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If you like to keep up to date with how either Gein's or Tarot are doing because you're a fan, or worse, a family member then we'll keep this bit updated with developments, only positive ones though because no one wants to hear how often we decide to disband or how many poops Ed has done. Plus, we've set up a mailing list for that.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy is back on the menu boys
Imagine the best meal with the best ingredients for £5. Suspiciously Cheap Comedy is essentially that with ethically sourced comedians doing new material. All upcoming Salford, Leicester and London dates are listed below under 'Recitals'. Delicious.
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Tarot are going on an Autumn 2024 Tour!
We will be bringing our nightie clad selfs to a city near you. Maybe. Check out the dates and cities here.
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Pobl Bachyn
We made a short film for the BBC. Please watch it so they'll let us make more. Watch it here.
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Edinburgh Fringe 2024
Yep, we're doing it again. Get your tickets to Tarot's latest show 'Shuffle' here.
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Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2024
Your boys are heading to Machynlleth again. We've got a Tarot Work in progress (tix here) and a Hive Mind (tix here) show. Please buy all the tix (tickets).
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Hive Mind at Soho Theatre 2024
Hive mind is coming to Soho on March 26th to 29th! We've got loads of banging guests like Katy Wix, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Sophie Duker, Glenn Moore, Amy Gledhill plus more. Get your tickets here.
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Glasgow Comedy Festival 2024
Thrilled to be bringing a Tarot Work in Progess show and a Hive Mind show to the Glasgow Comedy Festival. Please buy all of the WIP tickets here. and then buy all of the Hive Mind he tickets here.
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Edinburgh Fringe 2023
We're having a chilled Fringe this year. Chilled in the sense that we're doing a Tarot Work in Progress from Aug 2-14th at the Monkey Barrell, not chilled financially. We're still being ruined. Tickets available here.
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Hive Mind
We've gone all shiny floor! We're taking a late night gameshow called Hive Mind up to the Fringe. We're only doing three nights so snap tickets up here. We're also going to be previewing it around the country so keep an eye on ticket links below.
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We're on ITV X
Inexplicably, we're on ITV X. Catch our Tarot: Cautionary Tales show here.
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Next Up's Fringe Festival Flashback
The heroes at NextUp Comedy recorded our Tarot: Cautionary Tales show at last years Edinburgh Fringe. Thank God we didnt die on our arse because they're showing it again on April 6th. We're also doing a probably poorly atended Q &A after it. Watch it here.
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Salford's Suspiciously Cheap
We're bringing Suspiciously Cheap Comedy back to Salfords New Adelphi Theatre on April 24th. Line up is top-notch with Stephen Bailey, Seeta Wrightson and Lauren Pattison, plus us as Tarot and Kiri Pritchard-Mclean as MC. Tickets available at newadelphitheatre.co.uk
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Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2023
We love Mach fest so much we're doing three shows at this years festival. Come see what happens when Tarot are spread too thin. Tickets available here.
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Hiraeth
We made a short film and you can watch it here.
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Tarot: Soundbleed on BBC Sounds
Our Radio 4 series Tarot: Soundbleed is now on BBC Sounds. You can listen here for proof. We do.
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Welcome to Spooktown podcast
The nice folk at Little Wander asked Ed and Kath if they could move to Spooktown, invite pals like James Acaster, Evelyn Mok, and Isy Suttie over, get them to tell them a spooky story, decipher whether they're talking out their arse or not, and then turn that into a podcast. So we've made this: Welcome to Spooktown
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy is back baby
We're heading back to the Pleasance Theatre on October 24th and we're bringing Sara Pascoe, Charlie George and Sam Campbell with us. Real nice. In person tickets here. Online tickets here.
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Aberystwyth Comedy Festival
We're doing Tarot: Cautionary Tales at the world class Aberystwyth Comedy Festival on September 30th. Tickets available here.
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Edinburgh Fringe 2022
We're heading back to the Fringe with Tarot's Cautionary Tales this year. Tickets are on sale here.
