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Review - Phill Mann: Nothingism

The Vaults Festival, an underground Edinburgh Fringe-type warren of venues beneath Waterloo station, has kicked off its six-week comedy programming with Phil Mann's one-man improv show, Nothingism. But unfortunately it lives up to its name, and is pretty much a 'nothing' of a show.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th January 2017

Phil Mann: We're all five-star comedians now

The Vault Festival starts in London next week, and I hereby give every show there five stars out of five. Phil Mann tries to smash the 'meaningless' ratings system.

Phil Mann, Chortle, 24th January 2017

How not to improvise by Phil Mann of BattleActs

Phil Mann is artistic director of BattleActs and Spacejunk and an IdeasTap Creative Space Associate Member. Improvisation group BattleActs is appearing at the Vault Festival in Waterloo from Wednesdays to Sundays, Feb 18 - March 1. Tickets here. So we asked Phil to give Beyond The Joke his thoughts on improvisation. It's not all Whose Line Is It Anyway? you know...

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th February 2015

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