served at the venue - just turn up and then donate to the show in the collection at the end.Pay What You Can: For these shows you can book a ticket to guarantee entry and choose your price from the Fringe Box Office, up to 30 mins before a show. After that all remaining space is free at the venue on a first-come, first-served bases. Donations for walk-ins at the end of the show.
SUDDENLY, I feel very old. Not only because I’m about to qualify to do stand-up at “Ageing Folks Telling Jokes: The Best Comics over 40” (Ageing? Forty!) but because I’ve glimpsed the future – and that future is the young and talented Thor Stenhaug and Freya Mallard.Buried beneath The City Café in the Old Town, Thor and Freya are packing two dozen people into a karaoke booth for an hour of jokes each night during the Free Fringe. Their talent more than fills the room, and these two rising stars deserve a much bigger audience for their gags.Forget any suggestions of gimmicky cashing-in on the popularity of Thor in the Marvel comic book films or Netflix’s Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, with its weird transportation of the Hydro from Glasgae to Embra. Instead, this is good, solid, off-fashioned stand-up, delivered by a pair of young comedians on their way up.... Click Here For Review