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Work in Progresses
If you want to watch us sweat out some new stuff across the country then boy have we got the thing for you. We've got a some WIPS as Tarot coming up. All links are below.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy at The Pleasance
Suspicioulsy Cheap Comedy is back at the London Pleasance. The line-ups are always top. In person tickets are available here. Online tickets are available with Next up Comedy here.
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Suspiciously Cheap is back, back, back again!
We're at the Pleasance Theatre, London on January 31st. Darren Harriott, Jessica Fostekew, Fatiha El-Ghorri plus more, for just a fiver. Wild. Get your in-person tickets here and streaming tickets here.
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Tarot and Kiri Work in Progress
If you'd like to see Kiri expertly smash a Work in progress followed by us panicking through one then boy have we got a treat for you. February 4th at The Pleasance London. Tickets available here.
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Tarot on Radio 4
Finally, we're being allowed on big boy radio. Tarot has been given their very own series! Someone called Kiri is doing pretty well too. Read all about it here: www.comedy.co.uk
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy is back on October 25th
Suspiciously Cheap in back at the London Pleasance on October 25th. We're going to be there as Tarot with Lou Sanders, Suzi Ruffell, Ola Labib and Tadiwa Mahlunge. In-person and live-stream tickets available here.
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Suspiciously Cheap is coming to Leicester !
We're heading to Leicester's Y Theatre on Decemeber 2nd! The cracking Darren Harriott and Barbara Nice, plus a top-secret guest will be joining us. In person and live-stream tickets available here.
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Tarot Work in Progress at The Comedy Cabin
We're previewing some brand spanking new sketches at The Comedy Cabin on August 27th. Get tickets here and bring your nice friends.
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Greenman Festival!
Festivals are legal again so we're going to be having safe fun at the wonderful Greenman festival.
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Tarot Radio 4 preview at Betsey Trotwood
We're doing one last preview of our Radio 4 series at Betsey Trotwood on July 27th. Tickets are available here.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy Live from The Pleasance, Again
We're back at the London Pleasance on July 25th! Click here for in-person tickets and here for live stream tickets.
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Tarot Radio 4 Preview at Tide, Again
We're doing another preview of our Radio 4 show at Halen Môn's cafe Tide on July 9th. Come for the laughs. Stay for the view. And then leave when they close for the evening. Click here for tickets.
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Tarot Radio 4 Preview
We're trying out some bits for our upcoming Tarot Radio 4 series on June 16th. We'll be at The Bill Murray, London, shitting our pants and thinking about big boy radio. Click here for tickets.
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Tarot & Kiri Preview
We're teaming up with our boss Kiri Pritchard-Mclean on June 22nd. Come and see us do a Radio 4 preview and Kiri do a tour show preview at the legit beautiful Tide cafe at Halen Môn, Ynys Môn. Click here for tickets.
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Gŵyl2021
Like the scum we are, we’ve managed to froth all over gŵyl2021. Thanks to Little Wander, we’re muscling our way in as Tarot in Live from Lockdown and short film Pedwar and as Ed and Kath's podcast Welcome to Spooktown. It all takes place over March 6th-7th. Read about it here.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy Live from The Pleasance
We're doing a half online half in The Pleasance Suspiciously Cheap Comedy on May 30th with Mae Martin, Darren Harriott, and Sara Pascoe. Watch it, please. Tickets available here.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy Christmas Special
Ho, ho, hold me closer tiny dancer! Because Suspiciously Cheap Comedy is coming to The Pleasance Theatre in London on December 20th. It will be a safe, socially distanced affair with limited seats and excellent acts like Tim key and Cat Cohen. NextUp will be live streaming the whole shebang too. Get Pleasance tickets here and get NextUp tickets here.
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Suspiciously Cheap is back!
The night we run with fellow sketch chums Goose is back on October 11th. We're going to be streaming live from Ynys Môn with Lolly Adefope and Phil Wang beaming in from wherever they are in the world. Buy a link here.
