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Fringe notes (1): Hard lessons in comedy at Edinburgh Fringe festival #edfringe

One of the amazing things about the world's biggest stage festival the Edinburgh Fringe is how many performers are willing to try their hand at the hardest genre. Comedy, with more than 1,100 acts, is the biggest section out of the already overwhelming selection. How difficult, I inadvertently saw proved when I attended the first new show by feminist standup comedian and political activist Kate Smurthwaite on Saturday. Full of good cheer, as Kate had been in recent years with her sharp satire e...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

One of the amazing things about the world's biggest stage festival the Edinburgh Fringe is how many performers are willing to try their hand at the hardest genre. Comedy, with more than 1,100 acts, is the biggest section out of the already overwhelming selection. How difficult, I inadvertently saw proved when I attended the first new show by feminist standup comedian and political activist Kate Smurthwaite on Saturday. Full of good cheer, as Kate had been in recent years with her sharp satire e...

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