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Lynn Ruth Miller re-evaluates why people become comics
Just over a month ago, I posted a blog about UK-based US comic Lynn Ruth Miller's extraordinary up-coming world travels. This week, she is off for a couple of days work in Dublin. She has just returned from nine days performing in the Czech Republic. This is (part of) what happened there.
Lynn Ruth Miller, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd June 2018Lynn Ruth Miller interview
Last week, I had a chat with 84-year-old, London-based, American comedian Lynn Ruth Miller - the thinking senior citizen's crumpet - whose upcoming schedule of gigs includes Prague, Dublin, Berlin, Paris, various cities in the US, Manila, Jakarta, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Hanoi, Bangkok and, she says, "probably somewhere in Cambodia".
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 1st May 2018Review: Old Comedian Of The Year 2017
Of all the stand-up competitions around - and there are many - Leicester Square Theatre's Old Comedian Of The Year has a point of difference. Not so much the age cut-off - only over-35s need apply, which still leaves a pretty wide field - but the fact that entrants must have been going for at least five years... demanding the comedians have achieved a certain level of experience, without a level of recognition.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th May 2017Review: Old Comedian of the Year
If the idea of The Old Comedian of the Year final conjures up images of Zimmer frames and senior moments nothing could be further from the truth.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th May 2017Old Comedian of the Year finalists announced
The line-up has been announced for this year's Old Comedian of the Year final.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th May 2017Interview: rarely asked questions - Lynn Ruth Miller
There aren't many comedians over eighty years old working on the comedy circuit, but American stand-up Lynn Ruth Miller would be pretty special if she was half her age.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th October 2016Lynn Ruth Miller: 10 Edinburgh Fringe questions
Lynn Ruth Miller's team sent these answers about her 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2016Lynn Ruth Miller talks nipple tassels and anorexia
As women face more pressure than ever to look good, Lynn Ruth Miller couldn't give a hoot and she's proving it with her latest stand up routine.
Ellie House, Daily Record, 10th August 2016Fringe: you're never too young or old for stand-up
An anarchic 82-year-old and a one-liner star aged 13 will go on stage with very different acts.
Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian, 6th August 201610 Fringe comedians aged over 60
Edinburgh's often very focussed on the young and the new. But forget those whipper-snappers, complaining about the weight of turning 30, what about those with real experience of the world? Here's our round-up of just some of the over-60s hitting the festival. In ascending order of age.
Chortle, 21st July 2016