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Comedians In Quarantine
Tarot (AKA us and sketch boys Goose) had a go on Comedy Central's Comedians In Quarantine. Have a watch here.
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Mark Watson's Watsonathon!
We took part in the mighty Watsonathon on Friday. It's pay what you want and all proceeds go to charity. Donate if you can and watch the whole, glorious thing here.
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Live From Lockdown on BBC Radio Wales
Machynlleth Comedy Festival sadly got cancelled because of a (the) pandemic. But even that can't stop them being legends. Thanks to them we're going to be on BBC Radio Wales this Saturday (May 2nd). Listen here.
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Tarot Tour is being rescheduled
Hello all, we are sadly but understandably having to reschedule Tarot's upcoming tour dates. The new dates are here if you want to nab a ticket. Some are still TBC. To those of you who already have tickets, thanks very much. Hopefully, you can make the new dates, but if not you can get a refund. The ticket providers will contact you directly with more info. Stay safe out there. Hope to see you on the other side. Lots of love.
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Suspiciously Cheap at The Pleasance is cancelled
Yup, Suspiciously cheap is being sensibly safe and cancelling our May 31st gig at The Pleasance. We'll reschedule when it's not dumb to gather a bunch of people in a hot room. Take care, everyone.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy in Salford is cancelled
So sorry but we're sadly having to cancel our upcoming Suspiciously Cheap gig in Salford. The venue will refund your tickets and we'll reschedule as soon as possible. Keep washing them mits, kids.
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The Paddock on Channel 4
The good folks at The Paddock let Tarot come play on Channel 4's Youtube account. Here's a link to the whole shebang. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4t4lDi6S9s
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy at The Pleasance
Suspiciously Cheap Comedy is moving house for a bit! The Pleasance is taking us in on March 1st and we're very happy about it. Line-up is banging as per. Get tickets here.
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Tarot's going on tour
We're taking our mad experiment around the country. Tickets available here.
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Tarot at Soho Theatre
Tarot is going on its holidays to London town in the new year. We're going to be trashing the place from January 13th to the 18th (excluding the 16th). Get tickets here.
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Suspiciously New Year
We're back at the Backyard Comedy Club on January 26th. The line-up will be banging as always. Keep an eye out for announcements and grab your tickets here. Have a lovely Christmas and new year. And as a side note, we know we're usually little shits and call people things like 'skin tags' but we're actually good boys and girls. Please pass this onto Santa.
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We have a mailing list
It was getting to be messy sending our genital shots out via whats app and in rural areas, bluetooth, so we decided to get a mailing list. Sign up and get our monthly mailouts and a feeling of wellbeing.
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Suspiciously Cheap hits the West end
Hot damn, we're doing a show for charity in London's West End at the Ambassadors Theatre. It's on December 15th and it's going to be the best. Tickets are available here.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy Turns Five
Our Suspiciously Cheap Comedy night turns 5 years old on November 17th. Mark Watson, Joseph Morpurgo, Janine Harouni and Ken Cheng will be joining us. I swear down, if you don't come to our birthday we'll be fucking fuming. This will NOT be another embarrassing Hall hire. Get your £5/3 tickets here.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy at Salford
Suspiciously Cheap is heading back to Salford on October 14th. You should probably get a ticket because it's going to be great and it's 5 quid. Tickets available here.
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Aberystwyth Comedy Festival
Hey gang, if you missed Tarot in Edinburgh and quite fancied seeing it then we're taking it to the welsh seaside for a one-off show. Tickets available here.
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FRINGE 2019: WHY YOU NEED TO SEE… TAROT
The nice folk at JOE have written an article about why you should come watch our mad show. Have a read here. The run has sold out but tickets to extra shows are avaiable here.
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Extra shows for Tarot!
