Interview
To say that Ian Stone is a stalwart stand-up is an understatement. He has been a professional comedian for over two decades, taking full-length shows to the Edinburgh Festival and pacifying even the toughest of crowds in comedy clubs with his sharp wit and keen observational humour. In recent years Stone has become known for his sports-related work. He has been a regular on Arsenal’s podcast The Tuesday Club and has written for the club magazine.
Mark Thomas is pretty much a comedy legend. He’s been around for three decades and is as busy and vital as ever. And unpredictable. Just as you think you have him pigeonholed as a satirist he goes and does a brilliant personal show such as Bravo Figaro! This year he is back with Cuckooed, a show about betrayal that is both personal and political.
John Waters is at the Royal Festival Hall on November 11, 2014. Details here. The “Pope of Trash” talks about his life, films and philosophy in this interview, first published in The Times in 2008.
When I wrote about Romesh Ranganathan winning the Leicester Comedy Festival Comedian of the Year Award in 2013 I spelt his surname wrong. It is no excuse of course, but I had never heard of him back then. There is not much chance of getting his name wrong now. The ex-teacher has very quickly made his name as a high-profile jokesmith on TV and stage. He’s got what they call the skills to pay the bills.
Most people know Noel Fielding best as his eccentric zoo-keeper alter ego, Vince Noir, from The Mighty Boosh. However, in the years since that particular smash hit series, Noel has continued to bring his distinctive surreal style of comedy to the stage and screen – he is currently on the road with a massive UK tour, An Evening with Noel Fielding.
Ivo Graham might as well have "future star" written through him like "Blackpool" through a stick of rock purchased in a famous seaside resort in the north-west. He won the Gilded Balloon's So You Think You're Funny? competition in 2009 at a horrendously early age and then went off to get a proper education and a degree. He is now back and funnier than ever.
Tom Wrigglesworth is a Sony Award winner, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Chortle Award winner and star of Radio 4 and BBC2. He is touring the UK with his sharp, funny and sentimental show, Utterly at Odds With the Universe. The show explores the poignant and profound relationship with his grandfather. The two frequently taped themselves interviewing each other and it is in these early conversations that Tom comes to understand the influence this man has had on his own life.
Read this interview with Strictly star Jayde Adams from 2014 - the very first interview she did...
If you have a broadband connection you will have surely already seen this clip in which David Cameron's speeches are exquisitely edited to fit into the melody of Eminem's Lose Yourself. Last night it had had a million YouTube hits. I woke up this morning and the number had almost doubled.
This interview first appeared in The Times in 2009. At the time Mackenzie Crook was about to appear at the Royal Court Theatre in Jerusalem, which went on to scoop endless awards and be acclaimed as one of the greatest plays in recent years. You could certainly say that Crook is versatile without fear of a law suit landing on your desk. From Pirates of the Caribbean to The Office he has cornered the market in scrawny, memorable characters, but he always, no pun intended, adds flesh to their bones.
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