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Filed Under: Age, Audiences, Comedy, Drinking, Edgy, Edinburgh, Ego, Fame, Festival, First Open Spot, Fringe, Heckles, Interview, Jeff Dunham, Jim Jefferies, Jobs, Leicester Square Theatre, Live, London, Louis CK, Mainstream, Money, Netflix, Onstage Persona, Persona, Radio, Reviews, Soho Theatre, Stage Persona, Stand Up, Stereotypes, Storytelling, Structure, Success, SXSW, TV, Twitter, USA, Writing, Writing On Stage

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...

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Filed Under: Audiences, Awards, BBC, Bo Burnham, Channel 4, Chris Rock, Comedy, 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, Stand Up, Stereotypes, Storytelling, Success, The Comedy Store, The Pleasance, Touring Comedian, Trevor Noah, TV, TV Comedy, Up The Creek, Worth, Writing, Writing Jokes

Her laid-back style masking a sly wit that rewards your full attention, Beth Stelling is an indomitable comic force. Live at SXSW, we discuss risk and reward with regard to pace, bridging alt and mainstream, "putting your briefcase away" when it comes to your set-list, and why she'll never make another bagel sandwich...

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Filed Under: Acting, Age, Alternative Comedy, Audiences, College, Comedy, Comedy Central, Dark Humour, Diversity, Edgy, Equality, Fame, Fear, Feminism, First Open Spot, Gender, Inspiration, Interview, Jim Carrey, Jobs, Live, Mainstream, Mental Health, Netflix, Open Mic, Persona, Plagiarism, Reviews, Robin Williams, Sarah Silverman, Stage Persona, Stand Up, Success, SXSW, TV, TV Comedy, Twitter, USA, Worth, Writing, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage, YouTube

It's hard to imagine a more expressive, searingly honest and comprehensively funny comic than Maria Bamford.  After a year which saw her series and new special on Netflix propel her finally to the earning that befits her talent, Maria reflects on how money, property and prestige don't solve anything, what it's like to be an ex-underdog, and whether it's possible to make a not for profit TV show. We also cover the relationship between her bipolar and her day to day happiness, and ask how you function when "weakness is the brand"...  

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Filed Under: Acting, Age, Audiences, Comedy, Depression, Directing, Edinburgh, Ego, Equality, Fame, Fear, Festival Comedian, Fringe, How To, Inspiration, Interview, Isolation, Jobs, Lady Dynamite, Leicester Square Theatre, Mainstream, Mental Health, Money, Netflix, Old Baby, Persona, Problems, Reviews, Risk, Seinfeld, SNL, Soho Theatre, Stage Persona, Stand Up, Storytelling, Structure, Success, Touring Comedian, TV, TV Comedy, USA, Worth, Writing, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage

Celebrating the release of hilarious and terrifying new movie "Ghost Stories", co-creators and childhood friends Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson talk to Stu about the myriad connections between comedy and horror...   Best known as the invisible fourth member of British comedy legends The League of Gentlemen, Jeremy Dyson is expert at making the familiar unfamiliar. We talk here about the elegantly simple process that he and Andy used to develop "Ghost Stories" from page to West End stage to screen, and discover a jaw-dropping fact about the forthcoming League live tour!  

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Filed Under: Andy Nyman, Audiences, BBC, Character, College, Comedy, Dark Humour, Directing, Edinburgh, Fame, Fringe, Funland, Inspiration, Interview, League of Gentlemen, Magician, Mainstream, Radio 4, Reviews, Sketch, Storytelling, Structure, student comedy, Success, Surreal, The Wrong Mans, TV, Writing

Celebrating the release of hilarious and terrifying new movie "Ghost Stories", co-creators Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson talk to Stu about the myriad connections between comedy and horror... Now known primarily for his acting work, Andy was once the silent partner of genre-redefining magician Derren Brown. We talk in detail about misdirection, rhythm and dramatic tension, share Andy's indignation at copycat performers, and find out whether it's cooler to be Bernie than Elton...

 

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Filed Under: Acting, Andy Nyman, Audiences, Comedy, Derren Brown, Directing, Fame, Ghost Stories, Inspiration, Jeremy Dyson, Jobs, London, Magician, Mainstream, Mental Health, Money, Persona, Plagiarism, Risk, School, Seinfeld, Stereotypes, Storytelling, Street-Performing, Structure, Success, TV, Twitter, Worth, Writing

James Davis' star is in the ascendent.  In this live special episode from South By South West in Austin Texas, we discuss how the "Hood Adjacent" comic keeps his material provocative without being exploitative.  Just off the back of writing gags for Will Smith on a major new movie, we learn how James is levelling up...   

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Filed Under: Acting, Audiences, Chris Rock, Clown, College, Comedy, Comedy Central, Denzel Washington, Drake, Drama School, Eddie Murphy, Edgy, Ego, Fame, Festival, First Open Spot, Hood Adjacent, Interview, Jamie Foxx, Live, Mainstream, Martin Lawrence, Michael J Fox, Money, Netflix, Open Mic, Persona, Saturday Night Live, School, Seinfeld, SNL, Stage Persona, Stand Up, Stereotypes, Storytelling, Success, The Late Show, TV, TV Comedy, Twitter, Urban Circuit, USA, Will Smith, Worth, Writing, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage, YouTube

Marvellous Maeve Higgins has an apparently meandering style that conceals some seismic punchlines. Now resident in the US, she reveals how running a comedy workshop in Iraq and podcasting with different immigrants has led her to a more global consciousness. She shares some brilliant writing "cheats" for silencing your inner critic, and we explore in detail the close relationships she has cultivated with the editors of her novels and column...

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