One of the co-founders of Newport's finest musical export "Goldie Lookin Chain", John "Eggsy" Rutledge is an irrepressibly joyful soul who raps but isn't a rapper.
We talk about the development of the band, why you can't ever get off the tour bus, his "Unexplainers" podcast with Mike Bubbins, and how and when to avoid the grownups.

www.theunexplainers.co.uk | @theunexplainers | @TheGLC | Goldie Lookin Chain
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Mar 23rd 1pm - Live special with comedy legend TBC @ Birmingham Podcast Festival!

Stu’s 2019 tour of “End Of” is on sale now!
“A comedy masterclass… Endlessly inventive” (The List)
Tickets for the first half of the tour at these links:
22/02/2019 Maidenhead – Norden Farm
01/03/2019 Falmouth – The Poly
13/03/2019 Salisbury Art Centre
20/03/2019 Cheltenham Playhouse
29/03/2019 Crawley -The Hawth
05/04/2019 Reading – South Street Arts
12/04/2019 Leamington Spa - Royal Spa Centre
17/04/2019 Oxford Old Fire Station
19/04/2019 Bromsgrove – The Artix
27/04/2019 Plymouth Barbican
9-11/05/2019 Soho Theatre, London

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A masterful architect of the complete shambles, Phil Ellis plays "a permanently nose-diving version of himself" on stage and in his BBC Radio 4 series "Phil Ellis Is Trying". We discuss disaster, dignity and anger in his back catalogue of shows that go wrong, and get the inside story of Phil's Edinburgh Award-winning "Funz and Gamez"; the kids' show that deliberately and hilariously sails over the heads of the children in the audience. We also learn which disastrous audition left Phil crawling out of the room...

Extra material available to the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders includes Phil's candid analysis of exactly how and why the TV adaptation of "Funz and Gamez" went awry...

@ThePhilEllis

Book now for LIVE ComComPods:
Mar 23rd 1pm - Live special with comedy legend TBC @ Birmingham Podcast Festival!

Stu’s 2019 tour of “End Of” is on sale now!

“A comedy masterclass… Endlessly inventive” (The List)

Tickets for the first half of the tour at these links:

22/02/2019 Maidenhead – Norden Farm
01/03/2019 Falmouth – The Poly
13/03/2019 Salisbury Art Centre
20/03/2019 Cheltenham Playhouse
29/03/2019 Crawley -The Hawth
05/04/2019 Reading – South Street Arts
12/04/2019 Leamington Spa - Royal Spa Centre
17/04/2019 Oxford Old Fire Station
19/04/2019 Bromsgrove – The Artix
27/04/2019 Plymouth Barbican
9-11/05/2019 Soho Theatre, London

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Splicing together physical absurdity with beautifully cerebral joke-writing, John Luke Roberts is responsible for some genuinely ground-breaking comedy. We discuss how he was vice-president of Cambridge Footlights while not feeling part of it, how he battles his ego and why he was drawn to Ecole Phillipe Gaulier.  We also explore what it feels like to perform as a terrifying clown of your own dead father...

Extras available by joining the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders include the inside story on ACMS and his "mutually-assured" relationship with co-host Thom Tuck, and his thoughts on why even though the highs of improv and musical comedy are high indeed, the entry level is pretty low...

@JLukeRoberts / Tickets for John Luke's 2018 Ed Fringe show

Stu's remaining tour dates:

29/06/2018 Tringe Festival

And get information on Stu's Ed Fringe show 'End Of' HERE.

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Filed Under: 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Acting, Age, Alternative Comedy, Audiences, Awards, Character, Clown, College, Competitions, Edinburgh, Ego, Festival, Festival Comedian, Footlights, Fringe, Interview, John Luke Roberts, Mental Health, Mock The Week, Onstage Persona, Persona, Philippe Gaulier, Physical Comedy, Reviews, Risk, School, Simon Munnery, So You Think You’re Funny, Soho Theatre, Stage Persona, Structure, Success, Surreal, The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, Thom Tuck, TV, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage

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Considering oneself "an artist who works in the field of comedy" is the starting point for a fascinating re-framing of the whole goddamn thing, in this conversation with the wonderfully funny, curious, and extraordinarily inventive Ben Target. We discover a shared inspiration in an Argentinian circus, explore Ben's holistic approach to theatre-in-the-round, and find out why minor authority figures are inherently funny...

