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<h3><span style="color: #0000ff;">Irenie Rose sings Joan Baez</span></h3>
I can remember my first year at college and falling in love with Joan Baez - a crystal clear voice from a really beautiful woman. Having been to Joan's farewell tour last year I was pleased that Irenie sung her songs really well interspersed with stories about her life and how as someone who was part hispanic the issue she faced of not fitting in. Her constant protesting about injustice came from the experience she had as a child.
<h3><span style="color: #0000ff;">Arabella Weir - does my mum loom big in this?</span></h3>
Arabella talked about the relationship she had with her mother. How her mother was formed by her grandmother and how she was influencing her children (now in their 20s). She was very funny and at times shocking how parents can treat their children.
<h3><span style="color: #0000ff;">Lucy Porter - Be Prepared</span></h3>
Lucy, who I've seen before at the Fringe, was delightfully funny and managed to keep her pitch generally light with dips into deeper issues. During the performance it wasn't apparent how incisive her comedy really is. The main thrust was around the fact that her daughter has joined the Beavers as a precursor to joining the Brownies. She made a lot from the word Beaver and the other connotation sometimes associated with it. When her daughter came home and was going to look up on the internet "International Beavers" Lucy was very cautious as to what hits that search would come back with. It was a laugh out loud performance.

<span style="color: #0000ff;">Vote Dr Phil</span>

Dr Phil Hammond has been on "Have I Got News for You" several times and writes a column for Private Eye. He is still a practicing doctor in a Bath hospital. It was a very political pitch and the thrust of it was him running for parliament in the same constituency as Jacob Rees-Mogg. It was a scathing attack on the government's attitude to the NHS and how is has been privatised by stealth. Interspersed with his political jibes were anecdotes about syphilis, erectile dysfunction, and various medical experiences he has had. A very, very funny presentation.
<h3><span style="color: #0000ff;">Dharmander Singh - Free Fringe</span></h3>
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