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Si Hawkins
Si Hawkins

Si Hawkins

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  • Writer, editor, journalist, photographer and reviewer

Si Hawkins features - page 42

Pierre Novellie Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Pierre Novellie

Tuesday 18th April 2017

The Isle of Man-raised South African recalls white wine fortitude, the Large Hadron Collider and an abusive Brexiteer.

Mark Olver Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Mark Olver

Thursday 13th April 2017

TV's Mr Warm-Up has a novel new night in Cardiff, although possibly not as novel as the night he gigged in a car.

Tom Allen. Copyright: Andy Hollingworth Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Tom Allen

Thursday 6th April 2017

The currently on-tour Tom Allen tells all about in-car gigs, being outshone by soup, and a genuinely useful dressing room tip.

Adam Kay. Copyright: Idil Sukan Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Adam Kay

Thursday 30th March 2017

Adam Kay has gone back to the NHS. Not to work, as he gave up doctoring over a decade ago, but for inspiration.

Toby Whithouse Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Toby Whithouse

Tuesday 28th March 2017

Doctor Who writer and Being Human creator Toby Whithouse recalls his sometimes scary-as-the-Cybermen days on the stand-up circuit.

Robert Florence. Copyright: BBC Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Robert Florence

Thursday 23rd March 2017

Burnistoun's Robert Florence - back with new live project Uncles - recalls varied pint-glass action, sexual nausea, and one famously disagreeable Scottish magician.

Desiree Burch Live

Desiree Burch interview

Sunday 19th March 2017

LA, New York, London, leafy Hertfordshire: Desiree Burch's career history features some mighty/slightly random locations, experimental theatre, sex-pumped stand-up, and lots of penises.

Dave Spikey Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Dave Spikey

Thursday 9th March 2017

It's 30 years since Dave 'Jerry St Clair' Spikey started stand-up, so in a special extended First Gig, Worst Gig he takes us right back to the NHS days.

Beasts. Image shows from L to R: James McNicholas, Owen Roberts, Ciarán Dowd Live

BEASTS interview

Tuesday 7th March 2017

Who's the most fantastic BEAST? The sketch trio's new show will answer one of comedy's great questions.

Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy. Sarah Kendall. Copyright: BBC Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Sarah Kendall

Thursday 2nd March 2017

The master storyteller Sarah Kendall on cokey agents, pizza-like pillows and a bizarrely unimpressed pensioner.

Tiffany Stevenson. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Tiff Stevenson

Thursday 23rd February 2017

The increasingly busy comic recalls helicopter heckles, drag buddies and a Bush dance.

Jim Campbell Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Jim Campbell

Thursday 16th February 2017

Jim Campbell, from The Football Ramble, recalls bleak poetry, shoe-throwing and a Birmingham City shambles. This is our first - probably last - rhyming preamble.

Megan Ford. Copyright: Christa Holka Live

Megan Ford interview

Monday 13th February 2017

London-based Floridian Megan Ford was so f*cked off two years ago, she wrote a fairly self-explanatory show called Feminasty. What on earth is she thinking now?

Danielle Ward Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Danielle Ward

Thursday 9th February 2017

Multi-tasking Danielle Ward's gig memories include copious booing and a one-man standing ovation from Benedict Cumberbatch.

Chris Purchase Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Chris Purchase

Thursday 2nd February 2017

Prior to hitting the bright lights of Leicester, Chris Purchase talks lengthy debuts, dodgy promoters and the deeper rewards of doing stand-up.

Eleanor Conway Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Eleanor Conway

Thursday 26th January 2017

Currently walk-of-shaming around the country, Eleanor Conway talks chatty old men, bitter old comics and live audience urination.

Iain Stirling Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Iain Stirling

Thursday 19th January 2017

Edinburgh's own Iain Stirling on Grade A tools, Gruffalo weirdness and a ginger nut.

Mark Watson Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Mark Watson

Thursday 12th January 2017

With a grand gig at the Old Vic on the horizon, Mark Watson walks us through some of his less salubrious shows. Extreme swearing ahoy!

Nath Valvo Live

Nath Valvo interview

Wednesday 11th January 2017

Why would EdFringe Best Newcomer nominee Nath Valvo swap an Aussie summer for an English winter? Well, at least his folks won't see the show.

Alison Thea-Skot. Copyright: Clare Walsh Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Alison Thea-Skot

Thursday 5th January 2017

Character comic Alison Thea-Skot ponders laptop trauma, memorable kebabs - one of which she was dressed as - and an on-stage Peperami.

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