Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Print Interviews
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Rob Deb
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014Back in June 1994, Rob Deb was young and in love with stand-up. So the 18-year-old Robin began a voyage of comedy that lasted twenty years. So in 2014, his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show promises an alternative history of the last two decades of stand-up comedy. “My show Rob Deb: 20th Anniversary Edition is about […]
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Leo Kearse
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014Leo Kearse may be the only comedian at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe who has lost part of their body in a shark attack. And we’re almost certain that we won’t meet anyone else who’s been a backing dancer for David Icke at Wembley. Martin Walker asks Leo about his pun-tastic Edinburgh show. “The Mangina Funalogs […]
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Andy de la Tour
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014After a twenty year pause from stand-up, Andy de la Tour went to New York to rediscover his comedy roots. Stand-Up or Die in New York is the story of what happened. Andy was last in Edinburgh 30 years ago with Rik Mayall and Ben Elton. Now he’s back. “My show is an account of […]
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Maff Brown
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014After writing for everybody else in just about every TV comedy you can imagine, Maff Brown returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his new show, Born Again Comedian. Martin Walker wonders if he’s finally found his voice. “It’s probably the closest style of comedy to what I have wanted to be like for a […]
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Nick Mohammed
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014Nick Mohammed plays Malcolm in E4’s new series Drifters and has featured in a host of TV comedies including Miranda, Uncle, and Hank Zipzer alongside Henry Winkler. He is currently writing Morning Has Broken for Channel 4 with Julia Davis. Somehow he has also found the time to bring a new live show, Mr. Swallow […]
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Peter Antoniou
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014Peter Antoniou is The ‘Psychic’ Comedian, or Comedium if you prefer. The infant terrible of stand-up comedy and side show entertainment, Peter brings his unique skills to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Martin Walker finds out more. “My show, Happy Medium, is a fusion of stand-up comedy and mind reading. It revolves around one quite simple […]
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Michael Downey
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014They say ‘write about what you know’, so Irish comedian Michael Downey decided to write about being blue, because he’s experienced all its shades. Martin Walker chats via email to an almost accidental comedian about his new Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. “It’s called Blue Sometimes and it’s about the things that get us down, big […]
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Lucy Porter
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, July 3rd, 2014Stand up comedian Lucy Porter is a huge hit with comedy audiences across the UK with her distinctive, bouncy, feel-good comedy. She recently took some time off from performing to get married and have a couple of kids. In this extended interview Martin Walker asks about family, feminism and being back at the Edinburgh Fringe. […]
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Gabriel Bisset-Smith
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Gabriel Bisset-Smith is one half of wild sketch outfit, Guilt & Shame. They return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014 with their brand new show: Guilt & Shame: Going Straight. But as Martin Walker learns, their show isn’t as straight as all that… “I’ve started a strange cult based on the teachings of Jeremy […]
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Cynthia Levin
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Having trained and performed at many of Chicago’s most prestigious acting schools Cynthia Levin moved to Los Angeles where she began performing stand-up comedy. Today, a seasoned, edgy and hilarious performer as both an actress and a stand-up comic, Cynthia brings her comic creation, Linda Lovin to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “My Edinburgh show for […]
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Rohan Shenoy
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014When we asked surreal sketch outfit, The Tourists to put forward their most vocal member to be interviewed, they sent Rohan Shenoy. This may have been a mistake. “My show? So kind of you to ask old chap. This year I’ve dedicated my acting talents to helping a couple of writers less fortunate, or to […]
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Matt Roper
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Instantly recognizable by his trademark appearance of high waisted trousers, a super-tight shirt and with the sound of a magnificent vibrato to simply die for, Wilfredo is a musical character comedy phenomenon. Martin Walker asks the modest, unassuming character creation of Matt Roper about his latest Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. “I’m back at the Fringe […]
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Tom O’Mahony
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Bring on the Apocalypse, is a bad-ass adventure of teeth-shattering proportions where ex-cage fighter O’Mahony kicks the door of political correctness off its hinges. Martin Walker learns more. “My show Bring On The Apocalypse is a essentially calling out the bunch-of-pussies-generation that’s taking over society for a fight. And trying to […]