See Ben's Edinburgh Fringe show 'Splosh'

@BenTarget

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And come and see Stu's standup tour now:

23/05/2018 Swindon Arts Centre

26/05/2018 Farnham Maltings

30/05/2018 Aldershot, West End Centre

01/06/2018 Sheffield, The Lescar

02/06/2018 York, The Basement

03/06/2018 Newcastle – The Stand

04/06/2018 Leeds, Duke Studios

08/06/2018 Southampton, Hanger Farm

09/06/2018 Cambridge Junction

12/06/2018 Edinburgh, The Monkey Barrel

13/06/2018 Glasgow, The Stand

15/06/2018 Birmingham Glee

17/06/2018 Brighton Komedia

21-23 June London, Soho Theatre

29/06/2018 Tringe Festival

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Filed Under: Age, Audiences, Awards, Character, Clown, Depression, Drama School, Ed Gamble, Eddie Izzard, Edinburgh, Festival, Festival Comedian, Fringe, Fuerza Bruta, Improv, Interview, Isolation, Jobs, Johnny Vegas, Leicester Comedy Festival, Liam Williams, Mental Health, Nick Helm, Nish Kumar, Open Mic, Pappy’s, Simon Munnery, Sketch, Spencer Jones, Stage Persona, Stereotypes, Street-Performing, Structure, Success, Surreal, The Herbert, Tony Law, Zach Galifianakis

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Very funny, amazingly watchable, and offering genuine insight into his personal and social politics, Tez Ilyas is a Northern, working-class, muslim comic capable of going all the way. Exceptionally frank about his disappointment on being overlooked for award nomination, he goes on to identify the historic lack of diversity on the judging panel of one of the most highly regarded prizes in British comedy...

Find tickets for Tez's DVD taping at the South Bank Centre on 7th May at www.tezilyas.com  @tezilyas   

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Filed Under: Audiences, Awards, BBC, Bo Burnham, Channel 4, Chris Rock, Competitions, Criticism, Dave Chappelle, Diversity, Drama School, Eddie Murphy, Edinburgh, Ego, Equality, Fame, Fear, Festival, Festival Comedian, First Open Spot, Free Fringe, Fringe, Interview, Jobs, Live At The Apollo, London, Mainstream, Netflix, Nish Kumar, Persona, Peter Kay, Radio, Reviews, Romesh Ranganathan, Russ Peers, Russell Brand, Soho Theatre, Stage Persona, Stereotypes, Storytelling, Success, The Comedy Store, The Pleasance, Touring Comedian, Trevor Noah, TV, TV Comedy, Up The Creek, Writing Jokes

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Her writing and performance in The Fast Show made her one of the most influential women in British sketch comedy; now Arabella Weir reflects on her work and the balance of power underpinning the five-man, most-often-one-woman sketch team.  We discuss the tension and friction of making comedy; whether a happy person still has the same hunger to perform; and learn the awful truth about the genesis of her character "Girl Who Boys Can't Hear"...

Follow Arabella on twitter: @arabellaweir

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Filed Under: Acting, Actor, Age, Alexei Sayle, Audiences, Awards, Aziz Ansari, BBC, BBC One, Bottom, Caroline Aherne, Character, Character Comedy, Dawn French, Diversity, Equality, Fame, Fear, Feminism, Feminist, Gender, Inspiration, Interview, Jo Brand, Joan Rivers, Kenny Everett, Mainstream, Observational Comedy, Onstage Persona, Persona, Physical Comedy, Podcasting, Reviews, Sara Pascoe, Sexuality, Sketch, Stage Persona, Stereotypes, Structure, Success, The Fast Show, The Guardian, TV, TV Comedy, Vic And Bob, Writing Jokes

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In the second part of our conversation, comedy craftsman James Acaster examines his relationship to his audience, and how that changes under a variety of different pressures, and also reveals why he never sits down to write.

Unlock 45 mins of extra material from this conversation detailing James' reaction to comedy criticism, and some brilliant advice he once gave Stu, at comedianscomedian.com/extras

www.jamesacaster.com
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About to drop four interlinked standup specials on Netflix, James Acaster is also the only comedian ever to have been nominated for the Edinburgh comedy award five years in a row. One of the defining comic voices of his generation, he returns to the show to share his writing process and how he sneaked out an autobiography by stealth...

www.jamesacaster.com
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