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The Edinburgh Interviews 2017: Lauren Pattison

July 22, 2017 by Becca Moody 1 Comment
Lauren Pattison is a stand up comedian from Newcastle and, despite having already supported Katherine Ryan on tour, it is clear that Pattison is on her way to high places. Lauren is confident, humble and extremely likeable and will be performing her debut show Lady Muck at the Pleasance Courtyard throughout August.

1) What excites you most about the Edinburgh Festival?

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Mainly the fact I can get hammered on gin everyday for a month and nobody even raises an eyebrow because IT’S EDINBURGH. And also that all my friends are, for once, in the same place at the same time. When you’re a comic and your mates are all comics it can sometimes be hard to find time to hang out cause you’re both gigging all the time but in Edinburgh it’s like summer camp and everyone’s there ready to play out.

2) What is your first Edinburgh show about?

My first Edinburgh show is called Lady Muck (I’m debuting this year!) and it’s kind of about breaking up, breaking it down, and piecing together who you are. Basically it’s the story of me moving hundreds of miles from home and getting ghosted from a relationship where I was head over heels, finding myself all alone and realising how much I depend on other people to feel good about myself. So in a quest to become more comfortable in my own skin, I try to work out what I did wrong and embrace my flaws and insecurities in the process. I also try to track him down and hear his side but you’ll have to come to the show to find out how that panned out.

3) Does your comedy attract a certain type of audience?

I’d like to think my comedy is quite inclusive and relatable, so it appeals to a wider range of people, but I think because of my age I do automatically appeal to a younger crowd – but that’s fine by me! Especially young women, I think they seem to like my comedy but again, I am totally cool with that and developing some kind of girl squad following would be great cause I don’t really have many girl mates so maybe I can lure them in with my comedy and force them to be my friends.

4) What is the worst experience you’ve had with Edinburgh accommodation?

Last year I got accommodation for £750 which sounds crazy but that’s actually quite cheap considering it was only about a 20 minute walk into the centre. I normally stay around that area and have paid so much more than that in the past so was thinking wow this is too good to be true! Correct. No internet, no freezer, no microwave, all little things that make your stay JUST A BIT EASIER. The electricity was on the metre which he didn’t tell us and we found out late one evening when we were randomly plunged into darkness. Also had a mouse. AND I accidentally left a make up bag and I messaged the landlord 3 times and he never got back to me. Hope you enjoyed your stolen mascara Declan you knobhead.

5) What is your most treasured memory of your comedy career so far?

Oooh, I think it would be getting to support Katherine Ryan in my hometown at the Tyne Theatre in Newcastle. It was pretty much sold out so there was like 1000+ people in there and it’s a really nice theatre where I’ve seen so much comedy myself and it was one of those ‘pinch me’ moments for definite! It was that moment where I felt like hard work was paying off and where I felt just so excited for the future and to see where all this takes me. I’ll proper treasure that gig forever, no matter what happens with comedy!

6) What show will you definitely be seeing at the festival this year?

Gein’s Family Giftshop! I’ve never been a huge sketch fan but I went to see them in 2015 and they made me hurt from laughing so much; they definitely converted me! Also Colin Cloud who’s like a mentalist, I love all that kind of thing and his shows are consistently amazing so I’ll deffo be there for that. And Shit Faced Shakespeare because any show that condones getting that hammered is right up my street.

7) What do you hope to gain from the Edinburgh Festival this year?

An audience! This is my debut hour so I think it’s a real chance to show who I am and what I can do, and hopefully have my show seen by a whole bunch of people who maybe haven’t seen or heard of me before, but after seeing the show, want to see me again. It’s a bit like my show is one big first date and all I want is for everyone to be dying for a second one the moment they leave. That’s such a good metaphor, god I’m so artsy.

8) What do you imagine your last ever show will be about?

I keep writing stuff about real people, obviously I mix truth and lies and embellish things to try create a version of that person rather than just presenting the real thing, but I think one day I’ll write about someone who doesn’t take it as well as all the others and I’ll get murdered and then I’ll end up featured on a 10-part Netflix series where they explore my tragic death and look through the list of hundreds of suspects as to who it could be.

