A strong contender for Stu’s favourite comic of all time, Patton Oswalt is a behemoth of invention, imagination and creativity. Live from Montreal, at which he won “Stand-up Comedian of the Year”, we discuss what lifts a comic above being “funny but who gives a fuck?”  We also discuss issues of richness, legacy and whether the road gigs are worth it after all; but will Stu manage not to swoon like an Edwardian lady?

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Filed Under: 11/22/63, Alan Moore, Bill Hicks, Dave Chappelle, Directing, Down Periscope, Festival, Interview, James Joyce, King of Queens, Kyle Kinane, Live, Louis CK, Ratatouille, Risk, Silver Screen Fiend, Stage Persona, Star Wars, Success, The Beatles, USA, VEEP, Writing On Stage

A study in confidence, Australian Tom Gleeson trades in lean, punchy material that batters an audience into submission. We discuss how “comedy’s Lex Luthor” changed from being a competent but boring standup, into a forceful presence with absolute faith in his comic perspective...

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Filed Under: Adelaide, Australia, Big Brother, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Improv, Interview, Kilkenny Comedy Festival, Louis CK, Mental Health, New Zealand, Observational Comedy, Onstage Persona, Risk, Sketch, TV Comedy

If you missed Eddie Pepitone in his first UK appearances at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, you’re a chump.
A truly mesmerising comic’s comic, and subject of documentary “The Bitter Buddha”, he unearths howling cosmic pain in the most mundane of places. In this live show, Eddie discusses how improvisation allows him to write “with” his audience.

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Filed Under: Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Improv, Interview, Late N' Live, Monty Python, Risk, Sketch, Stage Persona, Tommy Tiernan, Twitter, Writing On Stage

Liam would rather be accused of fascism than being boring.
Leaving behind the “intellectualised whimsy” of his former persona, he has embarked on a quest to say the unsayable.
Find out why Tim Minchin makes him angry, and the precise circumstances under which one might shoot a child in the legs.

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Filed Under: Andrew Lawrence, Andrew Watts, Chortle, Controversy, Free Fringe, Frisky And Mannish, Henning Wehn, Hils Barker, Interview, Martin Trenaman, Michael McIntyre, Political Comedy, Racism, Reviews, Risk, Stage Persona, Stand Up For The Week, Storytelling, Structure, The Comedy Store, Tim Minchin, Twitter, Will Self

In this opening show, Stuart Goldsmith grills fabulous comedian Rob Deering, live at the Top Secret Comedy Club, Covent Garden.
Rob admits he drinks with strangers...
www.robdeering.com | @DeeringRob

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Filed Under: 20 Minutes, Audiences, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Interview, Isolation, Live, Musical Comedy, Reviews, Risk, Stage Persona, Stewart Lee, Success, Top Secret Comedy Club, Writing Jokes, YouTube