Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Print Interviews
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Ben Harris
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Ben Harris is a writer on BBC’s Shooting Stars and Have I Got News For You. He says that you don’t want to die without seeing him at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. You probably don’t want to die at all but, there’s not much that can be done about that. “People have been begging […]
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Luke McGibbon
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Want to know how to be attractive to women using fruit? How to explain menstruation to a 12 year old? What your last words should be? How to top any ex you’ve ever had to compete with? It’s all here at Luke McGibbon’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. Sort of. “I get sick of hearing cookie-cutter […]
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Kate Smurthwaite
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Kate Smurthwaite was one of the very first comedians Stand-Up Comedy Editor, Martin Walker, interviewed after joining Broadway Baby in March 2014. As this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe looms, Martin catches up with Kate again to talk about her three Edfringe shows. “I’ve got a brand new feminist atheist political stand-up show. It’s called The […]
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Phil Mann
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Phil Mann is stand-up comedian, actor and writer. As a comic he has performed open-mic, club nights, gong-style competitions and yes, his own hour long shows too. “Every show I’ve ever done gives me a weird headache and leaves me feeling tingly. This show is no different. It’s a stand-up show that involves a lot […]
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Marc Burrows
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Marc Burrows is a stand-up comic, a music writer and a would-be rock star. For his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show he counts down the definitive Ten Best Songs of All Time – no arguments. An autobiography told through bass guitar, bad sex and Britpop. “It’s called The Ten Best Songs Of All Time and that’s […]
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Tommy Rowson
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014At this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the So You Think You’re Funny? Winner 2011 and BBC New Comedy Finalist 2012 Tommy Rowson, presents his debut solo show. Expect tales from Wales and London featuring bordello belles, vagabonds, vagrants, swindlers, bindlers, drunks, drifters, drug dealers and Jesus. “Someone – Rocky Balboa in the film Rocky Balboa […]
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Kevin J
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014Having played stages from London to Africa, the winner of the Black Tie Comedy Award’s prestigious Best Newcomer gong, star of MTV’s Comedy Funhouse and BBC Radio 1Xtra, Kevin J makes his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut. But why now? “I have been considering it for a few years and always put it off, which was […]
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Ben Van der Velde
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 17th, 2014According to his website, Ben Van der Velde is a stand-up comedian, actor, improviser and presenter, who has spread joy and nonsense to all four corners of England, as well as the more choice bits of Wales and Scotland… Martin Walker asks about his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Strudelhead. “This is my second solo show […]
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Ahir Shah
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014In 2014, Ahir Shah has performed a solo run at London’s Soho Theatre and won the award for Best Show at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival. Using lyrical language, emotional frankness and funny jokes, the alternative comedian presents Texture at the year’s Edinburgh Festival fringe. “Texture is a stand-up show about moving house, romance, perception, drinking, […]
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James Veitch
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014In James Veitch’s 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show, The Fundamental Interconnectedness of Everyone with an Internet Connection, he investigates scam emails, distant princes, unclaimed inheritance and close friends marooned in a foreign country. Standard procedure is to delete on sight, but what happens if you reply? “I’ve spent the past year responding to as many scam […]
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Cal Wilson
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014A diverse and prolific character comedian, Cal Wilson bounces between Australia and New Zealand. This Edinburgh Festival fringe you can see who she might have been if she’d made different decisions… Like become a surgeon. Or a poet. Or a dude. It Could Have Been Me. “It’s a mix of stand up and characters, and […]
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Alex McAleer
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Mentalist, mind-magician or psychological-illusionist – call him what you will, Alex McAleer reads minds. At this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Alex reveals strangers’ secrets, demonstrates why you should never play cards with him and teaches one lucky member of the audience how to read minds. “My show, Alex the Mind Reader is a fun, interactive […]
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Alistair Green
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014At this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, acclaimed stand-up Alistair Green spends an hour on stage ranting, moaning and generally talking about everything he thinks is wrong with the world, including his own pitiful shortcomings as a human being. Martin Walker speaks to the long suffering comedian about his show, Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm. “It’s a […]
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Dan Clark
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Best known as Don Danbury from BBC3’s cult hit sitcom How Not To Live Your Life and Johnny Two Hats from The Mighty Boosh, Dan Clark is back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after a few busy years away. Martin Walker asks about Me, My Selfie & I. “Hmm. The old ‘self your show’ question. […]
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Pippa Evans
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Character comic Pippa Evans first made a splash on the comedy scene with an incredibly successful debut Edinburgh show in 2008, when she was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Best Newcomer Award. She returns to the Fringe this year with a show… about being Pippa. “Does anybody really know who they are? I spend most […]
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Devvo
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014YouTuber Devvo is Darren Devonshire, an English working class youth. This year he returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “This is my second full Edinburgh and I’m proper excited about it. You guys came down last time and gave me four stars. You sent a very pretty lady and I would like her to come […]
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Gareth Cooper
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014The former member of the Delete the Banjax sketch group, Gareth Cooper, returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to share an hour of stand-up comedy with Dan Cook. “It’s a split hour between an idiot – Dan – and a dork – me. Dan will be attempting a sketch show of sorts and I’ll be […]
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George Rowe
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year you can experience a trio of stand-ups and musicians make tracks with you, the audience, for the next pop sensation, Mr. Kirby. We’re promised beats, art, stories, loops, samples and gags. “Who is Mr. Kirby? Is a largely improvised comedy show where two musicians hope to create an […]
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James Dowdeswell
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014James Dowdeswell jokes about booze. The ultimate happy hour. Why are ales crafty? Why do girls taste better than boys? What’s wrong with a sideways glance at merlot? What’s it like to grow up in a West Country pub? Find out at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe with James’ new show, Wine, Ale and I. […]
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James Meehan
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014James Meehan and Will Duggan are friends who also happen to be stand-up comedians. At this year’s Edinburgh Festival fringe, you can watch them do thirty minutes of stand-up comedy each, as they prepare for their future debut hour long solo shows, when they can finally stop working together. “I worked with Laughing Horse last […]
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Dan Willis
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014At the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Dan Willis performed six one hour shows a day for a month, repeating no jokes, breaking comedy world records and cementing himself as the single most experienced festival act in history. “This year, not only am I saving the world, but I’m also educating one side of the world […]
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Jay Islaam
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Edinburgh Festival Fringe goers can enjoy a live recording of a daily podcast in a showcase of comedy, sketches, spoken word, music and variety acts from the Fringe. Martin Walker talks to PodComedy host Jay Islaam, about his own controversial show, which has been banned in some venues in the UK. “It’s called Racist Joke […]
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Jennifer Belander
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Jennifer Belander’s 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe offering, is MommAutism, a one-woman show about raising a son with autism. She created the show to highlight issues most parents of autistic children have to deal with, whilst having a good laugh about the whole experience. “The show is what I like to refer to as subversively educational… […]
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Demi Lardner
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Award winning Australian comedian, Demi Lardner, describes herself as a writer and jungle cat fighter. According to her website she grew up in constant fear of birds. Her first stage appearance was at age sixteen and she’s never looked back. Martin Walker asks about her 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show, Birds With Human Lips. “Birds With […]
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Lucy Fennell
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014This Edinburgh Festival fringe you can join SmART Attack on a whimsical trip through 90s kids’ make and do TV shows! Grab your glitter glue, toilet roll tubes and PVA as they use retro craft to bring you something a bit different. We’re promised fast-paced character and sketch comedy with a heart. Lucy Fennell explains… […]
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