Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Print Interviews
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Richard Stott
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Richard Stott: Afterparty Venue Underbelly – Dexter Time: 4.15pm Dates: 3rd – 29th August (not, 15th) Photographer: Steve Ullathorne Links: Profile and Social Media Hi Richard. Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Afterparty. It’s a show about ageing, growing up, realising you’re not 25 any more, you’ve got acid reflux and your […]
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Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man Venue Gilded Balloon – Patter Hoose Time: 9.30pm Dates: 5th – 28th August (not Wednesdays) Links: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man. Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man […]
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Cerys Bradley
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Cerys Bradley: Sportsperson Venue Gilded Balloon – The Wee Room Time: 4.40pm Dates: 3rd – 29th August (not, 15th) Photographer: Steve Ullathorne Links: Profile and Social Media Hi Cerys. Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Cerys Bradley: Sportsperson. Sportsperson is my debut show. It’s a stand-up hour about, amongst other things, playing sports, […]
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Brennan Reece
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Brennan Reece: Crowded Venue Pleasance – Baby Grand Time: 8.20pm Dates: 3rd – 29th August Photographer: Ben Wulf Links: Profile and Social Media Hi Brennan. Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Crowded. Firstly, it’s not a Pandemic show. I think we have all heard enough about that for one lifetime. I recently realised that I can speak […]
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Ben Hart
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Ben Hart: Wonder Venue Pleasance – Grand Time: 7.50pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (not 16th) Photographer: Matt Crocket Links: Profile and Social Media Hi Ben. Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Wonder. This is my biggest, most baffling and most exciting show so far. It’s what happens when you lock […]
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Aaron Simmonds
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Aaron Simmonds: Hot Wheels Venue Pleasance – Bunker 3 Time: 3.20pm Dates: 3rd – 29th August (not, 15th) Photographer: Steve Ullathorne Links: Profile and Social Media Hi Aaron. Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Hot Wheels. Easiest place to start is the title, I got given the nickname Hot Wheels after […]
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Lucinda Spragg
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Lucinda Spragg: An Evening With Venue: Underbelly, Bristo Square (The Dairy Room) Time: 9.20pm Dates: 3rd – 29th August (not 15th) Photographer: Jaiwana Monaghan Links: Instagram Twitter Website Tickets Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. With relish. I’m in Edinburgh as a stop on my book tour. It’s a new […]
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Melissa Stephens
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Melissa Stephens: Hot Dogs & Tears Venue Assembly Rooms Time: 7.40pm Dates: 4th – 27th August (except 15th) Photograph: Dean Chekvala Links: Instagram Website Tickets Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Hot Dogs & Tears. Ever since I started doing stand up, the jokes that got the most laughs […]
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Hannah Pilkes
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Hannah Pilkes: A Woman on the Verge Venue Underbelly, Bristo Square (Dexter), Time: 7.15pm Dates: 3rd – 29th August (except 15th) Photographer: Arin Sang-urai Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, A Woman on the Verge. It’s a show about our inner mess! That we’re […]
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Jim Daly
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Jim Daly: Football and Fatherhood Venue Just The Meeting Room, Grassmarket Centre Time: 4.30pm Dates: 4th – 28th August (not 15th, 17th, 18th, 19th) Photographer: Karla Gowlett Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. My show Jim Daly: Football And Fatherhood is literally about football and fatherhood […]
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Tom Brace
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Tom Brace: Embrace the Impossible! Venue Underbelly Bristo Square Time: 4:55pm Dates: 3rd – 29th (not 16th) Photographer: Nick Rutter/Rebecca Pitt Links: Instagram Twitter Website Facebook TikTok Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show So! I’ll be bringing my magic to Underbelly with a show that […]
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Awkward Silence’s Big Break
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: The Awkward Silence’s Big Break Venue Gilded Balloon Teviot Time: 2.20pm Dates: 3rd-29th August (Not the 17th) Show: Enter the Vortex Venue Underbelly Bristo Square Time: 5.15pm Dates: 3rd-29th August (Not the 17th) Photographer: Jack Hauxwell Links: Podcast YouTube Tickets Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows. The […]
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Susie McCabe
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Susie McCabe: Born Believer Venue Assembly George Square Studios, Studio Two Time: 7.45pm Dates: 3rd – 29th August (not, 15th) Links: Profile and Social Media Hi Susie! Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Born Believer. My show is about hope in a world that’s particularly rubbish. I talk […]
