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Videos
Here's a teaser for comedian Dru Cripps’s 2026 Edinburgh Fringe show, Juicy Bits.
The musical comedy improviser – as seen on Britain’s Got Talent – ad-libbed a drum and bass track based on an audience member's job working for a cancer charity and love of pro-wrestling.... after experincing some tech issues.
Cripps will be performing it at Hoots @ Potterrow at 9.10pm from August 7.
This footage was shot at Chortle's Fast Fringe, which returns to Pleasance Dome at 18:30 daily. Tickets here.
Filming by NextUp, which will be livestreaming shows to subscribers this Fringe. Sign up here: https://chortl.es/JoinNextUp.
Dru Cripps improvises a track... about cancer
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