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The free event, in Vanbrugh V/045, runs from 6pm on Saturday, 1st December until 6pm the following night and includes over twenty acts.
It is one of a series of fundraising ideas to help set up two shows at the next Edinburgh fringe festival, which begins on 3rd August 2008.
Drama Society have performed at the world famous festival in previous years. Comedy Soc aims to raise about £7000 before August to rent a venue for the entire month and cover travel costs.
Comedy soc chair Edd Robinson said: “I suppose it was my idea. We’ve been discussing it since the start of term and it’s snowballed. It’s going to be a big event in terms of the number of people, the number of acts, the number of everything so there is something for everyone, so people should come down.”
There is something for everyone so people should come down.
“It’s all free, if people like what they see and want to give then they can. Between 3 and 9 there is going to be a low number of people but we’ll see. It’s going to be interesting!”
The schedule up until early this morning is as follows:
1900: Challenges! Show includes stunts. 1910: Jay Foreman. Comedy songs. 1940: Have I got News for York. Based on the TV panel show. 2040: “Woody”. Stand up. 2100: Gareth Johnson. Stand up. 2115: The Preliminary Sketches show. Sketch comedy. 2200: The Shambles. Improvised comedy. 2300: The Yorkshire Tales. York’s very own sketch show.
Sunday 2nd
0000: Edd Robinson. Stand up. 0020: Phil Oldershaw. Stand up. 0100: Amer Iqbal. Stand up. 0115: The Little Dying Orphans Happy Funtime Show. Puppets. 0130: Jay Foreman. Comedy Songs. 0200: John Rushton and Stuart Young. Guests from “The Black Fez Comedy Club”.
Asked for his highlights, Robinson added: “I’d say the Shambles are always a highlight and Jay Foreman has been around for a while now, he’s got a CD in Your:Shop. We’re also lucky to have an actors group called The Preliminary sketches, they are the major highlights.”
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