Luca Cupani
- Actor and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Interviews: So You Think You're Funny? Winners
Now we know they're funny! As comedy's premier new act competition turns 35, we caught up with past So You Think You're Funny? winners
Ben Venables, Fest Mag, 9th August 2022Edinburgh Fringe interview: rarely asked questions - Luca Cupani
Italian comic Luca Cupani has won plenty of fans for his hilarious confessional style, since first stumbling into the Edinburgh Fringe as a visitor in 2014.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd August 2022Funny at the Fringe - interview - Luca Cupani: Happy Orphan
My show was inspired by an email that I received last year, during the pandemic, from the cemetery of my Italian hometown: they explained me that, since my mum had been buried 10 years ago, the rental of the grave was now expired and they would dig her out... Apparently it is standard procedure in most Italian cemeteries and, if you cannot afford a private storage in a wall, the remains end up in a mass grave. I had to think about this and in doing so I also started thinking about my relationship with her and the fact that, since she died, my life somehow improved. I'm a happy orphan!
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 26th July 2022Interview with comedian Luca Cupani
"The beauty of this is that for that period, in the microcosmos of the Fringe, it seems as if art really matters: performers and artists have a chance to be seen and to meet people from different countries and background, out of their comfort zone."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 14th July 2022Luca Cupani interview
It is called Happy Orphan and it is about my relationship with my mother, who passed away in 2011.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Luca Cupani shares how comedy has affected his mental health
'The beauty of comedy is that it allows me to use the skills that I developed in my early years more creatively.'
Luca Cupani, Female First, 23rd June 2022Comedy 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 2020Slaughtered at the Abattoir: Episode 5
Hosted by Kate Copstick, with guests including Alun Cochrane, Luca Cupani, Langston Kerman, Taigé Lauren and Darius Davies. Stephen O'Donnell is twiddling the knobs.
Kate Copstick, Broadway Baby, 16th August 201930 of the best rated comedy acts returning to Fringe
These 30 comedy acts received four- and five-star reviews from The Scotsman critics in 2018 and they're returning to the Fringe in 2019.
The Scotsman, 17th July 2019The Brexit comedy club for Euro standups
European comics assembled for a gig about Britain's departure from the EU - but ended up talking about sex and poultry.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th March 2019