{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62c4535f545ece001256d84a/6a7f4a5303af5e222a27ccf7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Refreshing Pod - Bob Koomen (Fringe 2026)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62c4535f545ece001256d84a/1787416144690-110fa6d6-0554-4475-8a17-98cd7ce80f9e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Refreshing Pod - Fringe 2026: <strong>Bob Koomen </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Fringe is over soon, ending on the 30th August. </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Johnny's latest guest is<strong> Bob Kooman, a Dutch comedian who is in Edinburgh preforming as a debut act this year,</strong> despite being a star on the comedy circuit in the Netherlands since 2016.</p><p><strong>Bob's show is called 'Pear' </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Bob is a genius, but the world doesn't see it yet. </strong>He has good intentions, and even better ideas. Ideas to help the world, but the world often acts as if he is the one who needs help. This show will put an end to this problem. <strong>Pear explores the strangeness of being alive and searches for something to hold on to in this weird existence.</strong></p><p>After a sold-out Dutch WIP run, Bob is already making waves in Scotland.</p><p>Post Fringe, he will pick up his tour in the Netherlands covering over 60 venues. The first ten shows of the tour have already sold out completely.</p><p><br></p><p>Of course, we also both mentioned the recent FIFA World Cup, and how the Netherlands were supposed to win it.</p><p><strong>If you fancy the surreal, Bob's your man!</strong></p><p><br></p><p>“<strong>VERY FUNNY…HIS ORIGINALITY ENSURED THAT I WAS ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT</strong>.<strong>” </strong>- fijtenfictie.nl</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tickets: </strong>https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/bob-koomen-pear</p><p><strong>Insta: @</strong>bobkoomen.edfringe <em>(English)</em><strong><em> </em>&amp; @</strong>bobkoomen <em>(Dutch)</em></p><p><strong>Web: </strong>https://bobkoomen.com</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Pear</strong></p><p>The Worker Room at Just The Tonic at The Hive</p><p>Ends 30/08/26</p><p><br></p><p><em>Refreshing Pod is a magazine style podcast, giving you ideas, interviews, big name guests, and guaranteed laughs along the way, with new content every few weeks, now in it's 10th series.</em></p>","author_name":"Fizzy Glass Media"}