People often say to me ‘you are so brave doing comedy! It sounds absolutely terrifying! It my absolute WORST fear!’ And I’m like WOW calm down Susan, I’m sure HR ...
Mental health and stand up, I don’t know whether they are synonymous with one another, but both do seem to contribute something in the other. As a comedian, bearing your ...
I found that the problem with the biggest problems is not being able to talk about them. Sometimes the problems aren’t even big- they are just problems but the more ...
I found out a few years back that I almost definitely have ADD in some form or another. I was in Australia and 15 minutes prior I’d necked a ‘Dexy’, ...
I’ve only ever seen Hal Cruttenden on Live at the Apollo, but his segment was enough to whet my appetite to want see him in his own show Chubster on ...
I have four main people I’ve learned lessons from: Hannibal Burress, Nikki Glaser, Tom Segura, and Dave Attell. I met them early in my career and their work ethic and ...
Dan Lees and Neil Frost are THE ESTABLISHMENT: experts at a distinctly British breed of slapstick, clowning, improvisation and quick fired wit. LE BUREAU DE STRANGE sees them become Geoffrey ...
Astonishingly killer character comedy in JACK TUCKER: COMEDY STAND UP HOUR sees Zach Zucker lampoon every bad joke and hack comic in the book with conviction that has had audiences ...
Comedian, actor and writer, Mikey Clarke, is one-third of comedy sketch troupe ‘Crybabies’. Ahead of taking their barmy new show, ‘Danger Brigade’, to the Edinburgh Fringe, he tells Female First ...
I am a child of limewire. The peer to peer networking service that existed in the hazy days of early copyright infringement where I would type ‘comedy’ into the search ...
Neuroscientist HEATHER BERLIN and her rapper husband BABA BRINKMAN’S (Famed for his RAP GUIDE series) deliver up a dose of cerebral humour, exploring the science behind self-control in their new ...
Putting burlesque to its originally intended purpose, LOLLY JONES’ unique style of satire fuses lip sync to political speeches with clowning and cabaret. Embodying a host of Europe’s forerunning female ...
Known for his gag a minute stand up, comedian JIM CAMPBELL’s latest show BEEF confronts his family curse. The show is a fast-paced and bold attempt to overcome overthinking, anxiety ...
“Flames, on the side of my face!” I was 10 years old watching Clue for the first time and those words hit me. How Madeline Khan could take seven little ...
We create all of our work as an ensemble; writing, editing, rehearsing and directing together and so (for the most part) we have really similar tastes when it comes to ...
Glaswegian cussing, crowd work extraordinaire MARTHA MCBRIER is the Queen of the Free Fringe. Her show at this year’s festival launches a campaign against the perennial HAPPINESS BULLY in her hard-hitting and hilarious show ...
It’s Nice To See You To See You, words which whenever said brings the immediate response of ‘Nice!’ from our lips. A fun and silly thing that connects every single ...
Is there anyone in the world funnier than Julia Davies? The answer. No. I love Julia Davies in such a pure way. She never fails to make me laugh, just ...
I can remember being 10 years old, sitting in my front room, with my mixed family around me. I remember sitting in awe as they all collapsed into laughter. Richard ...
JAMES BARR is best known as the star of applauded podcast A Gay and a Non-Gay (which is also playing Edinburgh for the last week of the Fringe). Painfully relatable and delectably ...
