Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Print Interviews
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Madame Magenta
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, April 24th, 2014Want to know what the supernatural is all about? Martin Walker exchanges emails with bonkers mystic Madame Magenta, who is bringing her show to Edinburgh this August. Tell us about your Edinburgh show. “Of course, my darling! My show is EXPERIENTIAL, it is IMMERSIVE: audience members will be sat IN a room, EXPERIENCING a show. If […]
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Jamie MacDonald
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, April 24th, 2014Jamie MacDonald is a stand-up comedian, writer and voice over artist who happens to be blind. Jamie started losing his sight at the age of 16 when he was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a progressive degenerative retinal disease which will eventually leave him totally blind. Martin Walker asks about the sequel to last year’s Fringe […]
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Vikki Stone
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014Vikki Stone is a comedian, actress, DJ, singer, newspaper columnist and musician. Since debuting in 2011, her mix of stand up and musical comedy shows have been massive Edinburgh Fringe hits, selling out year on year. She also hosts her own weekly show on subscription comedy station, Fubar radio. Martin Walker asks, ‘what next?’ ”My […]
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Sean Hughes
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014To some Sean Hughes is perhaps best known for his popular 90’s Channel 4 comedy, Sean’s Show. His career defining show Life Becomes Noises, is out on DVD. The follow up, Penguins will be released in the autumn “Penguins is about so many things, but the title alludes to how at age four we are […]
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Susan Calman
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 21st, 2014Susan Calman is a regular on radio and television. It’s surely only a matter of time before she heads her own primetime comedy show. Martin Walker asks about her latest Edinburgh offering, Lady Like! “It’s difficult to describe what the show is about without giving the point of it away. I don’t mean it’s a […]
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Paul Daniels
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, April 17th, 2014The legendary Paul Daniels has been entertaining audiences since he was eleven years old. Almost all magicians and many other entertainers site his act as a major influence. He found a new audience when he performed as part of the Edinburgh Fringe in 2011. Martin Walker caught up with the world’s most successful magic man. […]
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Julia Sutherland
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, April 17th, 2014Glasgow born comedian, Julia Sutherland, is a stand-up comedian and radio presenter. She’s known North of the Border for her deeply personal, very funny and fearless one-woman shows. Hers is ‘true life’ comedy at its best. Martin Walker asks about her exciting future plans. “Well, I’m taking a new show to Edinburgh this year – […]
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Bethany Black
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, April 17th, 2014Bethany Black describes herself as a ‘Goth, lesbian, transsexual, vegan, recovering alcoholic, and drug addict, sceptic, rationalist, atheist, comedian, chameleon, and caricature’. Long-time fan, Martin Walker, asks how all these labels inform her comedy and who her influences are. “I think they [these labels] can’t help but inform what I do, but they’re not all […]
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Iain Stirling
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, April 15th, 2014Edinburgh born Iain Stirling is a BAFTA nominated kids TV presenter and stand-up comedian. He’s currently performing club sets across the country as well as occasionally treating audiences to last year’s smash Edinburgh show At Home. At Home is about settling down with someone and the highs and lows that come with making a commitment […]
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Jo Burke
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, April 15th, 2014Jo Burke is an established Stand-Up and Character Comedian, perhaps most famous on the circuit as her Alta ego Mary Magdalene. Born and bred a South East Londoner, her school careers lesson consisted of a talk by a women who worked the tills at Tesco. Martin Walker finds her preparing for the Edinburgh Fringe. “I […]
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Paul Foot
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 14th, 2014Paul Foot is known for his wild and eccentric brand of stand-up comedy. Difficult to categorise, he has developed a cult following of fans known as the “Guild of Connoisseurs”. This year he is performing in his tenth solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. “My new show is called Hovercraft Symphony in Gammon Sharp […]
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Janey Godley
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 14th, 2014Janey Godley is busy. She’s a full time comedian and playwright, blogger, actor, podcaster, mother and bestselling author, but she’s probably best known outside her native Scotland as a regular on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Just a Minute’. Billy Connolly once famously said she’s, “a fucking great comedian”. Martin Walker agrees. “My new Edinburgh Fringe show […]
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Jen Brister
