Fringe Notes: 25/08/2010
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* Buzz is gathering around the unlikely figure of 43-year-old account manager/ anti-comedian Edward Aczel. His Monday-night audience included Jimmy Carr, David O'Doherty and Bo Burnham. The comedians' comedian, indeed.
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