Monday, 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 07:42AMTuesday, July 12, 2022
The standup on who makes her laugh, what she misses most about home, and learning to tune out bad advice from drunk people
What is your new comedy show about?Moving from Paris to Birmingham …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMWednesday, June 22, 2022
The standup on the upsides of touring, her worst gig and finding reasons to be optimistic
What’s an important lesson you’ve learned from being a standup?Don’t worry about what anyone e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37PMTuesday, May 31, 2022
The standup and author on what she’s learned from comedy, her traumatic gig at Glastonbury and who makes her howl with laughter
What made you get into comedy?Benny Hill was my inspiration …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMTuesday, May 24, 2022
The comedian, presenter and author on pre-show rituals, poor advice and the thrill of a hydraulic log-splitter
Who inspires you?My wife, Debbie. She is a remarkable woman. Wise and witty. I …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37AMTuesday, May 17, 2022
The standup on his worst gig, being inspired by his cat, and the comic genius of Rylan
Who inspires you?My cat, Pig. He wakes up, eats a bowl of tuna, does a huge dump, acts like an idiot fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMMonday, May 9, 2022
The standup on starting out in comedy, increasingly savvy audiences and the best advice she has ever received
How did you get into comedy?I think I fell into it. It was a night out with the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMTuesday, April 26, 2022
The standup on courgette puns, comedy audiences and why John Kennedy Toole is his comedy hero
What did you spend lockdown doing? I leaped straight into creating standup video rants which I c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03AM 