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Donny Vostok
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014At this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe you can join the mysterious Nev on a quest that will take him to the very edge of sanity. He meets giant radioactive reptiles, demonic caravan cultists, evil cannibal killers, prehistoric pornographic beasts and mutant 1990s children’s characters… “Gold is my second hour of stand-up comedy and in it […]
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Tom Allen
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014In 2010, Attitude magazine called Tom Allen a gay role model. He’s certainly successful. Since winning So You Think You’re Funny and the BBC New Comedy Award he has become a sought after presenter, comedian and actor, forever popping up on TV and radio. Martin Walker asks Tom about his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Tom […]
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Jess Robinson
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Jess Robinson has toured the country with Joan Collins playing her daughter in Full Circle, as well as playing countless leading roles in major productions. On TV and radio she’s appeared on The Now Show, Fifteen Minute Musicals, Dead Ringers and several other primetime shows. Martin Walker asks about her Edinburgh Festival Fringe outing. “This […]
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Robbie Ormrod
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Robbie Ormond founded Tickled Pig as a Student Stand-Up Competition in 2007. Since then he founded Tickled Pig Productions which incorporates comedy productions, festival line-ups and a regular London night at the Canal Cafe Theatre. Martin Walker asks Robbie about the Tickled Pig Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows. “My fringe show is a compilation show with […]
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Jon Bennett
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Before he became better known for pretending things were his cock, Jon Bennett began his comedy career doing regular stand up shows at the age of 19. After a brief foray into TV and radio, he decided to change to a more storytelling style of comedy. Martin Walker asks about his various Edinburgh Festival Fringe […]
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McQueen Adams
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014When US comedian, musician and producer McQueen Adams called up his mate Timothy Oakley stating that he wanted to create something nobody had ever seen before… they created MCQUEEN. Martin Walker finds out more. “MCQUEEN is a combination of all the things that make me happy. A marriage of visual and audio, creating an entirely […]
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Matthew Highton
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Matthew Highton is a comedian, a surreal storyteller and risky abstractionist known for an unpredictable and off the wall approach to comedy. His 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Matthew Highton’s Good Luck Sleeping Jerks is being quietly mooted as one to watch this year. “It’s a combination of me highlighting some of the unfortunate side […]
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Tom Toal
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Prequel is a frolicsome and poignant stand-up show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, from hotly tipped lovely lad Tom Toal. A show full of quirky gags, memorable stories and a miracle that not even the T-Dawg could have foreseen. Tom Explains… “The show is a personal look into a life-changing situation which happened to me […]
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Nicholas Parsons
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Martin Walker talks to Nicholas Parsons, someone who needs no introduction. They discuss Just a Minute, stand-up comedy and his acting roles in The Comic Strip Presents and Doctor Who. But they start by talking about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “I’m back doing my chat show at The Pleasance for the fourteenth year. My wife […]
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Paula Valluerca
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014This Edinburgh Festival Fringe you are invited to enter in to Madame Señorita‘s world. It’s a place that’s charismatic, mysterious and quite stupid, in which social norms and preconceptions are left behind to give space for naivety, passion and curiosity for life. Martin Walker talks to her creator, Paula Valluerca. “Madame Señorita is a force […]
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Jem Brookes
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Jem Brookes’ Edinburgh Festival Fringe offering, Punusual comes straight from this year’s inaugural UK Pun Championships at the Leicester Comedy Festival. Expect an hour puns and silly jokes delivered from a professional wordsmith. “This show contains no great self-revelations or confessional, or theme, just lots and lots of silly jokes plus a bit of audience […]
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Sean McLoughlin
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Brighton based Sean McLoughlin has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for many years. It wasn’t until 2013 however, that he presented his own hour-long show Backbone. He was lucky enough to get some great audiences and some nice reviews, so he’s back again for some more. “The show is called I Will Prevail. It’s […]
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