Touchdown
The long awaited Australian Trilogy from award-winning comedian Sarah Kendall begins on BBC Radio 4 this week. The three part series, which we revealed back in July, will adapt Kendall’s 2014, 2015 and 2016 Edinburgh Fringe shows – Touchdown, A Day in October and Shaken –
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February 26, 2017 // 0 Comments
The Edinburgh Fringe is fast approaching, and with a host of TVO favourites leading the charge throughout August, we are highlighting the shows you simply have to see. As well as a smattering of interviews, we’ll be bringing you a range of preview ‘Soapbox’ pieces, in which a member of
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July 28, 2016 // 0 Comments
With the Edinburgh Fringe drawing ever closer, TVO has been speaking to some of the familiar faces you can see at this year’s festival. Fresh from a round of intensive previews, we caught up with the 2015 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated Sarah Kendall for an in-depth natter about her incredible
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July 26, 2016 // 0 Comments
Welcome to The Velvet Onion – the central hub for an interconnected range of alternative comedy and more. Click through for the LATEST NEWS, and see what’s so hot right now take a look below. POMPIDOU BEGINS… This week sees Matt Lucas new show Pompidou, co starring Alex
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February 23, 2015 // 0 Comments
Stand up comedy legend Sarah Kendall returns to the Soho Theatre at the end of the month, with a limited run of her 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show, Touchdown. The former Beehive star, who has carved out an impressive cult following after over a decade on the stand-up circuit, stormed the Fringe
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February 5, 2015 // 0 Comments
This Friday sees the launch of the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and as always, a number of TVO regulars are joining the thousands of shows on offer throughout August. With new shows from the likes of Dan Clark, Rachel Stubbings, Kim Noble, Paul Foot, Joey Page, Sarah Kendall and Tony Law
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July 31, 2014 // 1 Comment
With the Edinburgh Festival looming, the time has come for preview season to hit the land, and a number of TVO regulars – some of which are usually confined to the London area – are out and about and possibly in your area! First up, Dan Clark will be previewing his Edinburgh show Me,
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July 7, 2014 // 0 Comments
For three weeks every year thousands of shows from the worlds of comedy, theatre and anything else you can think of descend on Edinburgh for the largest arts festival in the world. The full programme for the Edinburgh Fringe 2014 has now been launched and of course there are many TVO regulars
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June 17, 2014 // 0 Comments
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