Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Print Interviews
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Dom Chambers
First published in On the Mic - Monday, July 11th, 2022Show: Dom Chambers: Fake Wizard Venue Assembly George Square Blue Room Time: 5.50pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (not 15th) Photographer: Monica Pronk Tell me about Fake Wizard Being an Edinburgh unknown, I wanted introduce myself to the Fringe with all killer, no filler hour of magic, madness and mayhem, This show is all of my best routines.. […]
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Dan Kelly
First published in On the Mic - Monday, July 11th, 2022Show: Dan Kelly: How I Came Third in the North Korean Marathon Venue: Just the Tonic @ The Caves, Venue 88 Time: 4.10pm Dates: 4th-28th August (not 15th) Photographer: Edward Moore Hi Dan. Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. In 2018 I went to North Korea to race in […]
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Crybabies
First published in On the Mic - Monday, July 11th, 2022Show: Crybabies: Bagbeard Venue Pleasance Dome Time: 5.50pm Dates: 3rd to 28th August (not 15th) Photographer: Rebecca Need-Menear Hi James, Michael, and Ed! Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Bagbeard. Bagbeard is E.T. meets The Wickerman meets When Harry Met Sally. It’s a farcical, fast-paced, narrative sketch show that […]
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Crizards
First published in On the Mic - Monday, July 11th, 2022Performers: Will Rowland and Eddy Hare Title of Show: Crizards: Cowboys Venue: Assembly George Square Time: 10.15pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (not 15th) Photographer: Rebecca Need-Menear Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Crizards: Cowboys. We’re Crizards, the UK’s lowest energy double act. 2022 is all about diversifying our skillset so we’ve […]
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Charlotte Anne-Tilley
First published in On the Mic - Monday, July 11th, 2022Show: Almost Adult Venue : Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, Snug Time: 13:40 Dates: 3rd-28th Aug (not 17th) Photographer: Zoë Birkbeck Links: Profile and Social Media Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Almost Adult, my debut solo show, follows the main character, Hope, as she leaves […]
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Casey Balsham
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 10th, 2022Title of Show: Casey Balsham: Inconceivable Venue: Mash House at The Tonic Time: 5.05pm Dates: 4th – 28th Aug (not 15th) Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. It is a comedy show about infertility! Sounds sad but I promise you’ll have a good time. What are your expectations […]
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BriTANicK
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 10th, 2022Show: BriTANicK Venue Assembly George Square Time: 7.45pm Dates: 3rd to 28th August (not 17th) Photographer: Sela Shiloni Link: Profile Hi Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher! Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. We’ve been performing sketch comedy as a duo for 14 years now. This show is […]
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Ben Harrington
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 10th, 2022Performer: Ben Harrington Show: Little Drummer Boy Venue Laughing Horse @ 32 Below Little Cellar Time: 5.30pm Dates: 12th-20th August Photographer: Steve Best Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. My show is called Little Drummer Boy and it’s about the trials and tribulations of growing up […]
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Alasdair Beckett-King
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 10th, 2022Show: Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore Venue Pleasance Dome Time: 7pm Dates: 3rd to 29th August (not 22nd) Photographer: Edward Moore Links: Profile and Social Media Hi Alasdair! Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Nevermore. Nevermore was going to have a puppet of a Raven in it. (Hence the name.) He was […]
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Aidan Goatley
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 10th, 2022Show: Aidan Goatley: Tenacious Venue Zoo Venues Playground Time: 7pm Dates: 5th – 28th August Photographer: Andy Hollingworth Links: Profile and Social Media Hi Aidan. Please tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Tenacious. Well, it’s my tenth show and it’s about not giving up on dreams despite what fate, and your personal […]
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Will Mars
First published in On the Mic - Friday, July 8th, 2022Title of Show: Will Mars: My Life in One-Liners Venue: Gilded Balloon @ Patter Hoose (Coorie) Time: 2.20pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (not 16th) Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, My Life in One-Liners. It’s all in the title really. My life in one-liners. If anyone turns up […]
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Henry Churniavsky
First published in On the Mic - Thursday, July 7th, 2022Title of Show: With All Jew Respect Venue: theSpace on the Mile Time: 14.55 pm Dates: 5th – 7th August Photographer: Wainwright & Matheson Photography Links: Profile and Social Media Hi Henry. Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, With All Jew Respect. Being a Jewish (Scouse) Stand-Up Comedian makes me Jewrotic (Jewish and Neurotic) […]
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Tiff Stevenson