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The Edinburgh Interviews 2017: Angela Barnes

July 21, 2017 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment
Angela Barnes seems to always be on television and radio these days, whether that be Mock the Week, Alan Davies’ As Yet Untitled or The News Quiz. Barnes is at the top of her game. She is the voice at the back of your mind that says it how it is, but is also genuine, warm and darkly funny. Angela will be performing at the Pleasance Courtyard throughout August.

1) What excites you most about the Edinburgh Festival?

So many things, not least, not having to get on a train or in my car for a WHOLE MONTH! I didn’t do the Fringe last year, and spent the whole of August with raging FOMO, so am happy to be there this year, to drive myself mad with equal parts anxiety and joy.

2) What was your first Edinburgh show about?

My first Edinburgh show was called You Can’t Take It With You, and was what is often referred to now as a “Dead Dad” show, as it seems to have become a bit of an Edinburgh trope. It was important to me that my first show was about my Dad, as starting stand-up was very much a reaction to losing him suddenly. I love my job, but I will never not be sad that my Dad never got to see me do it, after all, he gave me my love of comedy. So, I made sure he was there with me in my first show. I hope he’d have liked it

3) Does your comedy attract a certain type of audience?

Not that I’ve particularly noticed. Since doing more stuff on Radio 4, I guess I’ve started to notice a slightly more “Radio 4” element to the audience (whatever that means). But, being a radio comedy nerd myself, I couldn’t be happier with that. But, I don’t think I have a particular demographic that I aim for – though, being a 40 year old woman, I guess my stuff is more relatable to the slightly more worn-out section of society like myself.

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4) What is the worst experience you’ve had with Edinburgh accommodation?

In 2015, I shared a flat with Lou Conran and Juliet Meyers. We arrived at the estate agents to pick up the keys (I’m dying to name and shame, but rise above Angela, rise above) – and we went to the flat. It was clearly a student flat that should have been cleared out for the summer. But it looked like the students had had a bloody great farewell party and scarpered that morning. It was disgusting. There were dirty clothes everywhere, fag ends on the carpet, dubious stains, and it smelt to high heaven. After much persuading that we weren’t being “fussy”, the agency sent someone over who was horrified. It had apparently been “missed off” the cleaning rota. No shit. They brought in a team of cleaners who worked on it for hours, and in the meantime, they sent us to an Italian restaurant and told us to order what we wanted, and they would foot the bill while the work was being done. We drank a LOT of Prosecco, as it was most expensive item on the menu. When we went back to the flat, it was transformed into, well, a perfectly adequate living space, but it was hard to erase the memory of what we’d seen.

5) What is your most treasured memory of your comedy career so far?

Oh crikey – whatever I say here, I just know that I will think of many more as soon as I’ve finished answering. I guess, if I had to pick one, it would be being interviewed by the late great Terry Wogan. Growing up, his chat show on TV was iconic, and as a kid I would imagine him asking me questions about my career, though at that time, I thought it would be because I was a gold medal winning figure skater… It was 2011, I had only been gigging a year and, in fact, still had a day job, when I was asked to take part in his Radio 2’s Weekend Wogan Children in Need special at The Savoy Theatre. Next thing I knew, I was in a green room at the Savoy Theatre with Gary Barlow. I KNOW! I did a short set, no mean feat when I didn’t have much material, and most of what I did have wasn’t wholly suitable for live broadcast on R2 at 11am on a Sunday. I then sat down at a desk and was interviewed, live on the radio, by the great man himself. It was mental. My Mum was with me, we went to lunch afterwards and were sat at a table with Vanessa Feltz. I mean, what an entry to this mad new world.

6) What show will you definitely be seeing at the festival this year?

I have bought so many tickets already, so there are many – but if I had to pick just one, it would be Tom Neenan’s show Attenborough. I’m a HUGE Tom Neenan fan, he is one of the best joke writers around, and his shows are so theatrical and different to anything else. I can’t wait for his latest offering.

7) What do you hope to gain from the Edinburgh Festival this year?

