{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5eaba0d4fd7ed68b10b5d248/6a703f140cbc3e73ce0fb20d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rhys Nicholson vs. Shrek, Janice from the Doggy Daycare, and Raffaello the Pizza Man","description":"<p><strong>Why did eight uninvited theatre companies turn up in Edinburgh in August 1947, accidentally creating the Fringe?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Rhys Nicholson - Kyran's husband - is in the guest chair, and the brains trust includes a member of the actual household: Hopkins the dog, on stage and alarmingly candid. Phoning in to help are Shrek, who maintains his film is a documentary of his life; Soft Touch Sherelle, a TAFE-trained Ipswich wedding celebrant with very strong views on uncles filming the bride; and Raffaello Esposito, the Neapolitan pizzaiolo who takes pineapple on pizza straight to the ICC as a war crime.</p><p><br></p><p>A new episode of Wax Quizzical with host Kyran Nicholson, Claire Hooper, Amy Ruffle and Tim Hewitt.</p>","author_name":"Comedy Republic"}