Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Print Interviews
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Paul Daniels
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, September 9th, 2014Paul Daniels is the UK’s best known and most successful magic act. He’s just about to commence a brand new tour, Back Despite Popular Demand. Martin Walker conducted a Three Minute Interview with Paul back in April, but this time round decided to do it properly. He also had the great pleasure of meeting the […]
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Jim Davidson
First published in Chortle - Friday, August 22nd, 2014When Jim Davidson me andrew Doyle Jim Davidson is the first to arrive. ‘This is my favourite restaurant in Edinburgh,’ he says. He’s only had three hours sleep due to an appearance on breakfast television and is looking forward to a decent meal. He knows what to order immediately because he has kept a photograph […]
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Ivor Dembina
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, August 9th, 2014Ivor Dembina’s 5 star show ‘Old Jewish Jokes’ at the Gilded Balloon has been a surprise hit at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The 63 year old comic veteran has worked alongside all the greats in alternative comedy, and is seen by many as one of its fathers. You’ve been in Edinburgh a week now, performing […]
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Stuart Goldsmith
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, August 1st, 2014A former street-performer and Scottish National Busking Champion, Stuart Goldsmith did his first street-show aged sixteen, having learned to fire-breathe, fire juggle and walk on broken glass. Now days Stuart is a comedian, compère, artist, actor and prolific podcaster. Martin Walker asks about his latest Edinburgh Festival Fringe offering, Extra Life. “It’s of my funniest […]
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Mitch Benn
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, August 1st, 2014To fans of Radio 4 comedy, Mitch Benn is the resident musical satirist of ‘The Now Show’ every Friday. To Sci-Fi followers he’s the Doctor Who fanatic who wrote the critically acclaimed novel, ‘Terra’. To music lovers he’s the 37th Beatle. A busy guy. Martin Walker conducts a brief interview – and starts by asking […]
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Stephen Frost
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, August 1st, 2014What Does The Title Matter Anyway? will feature improv favourites such as Greg Proops, Josie Lawrence, Mike McShane, Richard Vranch, Stephen Frost and Colin Mochrie, plus other special guest performers yet to be announced. Martin Walker talks to Stephen Frost and starts by asking the obvious question… You’re back in Edinburgh with an Improv show […]
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First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, August 1st, 2014Barry Cryer is an incredibly popular entertainer, raconteur and a writer, but don’t you dare call him a legend! Martin Walker talks to the great man himself about David Frost, Kenny Everett, John Cleese, Michael McIntyre, Susan Calman, Eric Sykes and Ken Dodd. But first they talk about Twittering On, the show he’s performing at […]
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Josie Long
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, August 1st, 2014Josie Long is performing at The Stand at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with a new show called, Cara Josephine. After conducting over four hundred and fifty interviews since March this year, Stand-Up Comedy Editor, Martin Walker finally chats to his own favourite comedian. “My show is less political and more personal. I felt like I didn’t have anything […]
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Tom Stade
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 30th, 2014Do you recognise Tom Stade? You should, he’s been on every major stand-up TV show in the UK… Live at the Apollo, Michael McIntyreʼs Comedy Roadshow, Stand-Up for the Week… he was also the co-writer and co-star of Frankie Boyleʼs Channel 4 series Tramadol Nights. Martin Walker gives him a call. Hi Commander Stade, how […]
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Zoe Lyons
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 27th, 2014Zoe Lyons travels the world being funny. According to her website you may have seen her performing in Australia, New Zealand and Leicester. Martin Walker conducted a Three Minute Interview with Zoe in March this year, but now they get back together for an extended chat about her latest Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. “How to […]
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Glenn Wool
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 27th, 2014Glenn Wool has a comedy career that spans twenty years with television and live engagements over five continents. That is a lot of material, so at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe he wants to share his favourite tales and jokes from over the years. Martin Walker asks the questions. “It’s a greatest hits show. It’s a […]
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Rory McGrath
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 27th, 2014After making their Edinburgh Festival Fringe comeback last year, Rory McGrath and Philip Pope return with an hour of sophisticated comedy and song. Expect wit, elegance, clever musical pastiche, silliness and filth in Bridge Over Troubled Lager (Volume 2). Martin Walker talks to Rory about the show. “We’re planning a tour in the autumn, so […]
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Russell Grant