I’m just looking forward to doing a new show in a nice venue. Edinburgh is a bit of a trade fair, I know, but if I think about it too hard in those terms, I will go mad. The bottom line has to be that I would like the people who come to my show to have an hour that they enjoy. That’s all I can ask really.

8) What do you imagine your last ever show will be about?

Oooh, that’s tricky. Maybe I will write a show and record it, only to be shown at the Edinburgh Fringe in the event of my death. It will be called “All the things I didn’t have the balls to say when I was alive”. Actually, that’s not a bad idea… hang on, I’m off to phone my agent. Oh, and I hereby copyright that idea as mine, yeah?

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The Edinburgh Interviews 2017: Njambi McGrath

July 20, 2017 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment
Njambi McGrath’s latest show, Breaking Black, examines her experiences as a woman born in Kenya and living in the UK, and considers the effects of a post-Brexit Britain on the way immigrants are treated within their own country. Njambi will be performing her free show at Laughing Horse at The Counting House throughout August.

1) What excites you most about the Edinburgh Festival?

The craziness of everything that is weird and unacceptable anywhere else becomes the norm, creating a warped reality.

2) What was your first Edinburgh show about?

It was quite sombre because it was about mass murder of people.

3) Does your comedy attract a certain type of audience?

Definitely.

4) What is the worst experience you’ve had with Edinburgh accommodation?

Arriving at the flat with the keys sent to me only to realise they didn’t work and could not get hold of the agent. Luckily I found out there was a spare key in the cafe downstairs by chance.

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5) What is your most treasured memory of your comedy career so far?

When a little kid came up to after my Africa Weird and Wonderful shows and said ‘you said you were homesick, I want to give you a hug’.

6) What show will you definitely be seeing at the festival this year?

Sue Perkins.

7) What do you hope to gain from the Edinburgh Festival this year?

Experience, patience and shout above everyone else.

8) What do you imagine your last ever show will be about?

My Eulogy.

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The Edinburgh Interviews 2017: Shazia Mirza

July 20, 2017 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment
Shazia Mirza’s comedy is known for being packed with social and political comment, and it looks as though her latest show With Love From St Tropez will not disappoint, delving deeper into issues relating to what we wear, what we look like, and how this affects how society treats us. Shazia will be performing at the Gilded Balloon Teviot throughout August.

1) What excites you most about the Edinburgh Festival?

That I don’t have to pay any bills, or post any letters, or clean the house and do the gardening, or argue with my neighbour. It is a great escape from my mundane domestic life.

2) What was your first Edinburgh show about?

I can’t even remember what it was about, but I definitely remember dying on my arse every night for a whole month. I think the audience will probably remember that horror too.

3) Does your comedy attract a certain type of audience?

Yes. Gay men and Guardian readers. Although everyone is welcome. The Guardian readers like to come because they like to learn and they think I’m going to teach them something, and I have always had a gay following ever since I was a regular headliner at Comedy Camp in Soho. The gays are a very loyal and supportive audience and love a strong bitter woman.

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4) What is the worst experience you’ve had with Edinburgh accommodation?

I turned up one year to a flat my agent had a arranged for me and the bed was in the kitchen. I was meant to sleep on the bed in the kitchen, and cook my dinner in the kitchen and eat my dinner on the bed. The bathroom was next to the bed. And it was very expensive to live there. I moved out after 24 hours, it was like being in solitary confinement.

5) What is your most treasured memory of your comedy career so far?

Performing with Robin Williams at The Throckmorton Theatre San Francisco, a year before he died.

6) What show will you definitely be seeing at the festival this year?

Something random and obscure that I would never see anywhere else.

7) What do you hope to gain from the Edinburgh Festival this year?

I hope that by the end of the festival, I will have a really great show that I will take on tour, and that I will become a better comic.

8) What do you imagine your last ever show will be about?

The Afterlife.

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The Edinburgh Interviews 2017: Seymour Mace

July 19, 2017 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment

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Seymour Mace is a comedic force that embraces the value of messing around on stage. This extremely physical kind of comedy certainly doesn’t take itself too seriously: Mace is expressive, energetic and yet at times brooding, and he will be performing his latest show at The Stand throughout August.

