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Edinburgh Review: Jew-O-Rama
"It's like an El AL flight in here!" proclaims the MC of Jew-O-Rama, Philip Simon. Jew-O-Rama is partly his creation and it aims to bring the best Jewish and Jew-ish comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe together for a daily comedy compilation show over lunchtime.
Jane Prinsley, The Jewish Chronicle, 15th August 2018Borehamwood comedy club opens in an ideal location
This Saturday, comic Philip Simon is opening the Borehamwood Comedy Club in the local Council-owned 96 venue, right slap-bang in the middle of the high street.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 21st November 2017Fringe: where shows with no audience can get 4* reviews
I was already behind on six interesting blog chats which I had had last week and which I had been going to post in the days leading up to my arrival in Edinburgh.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd August 2016Philip Simon notices a Jewish change in the UK
A few weeks ago, I was a judge on the Last Minute Comedy Comedian of the Year awards. The winner was Philip Simon. "You mentioned in your act at the Awards," I told him in Borehamwood this week, "that you look a bit like David Mitchell." "I don't get mistaken for him in the street but, when I say it in gigs, there's enough people who go: Ah! That's what it is!"
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 28th May 2015