Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Print Interviews
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Karen Bayley
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Shunning dresses and dolls, donning a football kit and picking up a cricket bat, Karen Bayley’s 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Geezer Bird explores this unladylike behaviour. “I was sitting in a green room talking football with a male comedian when he turned to me and said ‘You’re such a Geezer Bird’ I asked him what […]
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Al Donegan
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Imagine if people knew your deepest, darkest secrets. Wouldn’t it be awful? Humiliating? Degrading? It would be if you’d done some of the things Al Donegan has. For his latest Edinburgh Festival Fringe outing, Al will dig deep into his past. “I’ve done some really, really bad things in my time, and the 5 Worst […]
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Mark Davison
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Character comic Mark Davison parades on to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his popular out of space creation, Mr Susie. Apparently, the alien only has one hour to save cabaret… pity he has no idea what cabaret is… “Mr Susie is a character I’ve been doing since 2011. He’s a confused, hopelessly naive alien who […]
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Tim Renkow
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Tim Renkow’s debut solo Edinburgh Festival Fringe show is called, intriguingly, At Least Hell Has Ramps. It explores the funny side of being judged on appearance and proclaims that if you believe you will go to hell for laughing at the disabled – he also happens to have cerebral palsy – he’ll see you there. […]
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Angie Belcher
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Angie Belcher is stand-up poet, actor and writer. Fresh from her touring show Not a Natural Girl – her highly confessional and frank take on modern singledom – she is appearing at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a brand new show. “I’m a stand up poet combining standard comedy club observational material with funny […]
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Chris Boyd
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Comedian Chris Boyd comes from Chesterfield, Derbyshire but now lives in London. For kicks he chases storms and other extreme weather, so his debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe one hour solo show, Caution to the Wind couldn’t really be about anything else. “It’s a one man Royal Variety Performance but where Adele, Lee Mack and Diversity […]
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Peter McCole
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Liverpudlian Peter McCole’s passions are comedy and family. Over the last eight years, he has balanced these two passions with dead-end jobs, presents, lies and traveling around the world. So it’s make or break, as he performs at his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut. “My show is called REBOOT. It’s funny and self-deprecating storytelling look at […]
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Phil Wang
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Phil Wang has appeared as the stand-up guest on The Rob Brydon Show and was featured on BBC Three at the Fringe in 2011. So if you feel like you recognise him from somewhere, it might well be from TV Or maybe you went to school together. Either way, his Edinburgh Festival Fringe stand-up show […]
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Jack Barry
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Jack Barry is probably the only stand up on the circuit with a degree in Chinese. Martin Walker asks if the degree has ever done him any good and, more importantly, about his part in the two shows he is bringing to this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “The first is the Comedy Zone, which I […]
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Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014According to his website, Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall has been performing stand-up comedy properly since about the 20th of November 2008. Since then he has performed at several comedy festivals, created his own web series and has written for TV. He’s bringing two shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “Alasdair Lists Everything is a long term project of […]
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Rick Kiesewetter
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Rick Kiesewetter describes himself as an Asian-American comic. He says he was adopted in Japan and then raised in a small town in New Jersey, USA. Now a British citizen and former UK Gladiators Contender, he is now working towards his second Edinburgh Festival Fringe show… “It’s called Rick Kiesewetter: No More Mr Rice Guy. […]
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Hatty Ashdown
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Hatty Ashdown is an actor, writer, presenter and stand-up comedian. She’s the co- writer of up coming Big Talk sitcom Give Out Girls, to be broadcast later this year. She also loves MC’ing and recently had a successful run co-hosting talent show Star Search at the notorious Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. Martin Walker talks […]
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Paul Dance
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Paul Dance’s hit character creation is ‘Henry von Stifle’. He’s a philanthropist, author, historian, raconteur orator, world record holder, humanitarian and pimp. His published books include Pig Keeping in Lincoln 1376 – 1500 AD, Norwegian Hairstyles of the 18th Century and The History of Everything. Martin Walker caught up with Henry as he prepared for […]
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Alice Marshall
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Alice Marshall is a proper actor. Amongst many TV roles, she recently appeared as ‘Mary Magdalene’ in The Jesus Mysteries for the National Geographic Channel and as ‘Rain’ in Skins. But comedy is also in her blood. This year she is part of Canal Café Theatre’s long running NewsRevue, appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. […]
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Chris Timoney
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Comedian, Chris Timoney has an art background. He performs stories and songs with pictures that all are about relationships, food, drinking and toilets. A friend once described his act as ‘lyrical tales of woe.’ Martin Walker asks about his 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show. “It’s basically looking back and revisiting the worst week we’ve all collectively […]
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Leesha Loca
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Comic actor Leesha Loca is landing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with her show, From Pirates to Popstars. Martin Walker asks how she got into comedy and what her best and worst stage experiences have been so far. But first they discuss Leesha’s show. “My Fringe show is me and a couple of […]
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Steve N Allen
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014You might know Steve N Allen as a stand-up comedian telling jokes. You might know him as a radio presenter on your local station, or as a guest TV broadcaster brought in to analyse the news in a funny way. You might even know him from the SomeNews podcast on iTunes… Martin Walker gets to […]
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Rick Wood
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Rick Wood says he’s a socially awkward stand-up comedian who entertains audiences with his music, daft one-liners and observational anecdotes. For this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe he’s decided to team up with a partner to produce a sketch show. “My show this year is a first for me – my previous two shows were solo […]
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Ray Peacock
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014A prolific writer and comic performer, Ray Peacock is one of the most popular comperes, headline performers and TV warm up acts around. Most famous for his double act with Ed Gamble and the hugely popular Peacock & Gamble Podcast, this year he brings a solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe. “It’s called Here Comes […]
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Abigoliah Schamaun
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014According to the Fringe programme, Abigoliah Schamaun is a world-travelling, fast-talking, confirmed bachelor of a woman. In her new show she opens up to talk about her past and present – and nothing is off limits. Martin Walker talks to the popular American comedian via email. Tell us about your Edinburgh show, Abigoliah Schamaun: It’s […]
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Addy van der Borgh
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Addy studied clowning and physical theatre at LAMDA and with brilliant timing and an array of voices and characters he has risen to the top of the live comedy circuit. He’s back again at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a brand new show. “It is fifty minutes of very funny stand-up comedy, with occasional outbursts […]
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Al Lubel
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Bob Dylan said of his last album, Tempest, that he didn’t make it for the public, he made it for himself. Al didn’t make his latest Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, I’m Still Al Lubel for the public, he made it for himself. He hopes he likes it. “The show is about me. It’s called; I’m […]
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Spencer Jones
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Spencer Jones, the BAFTA nominated Big Babies star, performs his debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Spencer Jones is The Herbert. Herbert Clunkerdunk is a smiley, strange man who has builders in his house, but he can’t stop messing about with their stuff… “It’s my debut Edinburgh solo show. I have no money so I am […]
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President Obonjo
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014President Obonjo of the Lafta Republic is visiting the Camden Fringe this August. He presents a political comedy show, featuring the President’s manifesto for a better Britain, titled the Memoirs of President Obonjo. Martin Walker asks for more details. “I’ll discuss the impact of President Obama on my life and as a result, I created […]
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Giacinto Palmieri
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, July 1st, 2014Giacinto Palmieri loves Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung so much that he shared the plot with all his (now) ex-girlfriends. Now he wants to do the same with his Edinburgh Festival Fringe audience. “The Ride of the Wagnerian is a comedy show about Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung cycle of opera, my passion […]
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