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Tom Allen's Afternoon Tea

Tom Allen's Afternoon Tea

Well-balanced chat show from the camp charmer

(3 stars)24 Aug 2011

Tom Allen occupies the host’s chair with ease: his equal parts campy and charming persona comes across like a less grating Graham Norton, and he reins it in appropriately when guests Craig Hill and Diane Spencer takes the stage with lashings of innuendo…

Fringe for (around) a fiver: Comedy

Fringe for (around) a fiver: Comedy

The best cheap shows in Edinburgh this August

22 Jul 2011

AAA Stand-Up/Late A trio of dandy comics for much less than the normal price of three in this annual not-late/late line-up. The earlier bill includes Joe Rowntree while the later roster has Matt Price. Pleasance Courtyard, 556 6550, 3–5 Aug…

Tom Allen Tougens Up!

Tom Allen Tougens Up!

23 Jul 2010

One of the more eloquent communicators on the circuit, Tom Allen has been a proponent of conversational, anecdotal comedy with his Fringe shows such as Women! and A Voyage Round My Mother. This year, he might well be going against his grain as he…

Five pound note

Edinburgh Festival comedy highlights for a fiver

15 Jul 2009

Ooh, a Fringe in a credit crunch. It’ll be interesting times for all this year, but if you get in quick you can catch some of the best acts in exchange for a mere fiver. We’ve selected fifty of the finest shows you can see for the price of a…

Tom Allen

(2 stars)7 Aug 2008

There's a place in the theatre for Allen, because stand-up comedy is not his forté. The pleasure in his tale of finding some meaning in his family history is all in the telling; at the climax, Allen pretty much admits himself that the content is sadly…

Tom Allen

(3 stars)16 Aug 2007

Allen’s short stories are based on autobiographical tales of his uneventful coming of age, but it’s the way it’s told that’s important. He’s a quick witted storyteller whose wry asides make for absorbing listening. Theatre seems the stronger influence…

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