Interview
Comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly profound. She was nominated for a prestigious British Writers' Guild Award in 2022 for Best Online Comedy for her web series How to Be Maggie: With Maggie P and has been a finalist in competitions including the British Comedy Guide Talent Awards for Performance 2022.
Natasha Anderson brings her first stand-up comedy show, Natasha Anderson: Food Diary (Work in Progress), to VAULT Festival in London for one night in February and the Brighton Fringe for two nights in May.
Character comedian and stand-up Rhiannon Shaw (BBC New Comedy Awards 2022, David Nobbs Memorial Trust Winner 2022) brings the first iteration of her Fringe debut to Vault Festival 2023. Directed by comedy veteran Stuart Laws, 'Wedding Night' is a work-in-progress that takes a sideways glance at weddings, growing-up and the terrifying concept of turning a shared love of The Simpsons into a legally binding contract.
Co-writer Iain Stirling returns for a second series of sitcom Buffering, which follows the lives of kids’ TV presenter Iain (Stirling) and his housemates: Ashley (Rosa Robson - Black Mountain Poets, Inside No. 9, Heavy Entertainment), Rosie (Jessie Cave - Harry Potter, Trollied, Black Mirror), Greg (Paul G Raymond - Plebs, Avenue 5, Starstruck), and Thalia (Janine Harouni - Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated), The Batman, Modern Horror Stories) as they attempt to navigate their late twenties.
Comedian Michelle de Swarte has lived in London and America and has been a model and a cat sitter. She has recently been making waves onscreen, starring in the Sky/HBO horror-comedy The Baby. And now she is setting out on her first stand-up tour, entitled Moved.
And de Swarte, 42, certainly has a story to tell, from her turbulent childhood growing up in South London to gracing the Gucci catwalks after being scouted in a bar aged 19.
It’s 1964 and girls are expected to be flirty, fabulous and fertile - they are not expected to be funny - but Barbara Parker is different. Based on Nick Hornby’s bestselling 2016 novel ‘Funny Girl’, this comic drama follows Barbara (Gemma Arterton), a young woman working in a Blackpool rock factory, who sets off for London without a plan but
Award-winning writer, composer and actor Natasha Sutton Williams stars in her Gary Strange triptych Clown Sex at the Edinburgh Fringe from August 2 - 27.
Comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont put their own marriage flaws to one side to judge everyone else’s, by inviting two unsuspecting celebrity couples to go head-to-head and decide who has the best relationship in this new comedy panel show.
New Zealand-based comedian Urzila Carlson made a global splash with her 2020 Netflix special, Overqualified Loser. As anyone who has seen it will know she is a whipsmart, opinionated stand-up with charisma to spare.
You will know Angela Barnes from Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and as a regular panellist on Mock The Week. She is a fabulous, flame-haired comedian, never short of a snappy quip, positively bursting with stories and jokes.
In her new show, Hot Mess, Barnes reflects on marriage, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and the pandemic. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. I spoke to Barnes about all of this, plus her love of bunkers - not the golfing variety – and more.
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