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Dialogue Fest, 2 Toms and 1 rabbit hat: Editor's Choice - Comedy

Dialogue Fest, 2 Toms and 1 rabbit hat: Editor's Choice - Comedy

28 October, 2011
by: Emma

Every Friday, our editors bring you their personal highlights of the week ahead. Emma McAlpine selects her top three gigs.

 

Tuesday 1st November
Discover Ben Target @ Invisible Dot

One of the best new comedy acts to emerge this year, alternative whizzkid and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Winner Ben Target presents his acclaimed 2011 Fringe show at Camden's Invisible Dot tonight, with support. Expect absurd props, Pictionary style wordplay and a rabbit hat.


Saturday 5th November
Totally Tom
@ Leicester Square Theatre basement

Following the success of their YouTube series 'High Renaissance Man' (frankly the funniest thing we saw on YouTube last year), the two Toms (Stourton and Palmer) bring their Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated sketch show to the Leciester Square Theatre basement lounge.


Wednesday 2nd-Saturday 5th November
Dialogue Festival
@ various venues in Notting Hill

This week sees the launch of a brand new spoken word festival - Dialogue. Held over four days in Notting Hill. it fuses music, comedy, debate and rhyme. Each day will be themed and curated by key figures from the comedy and literary worlds, including Robin Ince, Richard Herring, John Hegley and John Cooper Clarke. From a special Literary Death Match show to Adam Buxton's BUG, a John Hegley poetry workshop and a live tweet-off between Josie Long and Richard Herring; there's plenty of cool stuff going on. 


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