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Sameer Katz
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Sameer Katz: Agnostic Economist Venue: The Counting House, The Loft Time: 4.45pm Dates: 4th – 28th August Photographer: Zoë DeLeon Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. The show is about how economics, and most of the things we think, are actually based on what we believe. People tend to […]
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Nathaniel Savoy
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Performer: Nathaniel Savoy Show: Read for Filth Venue: TheSpace on The Mile Time: 8.05pm Dates: 5th – 20th August (not 14th) Photographer: Nancy Michaud Links: Instagram Twitter Website Tickets Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Read for Filth. Oh boy, here we go: Read for Filth is a blend of stand-up comedy and […]
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Mina Liccione
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Show: Growing Up Ringside: A One-Woman Show by Mina Liccione Venue: Edinburgh Fringe On-Demand Dates: August 5-29, 2022 Links: Show Trailer Instagram Twitter Website Facebook TikTok Tell me about your 2022 On-Demand Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Growing Up Ringside is about love and resilience told through a […]
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Erin Hunter
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Performer: Erin Hunter Show: Surfing the Holyland Venue: Underbelly, Bristo Square Time: 2.55pm Dates: 3rd-29th August (not 15th) Photographer: Adam Lenson Links: Surfing the Holyloand Slackline Prodcutions Instagram Twitter Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Surfing the Holyland is a one-woman comedy about a wide-eyed American and her quest for […]
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Cirque Berserk!
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 15th, 2022Performer: Martin ‘Zippo’ Burton Show: Cirque Berserk! Venue: Pleasance at EICC Time: 1.30pm and 6.30pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (not 24th) Photographer: Piet Hein Links: Website Tickets Tell me about the 2022 production of Cirque Berserk! Cirque Berserk! has been touring nationally and internationally since 2014, including four seasons in London’s West End, and this is our […]
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Micky Overman
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 14th, 2022Show: Micky Overman: Small Deaths Venue: Monkey Barrel, The Hive 2 Time: 6.10pm Dates: 1st – 28th August (not 15th) Photographer: Matt Crocket Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. My show is about confidence and finding the courage to say the things you want to […]
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Leo Reich
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 14th, 2022Show: Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?! Venue: Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Time: 9:35pm Dates: 3rd – 28th Aug (not 17th) Photographer: Raphael Neal Links: Profile And Social Media Hi Leo. Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Literally Who Cares?! Once again I will be performing […]
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James Crampton
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 14th, 2022Show: James Crampton: Natural Disaster Venue: Surgeon’s Hall @ SpaceUK Theatre 2 Time: 10:15pm Dates: 15th – 27th August Photographer: Gill Short Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. Natural Disaster is a stand-up show all about living with dyspraxia, and […]
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Celya AB
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 14th, 2022Show: Celya AB: Swimming Venue: Pleasance Courtyard – The Attic Time: 7.15pm Dates: 3rd – 29th August Photographer: Rachel Sherlock Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Swimming The show is called Swimming and is about moving from Paris to Birmingham, trying […]
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Ted Hill
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 14th, 2022Show: Ted Hill: All The Presidents Man Venue Just The Tonic At The Mash House Time: 6:40pm Dates: 4th-28th August (not 15th) Photographer: Steve Cross Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, All The Presidents Man. My show is a stand up show about every U.S. President, […]
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Shamilton
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 14th, 2022Performer: Al Samuels (profile) Show: Shamilton An Improvised Musical Venue: Assembly George Square Studios Time: 5:30pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August Photographer: Robyn von Swank Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Shamilton! An Improvised Musical Did you see Hamilton and think…”This show is great, but would have been so much better if Lin-Manuel had written […]
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Sammy ShowTime
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 14th, 2022Performer: Sammy ShowTime Show: TA DA – The Ramblings Of The Magician Venue: Laughing Horse @ Counting House – The Lounge Time: 5:45pm Dates: 4th – 13th August Photographer: Boem Headshots Adelaide Links: Instagram Facebook Website Tickets Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. TA DA is a magic show I made while going […]
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