British Comedy Guide

Zoe Coombs

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Zoë Coombs Marr on Wild Bore

The relationship between critic and performer is often a fraught one, as this threesome explore by using their own bitter experiences of bad reviews to create a thoroughly meta theatrical show.

Claire Sawers, The List, 14th July 2017

Zoe Coombs Marr interview

Zoe Coombs Marr on feminism, same-sex marriage and how she won awards for being a terrible stand-up.

Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard, 13th March 2017

Zoë Coombs Marr's show began as a backstage joke

Dave, the mediocre male stand-up created by Zoë Coombs Marr, is back at the Fringe - and discovering his inner lesbian.

Claire Sith, The Scotsman, 10th August 2016

The Show Time Series with Zoe Coombs Marr

Interview with Zoe Coombs Marr.

Comedy Blogedy, 27th July 2016

Zoë Coombs Marr interview

'You can't make intersectional feminism funny,' says Coombs Marr as Dave, her alter ego. He goes on to make it hilarious, in a show that everyone should see.

Gabrielle Jackson, The Guardian, 20th July 2016

Zoe Coombs Marr: It's a sexist world

The Australian standup explains why there is a little bit of her alter ego Dave - a caricature of beer-swilling blokishness - in most comics.

Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 25th August 2015

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