Alex Franklin
- Stand-up comedian
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Liam Harney and Rachel Barker win Luke Rollason's 2024 bursary
Liam Harney and Rachel Barker have been announced the winners of the 'inappropriately-named' Luke Rollason Memorial Memorial Bursary for 2024, with Rebecca Harrison and Alex Franklin as the runners-up. The award was set up by the physical comedian and actor to support new comedy creatives from alternative backgrounds bringing unusual work to the Brighton Fringe.
British Comedy Guide, 12th April 2024Alex Franklin creates cash treasure hunt for Edinburgh 2023
Comedian Alex Franklin has hidden over £500 somewhere in Edinburgh, and is offering up clues to lead people to the treasure.
British Comedy Guide, 11th August 2023August Gig Guide: Fringe Takeover
For this month's Gig Guide, we are excited to announce our Edinburgh Fringe Festival Takeover.
Tash Snaith, Funny Women, 31st July 2023'6:30pm, tell Russell Howard he's smelly': Alex Franklin's super chill Fringe
Alex Franklin is chill. Just so so chill actually. Because they're so chill, they're going to have a perfect Fringe, the kind that only chill people get to have. Follow this schedule to the minute every single day for your very own entirely chill Fringe.
LMAOnaise, 25th July 2023Objectively dubious The Laura Awards to launch in Edinburgh
The Laura Awards will see the housemate of comedian Alex Franklin name the best shows at the Edinburgh Festival, despite the fact she has "no comedy experience" and "sometimes incredibly irrational opinions".
British Comedy Guide, 16th July 2023Underbelly puts more Edinburgh shows on sale
Underbelly has announced a host of new shows for their Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 programme.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th March 2023Alex Franklin annoys park rangers with cash treasure hunt
To promote his Edinburgh Fringe show, Alex Franklin has hidden £500 somewhere in the city. Park rangers are getting annoyed with people digging holes.
British Comedy Guide, 25th August 2022Brighton Grin final review
Who would start stand-up in a pandemic? But despite the dearth of gigs in which to hone their craft over the past 18 months, the finalists in the first Brighton Grin new act competition last night set a cracking standard.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th October 2021Striking Out: Comedy after Cambridge
Three recent graduates and ex-Footlights talk about making it comedy in the years after leaving Cambridge.
Amelia Hill, Varsity, 3rd August 2021The race row that rocked Cambridge Footlights
For decades, the elite society dominated British comedy, from Python to Peep Show to Bake Off. Has it finally embraced diversity?
Simon Parkin, The Guardian, 26th October 2019