Bryony Kimmings
- Writer and stand-up comedian
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Why are medical shows turning up at the Fringe?
While mental health has been a hot topic at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe recently, shows dealing with physical ailments are coming to the fore this year. Writers and performers tell Emily Jupp about depicting their conditions on stage, as well as putting the well-being of the National Health Service in the spotlight.
Emily Jupp, The Stage, 31st July 2017New Fringe award for mental health show announced
A new award has been launched for the Edinburgh Fringe show that most successfully explores the subject of mental health.
Chortle, 22nd June 2017Opinion: what is stand-up?
What is stand-up comedy? I thought I knew, but I'm starting to wonder.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th May 2016Opinion: comedy gigs of the year 2015
Featuring Katherine Ryan, Bryony Kimmings, Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse, Rob Delaney, Sam Simmons, Simon Amstell, Dara O Briain, Daniel Kitson, Bill Bailey and Joseph Morpurgo.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st December 2015Why Felicity Ward, Mike McShane and more are teaming up (Link expired)
Claire Smith meets the performers challenging the stigma around mental ill health and teaming up for a unique benefit show supported by The Scotsman - including Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn, who tell Susan Mansfield about raising awareness while raising a laugh
Claire Smith, WOW247, 8th August 2015Bryony Kimmings opening speech in full
Here is a full text version of the speech Bryony Kimmings gave during the welcoming address to participants at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
British Comedy Guide, 7th August 2015Interview: Bryony Kimmings
As double acts go this is an unusual one. Bryony Kimmings is a performance artist, comedian and maker of experimental theatre. Her partner onstage in Fake It 'Til You Make It is Tim Grayburn, a high flying account manager at an advertising firm.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th August 2015Bryony Kimmings: Fake It 'til You Make It
Bryony Kimmings talks about her Fringe show Fake It 'til You Make It, mental health stigmatisation and making theatre about real people's real stories.
Emma Ainley-Walker, The Skinny, 3rd August 2015How the Fringe stage became a comic psychiatrist chair
The day the comic actor Robin Williams committed suicide was the day Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn knew they had to make a show about men and mental health. She was a performance artist and comedian, he was an advertising executive with no performing experience beyond the football pitch and work presentations for his London agency.
Alex Hardy, The Times, 31st July 2015Bryony Kimmings: "I'm an artist, babes"
A Sex Idiot no more, Bryony Kimmings talks to Matt Trueman about growing up and getting serious.
Matt Trueman, Fest Mag, 28th July 2015