Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
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Sol Bernstein
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, May 14th, 2014According to his website, Sol Bernstein escaped the Pogroms in Russia and the Nazis in Germany, and then went on to become the World’s First all-round entertainer. He’s a song and dance man, a comedian, a magician, an actor, and a jazz musician. Martin Walker tries to ask him about his Edinburgh Fringe show Still […]
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Michael Che
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, May 13th, 2014Making his London debut at the Soho Theatre is US comic Michael Che. The massive American star is currently a writer on Saturday Night Live but he’s about to join the global hit, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Martin Walker asks about his show, Cartoon Violence. “I don’t like explaining my shows, because you […]
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Colin Hoult
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, May 13th, 2014A prolific writer and former winner of the ‘Writers Guild Award for Comedy’, Colin Hoult has penned the successful live shows , Carnival of Monsters, Enemy of the World, Inferno and many others. He’s currently performing classic and new material at the Brighton Fringe. Martin Walker tracked him down. “I’m performing for one more time […]
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Bruce Devlin
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, May 13th, 2014Bruce Devlin is a stand-up comic, writer and broadcaster, who can be seen live, on TV and heard on the wireless. Since learning his craft at one of the Stand Comedy Club’s workshops, he’s gone on to be one of the UK’s best known comperes. Martin Walker asks what he’s up to. “Well I perform […]
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Bruce Dessau
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, May 12th, 2014Very few reviewers are as well-known as Bruce Dessau. He’s the comedy critic at the London Evening Standard and writes extensively on comedy at his popular website. His latest book Beyond a Joke explores the darker side of stand-up. What first drew you to Stand-Up Comedy? I’ve been interested in stand-up comedy for as long […]
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Sameena Zehra
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, May 10th, 2014Sameena Zehra is an actor, Blues singer, storyteller and stand-up comedian – and she’s involved in no less than three comedy shows at the Brighton Fringe. She co-hosts the Immigrant Diaries and curates the Cult of Comedy showcase, but Martin Walker starts by asking about her solo show, Homicidal Pacifist. “The idea is that it’s […]
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Kerry Godliman
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, May 10th, 2014Kerry Godliman is stand-up, writer and actor, currently starring alongside Ricky Gervais in Derek on Channel 4. She back in Edinburgh with Face Time. “My Edinburgh Fringe show is about how we communicate in real life and on line. It’s about stress, rowing, washing machines, fashion, consumerism… all that’s in there somewhere. And some other […]
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Katherine Ryan
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, May 10th, 2014Katherine Ryan’s second UK stand-up tour begins with a limited run at the Edinburgh Fringe. The fresh, often dangerously fierce, pop-culture-obsessed Canadian gives Martin Walker the lowdown on her new show, Glam Role Model. But they begin by talking about breasts. “We have girls in Canada who get their tits out, but we haven’t got […]
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Sam Brady
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, May 9th, 2014Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist Monk, Sam Brady, takes his comedy show, Kindness on UK tour, starting in Leicester on 22nd February. The show is inspired by a simple act of kindness, from an unexpected source at a very low point in Sam Brady’s life, which renewed his faith in human nature. Tell us about […]
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Nico Yearwood
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 8th, 2014Nico Yearwood is originally from Barbados, but is now based in London. He’s been described as a laid back, but relentless joke teller, who delivers his material in natural, conversational style. He’s currently appearing at the Brighton Fringe. Martin Walker dropped by to say hello. Tell us about your Brighton show. “My show is called […]
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Sajeela Kershi
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, May 6th, 2014Sajeela Kershi has been performing stand-up since 2006, getting her big break as part of Brendon Burns’s 2007 award winning show, ‘So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now?’ She made her Edinburgh Fringe solo debut with ‘Bitch Got Owned’ and is currently preparing for the Brighton Fringe. Martin Walker asked her about her work-in-progress show, […]
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Chris Cox
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, May 2nd, 2014Popular showman Chris Cox is performing at the Udderbelly on the South Bank in London this weekend, with his fifth hit show, Fatal Distraction. Martin Walker pulled him aside for some brief one on one Cox action (that’s enough of that – Ed). Tell us about ‘Fatal Distraction’. “It’s me reading minds. But I can’t […]
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Andrew Maxwell
