Igor Meerson
- Stand-up comedian
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Comedy Without Borders review
Eddie Izzard and stand-ups from India, Australia and beyond roast fake news and bust coronavirus taboos in an entertaining if patchy webcam variety fundraiser for frontline medics.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th May 2020Audio: How well does comedy travel?
Stand-up comedy has become a central part of British and American culture in recent years. But how is this culturally specific form of performance seen in other countries? Comedians Igor Meerson and Francesco de Carlo, who are performing at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, told Today presenter James Naughtie and the BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz about how their humour goes down with audiences in Scotland.
James Naughtie & Will Gompertz, BBC News, 23rd August 2014Moscow's ninth-best comic battles for laughs
It has not been an easy time for Igor Meerson, the first Russian stand-up comic to put on a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He has had to abandon ten years of material because the humour is often lost in translation, his audiences never laugh consistently at the same jokes from one night to the next, and everyone wants to take him to task for his country's aggression towards Ukraine.
Jack Malvern, The Times, 6th August 2014Fringe preview: Igor Meerson - Hou I lernt inglish
The Fringe's first Russian stand-up ever, Igor Meerson ruins the stereotypes about Russia and discovers stereotypes about Britain and the Westin return. Igor tells TPR about his new show.
The Public Reviews, 29th July 2014Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 interview: Igor Meerson
'If you say "My wife left me because I drank all her perfume" in Russia, no one will know that you are joking'
Jay Richardson, The List, 22nd July 2014The Igor Meerson three minute interview
Igor Meerson is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's first ever Russian stand-up. He takes on the stereotypes about Russia and exposes those about Britain and the West. Igor tells about his childhood in the Soviet Union and life in modern Russia.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 20th July 2014