We've sold out our entire Edinburgh run! So as a little treat for our mental health we've decided to put on two extra shows at triple the room capacity. 13.30 - Pleasance Two - 23rd and 24th Aug. Tell all your pals please! Tickets available here.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy at The Backyard Comedy Club
Ourselves and Goose will be doing Tarot sketches at our July 14th Suspiciously Cheap Comedy. Will Duggan and Bridget Christie will be there being brilliant too. Defo worth a fiver. Tickets available here.
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Tarot Previews
We're going to be previewing the shit out of our new Goose/Gein's combo group; Tarot. Dates and tickets available here. No dweebs allowed. I.D.S.T. #Kony2012
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Tarot - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
We've joined forces with sketch team Goose to make a new group. Together we're taking a show called Tarot to this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival and it (hopefully) won't be shit. Get tickets here.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy
On May 19th we'll be busy being the worst thing on our own bill at the Backyard Comedy Club. Come join us, Darren Harriott, Olga Koch, Nick Helm, Goose, Kiri Pritchard McLean and a very special guest for just 5 quid. Don't be a bell and miss it. Grab tickets here.
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Machynlleth Comedy Festival
We're off to Machynlleth with another Work in Progress! We love this festival and if you don't come we'll tell on you. We've not worked out the logistics on how we'll do that, but we will. Tickets available here.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy is still suspiciously cheap
We've got a mystery, shut your goddam mouth it's a secret, guest doing an extended set on March 24th at The Backyard Comedy Club. Plus the smashing Yuriko Kotani and Alice India. Tickets available here. Come.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy is back in Salford
Hot of our mouths. Suspiciously Cheap is heading to Salford's New Adelphi Theatre on March 18th. You can watch John Kearns, Sunil Patel, Amy Annette, Yuriko Kotani, plus more top notch legends for a FIVER . Tickets available here.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy - First Pay day of 2019 Special
New year, same old cracking night. Our January 27th line-up is already looking sexy as hell so keep an eye out for announcements. Tickets are only five quid and available here.
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What's On London Comedy Awards
The lovely folk at What's On London reckon we were pretty good at sketch in 2017. Thanks, guys.
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Pleasance WIP
So we're going to be farting out a work in progress at the Pleasance theatre on January 16th. Come watch it or we'll be tooting into the abyss. Ta. Tickets available here.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy: West End Charity Spectacular
The West End are letting us come play for one night only. We're at the Fortune Theatre on December 17th with Phil Wang + more TBA. And all proceeds go to MIND. See you there!
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy - London
Yes, yes we're still putting on a banging night with banging acts for a banging price. We've got Kieran Hodgson, Lolly Adefope, Cat Cohen + more TBA for £5 on November 25th at the Backyard Comedy Club. See? Banging.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy - Salford
We're bringing Jordan Brookes and Jayde Adams to our old university on October 22nd. Come join us or it will just be us giving them a tour that they didn't ask for. Tickets are ony five quid.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy - Cambridge
Cambridge is pretty light on comedy so we figured we'd put on a night to show them what it's all about. It's at ADC Theatre on October 16th. Keep an eye on suspiciouslycheapcomedy.com for banging line-up announcements and grab your tickets here. They're a fiver because we're cool like that.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy - Edinburgh
We're doing one night only at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival. August 20th we'll be having a right laugh with Goose plus more banging acts at The Voodoo Rooms. It's free entry but all bucket donations go to MIND. See you there legends!
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The Comedian’s Comedian podcast
Stuart Goldsmith was kind enough to bob along to Kath's living room and talk to us for two whole hours. Listen to us moan about stuff and then quickly backtrack here.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy Leicester
We had a right blast in Leicester last time so we've decided to come back. And we're bringing the excellent Gary Delaney, Darren Harriott and Rachel Fairburn with us to boot. See you on June 10th if you're not a square.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy London
Our Suspiciously Cheap June 3rd date is looking increasingly banging. We've got the fantastic Ellie Taylor and Lucy Pearman plus more goddam legends to be announced. Watch this space.
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We're going on tour! Again
Missed our 2017 Edinburgh Fringe show? No sweat. We've decided to drag it around the country for a tour. Dates and tickets here.
