Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
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Sam Brady
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, May 9th, 2014Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist Monk, Sam Brady, takes his comedy show, Kindness on UK tour, starting in Leicester on 22nd February. The show is inspired by a simple act of kindness, from an unexpected source at a very low point in Sam Brady’s life, which renewed his faith in human nature. Tell us about […]
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Nico Yearwood
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 8th, 2014Nico Yearwood is originally from Barbados, but is now based in London. He’s been described as a laid back, but relentless joke teller, who delivers his material in natural, conversational style. He’s currently appearing at the Brighton Fringe. Martin Walker dropped by to say hello. Tell us about your Brighton show. “My show is called […]
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Sajeela Kershi
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, May 6th, 2014Sajeela Kershi has been performing stand-up since 2006, getting her big break as part of Brendon Burns’s 2007 award winning show, ‘So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now?’ She made her Edinburgh Fringe solo debut with ‘Bitch Got Owned’ and is currently preparing for the Brighton Fringe. Martin Walker asked her about her work-in-progress show, […]
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Chris Cox
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, May 2nd, 2014Popular showman Chris Cox is performing at the Udderbelly on the South Bank in London this weekend, with his fifth hit show, Fatal Distraction. Martin Walker pulled him aside for some brief one on one Cox action (that’s enough of that – Ed). Tell us about ‘Fatal Distraction’. “It’s me reading minds. But I can’t […]
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Andrew Maxwell
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, May 2nd, 2014Andrew Maxwell is a chatty man – he talks at speed – but he’s both funny and informed. He riffs on the weighty subjects of Scottish Independence, the Irish Potato Famine, sectarianism and his beloved Hibernian Football Club in a highly humorous, passionate manner. Agree or not, he knows what he’s talking about. Martin Walker […]
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Steve Best
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 1st, 2014Comedy Snapshot by Steve Best, is a book featuring a comprehensive set of stand up comedy faces from the current UK circuit. It showcases over four hundred black and white photographs – with associated quotes collected over seven years. “I’ve always been into photography so more often than not I would have a camera with […]
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Scott Capurro
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 1st, 2014According to the Daily Mirror, Scott Capurro is “evil, and should be forced to leave the country”. Fearless and outrageous, Scott has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival more times than he cares to remember, earning himself fans and enemies in equal measure. What is the story behind “Islamohomophobia: Reloaded”? Is it a sequel? I […]
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Norman Lovett
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 1st, 2014To a generation, Norman Lovett is the star of the hugely successful Science Fiction TV sitcom, Red Dwarf. To live stand-up fans he’s the undisputed king of whimsical surrealist comedy. Norman’s live DVD, Outside the Box is now available via Go Faster Stripe. Martin Walker briefly conversed with one of his comedy heroes. How would […]
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Diane Spencer
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 1st, 2014Diane Spencer is comedian, actor and writer. She first performed stand-up in 2006, when living in New Zealand, but is now based in the UK. Since winning the Chortle Award for Best Newcomer in 2011 she has written and performed a brand new show every year. Tell us about your latest show. Hurricane Diane is […]
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Meryl O’Rourke
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 1st, 2014Acclaimed stand-up comic and accomplished TV writer Meryl O’Rourke has written some of the best gags on the telly. She’s currently writing a pilot sitcom for Radio 4 – when not being distracted by Twitter and late night interview requests. You’re a stand-up, presenter and writer. Which role do you prefer? “Stand up has my […]
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Brendon Burns
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, May 1st, 2014Australian born Brendon Burns is one of Britain’s most notorious comedians. His act is loud mouthed, clever, occasionally challenging and always funny. You don’t so much go to a Brendon Burns show as witness an event. Martin Walker caught up with him as he busily prepares for the Edinburgh Fringe. What are your plans for […]
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Jim Davidson
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 28th, 2014I have disliked Jim Davidson ever since I can remember. It started as a child in the 70s at my multicultural working class school where he was broadly viewed with suspicion and even hatred. Since then, everything I have heard in the press and from other comedians has served to reinforce my loathing. When he […]
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Athena Kugblenu
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, April 27th, 2014Athena Kuglenu is an up and coming comedian based in London. She writes a popular blog Stupidity in Painless. Why did you decide to be a stand-up comic and how did you get started? “Friends and colleagues had been telling me I had a good sense of humour for years. Some stand up I was […]
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Andrew Doyle
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, April 27th, 2014This year, Andrew Doyle is bringing his third stand-up set to the Edinburgh Fringe. His adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s sixteenth ‘Discworld’ novel, ‘Soul Music’ will be performed at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, in August. His play ‘The Second Mr Bailey’ – broadcast on BBC Radio 4 – is available on iTunes. Tell us about your […]
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Jojo Sutherland
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, April 26th, 2014Jojo Sutherland is a charismatic stand-up who is as well known for her compere abilities as she is for her own routines. Her “healthy neglect” attitude to her children proves extremely popular amongst many and varied audiences including the armed forces where she remains as one of the few women to go to military bases […]
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Matt Winning
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, April 26th, 2014Matt Winning is the master of the idiosyncratic one-liner. His eccentric observations are as left field as they are accurate. If an hour with Matt Winning doesn’t change your life, you’re certain to start you seeing it differently. Martin Walker asked the Scottish up and comer what he’s been up to. “I have been doing […]
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Charlie Ross
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, April 26th, 2014Glasgow’s own Charlie Ross – the cult TV loving, ex PE teacher, Rangers FC supporting openly gay comedian chats to Martin Walker about Doctor Who, camp comedy and the Edinburgh Fringe. “I’m returning to a Fringe show from 2011, in fact it’s my favourite of all my Fringe shows. I’ve only ever done Edinburgh unless […]
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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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