1) What excites you most about the Edinburgh Festival?

The intensity, the chance to do the same show in the same venue every day for a month. I spend far too much time alone and pondering so it’s great to be surrounded by others with similar issues, it’s like living in a prisoner style village where all the comedians have been captured and held for the month. Seeing friends, having fun, doing stuff. My life’s fairly dull so pretty much everything about Edinburgh excites me.

2) What was your first Edinburgh show about?

It was called ‘Imaginary Friends Reunited’ and it was about a fresh faced idiot who struggled for numbers in an expensive venue. It was just me messing about really, it had a few characters, stupid gameshow, ninja attack, other stuff. I didn’t enjoy myself, let the circus get to me, forgot how to have fun. I took a year off after that.

3) Does your comedy attract a certain type of audience?

Yeah, sparse, haha! Not really, I think my youngest audience member last year was 13 and my oldest was in his early 90’s. Hopefully it attracts people who like watching me being stupid in the early afternoon. I get described as alternative, surreal, whimsical, out there but really I’m just an idiot doing what I want and trying to be as stupid as I can.

4) What is the worst experience you’ve had with Edinburgh accommodation?

Most of my accommodation has been great, I normally leave it really late but usually end up somewhere cool, it’s only for a month anyway so I can put up with a lot more shit than I would at home. I guess the only time I remember being really pissed off was the time I was staying in the meadows, sharing with three other comedians and I got up one day to find one of them in the kitchen with a documentary team who were capturing his day on film, they we’re currently filming him making his breakfast. What with it being early and me being a miserable cunt I was outraged at this invasion of my privacy and walked around the flat slamming doors and loudly swearing in the hope that the footage would be rendered useless.

5) What is your most treasured memory of your comedy career so far?

There are quite a few but one that springs to mind is the time I spent in Japan during the early nineties. I first went over to do street theatre with the Natural Theatre Company. We were based in an amusement park in the centre of Tokyo and it was the most wide eyed experience I’ve ever had since being a kid. While I was there I got to know some Japanese clowns who were in the next dressing room along from us and when my contract was up they invited me back to work as a clown, which is a dream I’d had since being a very small boy. I spent a very happy few months working with the Japanese clowns and a couple of great American clowns, one of whom I took an incredible acid trip with whilst shopping for material for my clown costume through the centre of Tokyo. The material I ended up with was black.

6) What show will you definitely be seeing at the festival this year?

I was introduced to Simon Munnery’s under tent heating system at Machfest this year, it was a Heath Robinson-esque delight. He’s an incredible man and an inspiration. Go and see him.

7) What do you hope to gain from the Edinburgh Festival this year?

Fame and fortune, the same as every year. I want people to give me work. I struggle to be happy, I’m happy when I work, please give me work.

8) What do you imagine your last ever show will be about? (If you dare imagine!)

I dare. When I returned to Edinburgh after my unhappy first year there I followed the rules, picked a theme and kind of talked shit about it for an hour, I stuck with this for a couple of years before at some point realising that I didn’t need a theme, I could just be stupid. I later realised that I do have a theme, the theme is me, all my shows are about me and what I think is funny/relevant/sexy/dark/emotional at any given time. Therefore I guess my last show ever will be about a bitter, nasty, bucolic one hundred and seventy five year old man who’s super pissed off that he couldn’t survive long enough to get a new robot body. It will be called ‘Super Pissed Off’.

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The Edinburgh Interviews 2017: Carmen Lynch

July 19, 2017 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment

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Carmen Lynch is a stand up comedian who is half Spanish and half American, and has performed in Spanish as well as English. She is expressive, self-assured and cheeky, with a deliciously dark sense of humour. Carmen will be performing her free show Lynched in the Loft at the Counting House throughout August.

1) What excites you most about the Edinburgh Festival? 

That I’ll walk around and see my giant eyeballs staring at me from the walls of all the buildings. It’ll either be very cool or I’ll have nightmares.

2) What is your first Edinburgh show about? 

It’s my latest hour of stand up, which covers my life and my thoughts, but edgier because I’ll be in a different country thousands of miles away.

