“Uncle Mike” tells it like it is. A veteran standup possessed of an extraordinarily empathic relationship with his crowd, Mike loves enrapturing and abusing his audience with dirty gags your mum would accept from no-one else. There’s life in this aging warhorse…

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Filed Under: Alcohol, Daniel Kitson, Doug Stanhope, Emo Phillips, Fear, Festival Comedian, First Open Spot, Inspiration, Interview, Just For Laughs, Live At The Apollo, London, Milton Jones, Money, Phil Nichol, Rich Hall, Risk, Sam Simmons, Setlist, South Park, Stage Persona, Stewart Francis, Structure, Success, Tim Vine, USA, Writing On Stage

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With a cut-glass accent that reflects her precision-tooled comedy, Tania Edwards inflicts maximum damage with faint praise. We talk about her process, her practice and her peeves - and learn why you can’t have your cake and eat it too…

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Filed Under: 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Alcohol, Andrew Maxwell, Dr Brown, Edinburgh, Feminism, Festival Comedian, Holly Walsh, Interview, Jerry Sadowitz, Joan Rivers, Joe Wilkinson, Julian Deane, Katherine Ryan, Lenny Bruce, London, Louis CK, Luke Toulson, Mock The Week, Nathan Caton, Political Humour, Quality Control, Radio 4, Reviews, Rich Hall, Risk, Stage Persona, Stand Up For The Week, Stewart Lee, Storytelling, Structure, Success

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With his own Radio Four series and a raft of Mock The Week appearances under his belt, Nathan Caton remains astonishingly down to earth and level-headed. We explore panel-show tactics, discuss using comedy to heal people close to you, and learn how he was dropped by a leading agent out of the blue.  He’s happy, well-balanced and kind - will Stu manage to crack the bastard?

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Filed Under: Andy Parsons, Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing, Carl Donnelly, Chris Addison, Criticism, Dara O'Briain, Ed Byrne, Ed Gamble, Eddie Murphy, Edinburgh, Festival Comedian, First Open Spot, Fringe, Hugh Dennis, Ian Stone, Inspiration, Interview, Joe Wilkinson, John Maloney, Lenny Henry, Live At The Apollo, London, Micky Flanagan, Mock The Week, Observational Comedy, Radio, Radio 4, Reviews, Sara Pascoe, Sarah Millican, So You Think You’re Funny, Stage Persona, Stewart Francis, Storytelling, Success, The Comedy Store, Writing On Stage

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Wise beyond his years, the innocent-seeming Matt Kirshen has an extraordinary breadth of experience in UK comedy, even before “Last Comic Standing” introduced him to an American audience.  As well as some very vigorous technical analysis, the perky polymath gives us a uniquely transatlantic perspective on how it all works, and goes hog-wild for tagging jokes…

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Filed Under: Amy Saunders, Andrew Maxwell, Bill Burr, Carey Marx, Carl Donnelly, Chris Martin, Comedy Central, Ed Byrne, Edinburgh, Festival, First Open Spot, Fringe, Gein's Family Giftshop, Glee Club, Glenn Wool, Hannibal Buress, Henning Wehn, Interview, Jim Jefferies, Jimmy Carr, Jon Richardson, Last Comic Standing, Lenny Henry, London, Louis CK, Maria Bamford, Nick Doody, Paul Byrne, Phil Nichol, Podcasting, Quality Control, Richard Herring, Russell Howard, Sarah Millican, Saturday Night Live, Setlist, SNL, Stage Persona, Stephen K Amos, Storytelling, Structure, Success, The Comedy Store, Tom Stade, Trevor Noah, Up The Creek, USA, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage

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In at the beginning of alternative comedy, and now a “venerated lefty” and Columnist Of The Year 2015, punchy pundit Mark Steel has lost none of his passion. We discuss his BBC Radio 4 series which pokes fun at the British on a town-by-town basis, learn about the startling revelations of his personal history, and hear how he rubs shoulders with the enemy, backstage at “Question Time”… 

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Filed Under: Charlie Chaplin, Edinburgh, Festival, Frank Skinner, Frankie Boyle, Fringe, Greg Davies, Interview, Jimmy Carr, Live, London, Louis CK, Mark Thomas, Michael McIntyre, Political Comedy, Political Humour, Question Time, Radio, Radio 4, Reviews, Richard Pryor, Risk, Shappi Khorsandi, Stage Persona, Stewart Lee, Storytelling, Structure, Success, Touring Comedian, Twitter

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Stand-up; songwriter; Peep Show’s “Dobby”; and under it all still “The girl who jumped off Matlock Bridge for a quid”, Isy Suttie applies a psychedelic imagination to her forensic grasp of life’s minutiae.  We explore the stubbornness that underpins her eccentricity, dissect the word “whimsical”, and accidentally vomit into a spiderweb.

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Filed Under: Amused Moose, Channel 4, Dan Atkinson, David Mitchell, Edinburgh, Fear, Festival, First Open Spot, Fringe, Glenn Wool, Guide to the Family, Interview, Isy Suttie's Love Letters, Joe Wilkinson, Laughing Horse, Live, London, Matt King, Musical Comedy, Pearl and Dave, Peep Show, Poetry, Radio, Radio 4, Robert Webb, So You Think You’re Funny, Stage Persona, Storytelling, Success, The Actual One, Tim Key, Toast of London

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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

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Having chosen possibly the only career where his good looks can count against him, comedy- and creativity-addict Joel defies those who would write him off as an MTV jawline. We get stuck into his moving, inventive and hilarious solo shows and their tricksy relationship with the truth, and discuss whether comedy has to stand up in court. We also meet his collaborator Steve Dunne, and learn the rules to the wildly irresponsible game “knifey knifey crash mat”.

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Filed Under: Actor, Alcohol, BBC3, Bottom, Chris D'Elia, Dane Cook, Edinburgh, Festival, Festival Comedian, First Open Spot, Fringe, Inspiration, Interview, Joel Dommett, Josh Widdicombe, Limewire, Live, London, Luke Toulson, Stage Persona, Storytelling, Structure, Success, Usher

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