Tom Mayhew
- English
- Actor, comedian, stand-up comedian, writer and podcaster
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Corona and comedy's class divide
From care work to shelf-stacking, many stand-ups have taken up jobs to survive lockdown - highlighting how privilege has created a two-tier system in comedy.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 26th May 2020Political comedians on humour in horrific times
The Mash Report has always turned tough topics into comedy. As it returns in lockdown, host Nish Kumar and stand-ups Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Tom Mayhew talk about satire's role in a crisis.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 14th April 2020Interviews: Chloe Petts, Donald Alexander & Tom Mayhew
With Glasgow Comedy Festival kicking off this month, we speak to Chloe Petts, Donald Alexander and Tom Mayhew to explore what constitutes alternative today.
Jay Richardson, The List, 12th March 2020Tom Mayhew interview
"The best comedy comes from a place of raw honesty and reality."
Blizzard Comedy, 5th January 2020Tom Mayhew interview
Comedian Tom Mayhew on his recent Edinburgh show and being a working-class artist.
Rachael Healy, The Overtake, 6th September 2019Tom Mayhew: the Edinburgh interviews 2019
Interview with Tom Mayhew.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 1st August 2019What is the worst date you have ever been on?
Today's emergency question.
Chortle, 25th July 2019+3 interview: I, Tom Mayhew
"There's so many of us that were treated badly for a situation that was the fault of a previous generation, and I want to stand up for those people."
Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 25th June 2019Edinburgh Fringe preview
Our writers preview what they're most looking forward to at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
The Wee Review, 19th July 2017#EdFringe17 Comedy Q&A: Tom Mayhew
Tom says that his new Edinburgh show, "explores my existence as someone who suffers from social and performance anxiety." There are, he says, "lots of sad jokes." We sent him some questions.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 15th July 2017