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Episode 295: James Bone
Join us in the Townie Arms and meet and the Bunny Eared Australian party animal Charlie Chippington. Grab a pint and enjoy 15 minutes of performance and chat with character comedian James Bone, who is making his Edinburgh debut this year, alongside his sister.
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Episode 294: Becky Brunning
Best known for the character, Lindsay Lucas, in TV drama, Broadchurch, and fresh from a stand up comedy tour of Adelaide and Perth, Becky brings her new show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with a comedian and actor, who can’t help beaming.
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Episode 293: Russell Hicks
Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with US comedian, Russell Hicks. Once labelled one of the ‘Top Six Comics to Watch’ by LA’s Stand Up Talk Magazine, his improvised style of stand up is gaining popularity in the UK.
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Episode 292: Saurabh Kikani
Saurabh Kikani is many things – stand up comedian, film producer, lawyer, political activist… most of all… a disappointment to his parents. Enjoy 15 minutes of comedy and chat with the citizen of the world, currently residing in California, USA.
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Episode 291: Andrew Maxwell III
Andrew Maxwell is one of our best known comedians. In a direct and heartfelt interview, he gives his response to the May 2017 bomb attack in Manchester.
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Episode 290: Njambi McGrath II
What motivates people to come to the UK? What aspirations do immigrants hold, and how do they thrive amidst hostilities? Spat on and told to go back to the jungle by a four-year-old, Njambi McGrath examines the patriotism of immigrants in their new home. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with the comedian […]
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Episode 289: George Dimarelos
Have you ever made a mistake that you instantly regretted? Then done it again. Then after a third time realise that you suffer from terrifying, incurable psychological issues? Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with Greek Australian comedian, George Dimarelos, master of self-sabotage.
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Episode 288: Aidan Taco Jones
Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with Taco, and hear the best joke about a sexually transmitted infection, ever. Plus – how did the young Australian get in to comedy? And what on earth happened at the Abersham Flat?
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Episode 287: Henry Churniavsky
On the Mic talks to the Jewish Liverpudlian about his early career and his latest Edinburgh offering.
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Episode 286: Amanda Miller
Amanda discusses her character comedy about suffering, but who’s suffering best? The freshly dumped alcoholic, the homeless man with a split personality, the elderly widow, the maid longing for love, the clown enduring a bureaucratic nightmare or the angry teenager who threw a rock at Trump’s head? You decide.
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Episode 285: Gavino di Vino
Introducing Auntie – Dame Edna meets Nollywood meets Hyacinth Bouquet via the fictional pan-African nation of Kengeria. Gavino discusses the fresh new character driven comedy play, that explores the poignant issues of immigration, post-colonialism, gentrification, and worship.
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Episode 284: Andrew Silverwood
Comedian, actor and model, Andrew Silverwood was described as a ‘self-absorbed twat’ by a comedy reviewer in Australia. But is it true? You decide. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up, chat and general nonsense with one of UK comedy’s rising stars.
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Episode 283: Daniel Muggleton
Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with Australia’s own Daniel Muggleton. We talk racism, porn and using the toilet brush too much. And is he really that tall, white, arrogant man of popular repute? Stand up comedy taken from Daniel’s new album, ‘Let Me Finish’.
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Episode 282: Juliet Meyers II
Comedian, writer and feminist, Juliet Meyers, spends life with an overly-sensitive and clingy rescue dog called Homer. Unable to leave him behind while she performs in Edinburgh, Homer comes along for the ride. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat in the company of a dog and his comedian owner.
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Episode 281: Tai Paschall
Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with Tai, the US born comedian and performer based in Dubai. His urban style has been described as a comic take on a Drake / Linkin’ Park mash-up. His first stand-up comedy show ‘Half-Hood’ debuted the at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe – and this year sees the […]
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Episode 280: Peter E Davidson
Derry based Peter E Davidson is a 39-year-old rosé wine drinking man adrift in a sea of beer drinkers. How did he end up this way? Spend 15 minutes of stand and chat with the former Game of Thrones extra, as he asks, “Are you born a Rosé wine drinker, or, through a series of […]
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Episode 279: Dave Chawner
Dave Chawner is an award-winning comic, published author and mental health campaigner. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat, as Dave attempts to decide to be vegan or not to be vegan. He goes on to explain why, statistically, all men are liars.
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Episode 278: Rhiannon Vivian
Spend 15 minutes with the bonkers yet nuanced character comedian, Rhiannon Vivian. The comic performer trained in sketch and improv in both London and the US and she chats about her new show. We also hear from and handful of her characters.
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Episode 277: Dharmander Singh
15 minutes of stand up and chat with cheeky chappy, Dharmander Singh. The friendly and energetic comedian focuses on the pressures of being named after a Bollywood legend and the challenges and pleasures of being a brown Brummie in Berlin post-Brexit.
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Episode 276: Daniel Audritt
Spend 15 minutes enjoying stand-up and chat with comedian, writer and filmmaker, Daniel Audritt. Daniel always wanted to be a comedy writer and only started performing to get his material out there. Once on stage however, he got the bug.
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Episode 275: Paul Revill
Nothing is off limits for Paul Revill, as he tells the true story of how he got the acting role of a lifetime… and how it all went wrong! Drink! Drugs! Police! Perfume? 15 minutes of stand-up and chat with the comic that many call, ‘the nicest man in comedy’.
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Episode 274: Jenny Collier
Jenny Collier is returning to Edinburgh with a brand-new hour of stand-up comedy. Amongst other things it covers experimenting with body hair, thinking about becoming a vegetarian, reclaiming the word ‘spinster’ and STI themed cocktails. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand-up and chat, with the Welsh comedian.
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Episode 273: Archie Maddocks
Archie Maddocks performs comedy all over the world. Fresh from a tour of South Africa, Archie explains how attitudes to jokes about race differ from those back home. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with the story telling writer and comedian.
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Episode 272: Andy Stedman
15 minutes of stand-up, music and chat with musician and comedian, Andy Stedman. As the father of a young son, Freddie Elvis Stedman, and on the basis that comedians should perform on subjects that they know, Andy is coming to Edinburgh to impart some Parental Guidance.
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Episode 271: Christian Schulte-Loh
Hello small people. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with the German comedian and Shaggy look-a-like Christian Schulte-Loh. Christian performs comedy all over the world, in three languages: German, English and Spanish. This is his fifth Edinburgh Fringe.
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