Josie Long: A WIP About Enormous Extinct Animals
Josie Long brings some fun new ideas for a new show about extinction and really big sloths to Monkey Barrel Comedy!
About Josie Long: A WIP About Enormous Extinct Animals
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15th March 2025 16th March 2025 |
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| 8pm | |
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Monkey Barrel Comedy 9 - 12 Blair Street , Edinburgh Old Town EH1 1QR |
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| £7 | |
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Josie Long starts working out some fun new ideas for a new show about extinction and really big sloths.
***** “She’s the consummate comedian. A wonderful talent.” Broadway Baby
***** “Stunning, riotously hilarious” The Skinny
**** “Josie Long has long been a favourite…brilliantly evocative, an original and unflagging spirit.” The Times
**** ”What a delight to have Josie Long back…the perfect cure for a spot of November SAD” The Telegraph
**** “The motherlode of love, joy and laughs” Guardian
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