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#PickoftheDay: #Save Monkey Barrel Fundraiser 8/29

August 25, 2020

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Here is another chance to get a taste of what the Edinburgh Fringe Festival would be like AND help one of Edinburgh’s venues, The Monkey Barrel, weather the storm of this pandemic.

This Saturday at 11AM PST/2PM PST/7PM BST, The Monkey Barrel is putting on a big marathon featuring a cornucopia of comics that make the rounds at the Fringe including Sam Simmons, Lou Sanders, Tony Law, and more.

Again, if you’ve never been afforded the luxury of being take all of August off to go to Scotland to watch one of the world’s biggest performance festivals, then this is your chance to spend anywhere from £1-£50 to catch a virtual bit of what could have been at this year’s Fringe.

Get tickets for Sat. and help save The Monkey Barrel here.

Pick of the Day: Help Save Live Comedy (in the UK), Sundays in August

August 3, 2020

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We’re at the top of August in 2020 and what lies ahead for live performance including live comedy still is very uncertain. In short, those are things, amongst so many things, that need help to survive all around the world.

So, for live comedy in the UK, there will be a big, three day benefit live-stream as part of UK initiative Save Live Comedy (a big portion that will be performing at the Clapham Grand, though likely w/o any audience) featuring over 40 wonderful UK comedians. That’ll include:

LIVE ON STAGE:
Rachel Parris / Fern Brady / Thanyia Moore / Marcus Brigstock / Sindhu Vee / Josh Jones / / Eleanor Tiernan / Rich Wilson / Yuriko Kotani / Garrett Millerick / Nigel Ng / Charlie Partridge/ Kerry Godliman / Dane Baptiste / Jessica Fostekew / Kwame Asante / Helen Bauer/Carl Donnelly / Rosie Jones / Don Biswas / Mawaan Rizwan / Holly Burn / Ed Byrne / Jen Brister / Kane Brown / Lost Voice Guy / Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes / Sarah Keyworth / Catherine Bohart / The Scummy Mummies / Glenn Wool / Tony Law / Huge Davies / Desiree Burch / James Acaster / Tim Vine / Felicity Ward

VIA SATELLITE LINK UP:
Bethany Black / London Hughes / Myra Dubois / Luisa Omeilan / Nish Kumar / Aisling Bea / Sue Gives A Fuck / Mick Ferry / Sarah Callaghan / Lucy Baker (Shesus & The Sisters)

MUSIC: Lorraine Bowen / Diane Chorley

HOSTED BY AL MURRAY and JAYDE ADAMS

There have been a handful of benefit events for live comedy in the U.S. as well as Mike Birbiglia’s Tip Your Waitstaff and it would be nice to see live comedy get support all around. This Save Live Comedy Online Fundraiser is set for Sundays in August including Aug. 9th, 16th, and 23rd on or around 11AM PT/2PM ET and can be streamed for free if you RSVP, but is selling “virtual front row” tickets for £9.99 and accepting donations on top of that. Get/reserve tickets here, here, and here respectively.