CO Thursday 2 - Wednesday 8 August 2001
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The Front
This week’s top twenty Fringe shows . . . relaxing on the Festival . . . Ken Campbell’s favourite ventriloquists
Features
8 Emo Philips He’s had his hair cut since his last Fringe dates seven years ago, but the whiny voice remains. Happily, so do the best one-liners in the business.
1 O Angelo Badalamenti The man who scored Twin Peaks, B/ue Velvet, Wi/d At Heart and the forthcoming Mu/hol/and Drive talks about the weird world of David Lynch.
13 Margaret Cho and Pat Candaras One used to date Quentin Tarantino and nearly killed herself dieting; the other turned into Crandmotherfucker in her 50s. We talk to the USA's sassiest exports.
16 Bette Bourne The high queen of drag brings his homage to Quentin Crisp to town.
19'Tiny Dynamite Fringe theatre‘s first supergroup boasts the talents of Paines Plough. Frantic Assembly, Suspect Culture, Improbable and an award-winning playwright.
Tiny Dynamite brings together the talents of some of the hottest names in Fringe theatre
4 Use our free Festival Listings Supplement with this guide to find out what’s on and whether it’s worth seeing
Festival Sections
22 Johnny Vegas 22 Adam Bloom 37 Boss Noble 28 Alan Davies
. 22 Comedy
38 The Kosh 38 Shakti
40 Greyfriars Bobby 40 Blue Boat Theatre
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42 Frank Black
43 Robyn Hitchcock
44 Ethan lverson
42 They Call Her Natasha
47 Theatre
47 Gagarin Way
47 Wiping My Mother‘s Arse 50 Gerry Mulgrew
52 Bedbound
65 Art
65 Chris Cunningham 65 Kate Gray 66 John Goto
73 A Night for Cuba
Festival view
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