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 14th, 2014In 2006 Jen Brister took her first one woman stand-up show, Me My Mum and I up to the bright lights of the Edinburgh Fringe. It went quite well and she’s been back there almost every year since. She performs live regularly across the world, she has worked with the likes of Russell Brand. She […]
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Luke Wright
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, April 9th, 2014An accomplished poet, broadcaster and blogger, Luke Wright’s lively performances mix poetry, politics and comedy. He talks to Martin Walker, who’s been a fan of Luke’s work since the early days of his poetry boy band, Aisle16. They start by talking about Luke’s new show. “I’ve got a new set for summer 2014. It’s called […]
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Jake Lambert
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, April 9th, 2014Jake Lambert is a brand new stand up comedian, quickly moving up through the ranks. He only started performing in 2013 but his undoubted talent has already been noticed by both audiences and comedy promoters. Martin Walker grabbed a quick word. “Ever since I can remember I wanted to be a stand-up comedian, I remember […]
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Susan Murray
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, April 8th, 2014Back in 1998, Susan Murray won the first ever Jongleurs stand up award. Since then she has built an extensive list of writing credits as well as a number of stage, TV and radio appearances. She’s toured her one women stand up show nationally and internationally and is currently working on her next Edinburgh Fringe […]
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David Mills
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 7th, 2014In 2011 David Mills won the Hackney Empire New Act competition, one of the most coveted awards in stand-up comedy. His show “The Gospel Truth” was a highlight of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, and he is now taking it to the Udderbelly on London’s Southbank. But what is the show is all about? “It’s a […]
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Jessica McDermott
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 7th, 2014London based Jessica McDermott graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2008. Her most recent project, Females of the Fringe, features thirty-two women comedians and documents their opinions on gender and comedy. The book includes Sarah Millican, Susan Calman, Lucy Porter, Zoe Lyons and is out later in 2014. How did you get the […]
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Richard Herring
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, April 3rd, 2014Richard Herring is one of the most prolific comedians in the UK. He’s an author of several successful books, a regular columnist for The Metro newspaper, a prolific and award winning pod-caster, a radio DJ and touring stand-up comic. In, Martin Walker’s first full length interview for Broadway Baby, Richard discusses death, life and DVDs. […]
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Rhys James
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014Rhys James is one of those early twenties ‘haircut comedians’ whom older comics winge about. How can anyone under forty be trusted to tell jokes? It is true that Rhys has a nice hair, but funny and intelligent story telling doesn’t start when it turns grey. “My show is called ‘Rhys James Begins’. It’s the […]
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Jo Caulfield
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, March 27th, 2014Recorded at the Stand Comedy Club, Jo Caulfield’s ‘The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected’ podcast weds improvised comedy with storytelling. She devised the format with collaborators Kevin Anderson and Richard Melvin and recently had a family friendly pilot version broadcast on Radio Scotland. “The Good, The Bad and The Unexpected” is the ultimate live […]
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Robin Ince
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, March 26th, 2014Stand-Up comic Robin Ince isn’t a name dropper. So Martin Walker will do some for him. In a 25 year long career he’s worked with the likes of Chris Addison, Richard Dawkins, Ricky Gervais, Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Natalie Haynes, and Brian Cox. He’s currently touring his show, Robin Ince: In and Out of His […]
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Kate Smurthwaite
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, March 26th, 2014To regular consumers of comedy on the UK circuit, Kate Smurthwaite is known for her series of topical, satirical stand up shows, ‘The News at Kate’. But that’s just part of the story. Martin Walker interrupted her busy tour of TV, radio and comedy venues to talk about what she’s been up to. “My show, […]
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Zoe Lyons
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, March 21st, 2014Over 10 years Zoe Lyons has cemented her place as one of the UKs great comics. Martin Walker wonders how her act has changed over the years, what she thinks about the axing of BBC3 and how she came up with the title of her latest show, “Mustard Cutter”. “My shows are becoming less “themed” […]
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Darius Davies
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, March 21st, 2014Darius Davies had a good Edinburgh in 2013. Despite the limitations of performing in a tiny pub room near the woman’s toilets, he raised the roof, attracting audience and critical acclaim. He’s one of very few newer comedians not afraid to take a risk, and succeed, as part of Edinburgh’s Free Fringe. “This year I’m […]
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