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To tell us more about the Reduced Shakespeare Company production of The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged) we spoke to Andrew Hodges about the show on a crackly line from London!

THU 28 MAY
REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY - THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF COMEDY - ABRIDGED

Newbury Productions (UK) Ltd presents

REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY In THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF COMEDY (abridged)

Written and Directed by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor. They’ve skewered history, the Bible and the world’s most celebrated playwright, now the Reduced Shakespeare Company tackles the subject it was born to reduce. Following a hugely successful, critically acclaimed season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 the Reduced Shakespeare Company will set out to reduce the UK to tears of laughter in Spring 2015. Tickets to The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) are far more affordable than tickets to an amusement park, but you’ll come away with the same feeling of nausea and motion sickness. From the high-brow to the low and everything in-between, the bad boys of abridgment leave no joke untold as they deconstruct the entire history of comedy in 90 rollicking minutes.

“Comic Gold” The Metro

"The Reduced Shakespeare Company have not lost their touch - or their remarkable energy." The Stage

"Playful and clever. There is an unmistakable joy in watching the company at work." The List

"Wonderfully hilarious!" Across The Arts

"These guys are hilarious. Everyone should see this show!" Freshair.org.uk

"The Reduced Shakespeare Company are back, doing what they do best." What's On Stage

"Good fun!" Jeremy Paxman "The trio deliver 90 minutes filled with laughter to a delighted audience." British Theater Guide

"Critic's Pick! Wit, creativity and lots of laughter." Fringe Biscuit

“A wild, wild ride! It’s funny. Really, really funny... And most of all, it’s really, really smart.” Cincinnati Enquirer

The Reduced Shakespeare Company - The Complete History Of Comedy (Abridged)

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Neds Atomic Dustbin present KYTV...
19/12/2015 | Civic Hall

Being their 'cross-over' single, Kill Your Television the song, the slogan, the t-shirt and the 'get off your backside and do something' sentiment still stand as the deepest footprint that Ned's Atomic Dustbin have left on the indie rock planet and 25 years later the band (all 5 original members) are looking to cement the legacy with the launch of Kill Your Television Festival.


In July 1990 Kill Your Television shot straight to #1 in the Indie singles chart and sent Ned's Atomic Dustbin on a collision course with the pop charts. The inaugural KYTV Festival will be held at the band's spiritual home - Wolverhampton Civic Hall, scene of many of their end-of-year home-coming shows attended historically by audiences from across the globe; seekers of that magical atmosphere that only this venue evokes for the fans of Ned. This show will mark another beginning and arguably an end too as it seems highly likely that it will be the very last show to take place in the Civic Hall before it closes for a much-anticipated refurbishment. The refurbishment is likely to keep the room in silence for many months but also promises to re-open it with all of its existing bear-pit charm and then some. A second balcony will allow many more eyes to beam down on that legendary stage so that artists and audiences alike will soak up the power of an intimate space filled to busting with a huge crowd. Jonn says "There is no similar sized venue to equal the Civic right now, let alone the venue it will be when it re-opens so we're honoured to be shutting the place down in style - to be ending one amazing era and, at the same time, setting ourselves and the venue off into a whole new era!" "We're hoping that KYTV Festival will establish itself. We'd like it to become a yearly indie event, homage to the music of our roots. Unless Bob Dylan decides he wants to play Wolverhampton just before Christmas this year we'll be the last band to play the Civic as it is - the perfect goodbye and hello in one!" Quite what Bob Dylan has to do with all of this we have no clue?

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