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February 12, 2012
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Sir Tim Fitzhigham gets all Powerpoint on Tiverton

Who is Sir Tim Fitzhigham? Switzerland, Tiverton, Melbourne…? In 1998 Tim first started to make people laugh, having made his way up a goats track at the top of a hill to West Indian rum shack. The following year he was nominated Best Newcomer at the Perrier Awards in Edinburgh, winning the Spirit of the Fringe Awards in 2000 (alongside other notables including Ross Noble and Mackenzie Crook). So, where did this take him? As well as touring his own comedy, he set up the Infinite Number of Monkeys production company, wrote on a couple of BBC radio series, rowed . . .

January 25, 2012
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Tiverton High takes on Comedy Hall

With a 300-seat capacity, there will be no shortage of laughter at Tiverton Communty Arts Theatre at Tiverton High School this Monday (February 6th). Tiverton’s popular Comedy Hall will take its monthly show there for the first time, bringing three bright young stand-ups to the stage. Opening act will be Joey Page, who appeared on BBC2’s Never Mind The Buzzcocks just before Christmas. Team host Noel Fielding has described him as “A stylish comedian with a sonic imagination and twinkle in his eye”, and his ne brand of “indie” comedy is refreshing. Many have touted him as the future of . . .