Britney Spears Instagram. My flatmate and dear friend Alice Snedden (also performing at the Fringe! Go see her!) and she is addicted to Deep Heat and Tiger Balm and every ...
During World War II my grandmother Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a German Jew, was arrested by the Gestapo for being Jewish and after almost two years in prison, sent to the Auschwitz ...
Dogs on skateboards. Dogs wearing people clothes. Dogs jumping in puddles. Dogs pretending to play drums. Dogs doing things is a rich source of laughter. My 3 year old niece ...
As a comedian and impressionist I love watching celebs - and making fun of them. I’m fascinated by all accents and human characteristics, but somehow famous people often seem to ...
Laughter is so important in life. I try and do something every day that makes me laugh and I love to make other people laugh too. Whether with a quick ...
Aside from in-jokes with friends and family – here are the things that make me laugh he most. Lou Sanders is performing Shame Pig at the Monkey Barrel Comedy Club ...
My dad came to see the first play I ever wrote – a ten-minute short performed under the leaking underground railway arches of Waterloo Station (previously known as The Old ...
When Hurricane Irma hit the USA last year I saw an American zoo keeper from Miami on a news report talking about how she was preparing to keep her animals ...
Jordan Brookes. I started stand up the same time as Jordan in Cardiff. His clowning is fearless, hilarious and unforgettable. He was nominated for best show last year so this ...
In early 2017 I spent three weeks in a mental health ward. It was a difficult time. Growing up in a working class town just outside of Manchester, my frame ...
I’ve heard it said that the first story a writer tells is often focussed on a personal itch they want to scratch. That before you can write about a world ...
Sometimes I’ll get a phone call from a loved one and we’ll talk for a while. The conversation will end with me saying things like “Talk to you later! I ...
I very rarely laugh at stand-up comedy anymore, I’ve spent so much time watching it that I’ve completely rewired my brain to analyse the mechanics of each and every joke, ...
One of my friends nagged me for years to watch it, telling me its the best television show ever made. Eventually I did, and he was right, obviously, but i ...
Each other - most of our material comes out of things that we just find funny. We’ll usually come across a topic (eg. scientists struggling to impregnate pandas), then chat ...
Farts. Top of the list. Especially if its during exercise. If I have to explain this, there is something wrong with you or you are lying to yourself. Cats falling ...
My best friend Fiona can make me laugh like no one else. I love pure honest unashamed self-analysis. The mates you can talk about getting your ass crack waxed with ...
My name is Max Dickins, I’m the author of a new show, Kin, which is about to be performed at the Edinburgh Festival during August. Kin is a funny, tempestuous ...
I don't laugh very readily, I tend to smile enthusiastically, but the following things made me add audio to my crescent of pearly off-whites. Gogol's Diary of a Madman. I ...
