Kate Copstick
- Scottish
- Actor, writer and journalist
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Kate Copstick on what makes a good Fringe show
There was a high percentage of comedians in the audience at yesterday's live show and one asked: "What makes a good Edinburgh Fringe show?"
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 23rd February 2015Kate Copstick: comedy jihadists, sexism & TV failure
Yesterday, Copstick and I recorded the first in a weekly series of Grouchy Club "mostly comedy" podcasts. The subjects covered include: sexism, the controversial comedians Dapper Laughs and Andrew Lawrence, why ITV's Show Me The Funny comedy talent show was crap, Copstick's encounters with criminals, rape victims, police corruption, and the comedy industry's new 'political correctness' Fascists... Oh!... and Copstick sings.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 16th February 2015Kate Copstick: what she likes & giving bad reviews
"Initially, I wanted to be an actress," Copstick told me this week, "because then I would never need to be myself. But I have never wanted to be a stand-up comic."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 10th January 2015Machete Hettie: she gangs, Bulgarians & big black wave
When I was at the Edinburgh Fringe last month, I occasionally posted blogs about what had happened at the increasingly prestigious Grouchy Club which I co-hosted with comedy critic Kate Copstick. But the shows were an hour long and what I mentioned in the blogs were only 5 or 10 minute excerpts. One character who never turned up in the blogs was someone I did blog about last year - newbie comic Machete Hettie.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 2nd September 2014Kate Copstick talks about S&M at the Grouchy Club
"I think those people might be few and far between," said Copstick. "Though, when I used to go clubbing - to SM clubs - I went as a sub but, because of the way I dressed, everyone thought I was not. So I was constantly getting sad little men coming up wanting to be my slave and the one time I said Yes, it was just embarrassing."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th August 2014A day in the life of the most-fearsome comedy critic
My co-host is Kate Copstick, doyenne of comedy critics. She runs Mama Biashara, a charity based in Kenya where she spends, I guess, half her year.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th August 2014Jim Davidson (C word is a Scottish term of affection)
At the increasingly prestigious Grouchy Club yesterday afternoon, conversation between me, my co-host Kate Copstick - doyenne of comedy reviewers - and comedians in the audience turned to comic Jim Davidson.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 14th August 2014Bob Slayer being ripped-off & pulling-off another comic
The previous day, Bob had sent a text message to me, Kate Copstick and others saying: "I've had a creative breakthrough - I'm not a comedian. I'm a performance artist."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 12th August 2014Reduced Shakespeare Company: comedy chat, abridged (Link expired)
The Reduced Shakespeare Company are back with less. Kate Copstick finds out what's shrinking now.
Kate Copstick, WOW247, 7th August 2014Richard Herring: 'I'd like to be good at everything' (Link expired)
Being dropped by the BBC seemed like a disaster at the time, but Richard Herring is now grateful he was able learn his craft away from the spotlight. And with his award-winning podcasts helping to grow his stand-up audience, the comedian is content, creative and in control, finds Kate Copstick.
Kate Copstick, WOW247, 7th August 2014