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Bridget Christie: War Donkey
5 Aug 2012
Feminism with a side of toilet humour
If you think a tape of fart sound effects is the last word in quality stand-up, then you may enjoy this show. For everyone else, it’s probably best avoided. And the farts are the best jokes. Lurching between bizarre costumes and soapboxing about…
Interview: Bridget Christie - First and last
18 Jul 2012
Surrealist comedian on Buckingham Palace, Pot Noodle and outwitting your children
First and Last Surrealist comedian Bridget Christie discusses the important things in life, such as Buckingham Palace, Pot Noodle and outwitting your children First record you ever bought How old are you? Do you mean my first CD? Last extravagant…
Bridget Christie
7 Aug 2011
Slapdash slapstick sloppy stand-up
The wife, mum and stand-up is back at the Fringe with a new show based on her Catholic upbringing. The fact that Bridget Christie is not at all sure doing an hour about religion is a good idea is completely in keeping with her happily shambolic…
Comedy picks for the Edinburgh Fringe 2011
20 Jul 2011
David O’Doherty Two shows this year from the beloved man of lo-fi musical comedy with the high-laugh quotient. His usual brilliant sit-down/stand-up fare, David O’Doherty is Looking Up, is augmented by his debut on the one-man comic play scene. Rory…
Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist a strong gathering led by Bo Burnham and Josie Long
26 Aug 2010
2010 awards puts two women on shortlist for first time
According to Nica Burns, producer of the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards, 2010 is ‘a vintage year for comedy,’ and the shortlist for the main award ‘reflects the enormous changes in the comedy landscape’. Of course, this might just be the kind of…
Bridget Christie
11 Aug 2010
Dabbling around the unhinged fringes of stand-up
Bridget Christie openly admits that her act may not be the most commercially viable around. But you can’t help but feel the Fringe would be a bit more interesting if other performers were willing to forsake financial security and the welfare of a…
Bridget Christie: My Daily Mail Hell
20 Aug 2009
Flaws in the internal logic create an objectionable experience
Having previously done admin for the Daily Mail's gossip column, Christie's show revolves around her hatred of the paper, how terrible she was at her job and how appalling she finds it that anyone would judge her for it, despite her judging everyone…
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…
Bridget Christie
7 Aug 2008
Christie's obsession with King Charles II began almost 30 years ago, when she became fascinated by a portrait of him surrounded by spaniels and oranges. Her eccentric but likeably bonkers show brings him back to life, along with Samuel Pepys and her own…
