Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Print Interviews
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Alexander Bennett
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 8th, 2014This year, alternative stand-up comedian Alexander Bennett is bringing his new show, Follow Me, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Martin Walker asks Alexander about the show, about his alternative comedy night, and about going too far… “The show is, in a roundabout way, about young people having not having their own culture and voice anymore. […]
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Zak Splijt
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 8th, 2014Martin Walker stumbled across Zak Splijit’s act on YouTube when he was supposed to be working. Sadly, the unique up-and-coming comedian won’t be performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, but according to Martin, he is definitely one to watch. Describe your comedy to someone who hasn’t seen it before. “I used to gig […]
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Steve Bugeja
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 7th, 2014The soon to be famous Steve Bugeja won the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award last year. Not bad for someone who has only been performing stand-up comedy since September 2010. At this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he’s hosting The Comedy Zone every night in the Pleasance Courtyard. “The Comedy Zone has been running for as long […]
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Dan Nicholas
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 7th, 2014Alternative comedian, Dan Nicholas, is bringing two shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. Martin Walker exchanges emails with the talented up-and-coming stand-up and starts by asking what they are about. “In These Boyz Need Therapy Jack Campbell and I will be doing half an hour of stand-up comedy each. And that’s it, although […]
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Darren Walsh
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 7th, 2014UK Pun Championships winner Darren Walsh debuted his thirty minute show I am a Giant at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe to rave reviews. This year he brings show of new jokes and daft nonsense where the ultimate question will be answered: Chicken or Meow? Martin Walker converses by email. Tell us about your 2014 […]
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Inder Manocha
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 7th, 2014Not sure what colour you are? Think you might be a latent racist? Relax. Cultural identity, political correctness and causing offence are given an original and hilarious spin by the award-winning comedian Inder Manocha in his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. “The show is called White Man’s Burden. It’s about expectations around my cultural identity, political […]
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Matt Cosgrove
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 7th, 2014At this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, character comedian Matt Cosgrove has got himself involved in a madcap musical German comedy. It follows the story of Jan Pfefferling, a German singer/songwriter from Hamburg. “Jan entertains with rousing numbers borne of his life experiences which include an unforgettable break up with drummer and lover, Gerald Kochenfogger. Jan […]
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Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 7th, 2014Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art school is an alternative drawing movement in which artists draw glamorous underground performers in an atmosphere of boozy conviviality. Martin Walker talks to performer and model Ivvonna about their debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “For the first time at Edinburgh Fringe the family that is Dr Sketchy’s Edinburgh will descend amongst the Fringe […]
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Richard Carnaby
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 7th, 2014Richard Carnaby has been gathering a collection of darkly comic characters over the last four years. They are presented in A Work of Art, his solo debut at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “Through the media of acting, song and work-based training, I will be exposing the souls of three human curios, with the aid of a few […]
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Mark Thomas
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 7th, 2014Martin Walker talks to stand-up comedian, journalist and activist, Mark Thomas. They discuss friendship, corporate spying, Mark’s ultimate version of audience participation and the theatre piece that he’s bringing to this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “It’s called Cuckooed. It’s about a very close friend, who betrayed me and some of his other closest friends. We were […]
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Laurence Owen
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 7th, 2014This year’s Musical Comedy Awards finalist, Laurence Owen, sings troublesome songs of lust and bad manners in his new Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. Boundaries will be pushed. Preconceptions will be challenged. Will anyone emerge unscathed? “My show is called Laurence Owen: Lullabies Of Pervland, and it’s a musical comedy hour largely about sex, Disney and […]
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Jules Maxine
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, July 7th, 2014This Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Jules Maxine shares her unique comic take on relationships, sex, reality TV, social media, winning the lottery, payday loans and more. She talks about the things we all share – saying what we all think – but wish we had said. “The show is the life and thoughts of a 42 […]
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Nancy Clench
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, July 5th, 2014Standing over you at seven feet, Nancy Clench presents an Edinburgh Festival Fringe show featuring a delightful mix of conversation and material that will leave you unable to look at Pringles, The Daily Mail or Dating Apps in the same way ever again. “It’s going to be a real good story of my life really, […]
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Chris Turner
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014According to his website, Chris Turner’s sharply written gags, assured stage presence and blisteringly quick improvised raps have established him as one of the best up-and-coming comics on the international circuit, performing in the UK, USA, Australia and India. He tells Martin Walker about his widely anticipated debut solo show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, […]
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Erich McElroy
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014Originally from Seattle USA, Erich McElroy travelled East to become a British citizen. He’s well known for his humorous and insightful take on living in the UK and he comes to this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new show, The British Referendum. “I had two goals with the show, to show politics could be […]
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Nick Coyle
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014Nick Coyle is an Australian writer, director and performer. He arrives at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of an alternative comedy package produced by the London Comedy club The Invisible Dot. If your favourite acts are Simon Munnery, Josie Long and Stewart Lee, The Dot is where you go to watch your comedy. “My show […]
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Stu Richards
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014Stu Richards is a poet, dancer and stand-up comedian and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, he’s managed to combine all three of these elements. So what is LaughDance: The Experiment? “Three comedians, four dancers; one ground-breaking experiment. It’s stand-up comedy set to dance. Have you ever seen a one-liner set to breakdance? Satire […]
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Quint Fontana
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014Some people drink to forget, Quint Fontana drinks to remember… and at this Edinburgh Festival Fringe he’s thirsty! Once the blue-eyed boy of British pop, now a bona fide showbiz legend, Quint recalls the songs, stories, triumphs and tragedies that have made him the mega star he is today. “My show is called I Remember […]
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Paul Ricketts
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014“It’s about trying to live a life in mid-1990’s London on no money, using creative ways to have a good time. So it’s really a storytelling show about storytelling – using it as a way to get a social life. If you’re creating scenarios and being someone else you can put yourself into more ridiculous […]
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Joseph Morpurgo
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014A little while ago, Joseph Morpurgo found a wholly unremarkable, two minute VHS lying around featuring a clip from a Texan local news station. Using all the characters and locations from that, he’s written a fantastical cop procedural about a mysterious fire at a chemical factory. “The show is called Odessa. There are, by the […]
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Michael Mittermeier
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014After taking a year off from performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Michael Mittermeier returns with a new show that promises to explore the fascinatingly dark landscape of the German soul. It’s’ a mysterious place, were guilt, schadenfreude and bratwurst reside… It’s about the small and big blackouts in life. It ranges from the zombie […]
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Paul McDaniel
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014Paul McDaniel is part of two stand-up shows this Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The first is with Patrick Mulholland and is called Pat and Paul Get Some Beans. The other is with Ally Houston and Sandy Bouttell, and is called Afterbirh. “Both shows sound like there should be an interesting concept behind them but I can […]
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Amanda Kelleher
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014Appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year is the beautifully titled comedy Mean Things I Did to My Sister (and Other Lessons I’ve Learned). A live band joins Amanda Kelleher on stage for what promises to be a riotous trip down memory lane. Martin Walker finds out more. “It’s a comedy blues show that’s […]
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Mark Silcox
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014According to his website, ex-scientist Mark Silcox works as a supply teacher in secondary schools. He has a ‘no nonsense’ approach to everything he does which puts off those around him, but he fails to understand why. Martin Walker asks about his debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Life in the Bus Lane. “The show features […]
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Adam Riches
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014Returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is Adam Riches. The 2011 Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award winner is back with, according to the programme listing, ‘a brand new hour of phenomenal bullshit’. Martin Walker finds out more. “It’s another cavalcade of a-holes unleashed in front of, on top of and sometimes inside of the audience, in […]
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