3) Does your comedy attract a certain type of audience? 

At this point I’ll take anyone, but it’s usually people who laugh at inappropriate jokes and like to leave a tip after the show.

4) What is the worst experience you’ve had with Edinburgh accommodation? 

I don’t know yet, but I’m guessing that it’s getting to Edinburgh with a large suitcase with no wheels and then realizing the place you’re subletting just burned down.

5) What is your most treasured memory of your comedy career so far? 

A reporter who was interviewing Bob Newhart told me that Mr. Newhart told him that he saw me on The Late Show with David Letterman (the night that Don Rickles was on) and apparently Mr. Newhart told the reporter I was wonderful and had a lot of great things ahead of me.

6) What show will you definitely be seeing at the festival this year? 

Anything after 5pm, which is when my show ends and when I’ll be stuffing my face and holding a drink.

7) What do you hope to gain from the Edinburgh Festival this year? 

I just want to have a good time, because that’s when I’m not in my head. I don’t want to stress about the business side of things. It’ll be summer and I’m trying to look at it as a vacation with a little bit of work.

8) What do you imagine your last ever show will be about?

Probably death. Maybe I’ll even get to die on stage. That would make a great dramatic ending and then maybe the audience would get a refund.

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The Edinburgh Interviews 2017: Leo Kearse

July 18, 2017 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment

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In Leo Kearse’s latest show he claims that he can convince his audience members to vote Tory by offering the joys of the right wing political sphere. Kearse is also the co-creator of Hate ‘n’ Live, where topics suggested by audience members are ‘hated on’ by comedians most nights at the Fringe. He is performing his free show in the Gothic Room at the Three Sisters throughout August.

1) What excites you most about the Edinburgh Festival?

Someone I know always has a really entertaining mental breakdown. In case you think I’m making light of mental illness, yes I am, but I’d be just as entertained if they broke their legs or had a hernia or discovered their children were in fact sired by another man.

2) What was your first Edinburgh show about?

The last two years I’ve done a show as Pun-Man, a spandex clad superhero here to save humanity from observational comedy and long form anecdotal based humour by doing improvised puns based on audience suggestions. It was a really really good show.

3) Does your comedy attract a certain type of audience?

My current show, “I Can Make You Tory”, seems to attract 25% actual red trousered Tories, 70% regular comedy punters who are up for a laugh, and 5% neo-progressive hyper-liberal social justice warrior fat activist cunts who just come to get upset.

4) What is the worst experience you’ve had with Edinburgh accommodation?

Aww man we rented a flat a few years back that was £1,200 each but was falling apart (beds missing slats, no front on drawers, oven wouldn’t close), then when we moved out they said we caused the damage and kept our deposits. Another time I shared with Candy Gigi so the fridge was full of skip loads of rotting vegetables all month.

5) What is your most treasured memory of your comedy career so far?

I’ve made my best friends through comedy but fuck them – my most treasured memories are closing Birmingham Comedy Loft at New Years; I felt like it was the stamp of approval from a top promoter. Also, getting my first twenty minutes at the Comedy Store – it’s the equivalent of becoming a made man in the mafia.

6) What show will you definitely be seeing at the festival this year?

Trevor Lock always makes me forget myself and laugh loads.

7) What do you hope to gain from the Edinburgh Festival this year?

I want to get famous and get loads of money and I want to crush my enemies

8) What do you imagine your last ever show will be about?

My conversion to radical Islam.

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The Edinburgh Interviews 2017: Paul McCaffrey

July 17, 2017 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment

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Paul McCaffrey is a recognisable face as one of the jokers on Impractical Jokers, alongside Roisin Conaty, Joel Dommett and Marek Larwood. McCaffrey has supported some of the biggest names in comedy on tour, from Sean Lock to Rob Beckett, and now he brings his latest stand up show Suburban Legend at the Edinburgh Festival. He is performing his free show at the Laughing Horse at the Counting House throughout August.

1) What excites you most about the Edinburgh Festival?

Certain restaurants and the rooftop hydro pool at the Sheraton hotel (I never used to be this much of a ponce, I’m sure I didn’t).

