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21 July 2023
Interview with comedian Doktor Kaboom
"I’m not a street performer, but assumed it wouldn’t be all that different. I was so very wrong! There is a special skill set that must be developed to make that environment work and my hat is off to anyone who can master it. "
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21 July 2023
Interview with comedian and actress Gabby Killick
"A drink or two throughout the month is okay but not every night. Please don't quote me on this when you see me at the bar."
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21 July 2023
Interview with Ginny Hogan, writer and stand up comedian
"I made them uncomfortable by calling them out for being rich, which is so insane, because it was a private island."
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21 July 2023
Interview with Sam Hume, co-founder and executive director from Showmen Productions
"The biggest thing I am always most grateful for in terms of my upbringing, is that I had parents and a family who would always support whatever endeavour I was undertaking – they would drive me hours to perform a one hour show for a primary school, and that same night help me with my homework!'
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21 July 2023
Interview with Josh Weller, comedian, actor, failed musician
"Laughter is involuntary. When you pull a laugh out of someone. That’s all yours. It's the greatest feeling in the world."
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20 July 2023
Interview with Tim Anfilogoff, co-writer of BED
"As a writer, having a new show performed in front of a live audience is a real privilege. It’s the first time you get a genuine and immediate audience reaction which can be both daunting and exhilarating."
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20 July 2023
Interview with comedian and junior doctor Benji Waterstones
"Growing up with a slightly dysfunctional family made me want to be a psychiatrist. I think I hoped to get the secret codes to fix them."
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20 July 2023
Interview with comedian Chloe Radcliffe
"I once performed in the middle of a boxing ring, AFTER a charity boxing tournament, in the Russian neighborhood in deep Long Island. I was telling jokes for no one, as competitors literally bled out of their faces and got yelled at in Russian by their coaches."
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20 July 2023
Interview with comedian David Ian
"I decided just to sit on a random audience member’s lap and did my set from there. Which caught their attention, that’s for sure."
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19 July 2023
Interview with Joe O’Curneen, co-director and creator of ‘A Comedy of Operas’
"“A Comedy of Operas” is a musical comedy featuring some of the world’s most famous arias, combined with a number of pop and rock hits as well. It’s a story of a troupe of five eccentric performers in search of love and acclaim."
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19 July 2023
Interview with comedian Alison Spittle
Alison's new show 'Soup' is "about finding good corners in the world and striving to be happy when the world around can be a shite times."
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19 July 2023
Interview with journalist and comedian Ange Lavoipierre
"In 2019 I was doing a show where I would make someone in the audience pretend to be my dad and I gave him lines and this one guy went off book and started flirting with me. I would have loved some sleeping pills that night."
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19 July 2023
Interview with Avital Ash, actor, writer, director, and stand-up
"LA can feel so results driven, and Edinburgh Fringe feels like it has a deeper appreciation for process. (Although, ironically, I keep getting asked what I hope to “get” out of EdFringe.)"
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26 June 2023
Want my job? with singer-songwriter Seba Safe
"My mother took me to a Josh Ritter concert when I was 11-years-old. This night made me want to pursue a life in music."
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8 June 2023
Want my job? with Dylan James, singer-songwriter
"Social media has changed our ability to concentrate past 30 seconds. I worry that we don’t tell our stories through pure art but through reels and streaming numbers."
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23 May 2023
Interview with Hanuman Dass, Founder of Go Dharmic
We talk to Hanuman Dass about his transition from city trader to charity founder, and how it's achieving its mission of “Love All. Feed All. Serve All.”
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23 May 2023
Interview with Martin Dover, Coronation Champion Award winner
Martin Dover, Coronation Champion Award winner and Scotland Lead for Go Dharmic, talks about his volunteer work, his inspirations, and why others should look to give back to the world.
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17 May 2023
Interview with choreographer Trajal Harrell
“I stuck with it. I put on my blinders and told myself “if you keep going, it’s just a matter of time”. It’s not like I didn’t have any support but at the beginning it really was very very hard.”