2019 ED FRINGE INTERVIEWS

I TALK TO Steve Bugeja

"I don't know what I'd do in August if I didn't go to the Fringe." Steve Bugeja has been taking a new hour of material to the Edinburgh...

I TALK TO Rosa Hesmondhalgh

"I want the audience to understand a version of a cancer narrative that they might not see a lot." In 2018, at just 23, recent LAMDA...

I TALK TO Rob Auton

"I don't want to write about temporary things. I want to write about things that are going to be around in ten years time." His 2018...

I TALK TO Kieran Boyd

"I'm looking forward to having a show that hopefully I can stand behind." He was one third of popular sketch trio WitTank together with...

I TALK TO Eleanor Tiernan

"The relationship that survived was the one of me and comedy and not the one of me and the guy." Comedian and writer Eleanor Tiernan is...

I TALK TO Diane Chorley

"We've got booths dedicated to all the classics like George Michael and Pauline Quirke." Cult icon Diane Chorley, returns to the...

I TALK TO Stewart Francis

"People are saying it's the best show they've ever seen, not just mine. And who am I to deny them of that belief?" Comedian/master of...

I TALK TO Stephen Buchanan

"There's a bit of jealousy in Glasgow about the fact that Edinburgh has the biggest arts festival in the world." In 2018, Glaswegian...

I TALK TO Rich Wilson

"Unless you've got any sort of heat behind you, you tend to get ignored by the industry in a free venue." Rich Wilson went from pulling...

I TALK TO Lou Sanders

"I wasn't allowed the title I really wanted which was The Face That Launched a Thousand Dicks." Comedian Lou Sanders sold out her run at...

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