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29 July 2023
Interview with the surreal, sketch, circus troupe Laser Kiwi
"We accidentally performed in a strip club in Canada... We thought it was going to be a variety show. I think we got paid $8 profit share and were slow clapped onstage by a father and son duo who were definitely not our target market."
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29 July 2023
Interview with Matthew Greenhough, Creative Director of Wound Up Theatre
"People are being priced out, which is disgusting, and it’s increasingly exclusively a platform for posho’s launching their careers. But at its heart it still aspires to give little greebo no-hopers like me a chance. That’s special."
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29 July 2023
Interview with Natasha Sutton-Williams, award-winning queer, disabled writer and actor
Natasha's new show, 'Clown Sex', will be at Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August.
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29 July 2023
Interview with Zach Zucker, host and creator of Stamptown Comedy Night
"All I could think about as I was laying facedown was how nice those $400 Australian Dollars would feel landing in my bank account."
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29 July 2023
Interview with comedian Aaron Simmonds
"A good week on the circuit, you’ll gig 5 times for 20 minutes. That’s just over an hour and a half total on stage and probably 15-30 hours in the car. At the fringe, you do an hour every single day, minimum."
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29 July 2023
Interview with comedy writer & performer Brendan Murphy
"Before you commit to making a show to the fringe, it’s important to ask yourself *why* you’re doing it. What do you want to achieve? What is it that you’re hoping to buy up there? "
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28 July 2023
Interview with Angela Beevers, writer, producer, and comedian
"I went to what’s known in the US as a charter school, which is code for very weird and strange theatre kid school where no one does any sports and instead all must be in band or choir and learn Latin, the most useful language of all."
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28 July 2023
Interview with Annabel Marlow, musician, comedian and actor
"I’ve been dreaming of taking my own show to The Fringe ever since I first went in 2017. Also, last year whenever I was out, I’d make myself say to people I met ‘well yeah I’m taking my show next year’ and get people excited, so now I like…have to."
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28 July 2023
Interview with Clementine Bogg-Hargroves and Zoey Barnes, Please Love Me
"Our show is a fairground ride in the rain that’s going a little too fast before a handbrake turn takes you to Banksy’s Dismaland. But you’re finding it funny and you’re wanting to dance."
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28 July 2023
Interview with Gerel Falconer, writer, actor, rapperturg and MC
"I think the scale of Edinburgh and the magnitude gives you a feeling of dizzying heights like high altitude."
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28 July 2023
Interview with Kat Kleve and Lizzy Connolly, creators of TINK
"Make sure you enjoy the whole experience because otherwise - what's the point! It's challenging and fulfilling in equal measures so strap yourself in and make sure you're ready for the ride!"
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28 July 2023
Interview with Martin Urbano, who is NOT a paedophile
"I heard that if you have a successful run at Edinburgh, you will finally be happy. Not sure how much truth there is to that, but I am DESPERATE!"
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27 July 2023
Interview with Ian Smith, multi-award winning comedian and co-host of the Northern News podcast
"A woman once heckled, “Your posture is so rigid” - which is such a specific bit of feedback, and not meant to be hurtful, just an observation. I became very aware of my posture from then on."
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27 July 2023
Interview with comedian Thenjiwe Moseley
"I come from a very strong political background with parents who were freedom fighters and I hold a law degree so it should be no surprise that my comedy can be quite political."
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27 July 2023
Interview with Tim Murray, stand-up comedian
"I would tell anyone considering going to make sure you have Lactaids with you because if you’re anything like me you will be eating cheese crepes at midnight every night and honey your stomach is gonna be MAD at you!! I would also tell them to make sure you have money to burn."
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27 July 2023
Interview with comedian and writer Mary O’Connell
"I want them to see how absurd the world is, especially in terms of money and Capitalism. The whole system is kinda absurd. Most of us don’t really fully understand how it works, but we’re all trying to win in this inane system anyway, at least that’s how I feel."
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27 July 2023
Interview with comedian and writer Niamh Denyer
"There’s always that moment before a show where you ask yourself why on earth you put yourself through it, but then at the end you want to go back out and do it all again. It’s the adrenaline rush, connecting with people, making people laugh, there’s nothing else quite like it."
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27 July 2023
Interview with Tania Lacy
"Whilst it’s fun to laugh at all the shit life dishes out, I guess the deeper message is keep going. Resilience is the key to success in life."