One of Australia’s hottest comic properties, Wil Anderson is utterly charming as he analyses his career and the length of time it took him to find his voice. A self-confessed “dag”, he outlines the relationship between structuring and finessing his shows, shares with us comedy’s Prime Directive, and fails to understand the term “lush”…

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Filed Under: Bill Burr, Bill Hicks, Dame Edna Everage, Daniel Kitson, Ed Byrne, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, George Carlin, Glenn Wool, Interview, Lindsay Webb, Louis CK, Podcasting, Radiohead, Rich Hall, Stewart Lee, Tiffany Stevenson, Todd Barry

One of those acts floating around at the very top of the circuit, completely ready to outgrow it, Zoe Lyons is an expert at wringing every drop of funny out of a subject. We talk about the tough school environment that forged her, as well as the legacy of resilience it invoked, and ask why she still feels like an impostor.

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Filed Under: Ben Elton, Bent Double, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Interview, James Acaster, Jo Brand, Jo Caulfield, John Bishop, Katherine Ryan, Kerry Godliman, Radio 4, Robin Williams, Russ Peers, Russell Kane, Tallinn Comedy Festival, The John Bishop Show, The Stand, Touring Comedian

With a staggering sixteen year back-catalogue of weekly topical songs under his belt, musical comedian Mitch Benn is a firm fixture of “The Now Show” on Radio 4. We talk about circuit snobbery regarding “the cheating stick”, the joy of creating music as well as comedy, and the perils of being so good at what you do that people have a hard time imagining you as anything else…

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Filed Under: Bill Hicks, Charlie Brooker, Daniel Kitson, Eddie Izzard, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Harry Hill, Harry Shearer, Hugh Dennis, Imran Yusuf, Interview, Jay Foreman, Jenny Eclair, Jess Robinson, John Maloney, Jon Holmes, Live, Marcus Brigstocke, Mark Thomas, Mock The Week, Musical Comedy, Nick Wilty, Parody, Radio 4, Ross Noble, Shlomo, Spinal Tap, Steve Punt, Tallinn Comedy Festival, The Alternative Comedy Experience, The Beatles, The Now Show

Comedy’s marathon man Mark Watson is known for his feats of intellectual and performative endurance, and also for his phenomenal comic story-telling. We get our teeth into the anxieties he exposes in his more recent material, hear first-hand the effects of being the butt of a Stewart Lee routine, as well as learning what happens when a shoe falls…

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Filed Under: Chortle, Dara O'Briain, David O’Doherty, Edinburgh, Festival, Frankie Boyle, Fringe, Interview, Jason Manford, Live, Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre, Paul Foot, Radio 4, Rhod Gilbert, Russell Howard, Sam Simmons, Stephen Fry, Stewart Lee, Tim Key, Tim Minchin

The complex relationship between a ventriloquist and her puppets is brought to life in mind-expanding detail in this live episode, as comedian, clown and filmmaker Nina Conti lays her creative process bare! Startlingly innovative and imaginative, Nina traces her development via mentor Ken Campbell (and criticism from Daniel Kitson), and why she feels she’s “more Monkey than Nina”…

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Filed Under: 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Clowning Around, Dr Brown, Family Tree, Her Master’s Voice, Improv, Interview, Jeff Dunham, Ken Campbell, Live, Live At The Apollo, Phil Burgers, Philippe Gaulier, Touring Comedian, Ventriloquism

Teenbait rap comics The Midnight Beast have generated tens of millions of YouTube hits and two TV series by spoofing boybands, whilst secretly being basically a real one. They combine exceptional talent in audio/video production with a zest for melodic dick-jokes you’ll want to play again and again. We talk viral strategy, production values, the evolution of their act in the run-up to their new Comedy Central show, and how to be your own cigar-chomping exec…

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Filed Under: Channel 4, Comedy Central, E4, Family Guy, Hadouken!, Interview, Joe Lycett, Ke$ha, Music Videos, Musical Comedy, Parody, Ricky Gervais, South Park, The Midnight Beast, The Mighty Boosh, The Office, YouTube

A startlingly creative character comic, Nick Mohammed produces utterly silly work with a rigorous technical backbone. We talk about his most enduring creation Mr Swallow, and how he has cultivated that act from a casual sketch to a rollerskating operatic Dracula. We also discuss his role in the new Ridley Scott film “The Martian”…

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Filed Under: Channel 4, Chortle, Dan Tetsell, Derren Brown, Dracula The Musical, Edinburgh, Festival, Footlights, Fringe, Interview, Julia Davis, Marc Wootton, Morning Has Broken, Mr Swallow, Musical Comedy, Ridley Scott, Sketch, Stefan Golaszewski, The Thick of It, Uncle

Burning with narrative intensity, Irish-American Des Bishop learnt to perform standup in Gaelic and now Mandarin, such is his commitment to following through on an idea. He gives us a compelling insight into how he morphed from a circuit headliner to a voracious documentarian, and rages at the reviewer who attacked his integrity.

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Filed Under: Chortle, Daniel Kitson, Eddie Izzard, Edinburgh, Fringe, Interview, Jason Byrne, Live, Made in China, RTE, Russell Kane, Steve Bennett