Your interviewer didn't really grasp the American term to "murder" a room, until he caught Sam Jay's set at SXSW Comedy earlier this year, in which she smashed the audience senseless with her unique perspective on race, sexuality and society. A breath-taking combination of unerring confidence, hammer-blow punchlines and genuine insight will see her reaching incredible heights in comedy. We talk about Boston, LA and New York, and why she has no time for comics who want to be adored.

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Tickets for my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe

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Thanks to www.sohotheatre.com for the recording space, don't forget to check out their brilliantly varied lineups of the cream of international comedy.

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Filed Under: Age, Audiences, College, Equality, Fame, First Open Spot, Gender, Gina Yashere, Interview, Jobs, Mental Health, Onstage Persona, Persona, Rick and Morty, Risk, Sam Jay, Sexuality, Sketch, SNL, Soho Theatre, Stage Persona, Stereotypes, Structure, Success, SXSW, TV, Urban Circuit, USA, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage

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A disciple of "chaotic joy", Sindhu Vee's rise to standup stardom is about as meteoric as they get; just a hop and a skip from the open mic circuit, to award nominations and appearances on "QI" and "Have I Got News For You". A cursory glance at this hyper-qualified former investment banker reveals an addiction to excellence and discipline.

A self-identified "graduate" of this podcast, Sindhu opens up about the defining moment that launched this phase of her life, and celebrates the endless possibilities of self-belief.

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Get tickets to my new tour dates at www.comedianscomedian.com/tour or on any of the following venues below:

13/03/2019 Salisbury Art Centre

20/03/2019 Cheltenham Playhouse

29/03/2019 Crawley -The Hawth

05/04/2019 Reading – South Street Arts

12/04/2019 Leamington Spa - Royal Spa Centre

17/04/2019 Oxford Old Fire Station

19/04/2019 Bromsgrove – The Artix

27/04/2019 Plymouth Barbican

9-11/05/2019 Soho Theatre, London

05/10/19 Edinburgh Stand (early show – 5pm)

11/10/19 Northampton Royal and Derngate

25/10/19 Teignmouth Pavillions

26/10/19 Swindon Arts Centre

04/11/19 Nottingham Glee Club

05/11/19 Birmingham Glee Club

08/11/19 Bristol - The Comedy Box at the Hen and Chicken

04/12/19 Aldershot - The West End Centre

25/01/20 Corsham - The Pound Arts Centre

01/02/20 Newcastle Stand (early show - 5pm)

02/02/20 Glasgow - The Stand

07/02/20 Farnham Maltings

28/02/20 Cambridge Junction

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Filed Under: Age, Argument, Audiences, BBC, BBC4, College, Depression, Eddie Murphy, Edinburgh, Ego, Equality, Fame, Fear, Festival, First Open Spot, Free Fringe, Fringe, Gender, Heckles, India, Indian Comedy, Inspiration, Interview, Isolation, Jobs, Live, Live At The Apollo, London, Mental Health, Onstage Persona, Open Mic, Persona, Radio 4, Risk, School, Sexuality, Stage Persona, Success, TV, Twitter, Up The Creek, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage

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"Scummy Mummies" Helen Thorn and Ellie Gibson are a pair of stand-ups with a hit parenting podcast unlike any other. Unafraid to get shit in their eyebrows and tell you about it, we discover the dynamic between them, get the lowdown on their very eventful live tour shows, and hear the infuriating story of their TV smash-in-waiting getting held down by The Man (or Some Men).  

Visit scummymummies.com to listen to the Scummy Mummies podcast and buy tickets for their live shows. You can follow them on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @scummymummies.  

  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  

Tickets are selling fast for this headline event!  

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See Stu's new show "End Of" at Edinburgh this August! https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/stuart-goldsmith-end-of www.comedianscomedian.com

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Filed Under: Audiences, Corporate Work, Dark Humour, Diversity, Double Act, Equality, Feminism, Festival, Festival Comedian, First Open Spot, French and Saunders, Gender, Inspiration, Interview, Jobs, Live, Open Mic, Persona, Plagiarism, Podcasting, Risk, School, Sexuality, Sketch, Stage Persona, Stereotypes, Storytelling, Success, The Guardian, The Young Ones, Touring Comedian, TV, Twitter, Vic And Bob, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage

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Her writing and performance in The Fast Show made her one of the most influential women in British sketch comedy; now Arabella Weir reflects on her work and the balance of power underpinning the five-man, most-often-one-woman sketch team.  We discuss the tension and friction of making comedy; whether a happy person still has the same hunger to perform; and learn the awful truth about the genesis of her character "Girl Who Boys Can't Hear"...

Follow Arabella on twitter: @arabellaweir

See Stu on tour: www.comedianscomedian.com/tour

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Submit your own original comedy material to "Everyone's A Comedian" at comedianscomedian.com/experiment - check the site for more details!

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Filed Under: Acting, Actor, Age, Alexei Sayle, Audiences, Awards, Aziz Ansari, BBC, BBC One, Bottom, Caroline Aherne, Character, Character Comedy, Dawn French, Diversity, Equality, Fame, Fear, Feminism, Feminist, Gender, Inspiration, Interview, Jo Brand, Joan Rivers, Kenny Everett, Mainstream, Observational Comedy, Onstage Persona, Persona, Physical Comedy, Podcasting, Reviews, Sara Pascoe, Sexuality, Sketch, Stage Persona, Stereotypes, Structure, Success, The Fast Show, The Guardian, TV, TV Comedy, Vic And Bob, Writing Jokes

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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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Filed Under: Acting, Audiences, Character, Clown, Controversial, Criticism, Dark Humour, Diversity, Drag, Edinburgh, Fame, Gender, Heckles, Sexuality, Success, TV

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Possessed of an inordinate self-belief, Liza Treyger is one of the sharpest, funniest comics ever to not give a shit what you think of her.  Named one of Variety's "Ten To Watch" at this year's Just For Laughs, the Odessa-born firebrand discusses how a trip to Palm Springs with a stylist changed her brain; her self-sabotage techniques; wanting women to have a great time, and how to tell which couples in an audience aren't fucking.

Follow Liza Treyger @GlitterCheese

Get tickets for Stu Goldsmith's stand-up tour at www.comedianscomedian.com/tour

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Filed Under: Competitions, Diversity, Edgy, Ego, Equality, Feminism, Gender, Persona, Sexuality, Success, TV

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A small-town girl who realised pretty late she was a giant lesbian, Cameron Esposito has evolved into a hilarious alpha-female hero comic. We talk about body-shaming, power-stances and side-mullets, and why this next decade is going to be awesome for women…

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Filed Under: Age, Audiences, Canada, Controversial, Criticism, Depression, Edinburgh, Fame, Gender, Heckles, Inspiration, Mental Health, Podcasting, Sexuality, Stereotypes, Storytelling, Success, Writing On Stage

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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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