Please tell us about your brand of comedy- what can audiences expect?
Danielle Ward by Karla Gowlett
I've never really thought of it as a brand. I just do what I think is funny. Hence my inability to turn it into a career. This show is just a girl, standing in front of an audience, asking them to love her. While saying stupid things about w*nking. And there are three songs.
Which comedians have been your biggest influence?
David Bowie. He was the funniest creature on the planet. Have you seen the Boys Keep Swinging video? I guess in the past few years it has been all about the girls. Christie, Pascoe, Schumer, Fey. I love idiots.
What random things make you laugh in everyday life?
A baby's smile. Rainbows. Whiskers on kittens. Breaking Glass. Hearing a stranger fart in public.
Please tell us about your best and worst moment on stage so far.
Best moment was performing my 2010 musical 'Gutted' with a 24 piece orchestra. Worst was being booed off stage at the comedy cafe. They really hated me. And quite rightly too. I was rubbish and scared. They smelt fear.
Do you still get nervous when you do a gig?
Yes. But good nervous. If you stop being nervous you've stopped caring. I've never gone onstage with the nonchalance I carry to the bathroom, for example. I'm really good at going to the toilet though, so I always smash it.
Why is Edinburgh Fringe Festival such a great platform for comedians?
Because telly people come and they can make you famous and you can afford to pay your Council Tax. Also doing that many gigs in a month really does make you a better comic. Until you do a club gig and realise all the jokes that went brilliantly at an arts festival stink out a weekend full of stag & hen parties.
Who are you looking forward to seeing as an audience member?
Kanye West: The Musical, Three Men and a Rotten Peach and Fizzella reads The Garden Gang.
What is your advice to aspiring comedians?
Get a stage name. I wish I had.
What is the oddest heckle you've ever received?
'It was actually Rhino from Gladiators'
What is next for you?
I'm off to LA in September to see some people about a script. And enjoy all the self- service fro-yo I can manage.
Danielle Ward: Seventeen
Just the Tonic at The Caves
4-28 Aug (Not 15)
14:40 (15:40)
Tagged in Edinburgh Festival Fringe