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BBC Radio Wales
If you are in Wales and own a radio, switch it on at 1pm Saturday 16th, 23rd and 30th of September to hear us yell at each other. If you're in another part of the world and own a radio, just do what you want. We're not your mum. If you do want to listen to us at 1pm though you can do that here.
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Porters
Our boy Ed has only gone and got himself a telly role. Have a read about it here.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy
Our next London Suspicisiously Cheap is on September 24th and we have Jayde Adams, Jordan Brookes, Mark Watson, Evelyn Mok, Chris Washington, Spencer Jones + Goose, us and Kiri. All for a fiver. A FIVER.
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Radio Wales
We've manadged to get a third series on BBC Radio Wales. We're recording it on June 21st in Salford. Do come.
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Manchester International Festival
The nice folk at the Manchester International Festival are letting us come play for an hour on July 8th. Join us.
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Edinburgh Fringe 2017
We're heading back to the Edinburgh Fringe this year. Come watch us fanny about for the entirety of August.
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Machynlleth Comedy Festival
We’re heading back to Machynlleth Comedy Festival in April and we're pretty damn chuffed about it.
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BBC Radio Wales repeats
Just in case you missed us yelling into the BBC Radio Wales airwaves the first time around. They've decided to air the second series our half hour specials again. Tune in on January 21st, 28th & Februay 4th at 1pm.
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Leicester Comedy Festival
Yes, the rumours are true. We've learnt how to spell Leicester. We're also doing a Work in Progress at the excellent Little Theatre on February 25th. Do come.
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BBC Radio Wales - The Sequel
We've tricked the good folk at Rubber Chicken again and have been allowed back on the radio. Listen to us try not to swear on BBC Radio Wales here.
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Drunk History
We've been allowed on the telly again. Not our voices though. They were adamant that they only wanted our bodies.
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Festival No 6
We’re off to Festival No 6 in September. Be seeing you. There.
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Suspiciously Cheap Comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe
We felt there wasn’t enough choice at the Edinburgh Fringe so we’ve decided to put on a Suspiciously Cheap Comedy night. Only this time, it’s suspiciously free. See you there. (Aug 15 at 10.15pm at The Voodoo Rooms)
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British Comedy Guide Tour Blog
So we're doing a thing called blogging now. We think it's going to be huge, like Ask Jeeves huge, maybe bigger. Just remember that we were there at the start.
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February Bargain Basement
Get your eyes around this stonking line-up: Sam & Tom (wow) Will Duggan (more wow) & Glenn Moore (wow again) Yes it’s at Kosmonaught. Yes it starts at 8.30pm. Yes it’s on the 1st of Feb. And, yes you’re god dam right it’s free.
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We're going on Tour
We are coming to a town/villiage/city near you. Bring your friends. Peace and love.
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Sky Christmas shorts
We're going to be on the telly box. Like legit, on the telly, over Christmas, alongside a bunch of brilliant people. The lovely folk at Sky have Okayed it and everything. They can't take it back now because they promised. We are both very excited & very sorry about this.
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BBC Radio Wales
Seeing as two of us are Welsh, we figured we'd try our luck at getting on the Welsh Radio Waves. Turns out it worked and now we're recording some specials on July 8th & July 15th. Do come.
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Radio 4's Sketchorama
Holy shit tits, we're super excited to be yelling into the wire that Radio 4 comes out of in August. What's a non swear equivalent for the term "we need to write more sketches that don't say fuck, shit or nutsack in"? Suggestions would be useful.
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Inside No.9
When we were asked to be in Inside No.9 we were widge pinchingly happy. Now they've gone and done some commentaries so more widge pinching happened. Then we realised that they mentioned us in said commentary and now our widges hurt.
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We won best Newcomer at the Chortle Awards
It was a great night, we got to sleep over in a train station in London and Ed found out what a Nancy Dell'Olio was. Thanks to everyone that voted for us.