{{Short description|English stand-up comedian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Michael Fabbri''' is an English stand-up comedian based in Brighton. In 2003 he reached the final of ''So You Think You're Funny''.<ref name=SYTYFOfficialFinalists>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219143838/http://soyouthinkyourfunny.co.uk/past-winners/sytyf-alumni|url= http://soyouthinkyourfunny.co.uk/past-winners/sytyf-alumni |title=Finalists & Runners up |publisher=So You Think You're Funny?|accessdate=20 September 2018 |archivedate=19 December 2014 |via=Wayback Machine}}{{free access}}</ref> As well as performing all over the world, he has also performed in several solo shows at festivals.
He has written for Channel 4's television show ''Stand Up for the Week''<ref name="Stand Up For The Week">{{cite web | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title= Stand Up For The Week: Cast and Crew: Writing Team |url= https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/stand_up_for_the_week/cast_crew/|website= British Comedy Guide | accessdate= 20 September 2018 }}</ref> and was a support act during Micky Flanagan's 'Out Out' tour in 2011.<ref name="Breakneck">{{cite web | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title= Michael Fabbri|url= https://www.breakneckcomedy.co.uk/comedians/michael-fabbri| date= |publisher= Breakneck Comedy| accessdate= 20 September 2018 }}</ref>
His BBC Radio 4 comedy series on dyslexia, ''Dyslexicon'', was produced by Dabster productions and was first broadcast in May 2016 and repeated in September 2018.<ref name="BBC Dyslexicon">{{cite episode| title= Michael Fabbri's Dyslexicon: School Days | series= Michael Fabbri's Dyslexicon| credits= Performer and writer: Michael Fabbri| network= BBC| station= BBC Radio Four| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07c56j3 | air-date= 27 May 2016| accessdate= 19 September 2018 }}</ref>
==Edinburgh Fringe== Fabbri has performed five solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe:
* ''Dumbing Up'' (2008). A themed show on the subject of intelligence and stupidity. The anonymous reviewer for ''The Scotsman'' wrote, "Looking like an if.comedy best newcomer contender, Michael Fabbri has crafted an exceptionally funny and intelligent show about his stupidity".<ref name="Scotsman August 2008">{{cite news | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title= Comedy review: Michael Fabri - Dumbing Up |url= https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/comedy-review-michael-fabri-dumbing-up-1-1084861| date= 11 August 2008|newspaper= The Scotsman |location=Edinburgh| accessdate=19 September 2018 }}</ref> * ''Michael Fabbri'' (2009). A show in which he primarily recounted tales from his 8 years working in a Job Centre.<ref name="The List August 2009">{{cite magazine | last= Sawers| first= Claire| title= Michael Fabbri|url= https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/20115-michael-fabbri/| date= 19 August 2009|magazine= The List|location=Edinburgh| accessdate=19 September 2018 }}</ref> * ''Fabrications'' (2010). A lightly themed show about deception and lying. During this show he recounted an incident in his early 20s when his former best friend embroiled him in an incident in which his friend's seemingly innocent plan to produce his own reality TV show ended in disaster. Marissa Burgess noted, "[Fabbri] is an amiable and engaging storyteller and his tales from various points in his life are liberally peppered with excellent punchlines".<ref name="The List August 2010">{{cite magazine | last= Burgess | first= Marissa | title= Michael Fabbri: An amiable and engaging storyteller| url= https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/28687-michael-fabbri/| date= 23 August 2010|magazine= The List|location=Edinburgh| accessdate=19 September 2018 }}</ref> * ''Buffering'' (2013). An unthemed stand up show. Writing for Chortle, Jay Richardson found that, "[…] this capable comic sells himself short with some initial hesitation and a sporadic lack of confidence in his material, occasionally offering decent jokes apologetically rather than delivering them. […] What follows is unquestionably a mixed bag, with the storytelling strands stronger than the observational gags. Nevertheless, Fabbri's distinctively off-kilter views and easy shifting of gears between bewilderment and acute perception is effective. […] Not all gold but an entertaining hour nonetheless."<ref name="Chortle August 2013">{{cite web | last= Richardson | first= Jay | title= Michael Fabbri: Buffering| url= https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2013/08/19/29384/michael_fabbri%3A_buffering| date= 19 August 2013|publisher= Chortle| accessdate=19 September 2018 }}</ref> * ''Oversharing'' (2014)
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==External links== *[http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/m/330/michael_fabbri Michael Fabbri's Chortle Page]
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