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The TV Series ‘Camping’. I watched the entire series on the train back from the Fringe, the day after a break-up. As you can imagine, I was not in ...

My friend Emma and I like to send each other these banal voicemails over Whatsapp. They often start with something like “it’s Jonathan from KwikFit” or “this is Stephanie from ...

I was in a bookshop recently and an old man ripped a huge fart and looked over to a bemused teenager and laughed. Not a single F given. Marvelous. Kitchen ...

When it comes to creating work, I am particularly interested in looking for ways of speaking out, of telling the world things that bug me, that affect me personally or ...

I spent a decade of my adult life telling people that I didn’t like plays. I like theater, I would say, but I just don’t like plays.  In hindsight, my ...

Britney Spears Instagram. My flatmate and dear friend Alice Snedden (also performing at the Fringe! Go see her!) and she is addicted to Deep Heat and Tiger Balm and every ...

During World War II my grandmother Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a German Jew, was arrested by the Gestapo for being Jewish and after almost two years in prison, sent to the Auschwitz ...

Dogs on skateboards. Dogs wearing people clothes. Dogs jumping in puddles. Dogs pretending to play drums. Dogs doing things is a rich source of laughter.  My 3 year old niece ...

As a comedian and impressionist I love watching celebs - and making fun of them. I’m fascinated by all accents and human characteristics, but somehow famous people often seem to ...

The Last One was created inspired by the song of last Kauai O’o bird who sings a song waiting for a response that will never come. It is the last ...

Laughter is so important in life. I try and do something every day that makes me laugh and I love to make other people laugh too. Whether with a quick ...

Aside from in-jokes with friends and family – here are the things that make me laugh he most. Lou Sanders is performing Shame Pig at the Monkey Barrel Comedy Club ...

My dad came to see the first play I ever wrote – a ten-minute short performed under the leaking underground railway arches of Waterloo Station (previously known as The Old ...

When Hurricane Irma hit the USA last year I saw an American zoo keeper from Miami on a news report talking about how she was preparing to keep her animals ...

1: Josie Long It was laughing until we cried at a Josie Long gig that made us realise we had the same sense of humour. She said something about ...

Jordan Brookes. I started stand up the same time as Jordan in Cardiff. His clowning is fearless, hilarious and unforgettable. He was nominated for best show last year so this ...

‘Ever woken up somewhere and not known how you got there? I have. And I’m not alone. So why is no-one talking about it? It’s time we do. As a ...

In early 2017 I spent three weeks in a mental health ward. It was a difficult time. Growing up in a working class town just outside of Manchester, my frame ...

Technology. On the one hand I can stream any song I want any time I want, which is great. On the other hand, my 70 year old Mum now calls ...

I’ve heard it said that the first story a writer tells is often focussed on a personal itch they want to scratch. That before you can write about a world ...

I love to laugh. Almost everything in life makes me laugh, so this was a hard list to write. My job as a "comedian" is being an idiot onstage, so ...

Sometimes I’ll get a phone call from a loved one and we’ll talk for a while. The conversation will end with me saying things like “Talk to you later! I ...

I very rarely laugh at stand-up comedy anymore, I’ve spent so much time watching it that I’ve completely rewired my brain to analyse the mechanics of each and every joke, ...

One of my friends nagged me for years to watch it, telling me its the best television show ever made. Eventually I did, and he was right, obviously, but i ...