| March 2010 |
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Francesca has a fantastic run at the Adelaide Fringe receiving rave reviews and a special judges commendation for Best Established Comedian at the Fringe Awards! |
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http://www.talkfringe.com.au/ |
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| February 2010 |
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Francesca will be performing at the Adelaide Fringe Festival from the 18th February - 7th March.
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www.adelaidefringe.com.au |
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| November 2009 |
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Francesca will be standing up for planet-friendly farming at LIVEstock - Friends of the Earth's comedy and music event at London's Hammersmith Apollo. For more details and tickets, go to :
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| June 2009 |
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Francesca performs four shows on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles. |
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| January 2009 |
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Francesca is organising a benefit night for the brilliant charity, Building For The Future, hosted by Chris Addison with Lee Mack, Milton Jones, Dan Antopolski, Pippa Evans, Jen Brister and Quincy. Buy tickets below! |
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http://www.readingarts.com/concerthall/ |
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Francesca performs to the amazing Global Changemakers in Guildford as they countdown to taking over Davos! |
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http://www.global-changemakers.net/ |
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| September 2008 |
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Francesca becomes a patron for the childrens' charity, Building For The Future. |
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| August 2008 |
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Francesca is asked to be a Cultural Olympiad for London 2012. |
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| July 2008 |
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Francesca is invited to make the closing speech at the BBC World Service conference on the power of global conversation. |
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| June 2008 |
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Francesca is invited to peform at The Women Of The World Festival in Cape town this August.
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http://www.capewow.co.za/ |
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| May 2008 |
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Francesca's stand-up show is recorded live in Dublin and broadcast in full on the national radio station, RTE1. |
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| April 2008 |
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Francesca gives her deepest thanks to everyone the world over for their overwhelming words of support in response to her support of Tibet... "I cannot say how touched I am, and hope that, together, we can help bring peace to Tibet". |
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www.freetibet.org |
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Francesca turns down her role as Olympic Torchbearer in support of Tibet live on Channel 4 News. |
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www.freetibet.org |
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| March 2008 |
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Francesca is invited by Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, to Number 10 Downing Street for the launch of the National Reading Campaign. |
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Francesca appears on top Irish chat-show, 'The Cafe'. Click the link below to watch... |
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www.rte.ie/tv |
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Francesca appears in the new government TV campaign to promote reading alongside other comedians including Graham Norton, Ronnie Corbett and Jo Brand. |
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| February 2008 |
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Francesca has been invited by London Mayor, Ken Livingstone, to be an Olympic Torch Bearer on April 6th when the Torch passes through London en-route to the games in Beijing this Summer. |
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Francesca is one of the British comics invited to perform at the Montreal Just For Laughs showcase at the Comedy Store in London. |
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Francesca starts her extended London run at the wonderful Hackney Empire Studio Theatre from 6th - 23rd of Feb at 8pm (Wed to Sat only). Tickets are |
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www.hackneyempire.co.uk |
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| January 2008 |
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Francesca is invited to perform and co-devise a session on challenging attitudes to difference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. She also spoke at sessions on Taboos and Diversity in Society alongside Oscar Winner Emma Thompson. |
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www.weforum.org/ |
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| November 2007 |
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Francesca is commissioned by the BBC to write another episode of her comedy series project. |
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| October 2007 |
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Francesca performs to Young Global Leaders, part of the World Economic Forum, at London's Canary Wharf. |
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Francesca's critically acclaimed Edinburgh show, Francesca Martinez In Deep, will be touring the UK from October - April 2008. Check out her 32 dates in the Live Show Dates section... where you can also book tickets!
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| September 2007 |
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Francesca is a 'talking head' on 'My Body Hell' which airs on Channel 5 every Wednesday at 8pm until the 17 of October |
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| August 2007 |
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Click below for another 4 star review of Francesca's show... |
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http://www.one4review.com/Comedy_/comedy2007/ |
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Francesca gets another 4 star review from Scotsgay magazine. Click below and scroll down for Fringe Reviews...
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http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/pdf/sg77.pdf |
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Francesca is featured in this weeks Fest mag. Click below to read the in-depth interview... |
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http://www.festmag.co.uk/sections/feature/301 |
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Click below for another 4 star review...
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http://www.festmag.co.uk/sections/comedy/ |
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Francesca is continuing to receive great reviews in Edinburgh. Click below for a 4 star review of the show... |
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http://edinburgh.threeweeks.co.uk/ |
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Francesca's show FRANCESCA MARTINEZ IN DEEP is going down a storm at the Edinburgh Festival! Click on the link below to read a 5 star review of the show... |
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http://www.national-student.co.uk/magazine/comedy/ |
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| June 2007 |
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Francesca will be perfoming at a benefit for Miriam Hyman, a victim in the 7/7 London bombings, on July 9th at London's Comedy Store. Tickets are now on sale - just click on the link below... |
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www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event |
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Francesca would like to thank Richard Brecker at Upfront / Celebrities Worldwide for all his help recently!
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www.celebritiesworldwide.com |
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Tickets are now on sale for FRANCESCA MARTINEZ IN DEEP which runs from 2nd - 26th August at this year's Edinburgh Festival - book tickets at the website below!
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www.thestand.co.uk |
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| April 2007 |
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Francesca performs to over 3000 people at the Bournemouth International Centre!
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| March 2007 |
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Check the Live Dates section for preview dates of her Edinburgh show in May, June and July... |
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Francesca will be performing her brand new stand-up show at this year's Edinburgh Festival! She'll be at the brilliant Stand Comedy Club from the 1st - 26th of August. Details on how to pre-book tickets for the Festival are coming soon! |
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| January 2007 |
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Check out my brother, Raoul Martinez, and his a-mazing art work on his official MySpace page! |
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www.myspace.com/1paintbrush |
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Francesca starts work on a new solo stand-up show which should tour later this year.. |
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