New stand-up sensation Imran Yusuf has today scooped a Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Awards nomination for ‘Best Newcomer’ for his show ‘An Audience with Imran Yusuf’. The news is a remarkable achievement given that his show was solely performed on Edinburgh’s ‘Free Festival’.

The string of superlatives throughout Imran’s reviews over the month speak volumes for the huge talent posessed by the muslim comedian managed by Comic Voice Management:

“By not focusing on the obvious racial stereotypes, he wins over the entire audience. His happy, positive personality leaves them feeling uplifted, energised and privileged to have had An Audience With Imran Yusuf” ***** Chortle

“Imran Yusuf’s show heralds the birth of a new comedy star. Intelligent, thought provoking and laugh out loud funny it’s a glorious debut.” **** Time Out

“Imran Yusuf has to be one of the most captivating, energetic, and animated stand up comedians I’ve ever seen” ***** The New Current

“…there’s is no doubting his talent. As he says, catch him before you have to pay for the privilege” **** The Arts Desk

Imran Yusuf is represented proudly and exclusively by Comic Voice Management, a division of The Comedy Club Ltd

| View Imran Yusuf’s Page at ComicVoice.com

So welcome to the festival; young Belfast born act Ryan McDonnell, improv incredibles The Noise Next Door, Sophomoric sofa-mates Simon & Sy and Michael McIntyre Comedy Roadshow probable Imran Yusuf.

Here’s a brief summary of what’s to come:

Ryan McDonnell
Show: AAA Stand-up
Where: 33 Pleasance – Courtyard
When: 4-30 Aug (Previews 4,5,6)
Time: 11.00pm
Overview: Bringing his own brand of upbeat Northern Irish banter to the Fringe with a mixture of laughs and charm, Ryan will entertain you with an energetically, unique view of the world and how he survives in it.

The Noise Next Door
Show: The Noise Next Door: Chaos Control
Where:  33 Pleasance – Courtyard
When:  4-30 Aug (not 11,18) (Previews 4,5,6)
Time: 7.00pm
Overview: Earth-shattering secrets & Impossible odds.  Our mission: Protect mankind, kick ass…and bag sexy chicks. Audience suggestions are transformed into fantastically funny scenes and songs, exposing society’s secrets and unleashing ludicrous characters, witty one-liners and explosive physicality.

Imran Yusuf
Show: An Audience with Imran Yusuf
Where: Laughing Horse @ Espionage
When: 6-30 Aug
Time: 4.30pm-5.30pm
Overview: The fast talking lyrical machine gun comic slows it down for a deep and meaningful look at life with personal stories and a unique life philosophy.

Simon Feilder
Show Name: Life of Si: Si Harder
Where: The GRV
When: 6th-30th Aug (not 18 Aug)
Time: 6.40pm
Overview: Sophomoric sofa-mates Simon & Sy’s riotous return! New shenanigans, new videos, new haircuts… same teapot.

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In what can only be described as “clearly some kind of clerical error”, Life Of Si has been invited to appear at the innaugural Hollywood Fringe Festival, running from 17-27 June 2010.

In Hollywood. The real one. In LA, America, The World etc.  I KNOW, right?

We’ll be performing an hour(ish) show featuring all of (y)our favourite things from last year’s Edinburgh show plus some special Hollywood treats.

If you could bottle excitement, all of our bottles would be overflowing and broken. In a good way. Not in a “festival tent” way.

Geoff Norcott - The Shocking Truth About Men & Women

Edinburgh Festival Stand Up Comedy News

GEOFF NORCOTT
Title Of Show:     ‘The Shocking Truth About Men & Women’
Venue:                  Pleasance Courtyard – Over The Road 3
Time:                    7.00pm
Dates:                   5th – 31st August (except 12th & 19th)     
Previews:            5th – 7th August

We all know men and women are different, but how many stereotypes are actually rooted in scientific fact? Depressingly, quite a few. Maybe the real truth about men and women is so shocking we cling on to the simple versions for a good reason…
 
After deciding not to buy his wife the diamond ring he promised her – instead using the money to fund this year’s Edinburgh Festival show – outstandingly good stand up Geoff Norcott returns once more for the full month at the newly re-opened Pleasance venue ‘Over The Road 3’ with his new show ‘The Shocking Truth About Men & Women’.
 
Geoff has become a bit sexist and isn’t happy about it. A former card-carrying feminist, he abandoned his principles during five years of marriage and dubious TV presenting gigs for Nuts.  It’s time to rediscover the ‘New Man’ he left behind.  He is ready to concede defeat in the battle of the sexes. It turns out that women are just better – and, usually, right.

But we do like different things. Men like shoes and women like fighting…something like that. Men are good at reversing, but rubbish at backtracking.
Women are good at locating small things while big things elude them…

In an age of resurgent stereotypes, do you ever get the feeling that some of this gender stuff doesn’t add up?
 
A former school teacher, everything Geoff does is under-pinned by enthusiasm, optimism and a sharp comic mind. Whether it be on the comedy circuit or on TV or radio, Geoff’s abundance of energy combined with a storming mix of observations, impressions and satire has made him a hugely popular act both in the UK and abroad.
 
Geoff is emerging as a vibrant writer, having written for ‘Parsons & Naylor’ on BBC Radio Two & for Radio 4, MTV and Nuts TV.  His TV work includes BBC1 impressions show ‘Spoof’, presenting on the WKD Shed Sports Show, where his quick witted one-liners became a popular feature of the nightly debates), and BBC2’s ‘My Appalling School Report’. Geoff is also currently involved in an exciting new sketch show project due to hit our screens in late 2009. Radio credits include frequent guest spots on Talksport’s ‘Hawksby & Jacobs Show’ and the Richard Bacon Show for Radio 5.
 
OPINIONS ON GEOFF FROM THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE:

 ‘Absolutely brilliant, funny, caring, even as a small boy he kept the room laughing, but I do have a bias – I’m his mum. Even so, he is brilliantly funny.’ –
Actual quote from his objective mother posted on www.chortle.co.uk
 
‘We’re kind of hoping the comedy thing is just a phase.’ – His Mother In Law
 
‘Always Trying.’ – His Wife
 
THE CRITICS:
 
‘…Funny, charming and optimistic…’                                           THE LIST
 
‘…This guy is going to be big’                                                     THE STAGE
 
‘..A quick witted and amiable host.’                                             CHORTLE
 
‘..guaranteed to bring the house down at any comedy gig.’        MANCHESTER E NEWS
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