Melissa Stephens
Press clippings
Emergency Question: What's the most trivial thing you've seen a child have a strop about?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 20th August 2022Emergency Question: What is your most mundane encounter with a celebrity?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer.
Chortle, 16th August 2022Emergency Question: What's the worst date you've ever been on?
Edinburgh Fringe comedians answer
Chortle, 11th August 2022Comedy newbie Q&A: Michael Akadiri
Taking on the Q&A today is Melissa Stephens.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 2nd August 2022Interview: Melissa Stephens - Hot Dogs & Tears
Christmas Eve, Georgia, 1996. Melissa's newly divorced dad picks her and her teenage brother up for dinner. After an hour of silent driving, they pull up to his favourite family restaurant... Hooters.
The New Current, 29th July 2022Funny at the Fringe - interview - Melissa Stephens: HOT DOGS & TEARS
When I first started stand up, I realized after I did a set that a lot of the jokes that got the most laughs were unexpected and not usually what I wanted to go well. Those things were about my cringe worthy family, the wild South, and my bizarre perception and actions.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 27th July 2022Interview with comedian Melissa Stephens
"When I first started stand-up, I realized after I did a set that a lot of the jokes that got the most laughs were unexpected and not usually what I wanted to go well."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 26th July 2022Melissa Stephens interview
Ever since I started doing stand up, the jokes that got the most laughs were always things about my cringe worthy family, the wild South, and my bizarre perception and actions.
On The Mic, 15th July 2022