First published in On the Mic - Monday, July 4th, 2022Title of Show: Tiff Stevenson: Sexy Brain Venue: Pleasance Courtyard – Above Time: 8pm Dates: 3rd – 29th August Photograph: Steve Ullathorne Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your Edinburgh show, Sexy Brain I invite you to spend an hour with a mw and my self-diagnosed Sexy Brain… a study in trying to see […]
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Sugarcoated Sisters
First published in On the Mic - Monday, July 4th, 2022Title of Show: Sugarcoated Sisters: Bittersweet Venue: Just The Tonic @ The Caves – The Fancy Room Time: 8.50pm Dates: 4th – 28th August (except 15th & 22nd) Photograph: Steve Ullathorne Tell me about the 2022 production of Bittersweet Bittersweet is our debut musical-comedy show! It’s the true tale of us moving back to our hometown to find […]
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Sikisa
First published in On the Mic - Monday, July 4th, 2022Title of Show: Sikisa: Life Of The Party Venue: Pleasance Courtyard – Below Time: 8.25pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (except 17th) Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. My show is all about parties and celebrating life but also about the interactions I have with people at one particular house party. The show […]
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Sam Morrison
First published in On the Mic - Monday, July 4th, 2022Title of Show: Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot – Balcony Time: 6.20pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (except 15th) Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. Sugar Daddy is about meeting my partner Jonathan, and then my relationship to grief after his passing in 2021. It’s […]
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Red Richardson
First published in On the Mic - Monday, July 4th, 2022Title of Show: Red Richardson: Shots Fired Venue: Pleasance Courtyard – Bunker One Time: 9.55pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. This show is about how I was in a false alarm terror attack back in 2017. For 3 hours me and a few […]
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Michael Akadiri
First published in On the Mic - Monday, July 4th, 2022Title of Show: Michael Akadiri: No Scrubs Venue: Pleasance Courtyard – Cellar Time: 8.30pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (except 16th) Photograph: Garry Carbon Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. No Scrubs is about my life in the NHS, my life outside it and how these Scrubs had […]
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Norris & Parker
First published in On the Mic - Monday, July 4th, 2022Performers: Katie Norris & Sinead Parker Title of Show: Norris & Parker: Sirens Venue: Monkey Barrell 4 Time: 9.15pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August Photographer: Rebecca Need-Menear Links: Profile Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. Sirens is a fever dream of a sketch show, where we will lure our audience to a watery grave with our […]
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Morgan Rees
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 3rd, 2022Title of Show: Morgan Rees – Bi and Large Venue: Pleasance Courtyard – Bunker One Time: 6.10pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August Photograph: Steve Ullathorne Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. My show, Bi and Large, is the story of me accepting my queerness but also the surprising […]
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Milo McCabe
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 3rd, 2022Title of Show: Troy Hawke: Sigmund Troy’d! Venue: Underbelly – Jersey Room Time: 7.00pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (except 15th) Photograph: Steve Ullathorne Links: Profile and Social Media Could you first introduce yourself? Hi! I’m either Milo McCabe or Troy Hawke. I’m a stand up comedian who performs in character all over the comedy circuit and sometimes […]
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Michelle Shaughnessy
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 3rd, 2022Title of Show: Michelle Shaughnessy: Be Your Own Daddy Venue: Underbelly Bristo Square – Jersey Room Time: 8.30pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (except 15th) Photograph: Steve Ullathorne Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. Be Your Own Daddy was born when I realized I was always looking for […]
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Luca Cupani
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 3rd, 2022Title of Show: Luca Cupani: Happy Orphan Venue: Just The Tonic – Just The Spare Room @ The Caves Time: 2.20pm Dates: 4th – 28th August (except 15th August) Photographer: Steve Ullathorne Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. It is called Happy Orphan and it is about my relationship […]
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Lily Phillips
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 3rd, 2022Title of Show: Lily Phillips: SMUT Venue: Pleasance Courtyard – Bunker One Time: 7.25pm Dates: 3rd – 28th August (except 16th) Photographer: Karla Gowlett Links: Profile and Social Media Tell me about your 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. My show is called Smut. And it does exactly what it says on the tin, it’s just an hour […]
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Amie Enriquez
First published in On the Mic - Sunday, July 3rd, 2022Performer: Amie Enriquez Show: Lightweight Venue: Underbelly (Cowgate) – The Wee Coo Time: 2.50pm Dates: 3rd – 29th August (except 15th) Photograph: Mandee Johnson Tell me about the 2022 production of Lightweight Lightweight is a darkly comedic solo play based on my year-long stay in an addiction treatment centre (which was originally meant to be a 28 day […]
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