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Justin Panks
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014You won’t find him in the main programme and he hates comedians, but energetic stand-up, Justin Panks, still talks to Martin Walker about his brand new Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Chagrin and Bare Wit. “My show deals with the fairly universal issues of humiliation, failure and a feeling of becoming obsolete in an ever-changing world…plus […]
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Aidan Killian
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014These two bad ass dudes walked on water, overcame death, and gave up everything to teach peace to the masses. One of them beat the bankers senseless with a whip, and died by crucifixion; and the other sat under a tree and died from a dodgy mushroom. Martin Walker talks to Aidan Killian about his […]
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Nicole Henriksen
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014After touring the Australian festival circuit for three years, Nicole Henriksen presents her debut solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe, Rainbow Rabbits with Rabies. Martin Walker learns more about the up and coming multimedia stand-up comedian. “My show, Rainbow Rabbits with Rabies is a high-energy, new-wave amalgamation of deluded characters, worrying songs, artistic multimedia interludes, […]
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Bob Graham
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014According to Bob Graham, they say it’s what’s on the inside that counts… which is good as he has an exquisite spleen. Martin Walker finds out about Bob’s latest Fringe offering. “The show is called A Travel Guide For Agoraphobics, it’s mainly about living with people but also about me not wanting to go outside.” […]
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James Loveridge
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014James Loveridge is a confident storytelling comedian who captivates and entertains audiences with his cheeky yet charming personality. In his first year performing he made the Semi-Final of So You Think You’re Funny?, won The Comedy Cafe New Act Night on his first attempt as well as beating the King Gong at The Comedy Store […]
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Tina T’urner Tea Lady
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014Veteran stand-up comic Arthur Smith recently told Broadway Baby that if he ran his own TV show, Tina T’urner Tea Lady would be one of the first guests. So Martin Walker was delighted to discover that she is performing at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “I am travelling all the way from Nutbush to Edinburgh […]
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Jonathan Hearn
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014The versatile comedian, Jonathan Hearn, talks to Martin Walker about developing and improving, not to mention lengthening, his 2013 hit Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. “Last year I assembled 45 minutes worth of my bits together and organised a last-minute, solo Edinburgh Fringe show; which I performed straight after being the best man at a wedding. […]
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Sunna Jarman
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014Uncle Alan’s unveiling of the family tree shook up a hornet’s nest of secrets and shame. For the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Sunna Jarman takes a light-hearted look at our obsession with class. “My show is called Family Tree and is about the fall from grace of a ‘posh’ girl marrying a northerner…! Very tongue in […]
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Hayley Ellis
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014Fresh from supporting Roisin Conaty on tour, Hayley Ellis presents her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut hour of stand up about love, loss and a little Lhasa Apso dog called Kevin. Martin Walker discovers that, We Really Need to Talk About Kevin. “My show is about my best friend, which is my dog Kevin. It’s about […]
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Joe Wells
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014Joe Wells’ writing career began when his first book Touch and Go Joe about his experiences of OCD was published. Since then he has made a name for himself as a stand up comic, writer and speaker. Joe now focuses mainly on political comedy and as Martin Walker discovers, at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe […]
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Natasia Demetriou
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014Information on comedian, Natasia Demetriou’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, You’ll Never Have All of Me, is scarce. Sadly Broadway Baby Stand-Up Comedy Editor, Martin Walker, fails to elicit any more details. “If I talk about it then it’s too real.” OK, so tell us about your involvement with The Invisible Dot “I have been a […]
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Jay Cowle
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014Jay Cowle is a stand up comedian, comic writer, and actor currently gearing up for his third Edinburgh Festival Fringe show: We The Chemicals. Martin Walker finds out about the show behind the title and the man behind the show. “My show is about free will and cats. It’s also about beer brain, cats, and […]
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Lou Conran
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014Lou Conran has never really been taken seriously. As the Queen of self-sabotage, she’s lived her life mostly through incident rather than intention. Martin Walker finds out more about her work in progress Edinburgh Fringe show, Subject Matter. “This year I am attempting to do my first solo show. It’s a work in progress to […]
