Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Print Interviews
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Sarah Campbell
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014Have you been mis-sold PPI? Sarah Campbell hasn’t either and her friend got seven grand! This Edinburgh Festival Fringe you can join Sarah for an hour of mind-blowing stand-up. Martin Walker interrupts her writing the impressions show, Dead Ringers, to ask about her latest Fringe offering. “It’s called Don’t Worry Guys It’s Sarah Campbell. It’s […]
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Lizzy Mace
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 16th, 2014In July and August last year Lizzy Mace spent six weeks studying improvisation and sketch comedy at the legendary Second City Training Center in Chicago. She then teamed up with award-nominated director Logan Murray to devise her new character-based solo show. Which brings us to this August and her two shows at the Edinburgh Festival […]
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Rob Pybus
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014A graduate of Brighton University with a degree in Illustration, Rob Pybus works freelance in many areas of graphic design, animation and storyboarding. In 2014 he presents The Living Cartoon – a unique comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “The Living Cartoon is about propelling the audience through a vivid and unforgettable experience. Projected […]
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Deborah Frances-White
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Comedian Deborah Frances-White was adopted as a new-born baby. This Edinburgh Festival fringe she presents the true story of her search for her biological family, Half a Can of Worms. “It’s a true story about finding my biological family, having been adopted as a new born baby. In October 2012 I stumbled across some information […]
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Brent Weinbach
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014According to his website, Brent Weinbach’s stand-up comedy is weird and stupid and visual and post-modern and random… plus he has a t-shirt with his name and his face on it. Martin Walker asked about his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Appealing to the Mainstream. “Appealing to the Mainstream is about a weird man named Brent […]
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Sara Pascoe
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Everything that has happened to us shapes who we are today… does free will even exist? Who knows? Sara Pascoe is at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Sara Pascoe vs History. “My new show is an examination of the evolutionary and emotional history of relationships. Pair bonding and baby making and jealousy and things like […]
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Ian Hall
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Edinburgh Festival fringe show, An Hour of Ian was the winner at this year’s Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival. Bereft of an exciting name or personality, Ian Hall dreams of being called ‘a real character’ but really just pretends to be a plethora of people he made out of his brain. “An Hour of Ian is […]
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Robyn Perkins
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Robyn Perkins has been performing stand-up for almost three years. She is renowned for her friendly, chatty style and delivering an honest and entertaining depiction of her life through her comedy. Martin Walker asks Robyn about her Edinburgh Fringe show. “Over It – Death, Anorexia & Other Funny Things is a show that explores taboo […]
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Glynn Jones
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Glynn Jones has performed in children’s shows, a sketch show and a musical. Quite a variety, #Awkward is his first solo venture into stand up comedy. “Basically this is my first full solo stand up show, all based on and around life’s awkward moments. And by ‘life’s’ I mean ‘my life’s.’ Stand up, comedy songs […]
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Holly Walsh
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Some people have got it. Holly Walsh most definitely does not. But who needs it when you’ve got a Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award and nearly two thousand Nectar points? Holy talks to Martin Walker via email about her latest Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. “It’s called Never Had It – because all my life I’ve […]
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Naomi Carter
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Actor and comedian, Naomi Carter describes herself as both lucky and crazy enough to be doing two shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. She shares a line up with three stand-ups in 4 on Demand and is part of a sketch act called Carter & Ollerton: Won’t Go Quietly. “I know lots of […]
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Laura Ollerton
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 14th, 2014Bursting onto this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a potent blend of mutual musings, surreal sketches and extraordinary stories, this energetic duo, Carter and Ollerton, will roast your cockles and beguile you through to midnight. Martin Walker talks to Laura Ollerton about the debut of a double act. “I am one excited half of a […]
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Stephen Frizzle
