Bridget Christie: War Donkey

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Website: www.bridgetchristie.co.uk

A journey into the avant-garde from Christie, who presents the audience with a number of baffling questions to chew over before giving her take on the somewhat ludicrous answers.

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What are Tory feminists? How did Hitler choose soups in restaurants? Why isn’t there a Spielberg blockbuster about donkeys, and why did Colonel Gadaffi hate them? Bridget Christie knows. And will wear stilts. Baffling stand-up and grotesque manifestations from someone who’s been on Radio 4’s News Quiz, E4’s Cardinal Burns, Sarah Millican’s Support Group and Harry Hill’s Little Internet Show. ‘Avant-garde comedian of prodigious talent’ (Guardian). ‘True, beautiful insanity’ (Sunday Times). ‘Brilliant political bite’ (Arts Desk). ‘Insightful, intelligent, absurd … hits highs of genuine brilliance’ (Chortle.co.uk). www.bridgetchristie.co.uk. Ages 14+.

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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

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