Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Print Interviews
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Eric Davis
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014This Edinburgh Festival Fringe you can once again experience the exquisite monstrosity of Eric Davis’ brilliant creation, Red Bastard. Lines will be crossed and laughs will be had in this interactive feast of biting wit, mischievous improvisation, and physical prowess. “Oh, you’re gonna love it. It’s brand spanking new. With the exception that I’m doing […]
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Gillian Hardie
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Writer/performers Gillian Hardie and Keddy Sutton’s arrival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe follows sell-out performances and five-star reviews for their latest collaboration, Scottie Road the Musical. “It’s named after a famous road in Liverpool and based around the musical Chicago. We deviate hugely from the plot by including inspiration from Les Mis and Evita but […]
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Mathilda Gregory
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014When a prisoner requested Mathilda Gregory’s werewolf erotica novel, a court had to decide whether her work had enough literary merit to be allowed behind bars. Martin Walker caught up with Mathilda by email as she prepares for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “My show, Werewolf Erotica, She Wrote is about my life writing werewolf erotica […]
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Glenn Cosby
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Glenn Cosby loved to cook and bake throughout his childhood and teens, but got distracted when he went to university. He became a teacher and started to bake again, but didn’t really get back into it seriously until Bake Off. “It’s no news that many comics and performers used comedy as a self-defence tactic while […]
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Chelsea Manders
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Chelsea Manders is a mischievous comedic folk singer. This August she will make her Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut with her show Don’t Tell My Dad. “Don’t Tell My Dad is about how I overcame a supportive middle-class upbringing to become the disturbed girl I am today. I guide the audience through the meaning of my […]
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Carl Donnelly
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Carl Donnelly has spent part of the last year travelling around India, and the rest of it going through a divorce, so has plenty to talk about. As Martin Walker finds out, some of what Carl is set to reveal about himself in his latest Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Now That’s What I Carl Donnelly […]
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Dane Baptiste
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 11th, 2014Dane Baptiste is known for his distinctive stage persona, his brilliant take on all of life’s irritations and his phenomenal gift to tame some of the most difficult of crowds. This year he makes his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with Citizen Dane. “Citizen Dane is … Disappointment? Anger? Nervousness? Existentialism…? “It’s essentially all that I […]
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Paul Vickers
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 9th, 2014This year, Paul Vickers returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his cabaret creation, Mr Twonkey, in Twonkey’s Private Restaurant. In a piece that contains no spoilers, Martin Walker talks to Paul about making people laugh. “It’s my most accomplished work to date it. I feel I am finding my voice and not just my […]
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James Cook
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 9th, 2014This is a short interview with James Cook, the stand-up comedian. As he explains on his website, he shouldn’t be confused with the explorer, the bass player in the Arctic Monkeys, a character off of Skins, the BBC Scotland correspondent, the Australian Rules footballer, the boxer, the square in Middlesbrough… “I’m doing two shows this […]
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Dan Fardell
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 9th, 2014This Edinburgh Festival Fringe why not watch two men as they try to recapture their long lost youthful idealism by mocking their own lives and the lives of others. We meet one of the two, stand up comedian, Dan Fardell. “The show is called Perfectly Goddamned Delightful, it’s myself and my friend Pete Strong doing […]
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Annie McGrath
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 9th, 2014Annie McGrath is performing a new show at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her twin, Jack Barry. “It is called Twins and it is a low energy sketch comedy show which we are accused of underselling. We are told it has ‘offbeat charm’. I am in it and so is Jack Barry.” Why did […]
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Daniel Cainer
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 9th, 2014According to his website, Daniel Cainer is a songwriter, producer, broadcaster and composer. As a result he has written lots of music for TV, radio and advertising. He currently has a one-man show of stories in song, Jewish Chronicles, which has been touring in the UK and the US. Now he makes a return to […]
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Tony Roberts
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 9th, 2014Tony Roberts – Card Magic, debuted at the Adelaide Fringe in 2013 to critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences. Later that year the show made its UK debut at the Edinburgh International Magic Festival. In 2014, Tony brings the show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “I take a deck of cards, two volunteers from the audience, […]
