2014 Edinburgh Fringe

Josh Howie - AIDS: A Survivor's Story

  • Comedy (stand-up / storytelling)
  • 2:25pm (60 mins)
  • 2-10 & 12-23 Aug 2014
  • Canons' Gait
  • Free
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78: Canons' Gait

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If the title's not really doing it for you, it's probably going to take more than these 100 words to bring you round. Got an hour? 'Treads a fine line but he treads it perfectly. Both fascinating and funny' **** (Scotsman). 'Howie is a name to watch' (Times). 'A skilful comic whose ability to layer gag upon gag is unlikely to be surpassed' (List). 'Great things are expected from the abrasive yet strangely lovable Josh Howie' (Guardian). 'Howie knows how to amuse, shock and move an audience in equal measures' (Time Out).

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Josh Howie returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with his brand new show AIDS: A Survivor's Story.

Taking you through a personal journey with social commentary, Josh talks about how being a child during the Aids media frenzy of the 80's meant that later as a teenager he became convinced he was infected. Too frightened to face getting tested, he comments on how his adolescent paranoia loomed over his life shaping his behaviour; his anxiety, hypochondria and OCD only worsened living on the peripheries of the fashion industry with no escape from gravestone propaganda and scaremongering. The story becomes, how did Josh finally overcome his fear?

Josh is a much in-demand stand-up comic, performing regularly at all the major comedy clubs around the UK, and over the previous few years has taken his distinctive brand of humour to India, Ireland, UAE, France, China, Thailand, Switzerland, Finland, Estonia and America. In 2012, he was also invited to perform at the prestigious Just for Laugh's comedy festival in Montreal, where he filmed for the internationally distributed Just For Laugh's All Access TV show.

In addition, he's written and performed three solo shows for the Edinburgh Festival, before sell-out runs at the Soho Theatre. These include his hugely successful debut solo Fringe stand-up show, entitled Chosen, which played to sell out audiences and received rave reviews at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, and his August 2010 show concerning the housing crisis, Josh Howie: Gran Slam, based on his time living with his grandmother. In 2011, Josh returned with I am a Dick.

Josh has recorded for two series of the Comedy Central show Comedy Store, and appeared on World Stands Up and Comedy Blue for the same channel. He spent four years as the writer/presenter of The Movie Geek, the Sky Movies show offering all the latest news in the world of cinema. Often praised for his writing talent, Josh is a regular contributor to The Guardian, The Times, and The Daily Mail, has reviewed films for Sky Movies Magazine, and written the 'Fears of a Clown' column for blokely.com.

Performances

Date Time Venue
2nd Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
3rd Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
4th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
5th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
6th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
7th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
8th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
9th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
10th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
12th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
13th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
14th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
15th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
16th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
17th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
18th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
19th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
20th Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
21st Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
22nd Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait
23rd Aug 2014 14:25 Canons' Gait

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