Interviews
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Festivals
Edinburgh Fringe: The Rise of the Comedy Director
What is a Fringe Director? What do they even do? John Tothill, Mary O’Connell and Tamsyn Kelly explain how directors have helped shape their Edinburgh Fringe shows Read more »| 27 Jul 2023 -
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Edinburgh Fringe 2023: Debuting character comics
We chat to three promising character comedians – Kathy Maniura, Rosalie Minnitt and Lorna Rose Treen – as they bring their first shows to the Edinburgh Fringe this August Read more »| 18 Jul 2023 -
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The Skinny on... Marjolein Robertson
Shetland comic Marjolein Robertson takes a break from her Fringe prep to tell us about cursed mythological books and the need to eradicate Valentine's Day Read more »| 10 Jul 2023 -
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Interpret This: Being a BSL interpreter in Comedy
Disabled access to the arts is severely lacking, particularly in comedy. We speak to Karen Forbes who has a passion for reaching deaf audiences through BSL interpreting Read more »| 16 Jun 2023 -
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A Long Time Coming: Josie Long on her debut book
Award-winning comedian and mum of two Josie Long is now an author. She talks to us from halfway across the world about her debut book, Because I Don’t Know What You Mean and What You Don’t Read more »| 15 May 2023 -
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Fixing the Edinburgh Fringe
The Skinny asks voices from the comedy industry to air their most pressing concerns about the performing arts behemoth, to find out how they would try to solve a problem like the Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 27 Mar 2023
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Interviews
Silliness and Wrestling: Phil Wang interview
Phil Wang takes silly seriously and realises an unlikely influence on his act ahead of his new tour show, Wang In There, Baby! Read more »| 15 Mar 2023 -
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Catherine Cohen on new show Come For Me
Skewering cabaret ingenue Catherine Cohen brings her delectable comedy outlook to Scotland for her first new show since 2019 Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
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The Skinny on... Mr Chonkers
The absurd and immense Mr Chonkers was one of our comedy team's highlights of the Edinburgh Fringe – so we asked creator John Norris to fill out our Q&A Read more »| 28 Nov 2022 -
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Nuance and Pubes: A chat with Jessica Fostekew
Jessica Fostekew chats nuance, tackling complex issues in comedy and changing people's opinions Read more »| 04 Nov 2022 -
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Cool Girl Paradox: Olga Koch interview
Ahead of the UK tour of her Edinburgh Fringe smash hit Just Friends, we chat hoe culture and Human Error with eternal cool girl comedian Olga Koch Read more »| 10 Oct 2022 -
Interviews
"Trying to remain curious" - Isy Suttie Interview
We meet Isy Suttie as she returns with Jackpot, her first stand-up tour in ten years Read more »| 13 Sep 2022 -
Festivals
Coates on Kingsman / Kingsman on Coates
Tessa Coates and Liz Kingsman have performed as two thirds of sketch group Massive Dad. They sit down at an exclusive restaurant to discuss sketch comedy, their Edinburgh resolutions, and what it’s like going solo Read more »| 03 Aug 2022 -
Festivals
Life & Soul: Sikisa on her Edinburgh Fringe debut
Immigration lawyer by day, stand-up comedian by night, Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes plans on bringing the vibes to the Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 26 Jul 2022 -
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The QI Elves take No Such Thing as a Fish on tour
James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski, 50 percent of the QI Elves, chat to us about their smash podcast and their upcoming No Such Thing as a Fish live tour Read more »| 25 Jul 2022