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Bob Slayer
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 9th, 2014According to his website, Bob Slayer is the founder and trickster behind Heroes of Fringe, the Comedy Collective which promotes Bob & Miss Behave’s Bookshop. He has appeared at Edinburgh Fringe every year since 2008. Martin Walker caught up with him to ask about Heroes and his own show, IndieRound with Bob Slayer & Tim […]
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Dan Nightingale
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 9th, 2014According to the Fringe programme, the international comedian, Lancastrian socialite and circuit legend Dan Nightingale is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for another festival frolic. “It’s an hour of well honed, noise based, stand-up comedy that charts my day to day struggle between living a well behaved, emotionally empathetic existence and my natural inclination toward […]
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Alison Spittle
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 9th, 2014In the prequel to 2015’s runaway Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit, I’m Ready Now, Alison Spittle comes to town looking for an agent. If you’re an agent, promoter or reviewer, then this is the show for you. Audience members are welcome too. “The show is called Alison Spittle Needs an Agent. I first came up with […]
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Cormac Friel
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 9th, 2014At 6’3″, Friel is probably the world’s tallest man with small man syndrome. Why? Is it because the average arthritic pensioner could outbench him? Is it the result of sibling rivalry? Is it his determination to be seen as the masculine one in his relationships with men? Find out at his 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show, […]
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Alan Irwin
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 8th, 2014For this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Irish comedian Alan Irwin has transformed himself into a man who parties hard – and he says he can transform you too. Once dull and lifeless, Alan now rocks every room he enters. Probably – he hasn’t asked anyone else how they feel about it. “The whole idea came […]
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Alastair Clark
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 8th, 2014Famous comedian Russell Brand thinks you shouldn’t vote. Far less successful comedian Alastair Clark thinks he’s wrong. Who’s right? For the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Alastair Clark presents an hour of stand-up about politics – verbally pitting himself against the poster boy for voting abstinence. “Vote Russell Brand is a politically motivated stand-up comedy show focusing […]
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Izzy Rees
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 8th, 2014Izzy Rees is turning thirty and she’s not happy about it. In an attempt to mark this milestone and distract herself from the downsides of growing up, she’s set herself a list of 30 challenges to complete by her birthday. Izzy talks to Martin Walker about her Edinburgh Fringe show. “My show 30 Things to […]
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Peter Brush
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 8th, 2014Last year, stand-up comedian Peter Brush became a BBC New Comedy Award Finalist. Since then the up-and-comer has gained positive notices from across the industry, including from the notoriously hard to please Bruce Dessau. Martin Walker asks about his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. “I will be sharing an hour slot with my friend Fern Brady. […]
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Paul McCaffrey
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 8th, 2014Paul McCaffrey has established himself very quickly, winning both The London Paper and the Latitude Festival new act competitions in 2009. In 2011 Paul took his debut solo stand-up show, Saying Something Stupid to the Underbelly, to great critical acclaim. He returns in 2014 with Paul or Nothing. “It’s pretty much everything that I’ve found […]
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Luc Valvona
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 8th, 2014After storming the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last year, Luc Valvona returns with The Improvised Improv Show – a daily improv jam that absolutely anyone can take part in. He’s also bringing a solo musical comedy show to entertain Fringe audiences, as he explains via email to Martin Walker. Tell us about your 2014 Edinburgh Fringe […]
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Tim FitzHigham
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 8th, 2014In the true spirit of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, multi award-winning expeditionary comedian, author and explorer Tim FitzHigham is back in town with a brand new show. Martin Walker asks about the fascinating story behind Hellfire. “I got an anonymous letter – I’ve had a few before – but this one seemed to be in […]
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Keddy Sutton
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 8th, 2014Writer/performers Gillian Hardie and Keddy Sutton’s arrival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe follows sell-out performances and five-star reviews for their latest collaboration, Scottie Road the Musical. Martin Walker asks Keddy what the show is all about. “Scottie Road The Musical tells the story of Gillian Hardie and Keddy Sutton’s pyjama wearing, pasty scoffing alter egos […]
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