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Newcastle’s own Stephen ‘Friz’ Frizzle is a comedy musician who performs puns in song form at the piano. Why yes, exactly like Tom Lehrer, Richard Stilgoe, Victoria Wood and Amateur Transplants. But Friz is the youngest, so he has the advantage. His Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, for one performance only, is Harry My Cat Died. […]
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Liam Hourican
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Liam Hourican is a TV personality, impressionist and semi-funny man. He was last seen in a starring role in Channel 4′s Very Important People, playing Gordon Ramsay, Simon Cowell, Simon Bird and many others. Now he’s appearing in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with A Kitchen Nightmare. “It’s a hilarious take on the rom-com genre, except […]
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Oscar Jenkyn-Jones
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Thomas Pocket presents: Me (Oscar Jenkyn-Jones) is the debut solo show from exciting young absurdist Oscar Jenkyn-Jones. An hour-long sashay through moments of unlikely surrealism, impressions of inanimate objects, and silent thinking. This is a whirlwind of acute non-sequiturs; a show-within-a-show. “Oh thanks, ok, I’m up for this. What do you want to know? Oh […]
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Stuart Laws
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Stuart Laws writes and performs sketch and stand-up comedy. Observational and surreal, Stuart is James Acaster’s regular tour support. Martin Walker asks about his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. “I’m now thirty, so it was time to write a show about grown up things, so it’s about why Dunston Checks In is the epicentre for all […]
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Juliette Burton
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014In what promises to be a highly original Edinburgh Festival fringe show, Juliette Burton uses comedy, a power-point presentation, original music and interviews with a wide range of people, to celebrate the diversity of beauty. Martin Walker finds out more. “Look At Me is a docu-comedy all about whether who we appear to be is […]
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Damian Clark
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Aussie boy Damian Clark burst onto the UK comedy circuit in 2012 where his high-octane observational stand up has certainly caused some waves. Before touching down in the UK, Damian made Ireland his home and became a regular feature on Irish TV. You can catch him live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. With his new […]
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Celia Pacquola
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Celia Pacquola has always been obsessed with the future, but planned for none of it. She has, however, planned to return to this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her most revealing stand-up show to date. Tell us about your 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show, Let Me Know How it all Works Out “I’ve always wanted to […]
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Phil Jarvis
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014The future. The mechanised labour force is disenfranchised. Enter A Robot, determined to teach the grimacing machines how to laugh. This stand-up showcase at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe features the best in alternative up-and-coming talent, including the incomparable Malcolm Julian Swan. “It’s not my show. I’m just a lucky guest on Andy Barr and Nathan […]
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Zoe McDonald
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Live from the studios of Forth One this Edinburgh Festival Fringe comes Zoe McDonald, who is suffering from FOMO – The Fear of Missing Out. A Fringe theatre show inside a radio studio, audience members pop on a set of headphones and get exposed to Zoe’s world. “FOMO is a one-woman show. I play myself, […]
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Laurence Clark
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Internationally acclaimed comedian, presenter, actor and writer, Laurence Clark is back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his new stand up show, Moments of Instant Regret, directed by the brilliant Matt Holt. Martin Walker finds out more. “I guess most people will have experienced moments where they’ve said or done the wrong thing and instantly […]
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Sammy J
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Sammy J thought it would be humorous to fly from Melbourne to Edinburgh, perform one show, then fly home. This is that show, Sammy J: Songbook. Known and loved for his catchy, filthy, nerdy musical comedy stylings, Sammy J has stuffed his hand luggage full of his favourite songs, and plans to rock out for […]
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Dave Chawner
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014A full time comic of six years, Dave Chawner is regular MC, opener and warm up act. Now he is preparing a set with Robyn Perkins for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Martin Walker finds out more about what promises to be a deeply personal show. “The name of the show is Over It – Death, […]
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Alexis Wieroniey
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Thirty-one years ago Alexis Wieroniey, was born somewhere in suburban America. She got out, and moved to England, forever. Find out why in her stand-up comedy debut at the Edinburgh Festival. “My show is called An American’s guide to being like, totally British. It’s my solo stand-up comedy debut which tells the tale of me […]
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