2) What was your first Edinburgh show about?

It was about a man trying to stretch 20 minutes over an hour with varying degrees of success.

3) Does your comedy attract a certain type of audience?

It’s starting to. I was in a TV show a few years back (Impractical Jokers on BBC3) which some people really liked and I get a good few people that come from that. I’d say it’s fairly broad though, accessible to most people.

4) What is the worst experience you’ve had with Edinburgh accommodation?

Mice, last year. My regular Edinburgh flat mate, Matt Forde absolutely shat himself and had a sleepless night in the front room because he could hear them in his bedroom. Very funny.

5) What is your most treasured memory of your comedy career so far? 

I’ve been on tour with Sean Lock this year, as a long time fan, that was pretty special.

6) What show will you definitely be seeing at the festival this year? 

I always see Matt Forde, that’s kind of set in stone. I want to see Carl Donnelly on the Blundabus, for my money, one of the best in the business.

7) What do you hope to gain from the Edinburgh Festival this year? 

To come back with a new set and to improve as an act is the main reason but I feel like I’m on good form at the moment so it would be good if I got some work from it too.

8) What do you imagine your last ever show will be about?

Whatever is annoying me at that time, other people in the care home probably.

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The Edinburgh Interviews 2017: Pierre Novellie

July 16, 2017 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment
South African stand up Pierre Novellie claims to provide observational comedy for audiences that think they hate observational comedy. Nominated for the Best Club Comedian award by Chortle in both 2016 and 2017, Novellie is clearly a competent performer with something extra about him. Pierre will be performing at the Pleasance Courtyard throughout August.

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1) What excites you most about the Edinburgh Festival?

It’s sort of the Olympics of comedy – a month of solid gigs and seeing comedy friends from around the world.

2) What was your first Edinburgh show about?

It was a “best of” show of my first four years of stand up and writing.

3) Does your comedy attract a certain type of audience?

Nerds and other people with weird food issues.

4) What is the worst experience you’ve had with Edinburgh accommodation?

I think sleeping on a tiny sofa in a kitchenette full of mice up seven flights of stairs is up there.

5) What is your most treasured memory of your comedy career so far?

Meeting and eventually working with Adam Buxton!

6) What show will you definitely be seeing at the festival this year?

Evelyn Mok’s debut show looks great from the bits I’ve seen

7) What do you hope to gain from the Edinburgh Festival this year?

More fans, more work!

8) What do you imagine your last ever show will be about?

My impending mission to colonise the sun.

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The Edinburgh Interviews 2017: Olaf Falafel

July 16, 2017 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment
Swedish stand up Olaf Falafel is an idiosyncratic performer to say the least. His latest show is packed full of surrealist energy, entitled The Marmosets Of My Mind. Olaf is also an illustrator, having just published his first children’s book, proving him to be a natural creative in other aspects besides performance alone. He will be performing his free show at The City Café throughout August.

1) What excites you most about the Edinburgh Festival?

Convincing people who’ve never heard of me to come and spend an hour observing the marmosets of my mind.

2) What was your first Edinburgh show about?

My first Edinburgh show ‘Olaf Falafel & The Cheese Of Truth’ was about mystical cheese that could reveal the core truth of whatever it landed on and also loosely documented the journey of becoming a man.

3) Does your comedy attract a certain type of audience?

My comedy is universal like one of those plug adaptors you can buy at the airport

4) What is the worst experience you’ve had with Edinburgh accommodation?

I slept on a sofa for a fortnight a few years ago and it was one of those L shaped sofas so I had to sleep at a right angle.

5) What is your most treasured memory of your comedy career so far?

The second year I came to Edinburgh I split an hour with two other comics, we averaged six audience members each show – glorious.

6) What show will you definitely be seeing at the festival this year?

Really looking forward to seeing Michael Stranney’s debut hour ‘Welcome to Ballybeg’ – we shared a show a few years ago so it’ll be great to see what his alter ego Daniel Duffy has been up to.

7) What do you hope to gain from the Edinburgh Festival this year?

Big sacks of cash.

8) What do you imagine your last ever show will be about?

Velcro.

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