How did you get into comedy? My first memory is of comedy. When I was only a couple years old, my Dad would lie on the floor of our flat in North Shields and watch whatever was on that time of night. One night it was ‘The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer’ and I don’t … Continue reading “My first memory is of comedy.” | Umby Winters on sharks, kittens and ten years (sort of) of comedy
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“Bic can do one, absolutely useless.” | Tony Wright talks pens, pineapples and performing with authenticity
How did you get into comedy? I got into comedy through my school’s librarian. I was already a big comedy fan but in terms of actually getting into stand up I had heard that the librarian at my school moonlighted as a comedian so I just went and asked him to teach me. I spent … Continue reading “Bic can do one, absolutely useless.” | Tony Wright talks pens, pineapples and performing with authenticity
“A life without hummus isn’t a life worth living” | Ben Hodge on his plans for 2022, comedy and his nuclear bunker
How did you get into comedy? I was always that class clown in school (typical backstory, innit) and I was obsessed with watching stand-up comedy from like the age of 14, it was something I always wanted to try performing stand-up but never knew how to go about it. When I went to uni at … Continue reading “A life without hummus isn’t a life worth living” | Ben Hodge on his plans for 2022, comedy and his nuclear bunker