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, May 2nd, 2014Andrew Maxwell is a chatty man – he talks at speed – but he’s both funny and informed. He riffs on the weighty subjects of Scottish Independence, the Irish Potato Famine, sectarianism and his beloved Hibernian Football Club in a highly humorous, passionate manner. Agree or not, he knows what he’s talking about. Martin Walker […]
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Steve Best
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 1st, 2014Comedy Snapshot by Steve Best, is a book featuring a comprehensive set of stand up comedy faces from the current UK circuit. It showcases over four hundred black and white photographs – with associated quotes collected over seven years. “I’ve always been into photography so more often than not I would have a camera with […]
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Scott Capurro
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 1st, 2014According to the Daily Mirror, Scott Capurro is “evil, and should be forced to leave the country”. Fearless and outrageous, Scott has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival more times than he cares to remember, earning himself fans and enemies in equal measure. What is the story behind “Islamohomophobia: Reloaded”? Is it a sequel? I […]
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Norman Lovett
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 1st, 2014To a generation, Norman Lovett is the star of the hugely successful Science Fiction TV sitcom, Red Dwarf. To live stand-up fans he’s the undisputed king of whimsical surrealist comedy. Norman’s live DVD, Outside the Box is now available via Go Faster Stripe. Martin Walker briefly conversed with one of his comedy heroes. How would […]
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Diane Spencer
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 1st, 2014Diane Spencer is comedian, actor and writer. She first performed stand-up in 2006, when living in New Zealand, but is now based in the UK. Since winning the Chortle Award for Best Newcomer in 2011 she has written and performed a brand new show every year. Tell us about your latest show. Hurricane Diane is […]
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Meryl O’Rourke
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 1st, 2014Acclaimed stand-up comic and accomplished TV writer Meryl O’Rourke has written some of the best gags on the telly. She’s currently writing a pilot sitcom for Radio 4 – when not being distracted by Twitter and late night interview requests. You’re a stand-up, presenter and writer. Which role do you prefer? “Stand up has my […]
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Brendon Burns
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 1st, 2014Australian born Brendon Burns is one of Britain’s most notorious comedians. His act is loud mouthed, clever, occasionally challenging and always funny. You don’t so much go to a Brendon Burns show as witness an event. Martin Walker caught up with him as he busily prepares for the Edinburgh Fringe. What are your plans for […]
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Jim Davidson
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 28th, 2014I have disliked Jim Davidson ever since I can remember. It started as a child in the 70s at my multicultural working class school where he was broadly viewed with suspicion and even hatred. Since then, everything I have heard in the press and from other comedians has served to reinforce my loathing. When he […]
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Athena Kugblenu
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, April 27th, 2014Athena Kuglenu is an up and coming comedian based in London. She writes a popular blog Stupidity in Painless. Why did you decide to be a stand-up comic and how did you get started? “Friends and colleagues had been telling me I had a good sense of humour for years. Some stand up I was […]
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Andrew Doyle
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, April 27th, 2014This year, Andrew Doyle is bringing his third stand-up set to the Edinburgh Fringe. His adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s sixteenth ‘Discworld’ novel, ‘Soul Music’ will be performed at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, in August. His play ‘The Second Mr Bailey’ – broadcast on BBC Radio 4 – is available on iTunes. Tell us about your […]
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Jojo Sutherland
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, April 26th, 2014Jojo Sutherland is a charismatic stand-up who is as well known for her compere abilities as she is for her own routines. Her “healthy neglect” attitude to her children proves extremely popular amongst many and varied audiences including the armed forces where she remains as one of the few women to go to military bases […]
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Matt Winning
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, April 26th, 2014Matt Winning is the master of the idiosyncratic one-liner. His eccentric observations are as left field as they are accurate. If an hour with Matt Winning doesn’t change your life, you’re certain to start you seeing it differently. Martin Walker asked the Scottish up and comer what he’s been up to. “I have been doing […]
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Charlie Ross
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, April 26th, 2014Glasgow’s own Charlie Ross – the cult TV loving, ex PE teacher, Rangers FC supporting openly gay comedian chats to Martin Walker about Doctor Who, camp comedy and the Edinburgh Fringe. “I’m returning to a Fringe show from 2011, in fact it’s my favourite of all my Fringe shows. I’ve only ever done Edinburgh unless […]
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