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

Responsible for some of the funniest and most intelligent one-liners in the world, Simon Munnery has a brain like none other. Rarely will you find another comic so enthralled by serving "the idea", whether through Kierkegaardian prose or innovative but unreliable technology.  Simon reveals his approach to writing epigrammatic jokes, and Stu gently bullies him into trying harder to get back on TV.

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Filed Under: Edinburgh, Fame, Festival Comedian, Free Fringe, Heckles, Improv, London, Mainstream, One Liners, Open Mic, Persona, Poetry, political, Political Humour, Radio, Simon Munnery, Surreal, TV, Writing On Stage

In this first part of a two hour interview with one of the UK’s most respected comedians, Jimmy Carr reveals the inner mechanism of his bulletproof stage act. We focus on his extraordinary ease with hecklers, his mastery of put-downs, and we learn some of the techniques he uses to mint hundreds of new jokes every year. But is he as bulletproof emotionally as he appears to be onstage?

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Filed Under: 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Bill Burr, Channel 4, Compere/MC/Hosting, Conan, Controversial, Criticism, Dark Humour, Dave Chappelle, Edinburgh, Emo Phillips, Festival, Festival Comedian, First Open Spot, Free Fringe, Fringe, Inspiration, Interview, Jeff Ross, Jim Jefferies, John Maloney, Just For Laughs, Late And Live, Late N' Live, Live At The Apollo, London, Mitch Hedburg, Nick Helm, One Liners, QI, Quality Control, Ricky Gervais, Robin Ince, Sarah Millican, Sarah Silverman, Stage Persona, Stephen Merchant, Steven Wright, Structure, Success, The Late Show, Up The Creek, Writing Jokes

An irrepressibly charming personality, Aisling Bea’s standup bubbles over with unusual perspectives and ludicrous family stories; few acts have climbed as high as fast. She talks here about finding a balance between her sitcom success and her comedy career, intimidating herself, and loving working…

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Filed Under: 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Actor, Aisling Bea, Dave Gorman, Edinburgh, Fear, Feminism, Festival, First Open Spot, Free Fringe, Fringe, Holly Walsh, Improv, Interview, Ireland, James Acaster, Joe Lycett, Josie Long, Katherine Ryan, Live, Live At The Apollo, London, Nish Kumar, Old Rope, Onstage Persona, Pappy’s, QI, Quality Control, Reviews, Risk, Sharon Horgan, Stage Persona, Storytelling, Structure, Success, Tiffany Stevenson, Trollied, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage

Canadian comic Mae Martin combines sparkling punchlines and disarming candour in her deeply personal standup. We talk about her startling origin as an audience volunteer, gender politics, and we investigate her responsibility or otherwise to her audience. Guys?

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Filed Under: Adam Bloom, Adam Hess, Bill Burr, Canada, Comedy Central, Dennis Quaid, Eddie Izzard, Edinburgh, Fear, Festival, First Open Spot, Free Fringe, Fringe, Improv, Interview, Jim Carrey, Just For Laughs, Kyle Dunnigan, Live, London, Marc Maron, Mental Health, Patton Oswalt, Robin Williams, Russell Howard, Stage Persona, Storytelling, The Big Lebowski, Tig Notaro, Touring Comedian, Writing On Stage

Eleanor Tiernan makes tremendously articulate comedy, often out of morally murky ideas and subjects. She talks here about the comedy scene in her native Ireland, how to find the bits of your act that are genuinely “alive”, and how she escaped material she felt trapped by.
We also go into depth on her experiences with therapy, how her artistic purpose helps her emotionally, and how we share the underlying fear of getting kicked out of the gang...

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Filed Under: Andrew Lawrence, Chris Brown, Dara O'Briain, Dave McSavage, Dublin Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Festival, Free Fringe, Fringe, Headwreckers, Help The Frigid, Hunter Square, Interview, Jason Byrne, Laughter Lounge, Mrs Brown’s Boys, Phil Kay, Reginald D. Hunter, So You Think You’re Funny, Stewart Lee, The Alternative Comedy Experience, The Comedy Store, The National Therapy Project, The Oxford Drama School, The Poor School, Tommy Tiernan, Up The Creek

From “Porky the Poet” to “Never Mind The Buzzcocks” to his own stand-up tours, Phill Jupitus is responsible for a prodigious comic output.
We discuss his origins as a performer, his use of his family in his material, and the usefulness of unresolved anger…

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Filed Under: ACMS, Alistair McGowan, Andre Vincent, Bridget Christie, Deborah Francis-White, Edinburgh, Festival, Free Fringe, Fringe, Interview, Jeremy Hardy, John Mann, Josie Long, Kevin Day, Live, Malcolm Hardee, Marcus Brigstocke, Mark Thomas, Nadia Kamil, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Poetry, Porky The Poet, Sara Pascoe, The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, The Comedy Store, World’s Most Dangerous Roads

A quick hello and a couple of recommendations for the Edinburgh Fringe 2014...

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Filed Under: Edinburgh, Festival, Free Fringe, Fringe