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 27th, 2014Russell Grant’s career as an entertainer is long as successful. From panto, to sitcoms, to musicals, to serious drama, to Strictly Come Dancing. Sir Bruce Forsyth famously said that Russell “put’s the show into show business.” Martin Walker asked him about his autobiographical Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. Just to nail this straight away, your Fringe […]
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Ed Gamble
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 26th, 2014Best known as one half of Peacock & Gamble, Ed Gamble is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor. Although according to his website, he very rarely acts and writing is a very lofty term for the absolute filth he has committed to paper. Martin Walker asks Ed about his 2014 Edinburgh solo Fringe debut, Gambletron […]
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Greg Proops
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 26th, 2014Greg Proops is a stand-up comic from San Francisco, who now lives in Hollywood. He is best known in the UK for his unpredictable appearances on Channel 4’s inprov show, Whose Line is it Anyway? Martin Walker asks about his Edinburgh reunion with Clive Anderson, but his first question concerns Greg’s Fringe show, The Smartest […]
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Tiff Stevenson
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 26th, 2014In 2012, Tiff Stevenson was awarded Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe. In 2013 she had an operation on her tongue, drank Everyday Vodka and spent too much time arguing on forums. In Optimist, her new show for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Tiff explores the possibility of optimism… “The clue is in the title really, it’s […]
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Felicity Ward
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 26th, 2014Felicity Ward is a multi-award winning, Melbourne-based, stand-up comedian, comic performer, writer and actor. She is most well-known in Australia for her work across the television including The Ronnie Johns Half Hour. This year she brings a new show, The Iceberg to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “It’s a show about perspective, told through the medium […]
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Kai Humphries
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 26th, 2014Comedian Kai Humphries called his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Stuff Protocol because it’s about how he questions the rules and doesn’t always stick to them. You’ve done some Edinburgh Fringe previews in London, is that right? “Yeah yeah I’ve got a bunch of previews in.” You’ve performed at The Comedy Store? “Oh, that place is […]
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Lucy Beaumont
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 26th, 2014The winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, Chortle Best Newcomer and star of BBC3’s Live at the Electric, Lucy Beaumont presents her hugely anticipated debut show at the Edinburgh Festival fringe, We Can Twerk it Out. “It’s a step into my world, luckily just for fifty to sixty minutes” This is your debut solo […]
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Benny Boot
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 26th, 2014Australian born comic, Benny Boot, has been performing stand-up comedy in the UK for almost a decade now. He was a finalist in NBC’s Last Comic Standing. He brings his show, Greatest Hits Volume II, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “Imagine all the best things in all the world? Well that what this is… but […]
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Craig Hill
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 26th, 2014According to his website, Craig Hill’s first passion was hairdressing. As much as he loved the patter and the reward of perming an otherwise dull, flat bob, he went on to explore his real passion – performing! “I love touring abroad. Scots ex-pats are more passionately Scottish than Scots are. And I’m always delighted that […]
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Katie O’Brien
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 26th, 2014What if Caroline Aherne, Peggy Mitchell and Frida Kahlo teamed up and reared the orphans of Milton Keynes? The children have grown up and arrived! Welcome to Katie O’Brien’s first mixed character show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “I am doing my first multi character comedy show after many clown workshops and theatre training since […]
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Jenan Younis
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 26th, 2014Does modern life anger you? This Edinburgh Festival fringe you can join surgeon Jenan Younis on one person’s journey to finding inner peace. You can meet a plethora of characters including a Russian white van man, shabby chic Kirsty, Samira the South London rudette and more. Sit back and be masterclassed… in A Masterclass in […]
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Peter Morey
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 26th, 2014Peter Morey is The Live Scriber. He illustrates the words of comedians such as Al Murray, Tony Law, Marcus Brigstocke and Phil Kay, turning their thoughts, quips and comments into inter-connected, quick-fire cartoons. “My show is called Doodle-a-thon-edy! and I am also artist in residence at Heroes of the Fringe. The show isn’t really a […]
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Mark Nelson
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 26th, 2014Since winning the inaugural Scottish Comedian of the Year Award in 2006, barely a year after his first-ever open-spot, Mark Nelson’s mix of dark humour, cutting observations and one-liners have seen him firmly established as one of the UK’s biggest-hitting comedy circuit comedians. “Growing up I didn’t know that stand-up was a thing that actually […]
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