Occult comedian Andrew O’Neill describes jokes as “spells to make people laugh”.
We talk about the differences between magick and faith, getting information about the world through standup, nailing your really weird colours to the mast, and trying to be your own favourite comedian…

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Filed Under: Eddie Izzard, History of Heavy Metal, Interview, Magick, Monty Python, Occult, Paul Foot, Radio 4, Stewart Lee, Touring Comedian

Cult-runaway Harley Breen is a man mountain with a barnstorming club and festival act. Underneath his loudmouth lumbersexual persona is a deeply principled single father with a reflective nature and a fascinating story to tell…

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Filed Under: Al Pitcher, Australia, Festival, Harley Breen, Interview, Karl Chandler, Luke Heggie, New Zealand

South Africa-born Urzila Carlson is now one of New Zealand’s favourite acts, winning “Best Female Comic” there an astonishing five years running.
Irrepressibly cheerful, she combines her natural talent with an innate empathy for her audience, and sheer hard work. We talk about respecting one’s crowd, structuring an hour, and why Stu can’t make her cry…

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Filed Under: Interview, Long Flight To Freedom, New Zealand, Poise Control, Urzila Carlson, Woman’s Weekly

A wilfully preposterous boozehound in a pashmina, Thom Tuck is a superbly theatrical stand-up, one third of fringe-conquering sketch outfit The Penny Dreadfuls, and co-ringmaster of The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society.
We delve into the challenges of developing a festival-friendly solo act for the live circuit, and discuss whether his commitment to character is ever a cage. He also reveals a surprising anger…

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Filed Under: ACMS, Adam Bloom, BBC4, Brendon Burns, Daniel Kitson, Interview, Josie Long, Lenny Henry, Liam Williams, Miles Jupp, Pappy’s, Sketch, Stewart Lee, Straight To DVD, The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, The Mighty Boosh, The Penny Dreadfuls

Star of the brain-smashingly surreal sketch show “Anna and Katy”, and Daisy in “Not Going Out”, Katy Wix is an actress with an exceptional comic mind.
We talk about the roots of creativity, the fear of daydreaming, and her new book, “The Oberon Book Of Comic Monologues For Women”.

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Filed Under: Anna and Katy, Exclusive, How To, Interview, Not Going Out, Sketch, Surreal, TV Comedy

Alfie Brown is variously known as the future of British comedy, the enfant terrible of the comedy circuit, and/or a jumped-up posh kid rebelling against anything that’ll have him.
Frustratingly, he’s almost certainly the former, as he refines his act to include less maddening naivety and more genuinely breath-taking comic verve. Can he convince you he’s not just some West London it-boy wanker? I think he can…

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Filed Under: Enfant Terrible, Exclusive, How To, Interview, London, Political Comedy, Provocateur, Stewart Lee

Live from the Phoenix in Oxford Circus, Stuart, Carl and Chris get gently inebriated while hosting a saucy three-way mash-up of their respective podcasts! Happy Christmas one and all! To donate to MIND mental health charity: Text SUPPORT to 70660 to give £3 Text GIVE to 82772 to give £5 and visit www.carlandchrispodcast.com for more from those two divs.

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Filed Under: Carl Donnelly, Chris Martin, Christmas, Live

Mickey “D” Dwyer is an outrageously charismatic comic, with an almost mutant ability to win over the toughest room, from the UK to his native Australia and back.
Retaining the dynamism, skills and stories from his previous life as a hardcore festival headcase, he’s now a clean-living, marathon-running family man - but does he ever miss the bad old days?

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Filed Under: Australia, Exclusive, Festival, How To, Interview, Touring Comedian