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1 August 2022
Interview with comedian Pierre Novellie
"Watching impotently as years of work and momentum were destroyed in front of me as I recovered from long covid made me a lot more zen, in the end. There are many ways to skin the cat of success."
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1 August 2022
Interview with the creative collective Pintozor
Guide to Surviving Masculinist Territory is a performance in the form of a sound walk in urban space. The audience follows a woman in the street, while listening to the story of an "Incel", a member of this community of "involuntary celibates" who meet on the internet around their common hatred of women.
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31 July 2022
Interview with Adrian and Martyn from The Tiger Lillies
"Our manager says we are the god fathers of dark cabaret. That probably makes Marlene Dietrich or Edith Piaf great great godmothers of dark cabaret!"
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31 July 2022
Interview with Dan Wye, AKA Séayoncé
"Without sounding like someone who owns an Etsy shop selling jewellery made out of pasta, I find inspiration from most of the people in my life who are hilarious and gorgeous, but that is mandatory to be in my cult."
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31 July 2022
Interview with clown Julia Masli
"I started doing comedy by mistake! I wanted to be a tragic actor in a big theatre. Make people cry. Comedy stages were more accessible to foreigners like me so I started doing tragedy there."
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31 July 2022
Interview with comedian Lucy Frederick
"It's really expensive and stressful for performers taking a show to Edinburgh, but once you get there the atmosphere is unlike anywhere else. Your mates are all doing shows nearby and everyone is putting it all out there and trying their best."
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31 July 2022
Interview with Myra DuBois
"Social media has levelled the playing field and given a platform to anyone with internet access. People are being held to account for their words and actions. ‘Cancel Culture’ is the sound of surprise on hearing a retort for the first time."
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31 July 2022
Interview with comedian Patrick Spicer
"When I started doing stand-up, I did a sort of character and used that to hide how I felt and what I actually thought about things, but as I’ve gotten more comfortable on stage I now use stand-up to shamelessly over-share all my deepest fears and humiliations, which is allowed because I’m an important artist."
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30 July 2022
Interview with comedy music duo Two Hearts
Laura Daniel and Joseph Moore talk about Covid-19, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and shop an off-license Winnie the Pooh production
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30 July 2022
Interview with comedian Rajiv Karia
"At my first Glastonbury, I slept in a one room tent with two mates. At my first Edinburgh, I slept on a yoga mat with no pillow all month and shared a room with four boys. So I guess other festivals have better sleeping conditions."
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30 July 2022
Interview with comedian Larry Dean
I nearly got expelled from school a couple of times. My art teacher made me take up drama and said I could let all my energy out there.
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30 July 2022
Interview with comic Jordan Gray
"There's a bit in The Dark Knight where the Joker burns a pile of cash. If that scene looked appealing to you, then come on up to Edinburgh. If not, then you're not ready for it - and are therefore a healthy person."
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30 July 2022
Interview with musical comedian Katie Pritchard
"I do think however, that if things aren’t changed soon, the answer will become “The thing that differentiates Edinburgh Fringe from other festivals is that only acts with loads of money can do it”, and it is vitally important for the arts (and especially in comedy) that that doesn’t happen!"
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30 July 2022
Interview with Tom DeTrinis, actor, writer, director... and chef!
"PLAN PLAN PLAN and PLAN. Also, ask as many people as possible about their experience. Also find a rich person. Also have an objective for your journey - why are you going? What do you want to get out of it? What is it all for?"
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29 July 2022
Interview with Colin Hoult/Anna Mann
"Can’t think of anyone who’s really been cancelled who isn’t a total shit. I think it’s just pointing out the emperor has no clothes and I’m all for that."
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29 July 2022
Interview with magician Richard Essien, AKA Magical Bones
"My heritage is Nigerian, and my parents emigrated to the U.K. from Nigeria. They worked really hard to provide better opportunities for their kids."
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29 July 2022
Interview with comedian Sophie Duker
"I think that because of the way class and race intersect and contradict in my lived experience I’m more ready than some of my peers to acknowledge my privilege and examine how I can exploit it to benefit others."
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29 July 2022
Interview with comedian Gabby Killick
Gabby Killick is bringing her show GAME OF THONGS to Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Gabby talks to us about her love for Britney, what she’d be doing if she wasn’t a comedian, and offers some great advice to future comedians.