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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Alasdair Ferguson

Fringe comic 'challenged by UK Government to make people laugh or be deported'

Kate Hammer will make her debut at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Image: Chris Dudley)

A GLASGOW-BASED comic has been “challenged” by the UK Government to make audiences laugh in her debut show at this year's Edinburgh Fringe — or face being deported.

Kate Hammer will share her “bizarre” experience of the UK’s visa processes along with tales of life growing up on a goat farm in Ontario and becoming what she claims is a “court jester” for Keir Starmer in her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.

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