The last year has seen CHRIS RAMSEY, star of last year’s Comedy Zone, support RUSSELL KANE and LEE MACK on tour, appear on Russell Howard’s Good News and sign-up to support AL MURRAY - THE PUB LANDLORD on his brand new autumn tour. This summer, the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2009 nominee and Chortle Student Comedian of the Year finalist brings his debut solo stand-up show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Do you fear the worst when a stranger in the street approaches? Had one too many run-ins with angry members of the public? Ever been stared at for ages on the bus, then glanced at the offender only to be angrily asked what are YOU staring at?
CHRIS desperately tries to avoid situations like this, and will do anything to get out of a fight " whatever the consequences (even though he is a Geordie and by rule of thumb should love a good scrap). But despite his best endeavours he seems to constantly find himself in the middle of them.
Aggrophobic sees CHRIS explain how he deals with this terrible affliction, and how a seemingly ‘aggro’ situation can turn out to be what you least expected...
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“Effervescent as potassium and brighter.”
Owen Amos, Northern Echo
“Sharp and quick tongued.”
Natasha Tripney, The Stage
LISTINGS INFORMATION
Venue: Pleasance Hut
Date: 6th - 29th August
Time: 20:30
Box Office: 0131 556 6550
For more information and press tickets, please contact: Ben Nolan, Fran Cherry, Bea Gwynn, Jo Cross or Dan Lloyd. Tel: 08700 70 50 50 [Edinburgh office] or 020 7598 7222 [London office]. Email: benn@avalonuk.com, franc@avalonuk.com, joc@avalonuk.com, beag@avalonuk.com or danl@avalonuk.com
AVALON PROMOTIONS
Avalon Promotions Limited is one of the leading promoters of live comedy in the UK. Productions include: NEWMAN & BADDIEL in the first comedy show ever to be staged at Wembley Arena; FRANK SKINNER’s record-breaking performance to an audience of 6,000 at the Battersea Power Station; Jerry Springer - The Opera at the National Theatre, at the Cambridge Theatre in London’s West End, on national tour and at New York’s Carnegie Hall; HARRY HILL at the Palace and Dominion Theatres in London; and Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure at the Sydney Opera House, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, on national tour and at the Village Theatre, New York (nominated for Drama Desk Award 2004).
The last 12 months has seen Avalon Promotions: present multi-award winning comics CHRIS ADDISON, SIMON BIRD, JENNY ECLAIR, DAVE GORMAN, RICHARD HERRING, RUSSELL HOWARD, LEE MACK, and FRANK SKINNER on sell-out runs; produce AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD live at the O2 and RUSSELL HOWARD at Wembley Stadium; introduce some of the fastest-rising stars in comedy such as KRISTEN SCHAAL & KURT BRAUNOHLER and ISY SUTTIE; produce stage shows, such as Frank Skinner’s Credit Crunch Cabaret and Grumpy Old Women Live, which has toured the UK three times and performed highly successful runs in Australia and London’s West End; and present 20 acts at the Edinburgh Festival, where it has promoted a total of five Perrier Award winners and 18 Perrier Award/Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees in just 21 years.