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Maddy Carrick
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014Maddy Carrick is a critically acclaimed comedian, improviser and children’s entertainer. She was part of the highly successful sketch trio KWAT and is the founder of the children’s entertainment company Dreamcatcher Parties. As Martin Walker discovers, during this Edinburgh Fringe she is trying something new. “My Edinburgh show is my first crack of the whip […]
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Joe Bor
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, June 26th, 2014Joe Bor is an observational character comedian, actor and writer. He currently does TV warm up for The Graham Norton Show and Mock The Week. Martin Walker asks about the challenge of performing two shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. “My first show is A Room with a Jew. A stand-up show where I’m investigating my […]
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Matt Price
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, June 24th, 2014Matt Price may look like the bloke who has been sent over to fix your radiator, but he’s also a craftsman of funny stories and master of friendly audience banter. He tells the sort of jokes you’ll be trying to tell your work mates the following day. Martin Walker asks about his 2014 Edinburgh Fringe […]
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Njambi McGrath
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, June 24th, 2014Njambi McGrath has been described as the hottest thing to come out of Africa since the Sahara. Born and educated in Kenya she attended university in London and State University of New York.She holds an IT degree and is fluent in English, Swahili and Kikuyu. As Martin Walker learns, she’s also performing her first solo […]
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David Jesudason
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, June 24th, 2014he Comedy Store King Gong winner and Comedy Cafe New Act winner David Jesudason, explains to Martin Walker why his dad says things like: ‘Now that we own Afghanistan why can’t we get them in the Commonwealth Games? They’d be good at the shooting events’. “Things My Dad Says is about my father and how […]
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Sahar Mirhadi
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, June 24th, 2014After running a successful compilation night at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2013, this year Sahar Mirhadi has joined forces with Dan O’Gorman for a new hour: My Mother Made Me Do It. Martin Walker asks what the show is all about. “In one word: Mothers. Or to put to it more bluntly: Our Mothers. […]
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Andrew Watts
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, June 24th, 2014Previously a solicitor in London, Andrew Watts is now a full-time comedian and has written and performed two full-length Edinburgh shows, I wish I could be like Andrew Watts and Born to Be Mild, both of which received four-star reviews. Martin Walker asks about his latest 2014 offering. “The show’s called Feminism for Chaps and […]
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Dan Lees
First published in Dan Lees - Tuesday, June 24th, 2014Dan Lees can be seen in various guises on London’s alternative comedy and cabaret circuits. At last year’s Edinburgh Festival he appeared in Victor Brainchild and Mystic Maud Explain Everything and Pekka and Strangebones Comedy Showpeice who also performed at the Glastonbury Festival. Martin Walker wonders what he’s doing this year. This is my first […]
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Chris Joyce
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, June 24th, 2014Chris Joyce is Medway, Kent’s foremost 6’6″ musical comedian. Chris specialises in musical comedy, with performances that offer everything from tongue-in-cheek ballads, to raw Kentish hip-hop. He talks to Martin Walker about this year’s Edinburgh Fringe appearances. “I am performing as part of a three-man show called Dancing with the Inflatable Colonel, with comics Adam […]
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Adam Hess
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, June 24th, 2014According to his website Adam Hess loves gnocchi, goats and is rubbish at football. Martin Walker caught up with him to talk to him about his latest Edinburgh show. “It is a forty minute show telling the story about how I found out I was born a triplet but me and my brothers were taken […]
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Alex Smith
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, June 24th, 2014Alex Smith’s mix of laser sharp observations and cleverly crafted comedy songs have helped him rapidly climb the stand-up circuit ladder. Martin Walker asks what he’s up to this year at the Edinburgh Fringe. “This year Jack Barry, Steve Bugeja, Adam Hess and myself are taking over The Comedy Zone. Put simply every year it’s […]
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Fiona Herbert
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, June 24th, 2014Storyteller, Fiona Herbert tells Martin Walker she knows about everything from tee-total vegan dinner parties to dolphin assault; getting dumped at sea to getting dumped on Skype; mentoring the feral to entertaining the slightly dead… topics all covered in her 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Show. “It’s called Frequently Asked Questions, and it’s my first solo stand […]
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