Winner of the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award (called it!), Rose Matafeo brought the thunder to #edfringe this year, with a barnstorming performance of her show "Horndog".  We discuss how she ensured her hilarious material about female sexuality brought the whole room along with it; how she's actively mining for hot takes; and why she has a quintuple-threat approach to performance.

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See "The Comedian's Comedian" podcast live with special guests "No Such Thing As A Fish" (the QI Elves podcast) at London Podfest, 9.30pm on Sunday 16th Sept 2018

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Filed Under: Audiences, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Interview, James Acaster, Jimmy Carr, Joe Lycett, New Zealand, Stage Persona, Success, Taika Waititi, Tina Fey, Writing Jokes

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 master of off-the-wall wordplay, Noel James is disarmingly honest about his struggles with comedy and real life.
We analyse his use of metaphor and analogy as well as delving into his psychology, what it’s like to commit one’s life to comedy, and the public craving for “one voice of truth”.

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Filed Under: Arthur Smith, Bangor University, Ben Elton, Bill Hicks, British Telecom, Chortle, Colin Wilson, Daniel Dennett, Dylan Thomas, Eric Sykes, Frankie Howerd, Game Of Thrones, Gavin Webster, Glee Club, Graham Norton, Interview, James Joyce, Joe Rowntree, Ken Dodd, Kevin Day, Laurel And Hardy, Malcolm Hardee, Maria Callas, Mark Thomas, Monty Python, New Zealand, One Liners, Saturday Night Live, Selling Out, Spike Milligan, The Tunnel Club, Tim Vine, Time Out

An improvisational powerhouse, Jarred Christmas finds the time to pepper his irrepressible joie de vivre with damn fine jokes. He spills the beans here about his current state of flux between the attraction of live work and the fresh challenges of TV writing.
We also cover the downfalls of trying to play to the Edinburgh critics, Jarred’s own “three Cs” of comedy, and how to cheat your way to success in a live studio sitcom...

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Filed Under: Alun Cochrane, Andrew Bird, Ben Norris, Improv, Interview, Isy Suttie, Jason Manford, Jessica Hynes, Joe King, Lee Mack, Louis CK, Michael Smiley, New Zealand, Nick Wilty, Not Going Out, Peep Show, RAW Comedy, Rhys Darby, Steve Williams, Stewart Lee, Street Performance, The Persuasionists, Tommy Tiernan, Trygve Wakenshaw, TV Comedy, Will Smith

Autobiographical and observational comedian, blogger and feminist, Michele A’Court speaks passionately about authenticity, insecurity and the right to challenge.
We discuss her refusal to apologise, the disappearance from TV of older female performers, and two very different sides of her theory that you have to follow what’s making the noise in your head, or the rest of the writing won’t come...

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Filed Under: Ben Hurley, Blogging, Character Comedy, Feminist, Interview, Jarred Christmas, Jeremy Elwood, Kitty O’Briens, New Zealand, Reginald D. Hunter, TV Comedy

A softly-spoken, foppish figure who luxuriates in language, Tom Wrigglesworth is equally at home spinning a yarn or smashing up a weekend club.
He talks here about authenticity in his work, and the right of the teller to alter the empirical truth of a story, as well as outlining in detail his favourite trick for dealing with interruptions…

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Filed Under: Diane Morgan, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Interview, Isy Suttie, Mike Gunn, Mock The Week, New Zealand, Peter Kay, Radio 4, Storytelling

Laidback observationalist Ben Hurley made a foray to the UK some years ago, and returned to his native New Zealand to become a TV hero.
We get stuck into the relationship between British and NZ comedy, and the pros and cons of each scene. We also cover natural talent, making laziness work for you, and whether observations hit harder when performed totally clean, or when injected with personality…

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Filed Under: Andrew Maxwell, Andy Parsons, Arthur Smith, Asher Treleaven, Ben Hurley, Benjamin Crellin, Billy T Award, Blackadder, Brendhan Lovegrove, Cal Wilson, Carey Marx, Carl Barron, Christian Knowles, David Letterman, Ed Byrne, Ewan Gilmour, Fawlty Towers, Flight Of The Conchords, Glee Club, Interview, Jack Dee, Jarred Christmas, Jason Byrne, Jerry Seinfeld, Jongleurs, Live, Michael McIntyre, Mike Wilmot, Monty Python, New Zealand, Noel Fielding, Off The Kerb, Phil Nichol, Te Radar, The Classic