Tell us about you/your act. What now? That would be preposterous! Another time… perhaps. How did you get into comedy? There was a door with a sign on saying, ‘DO NOT ENTER’. I opened that door. That door lead to comedy. Take us through the relationship between your art and Tesco’s. There is no relationship! … Continue reading “My secret? Just fucking go for it! No guts, no glory!” | Randolph Tempest on the risks you take to make great comedy
Category: Interviews
“If you need to trample on the oppressed for a laugh you’re a shit comedian.” | Bobbie Jones talks queerness, confidence and safe space comedy
Tell us about you/your act. I honestly never know how to describe my act. When I was depressed a few years ago it was incredibly deadpan and dark; now that I have realised that I am queer, my comedy centres less around how shit I am at flirting with boys and more about LGBTQ* stuff. … Continue reading “If you need to trample on the oppressed for a laugh you’re a shit comedian.” | Bobbie Jones talks queerness, confidence and safe space comedy
“Kayfabe is the act of blending characters and reality – which is sometimes how it feels to be a woman” | Janina Smith and Joey Timmins talk Fake Heat and feminism
Tell us about your show, I’m OKayfabe. I’m OKayfabe is a feminist wrestling comedy that pits female stereotypes against one another in a bid to find the ‘ultimate woman’. Where did the idea for a wrestling comedy double act come from in the first place? We were performing in a show together a few years … Continue reading “Kayfabe is the act of blending characters and reality – which is sometimes how it feels to be a woman” | Janina Smith and Joey Timmins talk Fake Heat and feminism
