PRESS RELEASE
Brett Vincent for Underbelly Promotions presents
MATT KIRSHEN –
KEEP SMILING, MATT. JUST KEEP SMILING.
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2008
ASSEMBLY ROOMS – THE WILDMAN ROOM
10pm (Ends 11pm)
31st July – 25th August 2008 (not 11th)
Star of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Matt Kirshen is back in Edinburgh after a year breaking America.
Last year Matt missed the Edinburgh Festival because he went to America and got a little bit famous. This is his triumphant return to the Fringe, with a brand new hour of razor-sharp comedy. He will be sharing his hilarious tales about America and what happened to him whilst he was there and how he managed to deal with his newly found mild level of fame.
Matt won’t have lost any of his nerdy charm though and there will definitely be some jokes about science and religion and the difference between cynicism and pessimism. (They’re not the same thing at all.)
As well as his work in the US, Matt's many other international appearances include shows in Ireland, both ex-pat and local audiences in Dubai, Oman, Singapore, France, Austria and Germany. He has performed to festival crowds at Montreal, Kilkenny, Glastonbury, Oxford Truck and The Carling Weekend in Reading and Leeds, and is a regular at all the major comedy clubs in London and across the UK, including The Comedy Store and Jongleurs. Matt is also a regular face on television appearing in his own half-hour special for the World Stands Up, The Late Edition, Comedy Cuts, 28 Acts in 28 Minutes, and ITV’s Reading Festival Coverage amongst others, and of course Last Comic Standing on NBC
"Neurotically energetic...Highly recommended" Daily Telegraph
“A roller coaster of comedy genius" The Scotsman
“His performance is the perfect mix of innocence and post-adolescent cynicism driven by infectious energy” Metro Life Magazine
“A pocket sized dynamo” Evening Standard
“Matt Kirshen is a definite one to watch, his innocent looks belying a sharp, surreal and often gloriously sick mind. Killer Gags” Metro
“consistently hilarious” Three Weeks
LISTINGS INFORMATION
MATT KIRSHEN – KEEP SMILING MATT.JUST KEEP SMILING
THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, The Wildman Room, George Street, Edinburgh
Box Office: |
0131 623 3030 www.assemblyfestival.com |
Venue press office: |
0131 226 2842 |
Edinburgh Fringe Box Office: |
0131 226 0000 |
Dates: |
31st July – 25th August at 10pm (ends 11pm). Previews 31st July. No show 11th |
Tickets: |
31st July (previews) £7.00
Weekdays and 2nd Aug £10.00 (£9.00 concs)
Weekends £12.50 (£11.50 concs) |
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