Founder of the Faversham fringe festival

In this episode we chat to Ribs Norman, founder of the Faversham fringe festival, playwright, web developer, comedy promoter and comedian. She was a remarkable lady who as a result of all her various roles has a very diverse view of comedy shows and being a comedian. In this episode we discussed: How she got …

Running Polish speaking comedy clubs in the UK

In this episode we chat to Polish comedian and jazz lover, Mike Topoloski, he is a man who has built a massive comedy chain of clubs, all in Polish across the UK. In this episode we cover: How he got started in Polish speaking comedy shows How he has team of people that help him …

Nodding dog comedy

We have Kev Rook, owner and founder of Nodding Dog Comedy. He is a former standup, radio presenter, podcaster, events manager and producer. Nodding Dog Comedy Produce, promote and supply comedy events across the North West. From comedy clubs, festivals, outdoor comedy shows, pop ups, corporates, fundraisers, live streamed, podcasts and more. He was great …

Being an Englishman in New Jersey

No Filter Paul is a brit who has spent 20 years in New jersey and spoke too many world-renowed comedians during his time on ‘The Opie and Anthony Show,’ ten years before his actual foray into comedy. He chats about many of the issues comedians face, the benefits of being in the New Jersey scene …

Comedy legend Earl Okin

Earl Okin (@EarlOkin) is a London singer-songwriter, musician and comedian. He’s been performing music and musical comedy for over 40 years and knows the entire scene inside out. He also knows why things on the circuit and in Edinburgh have evolved the way they have. We talked about that and his biggest regrets along along with …

My experience in the Russian comedy scene

Oleg Denisov is a Moscow-based Russian political comedian, who has performed all over the UK and Europe and done two Edinburgh Fringe solo shows. He also runs Steal the show, a trilingual comedy show based in Moscow. This is a great episode which looks at how Oleg got into comedy, how Russian comedy differs to …

How I became a musical parody comic

Friz Frizzle is going to ruin your favourite songs. He has been storming audiences with his armed piano for a decade, where his main aim is to take the tunes you know and love and mess about with them until you don’t want to know or love them anymore. He is unique and wonderful guest talking …

How I became the biggest comedy booker in the UK

Geoff Whiting is a comedian who started performing over 20 years ago. He founded Mirth Control from his house without a phone during a period of unemployment. In the past 18 years Mirth has run thousands of gigs, corporates and more! This is fascinating episode looking at the struggles he took to create the UKs biggest comedy club chain, …

Being a partially sighted comedian on the comedy circuit

Chris J Markiewicz Comedy Promoter , Comedian , Public speaker as the only Sexageneran visually impaired Comic of Polish Origin on the planet. We talk about his first introduction to comedy, the positives and negatives of his USP, running a variety comedy show, a brief introduction to running courses and the biggest lessons he has …

How I became a comedian in Egypt

Saif Abu Kandil is a comedian of Egyptian-Iraqi descent. He speaks English, Arabic, and French. .He began his comedy career in 2002. In 2005 he performed at his first Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was on BBC’s 60 Comics in 60 minutes. At the 2006 EFF (Edinburgh Fringe Festival) he performed in Patrick Monahan’s “Do the …