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Interview

Interview

Interview: Sam Lake

‘I think the only non-toxic role model we have left is Paul Chuckle?’ We chat to Sam Lake about being an ‘Aspiring DILF’

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Esther Manito

‘I refuse to have goals as they stress me out’. We spoke to the comedian about her tour show ‘Hell Hath No Fury’, coming to Edinburgh and Glasgow

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Rhiannon Shaw

‘Hoping to have fun, develop my audience and maybe, just maybe, meet husband number two’. Character comedian Rhiannon Shaw tells us about her ‘Wedding Night’

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Larry Owens

‘I think it’s going to be a match made in heaven’. We speak to musical theatre performer and comedian Larry Owens about his debut Fringe show

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Matt Hutchinson

‘The important thing is to make sure you’re laughing at the perpetrators of these negative things’. We talk to comedian Matt Hutchinson about his debut Fringe show

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Bronwyn Sweeney

‘Oh man. I thought I would take my accent-faking secret to my grave’. Comedian Bronwyn Sweeney tells us about her debut Fringe hour

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John Tothill

‘I’d love to see Florence Nightingale let her hair down for once’. We talk the pursuit of pleasure with ‘The Last Living Libertine’ John Tothill

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Kathy Maniura

‘Can anyone resist the appeal of a slutty little airpod?’ We talk to character comedian Kathy Maniura about her debut Fringe show ‘Objectified’

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Mamoun Elagab

‘Somebody like myself at this festival is obviously not the norm’. We speak to comedian Mamoun Elagab about his debut Fringe hour ‘Why I Love White People’

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Dan Tiernan

‘Stand-up comedy is my favourite thing in the world and the Fringe is the best place in the world to watch it’. We speak to the double-award winning Dan Tiernan about his debut hour

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Paddy Young

‘I want it to be rowdy and overly stimulating’. Comedian Paddy Young tells us about his debut Fringe show ‘Hungry, Horny, Scared’

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Adam Flood

‘Maybe I’m a “the period-before-Renaissance man”. Comedian Adam Flood tells us about his debut Fringe show, ‘Remoulded’

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Lorna Rose Treen

‘I’ve always been happy with being seen as an idiot’ – We talk to Lorna Rose Treen about her debut character comedy show ‘Skin Pigeon’

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Wholesome Prison Blues

‘Basically, they just want to know we’re not nutters or arseholes’. We speak to Tattoo Dave of ‘Wholesome Prison Blues’, who have spent the last year attempting to make Scottish prisoners laugh

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Dane Baptiste

‘Because my situation changed in many ways, that’s allowed my perspective to change’. Dane Baptise tells us about his new show and the evolution of his comedy