C O N T E N T 5 Thursday 3 — Thursday 10 August 2006
2 TOP 20 4 FESTIVAL NEWS 8 FESTIVAL LEECH
12 WIL HODGSON
14 RELIGION
16 SHAPPI KHORSANDI 18 JASON BYRNE
21 PENNY SPUBB'S
22 HARRY SHEARER 24 MARK WATSON
32 KNOTS
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36 THE GRUFFALO AND FRIENDS
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. , , , , _ 38 THREE MO' TENORS Holy Moly, the Fringe IS here, and It has a knack of putting its finger on the things that the world is really worrying about. Last year there was a 47 Theatre
phalanx of shows about paedophilia and the year before that there was 43 GHOSTS a squadron of performances about Iraq. So it’s no surprise that in 2006, 52 VERBATIM THEATRE as war rages in the Middle East, the Fringe is taking on religion. Abie 54 AURORA NOVA
Cover story: Jesus Saves the Fringe
Bowman, our cover star, casts Christ as a stand-up comedian in his 55 PETROL JESUS
show Jesus: the Guantamo Years. ‘Laughter is the ultimate celebration NIGHTMARE #5
of creation,’ he argues. ‘Yet not a single major religion encourages it: 67 Visual Art '
why?’ Bowman is setting out to make amends, along with a veritable 68 PHOTOGRAPHY
army of other performers including God’s Pottery (pictured above). Find ;
out what they’re all up to, for Christ’s sake, on page 14. CIUbS' 74 ANDREW
AT -"~ .. * 2:2. 12 Wil Hodgson He looks like a cross between a Skmhead _.r"4£, y and Chicken Little. but Wil Hodgson has garnered a seriously 78 FESTIVAL OF
influential fan base for his comedy. $P|R|TUAL|TY
21 Penny Spubb’s Last year's oddball hit returns. with a show that promises to be even weirder.
4O Lambchop Describing this Nashville outfit as altcountry IS "-3 w ,z' x v misleading. Frontman Kurt Wagner offers a bigger picture, ’ "
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48 Ghosts As a flipside to religion. another big theme of this -
ear's Frin e is houls. s ectres and hostl a Jaritions. You‘ve Lessinus y H mg 9 p 9 V Di . . HflVf "one 90 O eIeVe - ~ - Maxim‘s-aim : For complete ' eight-day ‘ information about ' non-festival events in Glasgow I 10 Win tickets to lrvine Welsh at the Book Festival 3?;"33: I 10 Half price tickets to Jim Henson’s Puppets lmprov regular edition ffers I 10 Win a Golden Ticket to T on the Fringe of 3&3;ch I 45 Win an evening at ond’s TSB Scotland Concerts p”
this Festival supplement.