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Iain Stirling
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, April 15th, 2014Edinburgh born Iain Stirling is a BAFTA nominated kids TV presenter and stand-up comedian. He’s currently performing club sets across the country as well as occasionally treating audiences to last year’s smash Edinburgh show At Home. At Home is about settling down with someone and the highs and lows that come with making a commitment […]
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Jo Burke
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, April 15th, 2014Jo Burke is an established Stand-Up and Character Comedian, perhaps most famous on the circuit as her Alta ego Mary Magdalene. Born and bred a South East Londoner, her school careers lesson consisted of a talk by a women who worked the tills at Tesco. Martin Walker finds her preparing for the Edinburgh Fringe. “I […]
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Paul Foot
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 14th, 2014Paul Foot is known for his wild and eccentric brand of stand-up comedy. Difficult to categorise, he has developed a cult following of fans known as the “Guild of Connoisseurs”. This year he is performing in his tenth solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. “My new show is called Hovercraft Symphony in Gammon Sharp […]
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Janey Godley
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 14th, 2014Janey Godley is busy. She’s a full time comedian and playwright, blogger, actor, podcaster, mother and bestselling author, but she’s probably best known outside her native Scotland as a regular on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Just a Minute’. Billy Connolly once famously said she’s, “a fucking great comedian”. Martin Walker agrees. “My new Edinburgh Fringe show […]
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Jen Brister
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 14th, 2014In 2006 Jen Brister took her first one woman stand-up show, Me My Mum and I up to the bright lights of the Edinburgh Fringe. It went quite well and she’s been back there almost every year since. She performs live regularly across the world, she has worked with the likes of Russell Brand. She […]
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Luke Wright
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, April 9th, 2014An accomplished poet, broadcaster and blogger, Luke Wright’s lively performances mix poetry, politics and comedy. He talks to Martin Walker, who’s been a fan of Luke’s work since the early days of his poetry boy band, Aisle16. They start by talking about Luke’s new show. “I’ve got a new set for summer 2014. It’s called […]
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Jake Lambert
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, April 9th, 2014Jake Lambert is a brand new stand up comedian, quickly moving up through the ranks. He only started performing in 2013 but his undoubted talent has already been noticed by both audiences and comedy promoters. Martin Walker grabbed a quick word. “Ever since I can remember I wanted to be a stand-up comedian, I remember […]
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Susan Murray
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, April 8th, 2014Back in 1998, Susan Murray won the first ever Jongleurs stand up award. Since then she has built an extensive list of writing credits as well as a number of stage, TV and radio appearances. She’s toured her one women stand up show nationally and internationally and is currently working on her next Edinburgh Fringe […]
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David Mills
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 7th, 2014In 2011 David Mills won the Hackney Empire New Act competition, one of the most coveted awards in stand-up comedy. His show “The Gospel Truth” was a highlight of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, and he is now taking it to the Udderbelly on London’s Southbank. But what is the show is all about? “It’s a […]
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Jessica McDermott
First published in Broadway Baby - Monday, April 7th, 2014London based Jessica McDermott graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2008. Her most recent project, Females of the Fringe, features thirty-two women comedians and documents their opinions on gender and comedy. The book includes Sarah Millican, Susan Calman, Lucy Porter, Zoe Lyons and is out later in 2014. How did you get the […]
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Richard Herring
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, April 3rd, 2014Richard Herring is one of the most prolific comedians in the UK. He’s an author of several successful books, a regular columnist for The Metro newspaper, a prolific and award winning pod-caster, a radio DJ and touring stand-up comic. In, Martin Walker’s first full length interview for Broadway Baby, Richard discusses death, life and DVDs. […]
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Rhys James
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014Rhys James is one of those early twenties ‘haircut comedians’ whom older comics winge about. How can anyone under forty be trusted to tell jokes? It is true that Rhys has a nice hair, but funny and intelligent story telling doesn’t start when it turns grey. “My show is called ‘Rhys James Begins’. It’s the […]
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Jo Caulfield
First published in Broadway Baby - Thursday, March 27th, 2014Recorded at the Stand Comedy Club, Jo Caulfield’s ‘The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected’ podcast weds improvised comedy with storytelling. She devised the format with collaborators Kevin Anderson and Richard Melvin and recently had a family friendly pilot version broadcast on Radio Scotland. “The Good, The Bad and The Unexpected” is the ultimate live […]
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Robin Ince
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, March 26th, 2014Stand-Up comic Robin Ince isn’t a name dropper. So Martin Walker will do some for him. In a 25 year long career he’s worked with the likes of Chris Addison, Richard Dawkins, Ricky Gervais, Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Natalie Haynes, and Brian Cox. He’s currently touring his show, Robin Ince: In and Out of His […]
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Kate Smurthwaite
First published in Broadway Baby - Wednesday, March 26th, 2014To regular consumers of comedy on the UK circuit, Kate Smurthwaite is known for her series of topical, satirical stand up shows, ‘The News at Kate’. But that’s just part of the story. Martin Walker interrupted her busy tour of TV, radio and comedy venues to talk about what she’s been up to. “My show, […]
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Zoe Lyons
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, March 21st, 2014Over 10 years Zoe Lyons has cemented her place as one of the UKs great comics. Martin Walker wonders how her act has changed over the years, what she thinks about the axing of BBC3 and how she came up with the title of her latest show, “Mustard Cutter”. “My shows are becoming less “themed” […]
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Darius Davies
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, March 21st, 2014Darius Davies had a good Edinburgh in 2013. Despite the limitations of performing in a tiny pub room near the woman’s toilets, he raised the roof, attracting audience and critical acclaim. He’s one of very few newer comedians not afraid to take a risk, and succeed, as part of Edinburgh’s Free Fringe. “This year I’m […]
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Rosie Wilby
First published in Broadway Baby - Tuesday, March 18th, 2014Multitalented Rosie Wilby is a chart singer/song writer, turned stand-up comedian, turned DJ. Finding some small amount of fame as part of her group ‘Wilby’ was never enough for her, so she started trying to make people laugh. It worked. “I absolutely love all types of performing and, to be honest, wish it wasn’t so […]
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Boothby Graffoe
First published in Broadway Baby - Saturday, March 15th, 2014Musical comic, Boothby Graffoe, doesn’t do drugs and is probably retiring from Stand Up. Or not. Martin Walker caught up with him for a Three Minute Interview. Tell us about your current show. Scratch. A typically Graffoesque look at the weird world of the lottery (it says here) Essentially I do scratch cards. No one […]
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Paul Sinha
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, March 14th, 2014My personal favourite comedian to appear at the Glasgow Comedy Festival this year is Paul Sinha. Now I don’t watch a lot of television, except to binge on TV box sets and Doctor Who, but Sinha has apparently been making quite an impression as a regular ‘Chaser’ on an ITV quiz show called, ‘The Chase’. […]
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