Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom 1-25 August 1700 (1 hour) Free
In 2010 Chris Stephen emerged from Aberdeen to bring and showcase North-East Scotland’s finest comedians to the Edinburgh Fringe. Now teamed up with Debbie Overell, a trained theatre technician, they are Ginger Ale Comedy, a non-profit organisation that has performed sell-out shows throughout Glasgow as well as packed showcases for many festivals including the Edinburgh Free Fringe Festival and the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, not to mentioncorporate gigs as well as comedy marathons for charity. For two consecutive years, Ginger Ale Comedy has brought together some of the best, brightest, maddest, strangest and unexpected acts for a show that has played to full and sometimes over-full houses in many of the Laughing Horse Free Festival’s finest venues. In this final showcase, they will once and for all put to bed which team has the finest, funniest, or maybe even just the most insane comedians as for one last time the battle rages between ABERDEEN, GLASGOW and THE WORLD! – Let battle commence!
So, who’s on?
In past shows they’ve been able to secure some of Scotland and beyond’s finest new comedians and established acts, such as:
Leona Irvine Harry Garrison Ed Whitley Greg DavyssonJamie Rolland Sarah Short Joe Hullait Hamish TennantJane Walker Rod Hunter Sarah Cassidy John PurvesStruan Logan John Mitchell Ed Whitley Pearse James So You Think You’re Funny Winner 2010 James Kirk Peter Wood Allan Park Scottish Comedian Of The Year 2011 Jamie Dalgleish Geoff Gawler Tiffer Robertson Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist Anna Devitt Adam Strewth John Aldiss Scott Riley Jane Walker Obie Jim The Hobbit Ross Main Jordan R.A. Mills Tim The Dead Theory ConspiratistTony Laing Tony Littler Daniel Webster Scottish Comedian Of The Year 2012 Eddie Cassidy Iain Pollock Ray Zambino…and many more!
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
