Anuvab Pal is one of a new generation, exploding out of India's relatively recent "comedy Big Bang".  This disarming, witty act reveals how hard he finds it to embrace the Western "free thought" approach to learning, and waxes lyrical on the difference between art and "retail entertainment", as well as giving us the low-down on who to watch out for in Indian comedy...

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See Stu on tour over the next two months, including a DVD record of the tour show on June 14th in Bristol:

08/06/2018 Southampton, Hanger Farm

09/06/2018 Cambridge Junction

12/06/2018 Edinburgh, The Monkey Barrel

13/06/2018 Glasgow, The Stand

14/06/2018 DVD RECORD IN BRISTOL

15/06/2018 Birmingham Glee

17/06/2018 Brighton Komedia

21-23 June London, Soho Theatre

29/06/2018 Tringe Festival

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Filed Under: Age, Audiences, Comedy Store, Dylan Moran, Eddie Izzard, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Ian Stone, India, Indian Comedy, Interview, Jobs, Mock The Week, Peter Kay, Rob Deering, Ross Noble, Soho Theatre, Stage Persona, Storytelling, Structure, Success, The Comedy Store, Twitter, YouTube

Very funny, amazingly watchable, and offering genuine insight into his personal and social politics, Tez Ilyas is a Northern, working-class, muslim comic capable of going all the way. Exceptionally frank about his disappointment on being overlooked for award nomination, he goes on to identify the historic lack of diversity on the judging panel of one of the most highly regarded prizes in British comedy...

Find tickets for Tez's DVD taping at the South Bank Centre on 7th May at www.tezilyas.com  @tezilyas   

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Filed Under: Audiences, Awards, BBC, Bo Burnham, Channel 4, Chris Rock, Competitions, Criticism, Dave Chappelle, Diversity, Drama School, Eddie Murphy, Edinburgh, Ego, Equality, Fame, Fear, Festival, Festival Comedian, First Open Spot, Free Fringe, Fringe, Interview, Jobs, Live At The Apollo, London, Mainstream, Netflix, Nish Kumar, Persona, Peter Kay, Radio, Reviews, Romesh Ranganathan, Russ Peers, Russell Brand, Soho Theatre, Stage Persona, Stereotypes, Storytelling, Success, The Comedy Store, The Pleasance, Touring Comedian, Trevor Noah, TV, TV Comedy, Up The Creek, Writing Jokes

Provocative, disarmingly frank and very funny, Ola is an emphatic voice in British comedy.  As well as getting into the nitty-gritty of his creativity, we discuss Ola's faith as the foundation of his self-belief, and take a whirlwind tour through #WhiteTears, intersectionality and how he feels about wielding the racial discomfort of his audience...

 

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Filed Under: 8 Out Of 10 Cats, African, Audiences, Channel 4, Chris Rock, College, Comedy Store, Diversity, Equality, First Open Spot, Interview, Live At The Apollo, London, Money, Nigerian, Persona, Risk, Stage Persona, Stereotypes, Storytelling, Success, The Comedy Store, The Guardian, Trevor Noah, TV, Twitter, Urban Circuit, Writing Jokes

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Filed Under: Acting, Age, Alternative Comedy, Audiences, BBC, Comedy Store, Compere/MC/Hosting, Controversial, Criticism, Edinburgh, Equality, Fame, Feminism, Heckles, Jo Brand, QI, Radio, Success, The Comedy Store, TV

Like a reverse superhero, Elis James is a warm and charismatic story-teller, able to summon a hilarious, tiny-fisted, ranting neurotic from a parallel universe.  We discuss how his persona changes when performing in English or his native Welsh, explore his sumptuous vocabulary, and unpack his superbly anecdotal style.

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Filed Under: Acting, Age, Audiences, Australia, BBC3, Channel 4, Character, Dave (TV channel), E4, Edinburgh, Elis James, Jon Robins, Open Mic, Podcasting, Radio, Radio X, The Comedy Store, TV

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

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

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