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 …

How body language can be used for comedy

Adrianne Carter is the Face Whisperer. She’s a specialist in understanding facial expressions and applying this to help people communicate with each other. Adrianne can understand other people’s deep subliminal reactions and react to improve in the effectiveness of messaging and communications. She has worked across the world in 17 different countries – from Australia …

What I have learnt about comedians as a comedy interviewer

John Fleming is a well-renowned comedy blogger and creator of the Malcolm Hardee, this a podcast episode focusing on his journey into comedy interviewing, what he has learnt about comedians through interviewing them and the common misconceptions. If you would like to know more about John Flemming,you can reach him and find out about his …

Being an amputee with puns

Todays guest is Colin Leggo, a professional stand-up comedian, writer and current UK Pun Champion. He has taken many successful shows to the Edinburgh Festival as a performer, director and producer. In 2017, Colin was featured on the Daily Telegraph’s ‘50 best Jokes of the Fringe’ list, and in March the same year, an article about …

How being a pornstar led to comedy

Todays guest is an absolute gem, with have Meera Cade, a lady with a colourful life, she worked in Porn, as a stripper and an escort. This episode looks at what led Meera to all these endeavours, how it lead to comedy, but also how comedians are way more nutty than others things she encountered. …

What I have learnt in seventeen years in comedy

In todays episode, we speak to former amateur bodybuilder and seventeen year veteran of the scene, Sandra Risser. She is smart, funny and older than Twinkies. She’s eccentric not crazy, drives in the fast lane and can still bench press 500 grams. She believes in the tooth fairy, Santa Claus and clean underwear.Through self deprecating …

Being an impressionist, prankster and screenwriter

This is a fantastic podcast episode with the amazing, Mikey Bharj, He is an actor/screenwriter/director/editor/musician and award winning stand-up comedian from London, United Kingdom. Born in Harrow (London), Mikey propelled to comedy in his early teens. During his education, Mikey worked as a professional comedian on the comedy circuit, touring universities and comedy clubs throughout …