Steve Hughes leading the comedy charge

Festival Republic surprised everyone today with a range of announcements filling out the alternative stage with some shock big name inclusions:

The Alternative Stage:

Al Pitcher
Rubberbandits
Late Night Gimp Fight
Saul Williams
Doc Brown
Tom Deacon
Steve Hughes
Marlon Davis
The Peterbox
Brigitte Aphrodite
Popcorn Comdey
Stephen Grant MC

Strictly Our Opinion: This is certainly a welcome announcement with a string of popular and acclaimed acts ranging of the cult favourites and bizarre obscurities to mainstream comedians (Steve Hughes) and of course the sublime Saul Williams. The Alternative Stage is always hard to critique but this year appears to offer a good mix of entertainment and comedy.