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Monday, September 4, 2023

‘Make them laugh – or they’ll kill you’: my riotous play about a dangerous drinking game by Deborah Frances-White

As her play about toxic secrets and old friends hits the stage, the host of The Guilty Feminist podcast explains how studying Wilde and Shaw showed her the subversive power of laughter I’m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AM

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Standup comedy? For me, it is like surfing and making love all at once by Deborah Frances-White

As I stepped on stage and started riffing with the audience something glorious happened – a part of me I thought had died for ever roared back to life My first time back on stage doing sta…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AM

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