Colin's sublime creation "Anna Mann" is a faded actress (little ripple of recognition?) on a mission to fight the fascists! But she is only the tip of phenomenally creative and hilarious iceberg of talent. We shine a light on the darkness of his "Carnival of Monsters", and discuss surviving depression, moving on from a double-act, and get some unbelievable detail on how he "invites Anna in"...

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Filed Under: Acting, Actor, Alternative Comedy, Audiences, BBC, Character, College, Depression, Double Act, Drag, Drama School, Drinking, Edinburgh, Festival, Festival Comedian, First Open Spot, Free Fringe, Fringe, Heckles, Inspiration, Interview, Isolation, Jobs, League of Gentlemen, Lenny Henry, Little Britain, Mainstream, Mental Health, Money, Onstage Persona, Persona, Radio, Radio 4, Reviews, Risk, Russell Howard's Good News, Sketch, Soho Theatre, Stage Persona, Stereotypes, Structure, Success, The Pleasance, The Royal Variety Performance, TV, Up The Creek, Viral, Writing Jokes, YouTube

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I've never seen such an immediate standing ovation as the one we gave Zoe Coombs-Marr at the end of her show "Trigger Warning" this year.  Her multiple award-winning creation "Dave" is a troubled hack comic and the centre of an awesomely meta-textual subversion and dismantling of the craft of comedy. We talk about the range and limits of character work, learn about feminist super-group show "Wild Bore", and find out why she'd be happy to fail if it meant the world changed. See Zoe live or get tickets for "Wild Bore" at www.zoecoombsmarr.com/ www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2016/zoe_coombs_marr/ Learn more about the show at www.comedianscomedian.com See Stu on tour www.comedianscomedian.com/tour Join the growing Facebook comcompod community at www.facebook.com/groups/ComediansComedianPodcast

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Immaculate in appearance, delivery and hit-rate, Rhys Nicholson is a perfectly-balanced cocktail of a comedian.  We discuss the relationship between his face, his “face” and the world of drag, and zero in on the pressures of following up an award-nominated show…

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Filed Under: Australia, Character, Competitions, Diversity, Drag, Edinburgh, Gender, Melbourne, Persona, rhys nicholson, So You Think You’re Funny, TV

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Superbly funny and very skilled Jinkx Monsoon won RuPaul’s Drag Race IV, and with long-term collaborator Major Scales is continuing to weave that very public success into an established comedy career. We discuss maintaining individuality within the confines of reality TV, the shared territory between a drag persona and a comic voice, and how transformation affects the true self. We also cover accusations of transphobia, the assumptions made of drag performers’ gender identity, and Jinkxy’s “bitterness towards stupid people”…

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Filed Under: Character, Clown, College, Criticism, Double Act, Drag, Gender, Musical, Musical Comedy, Persona, Reality TV, TV

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Urbane, charming and totally in touch with what makes him funny, Joe Lycett is the figurehead for a new generation of British comics. We talk technique in detail, digging into “Pomodoro” and renting an office in which to work. We also cover Joe’s bisexuality, the nature of camp and what it means today, and the exact degree of truth involved in his absurdist catfishing of public institutions…

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Filed Under: 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Character, Controversial, Countdown, Criticism, Drag, Edinburgh, First Open Spot, Hatemail, Jimmy Carr, Lee Mack, Live At The Apollo, London, Pomodoro, Reviews, Russell Brand, Sexuality, Structure, The Comedy Store, TV

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