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But then I arrived for the show, the atmosphere was electric. The wrestlers were fully trunked and oiled up. The comedians likewise, and the crowd were salivating. It was simply incredible. Everything aligned to create an unforgettable night of athleticism, wit and showmanship to display the very best of foolhardy fringe ambition. Max and Ivan deservedly ran away with the Panel prize that year, but props should also go to Beth O'Brien and the Pleasance for backing the boys' vision. Most fringe moments will be lost in time, like [small cough] tears … in … rain. But not The Wrestling. Max in mid-air, Tom Rosenthal in latex and that one wrestler, sailing a little too close to the wind, who chucked his chair a little too close to the crowd, will live on for ever. … [Read more...] about The best show I’ve ever seen at Edinburgh: performers and theatre-makers on their festival highlights

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Outside, antifascist and antiracist demonstrators gathered to protest against McInnes’s appearance. As guests began to leave, a score of Proud Boys hung back and prepared for the coming brawl. Scuffles and beatings followed, as they seemed to wherever the Proud Boys went. A dozen members of the protofascist gang stomped demonstrators who had been caught in the open. “Do you feel brave now, faggot?” one yelled, according to the documentary film-maker Sandi Bachom and the photojournalist Shay Horse, who witnessed the attack. Bachom’s footage shows one assailant screaming “Faggot!” as he kicks someone curled up on the ground. Other footage includes a Proud Boy bragging, “Dude, I had one of their fucking heads, and I was just fucking smashing it in the pavement!” “That son of a bitch!” he continues. “He was a fucking foreigner.” One of his friends yells the Proud Boys slogan: “Fuck around, find out!” … [Read more...] about Trump’s useful thugs: how the Republican party offered a home to the Proud Boys

In the car, the sexual, physical and verbal abuse began. It continued at Club Atlético – where the women were stripped, handcuffed, hooded and given their numbers, K52 and K53. “Whoever walked past would insult you, or beat you, or throw you to the ground,” Elgueta recalled. They could hear fellow prisoners walking in chains. The Chilean torturers made no attempt to disguise their nationality, and Elgueta and Sonia’s interrogation focused solely on Chile’s exile community in Argentina. The women were taken to the torture room by turns. Beatings, more sexual abuse and electric shocks followed. “They’d say: ‘Now the party can really start.’ Despite all we know and have read, you cannot imagine what human beings are capable of. It was a house of horrors,” Elgueta told me. “When my sister-in-law came out of one session, they had given her such strong electric shocks that she was still trembling.” … [Read more...] about Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America

Romesh (as Seann) Yes, definitely. My show had a feminist element to it. By celebrating my masculinity, I was saying we should love all people. And under that umbrella, that includes women. For some last-minute feminist to turn up and steal the award was absolutely disgusting. But, you know, good for them. Romesh, how would you describe your approach to comedy? … [Read more...] about Romesh Ranganathan and Seann Walsh personality swap shop