British Comedy Guide

John Pendal

  • Stand-up comedian

Press clippings

The funniest thing that ever happened to you a funeral

Another from Richard Herring's stock of Emergency Questions.

Chortle, 23rd August 2019

Never step in dog poo, or never smell farts but yours?

Fringe comics answer another of Richard Herring's Emergency Questions.

Chortle, 22nd August 2019

Accommodation woes

We asked a range of comedians about their accommodation at this year's Fringe, and for disaster stories from previous years.

British Comedy Guide, 14th August 2019

Edinburgh rules

Many performers set themselves Edinburgh rules, like not drinking for the month. We asked this year's Fringers what theirs are.

British Comedy Guide, 12th August 2019

Would it be better to never say 'yes' or 'no'?

Comics answer another of Richard Herring's Emergency Questions.

Chortle, 11th August 2019

If you could poo any substance, what would it be?

Another from Richard Herring's stock of Emergency Questions.

Chortle, 6th August 2019

If your house was on fire, what would you leave behind?

(or even surreptitiously throw into the flames when no one was looking?)

Chortle, 2nd August 2019

+3 interview: John Pendal: Monster

"I was asked to go to Pinewood Studios for a very small part in a very big film. Someone on the crew remembered me from Assassin's Creed, when I spent a week tying Michael Fassbender to a table to be put to death."

John Pendal, Edinburgh49, 25th July 2019

Comedians on their pets

As the Edinburgh festival approaches, Ed Byrne, Susan Calman, Stevie Martin and others on why their pets are friends, companions and a source of inspiration.

Chris Wiegand, The Guardian, 23rd July 2019

Edinburgh Festivals: light in dark times

Everything sucks. Everything's...mucked up. We live in difficult, polarised times, with people and institutions exposed as flawed and failing. The festivals are no exception, but is there light in the darkness? Fest finds out.

Fest Mag, 23rd July 2019

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