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May 24, 2012
Al Pitcher Picture Show comedy competition
Published: 24 Mar 09 17:08 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/18426/20090324/
Comedian Al Pitcher moved to Sweden last summer and is now set to perform in front of a Stockholm audience for the first time.
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"Pitcher sits firmly in the improvising, rambling, freewheeling comedy camp inhabited by the likes of Ross Noble and Eddie Izzard. However, unlike both of them, Pitcher is one of the best-kept secrets on the comedy scene. He is a diamond as yet not hewn from the circuit rock. But it's only a matter of time," writes Time Out magazine.
You can catch Pitcher at the Playhouse Teater, Sibyllegatan 29, in Stockholm on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th March at 7pm.
Click here to buy tickets to the Al Pitcher Picture Show. Price: 150 kronor.
We also have two pairs of tickets to give away to readers. The first two people to answer the following question correctly will each win two tickets to the show:
Al Pitcher has just been awarded the Best Show award for his performance at a comedy festival in which UK city?
a. Worcester
b. Leicester
c. Chester
Please send your answer to news@thelocal.se and specify whether you would rather attend the Al Pitcher Picture Show on Wednesday or Thursday.
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