Monday, November 20, 2023
The American comic on performing to a stripper party, the best heckle she’s had and why honest emotions are funny
How did you get into comedy?I was always into watching funny shows – wha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AMMonday, October 23, 2023
The Funny Women award-winner on her witty family, why she loves being mocked and the best heckle she’s had
How did you get into comedy?My husband bought me a day’s writing course with Lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:13AMMonday, September 18, 2023
The standup on her comedy heroes, preshow jitters and the parenting double standards for male and female comedians
How did you get into comedy?I was on maternity leave from teaching, at home…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMFriday, August 11, 2023
The comedian, songwriter and actor on how Scotland’s annual arts jamboree has evolved, loathing corporate gigs and his Pick of the Fringe turning 30
How did you get into performing?In the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:07AMMonday, July 24, 2023
The comedian on getting old, festival toilets and British standups’ failure to talk about inequality
How did you get into standup?I always loved comedy, but because I didn’t know the who…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:19AMMonday, July 17, 2023
The Glasgow comic on why she has to shower before a gig, taking a show about womanhood to the Edinburgh fringe and the need for more working-class voices on TV
Is it true you first performed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMMonday, July 10, 2023
The standup on his hateful first gig, battling with comedian DJs and whether he was right to pick A Fish Called Wanda as his funniest film
Who inspired you when you were first starting out?T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04AMMonday, July 3, 2023
The standup on dressing funny, stealing material from his nan and how a seven-minute set from Omid Djalili led to an obsession with comedy
How would you describe your style of comedy?Honest.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:55AMThursday, June 15, 2023
The Irish comedian on good gigs, bad gigs, her standup heroes and what makes a good soup
How did you get your start in standup?I did work experience at a radio station when I was in college.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AMMonday, May 22, 2023
The comedian on his worst gig, preshow rituals and receiving an ASD diagnosis after an audience intervention
Why did you start doing standup?I always wondered if I was funny. Or rather if my…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMMonday, April 17, 2023
The comedian on online trolls, her worst gig and breaking into the comedy industry from a working-class background
How did you get into comedy and cabaret?I used to work behind the bar at th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMMonday, March 20, 2023
The comic on hecklers, pre-show rituals, Jane Austen puns and her childhood heroes
Why did you get into musical comedy?I did musical comedy first because that was all I could do! I’d writt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMThursday, March 2, 2023
The comedian on getting permission to be silly from Eric Morecambe, meeting the Spice Girls and how Comic Relief brings people together
What made you get into comedy?It seems like a scripted…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:28AMSunday, February 19, 2023
The Spanish-Welsh comedian on cut-throat critics, dying on stage in the dark and why telling thousands of people to shut up was a career high
What drew you to standup comedy?In my family’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMWednesday, February 1, 2023
The US comedian on heckling, why she gravitates towards silly people and the best and worst advice she’s ever been given
Who did you look up to when you started out?In the open mic comedy …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMonday, January 23, 2023
The comedian on doing standup in prison, his first open mic with Paul Merton and taking I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue on tour
How did you get into standup?I went to the Comedy Store in Leic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMMonday, January 16, 2023
The comedian on supermarket petrol stations, working with his wife Lucy Beaumont and the comedy heroes he fell in love with in the 90s
How did you get into standup?Sadly, by leaving the town…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:13AMWednesday, January 4, 2023
The former TV executive on life lessons from Joan Rivers, paper-plane heckles and a ‘perfect day’ doing Live at the Apollo
Before becoming a full-time comedian, you were a high-profile T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMTuesday, November 29, 2022
The character comedian and TV star on meeting angry fans, his first UK tour as megalomaniac magician Mr Swallow and taking inspiration from Torvill and Dean
Who did you look up to when you w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12AMTuesday, November 15, 2022
The comedian and author on performing at Hugh Grant’s birthday party, the problem with being labelled a ‘feminist vegan’, and her new show Success Story
Why did you start doing standup…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AMWednesday, November 2, 2022
The standup and author on American-British rants, why Saturday Night Live wouldn’t work in the UK and the joy of offending Winnebago owners
Your current show is called Shot from Cannons. W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMTuesday, October 18, 2022
The comedian on the return of her alopecia, her midlife crisis, and finding the funny in life’s curveballs
How did you get into comedy?At university I spent most of my time doing am-dram, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMMonday, October 10, 2022
The comedian and podcaster on the charms of British sitcoms, starting her own club night and hot new talent on the circuit
What drew you to British comedy?Probably Skins or The Inbetweeners.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:43AMMonday, September 19, 2022
The comedian and author on studying laughter theory, industry frustrations and the perils of gigging at a racecourse
How did you get into comedy?I studied the history of variety and vaudevil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:19AMTuesday, September 13, 2022
The comedian talks about his hunt for fresh talent, the new series of Man Like Mobeen and how one disastrous standup gig led to multiple arrests
Your route to the stage started with funny vi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMTuesday, September 6, 2022
The standup on middle-child syndrome, the comedy scene in Berlin and the nightmare gig that she can’t forget
What made you get into comedy?An unholy need for attention stemming from middle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:49AMMonday, August 22, 2022
The king of one-liners on his unlikely comedy hero, preshow prayers and the best heckle he’s ever got
How did you get into comedy? I spotted an advert in the Stage newspaper advertising a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AMWednesday, August 17, 2022
The standup on the highs and lows of the Edinburgh fringe, Zoom hecklers and why she doesn’t have heroes
Who on the circuit always makes you laugh?I’ve always been impressed by Athena Ku…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMTuesday, August 9, 2022
The comic and podcaster on her pre-show rituals, the worst advice she’s been given and why routines about serious issues still need to make you laugh
How did you get into comedy? I was a c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMTuesday, August 2, 2022
The standup on writing material about two strokes, his comedy bugbears and how the Edinburgh fringe has changed
How did you get into comedy?By mistake really. My girlfriend’s friend though…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AMTuesday, July 26, 2022
The standup on changing her role models, her pre-performance rituals, and the frustration of being asked to audition for ‘mom’ roles
How did you get into comedy?I saw the film A Chorus …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM 
