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The Nicholas Parsons extended interview
For his two hundredth interview for Broadway Baby, Martin Walker talks to Nicholas Parsons, someone who needs no introduction. They discuss Just a Minute, stand-up comedy and his acting roles in The Comic Strip Presents and Doctor Who. But they start by talking about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 2nd July 2014The Tom Toal three minute Iinterview
Prequel is a frolicsome and poignant stand-up show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, from hotly tipped lovely lad Tom Toal. A show full of quirky gags, memorable stories and a miracle that not even the T-Dawg could have foreseen. Tom Explains...
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 2nd July 2014The Sean McLoughlin three minute interview
Brighton based Sean McLoughlin has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for many years. It wasn't until 2013 however, that he presented his own hour-long show Backbone. He was lucky enough to get some great audiences and some nice reviews, so he’s back again for some more.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 2nd July 2014The Matthew Highton three minute interview
Matthew Highton is a comedian, a surreal storyteller and risky abstractionist known for an unpredictable and off the wall approach to comedy. His 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Matthew Highton's Good Luck Sleeping Jerks is being quietly mooted as one to watch this year.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 2nd July 2014The Jem Brookes three minute interview
Jem Brookes' Edinburgh Festival Fringe offering, Punusual comes straight from this year's inaugural UK Pun Championships at the Leicester Comedy Festival. Expect an hour puns and silly jokes delivered from a professional wordsmith.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 2nd July 2014The Karen Bayley three minute interview
Shunning dresses and dolls, donning a football kit and picking up a cricket bat at the age of three were early signs. For her 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Karen Bayley explores all that this entails, including being thrown out of the Brownies for unladylike behaviour.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 2nd July 2014The Paula Valluerca three minute interview
This Edinburgh Festival Fringe you are invited to enter in to Madame Señorita's world. It's a place that's charismatic, mysterious and quite stupid, in which social norms and preconceptions are left behind to give space for naivety, passion and curiosity for life. Martin Walker talks to her creator, Paula Valluerca.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 2nd July 2014The Tom Allen three minute interview
In 2010, Attitude Magazine called Tom Allen a gay role model. He's certainly successful. Since winning So You Think You're Funny and the BBC New Comedy Award he has become a sought after presenter, comedian and ator, forever popping up on TV and radio. Martin Walker asks Tom about his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Tom Allen: Life/Style.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 2nd July 2014The Rohan Shenoy three minute interview
When stand-up comedy editor, Martin Walker, asked surreal sketch outfit, The Tourists to put forward their most vocal member to be interviewed, they sent him Rohan Shenoy. This may have been a mistake.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 2nd July 2014The Tom O'Mahony three minute interview
Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Bring on the Apocalypse, is a bad-ass adventure of teeth-shattering proportions where ex-cage fighter O'Mahony kicks the door of political correctness off its hinges. Martin Walker learns more.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 2nd July 2014