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Comedy: Troy Hawke — Tiles of the Unexpected

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Following a sellout run in 2018 in which he exposed Bingo as the deadliest sport in the country, the empty marxist promise of Poundland’s false advertising and the truth behind Princess Diana, 1930’s throwback comedic investigator Troy Hawke returns, appling his scrabble mentalism to uncover a dastardly fifty year deep undercover conspiracy related to the world’s largest furniture chain.

‘Tiles of the Unexpected!’ is the perfect show for anyone who has ever found a frown breaking their brow in an IKEA. He’s got to the bottom of the manipulative Swedish retail machine that so many get chewed up by and it’s not pretty…please heed some plaudits/words from satisfied professionals…

Milo ‘Troy’ McCabe is a character comedian with over ten years experience on the circuit. He has twice been nominated for the Amused Moose Best Edinburgh show award and was listed as GQ’s Top Ten comedy shows of the festival. TV credits include ITV’S ‘Benidorm’, BBC3’s ‘Live at the Electric’ and various hidden camera and talking heads projects on Channel 4 and 5.

‘Undeniably funny’ (Chortle)
‘mad comic genius’ (The Scotsman)
‘Near perfect character comedy’ (The New Current)