Interviews |

"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. "

"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."

"I made them uncomfortable by calling them out for being rich, which is so insane, because it was a private island."

"Laughter is involuntary. When you pull a laugh out of someone. That’s all yours. It's the greatest feeling in the world."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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."

"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.)"

"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."

"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."

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.