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Hasan Al-Habib is television-ready. A clever, talented comedian with a PhD in oncology, he combines great timing, strong material and excellent callbacks with a great gift for wordplay. The eldest child in an Iraqi immigrant family in Birmingham, he mines deeply personal territory: family estrangement and escaping domestic

Multi-awardwinning Carl Donnelly celebrates his 15th Edinburgh Fringe with the relaxed confidence of a consummate performer whose apparently effortless humorous storytelling has long established him as one of the most appreciated comedians on the comedy circuit. Even in this early work-in-progress, we are treated to something rather