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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Big Comedy Gala in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"> takes part in August each year as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The 2012 event will be hosted by <strong>Roy Walker</strong> of ITV's Catchprhrase. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The first gala in 2011 sold out well in advance of the August festival and raised staggering <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">£18,433.08 </strong>for Macmillan Cancer Support.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The sell-out 2011 event was headlined by Irish TV regular <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ed Byrne</strong> and boasted a line up of some of the biggest names not only at the Fringe, but also in UK and world comedy. From <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rich Fulcher</strong> of the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mighty Boosh</em>, BBC Radio Scotland’s <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fred MacAulay</strong>, a surprise turn from one of the biggest names in UK comedy – <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sarah Millican</strong>, Edinburgh’s <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Danny Bhoy</strong> through to Radio 1’s Scott Mills favourite comedy musicians <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Frisky & Mannish.</strong></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">event</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"> aims to raise £20,000 for 2012 to support the brilliant work of Macmillan Cancer Support Scotland. Tickets cost £22 and are available now from www.venue150.com. </span></p>
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">We hope you can make it to this year's event. </span></p>
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