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The Stephen Frost extended interview
What Does The Title Matter Anyway? will feature improv favourites such as Greg Proops, Josie Lawrence, Mike McShane, Richard Vranch, Stephen Frost and Colin Mochrie, plus other special guest performers yet to be announced. Martin Walker talks to Stephen Frost and starts by asking the obvious question...
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 1st August 2014The Greg Proops three minute interview
Greg Proops is a stand-up comic from San Francisco, who now lives in Hollywood. He is best known in the UK for his unpredictable appearances on Channel 4's inprov show, Whose Line is it Anyway? Martin Walker asks about his Edinburgh reunion with Clive Anderson, but his first question concerns Greg's Fringe show, The Smartest Man in the World.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 26th July 2014Interview: Greg Proops
It's just Proops and you. There's no fanfare. Proops takes centre stage at a small table and chair set up with a single microphone. Then he's off. An hour of great conversation that flies by at a break neck clip. He crams the feeling of a great two-way conversation into the lecture-style format of a one-way conversation.
The New Current, 8th July 2014Greg Proops, Hay Festival, review
Greg Proops's Hay Festival show started brilliantly but ended up as an unnecessary political rant, says Rupert Hawksley.
Rupert Hawksley, The Telegraph, 27th May 2014If the thought of doing stand-up leaves you with clammy hands, then the premise for Set List will give you night terrors. Three stand-up comedians, in this case TJ Miller, Richard Herring and Frank Skinner, undertake the daunting task of doing an ad-libbed set based on topics which appear on a screen behind them. With no preparation and no trusted material to fall back on, what results is a nerve-wracking, frequently funny but ultimately inconsistent half-hour of comedy.
Much inevitably depends on the quality of the material they're given and some comedians are more at ease with the format than others (one imagines the likes of Robin Williams, Ross Noble and Greg Proops will flourish), but each of the comedians on display here manages to shine at times, most notably Miller. Watching seasoned comedy performers squirm under the stage lights as they rack their brains for funny ideas is strangely satisfying, though.
Dylan Lucas, Time Out, 2nd December 2013Video: Greg Proops interview
Greg Proops discusses his favourite subjects at the Edinburgh Fringe, exclusively for The Telegraph.
The Telegraph, 19th August 2013Amnesty Secret Comedy Podcast episode 3
Recorded live at the Edinburgh fringe, the latest edition of our all-star Amnesty podcast features standup from Janey Godley, Ivo Graham and Neil Delamare. Plus Greg Proops explains evolution, Fred MacAulay takes pride in Scottish pride, and Andrew Maxwell tells us where fans of extreme theatre should be booking their holidays.
The Guardian, 9th August 2013Edinburgh Fringe 2013 interview: Greg Proops
After seeing Greg's stand up last year and being in attendance at two of his Podcast recordings I think I reconnected with comedy in a whole new way. Breathtakingly funny his shows had the charm and wit of a real comedy pro - and his podcasts have to be listened to really appreciate what he does!
The New Current, 9th August 2013The insiders' guide to the Edinburgh Fringe
Jenny Eclair, Greg Proops, Nicholas Parsons, Kate Copstick, Sean Hughes, Philip Pope and more talk about the highs and lows of the Fringe.
BBC Magazine, 30th July 2013Secret Edinburgh: the guidebook to the comedy capital
Andrew Maxwell, Marcus Brigstocke, Greg Proops, Tony Law and many more comedy acts have contributed to the 2013's most original comedy product: a guidebook to Edinburgh.
Such Small Portions, 25th July 2013