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Viv Groskop
Viv Groskop

Viv Groskop

  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

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Viv Groskop is Vivalicious! interview

Our editor Kate Stone talked to Viv and got some bonus dating advice from Viv's seven-year-old!

Kate Stone, Funny Women, 9th July 2018

Fringe 2017 - Nasty Women on the Fringe

Guests include: Ayesha Hazarika, Lucy Porter, Shazia Mirza, Yuriko Kotani, Viv Groskop, Juliet Meyers, Rosie Wilby, Susan Murray, Jane Hill, Pippa Evans, Janey Godley, Jo Jo Sutherland, Kate Smurthwaite, Desiree Birch, Jenny Collier, Kelly D Hunter, Jing Lusi, Bisha K Ali and more.

Kara Alberts, The Edinburgh Reporter, 25th July 2017

A new satire must emerge breaking out of liberal bubble

We need a rebirth of political comedy: preaching to the converted about Trump and Brexit isn't going to be enough.

Viv Groskop, The Guardian, 13th February 2017

Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Viv Groskop

I don't really know journalist Viv Groskop but I do know her writing. It is sharp, funny and well-observed.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th December 2016

5 things I've learnt from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

The brilliantly witty Viv Groskop on her top tips for surviving Edinburgh Fringe Festival...

Suzannah Ramsdale, InStyle, 19th August 2016

Comedians on meeting their hecklers

Sarah Kendall, Mark Watson, Alexei Sayle and other standups recall what happened when they came face to face with their toughest critics after a show.

The Guardian, 16th August 2016

Fringe performers swept up in 2016 political whirlwind

From the Brexit vote to the US presidential race, the tumult of the year's news shows how nimble - or lucky - artists need to be to stay relevant.

Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 16th August 2016

Interview: Viv Groskop

The self-loathing, self-consciously middle-class Viv Groskop prepares to take on all-comers.

Claire Sawers, The List, 29th July 2016

Can Brexit be funny? (Link expired)

Is Brexit actually funny? Or is it possibly one of the unfunniest things that has ever happened? Viv Groskop ponders the question ahead of her Fringe show.

Viv Gorskop, WOW247, 25th July 2016

Carla Lane created funny women - that was the norm then

In the world of 1980s television, female characters and writers were everywhere. What's gone wrong?

Viv Groskop, The Guardian, 1st June 2016

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