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1. 1. The Great Big Comedy Picnic @ Edinburgh Festival

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 20 August 2003 DESPITE your average Mancunian having comedy written in their gene pattern (just try sitting next to one on a bus and you’ll see), there’s never been a showcase of Manc talent at the Edinburgh festival.

2. 2. See more comedy poets

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 13 August 2003 COMEDY& poets are the scene’s strangest of creatures.

3. 3. King Gong @ The Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 04 August 2003 IT can turn an audience into a blood-thirsty, bone-gnawing beast, or show them to be a bunch of over-cautious social workers.

4. 4. Paul's talking funny

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 08 August 2003 THERE aren't too many comic ventriloquists on the British comedy scene, but one of them is Paul Zerdin.

5. 5. Sean's stories

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 14 August 2003 THE caring professions are a fertile ground for stand-up comedy. Harry Hill, when he was called Harry Hall, was a hospital doctor, while Jo Brand is a former psychiatric nurse.

6. 6. Bolton's very own poet laureate

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 22 August 2003 HOVIS Presley& has been the local comedy circuit's most idiosyncratic performer for years.

7. 7. Pod terrorists take revenge at the Fringe

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 07 August 2003 AARON Barshack, the comedy terrorist, was the victim of a return attack when his Edinburgh festival show was invaded by comedians from the Fringe’s newest and most mischievous venue, The Pod.

8. 8. Late ‘n’ Live @ Edinburgh Festival

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 20 August 2003 LATE ‘N’ LIVE at the Gilded Balloon, for those who don’t know, is an Edinburgh institution. The late night show is a kind of heckler heaven, Valhalla for all those people who ever had the urge to shout out at a comedy gig.

9. 9. Perrier nominees revealed

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 20 August 2003 AS the Edinburgh Festival Fringe gets down to the nitty-gritty stages, the long-awaited Perrier Comedy Award shortlists have been revealed.

10. 10. Will 'our' canny comic stand-up?

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 11 August 2003 A GEORDIE comedian is& to represent the north west in top Edinburgh competition.

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