Pepper&Salt speaks to Tamsyn Kelly about her new Edinburgh Fringe hour, Hot Titty Bungalow, and to get more qualitative information to once and for all settle the Edinburgh – Glasgow Rivalry. Featuring, the quintessential Glasgow experience and what it is like to strike out West on your own.
What is the elevator pitch for your show?
Girl moves from Penzance to Glasgow for a guy she’s known for 4 months. Chaos ensues.
What is a must-have song on your pre-show playlist?
Baby When You’re Gone by Bryan Adams and Mel C.
How would you say that your comedy style or writing has developed since your debut, and how has that manifested in this show?
I think my style has progressed much more in the making of this show. I realised what I value, I need a bit of chaos and my writing has become much more cartoonish which has been a lovely discovery and feels much more ‘me’.
How did you find your comedic style?
By being really big and cringe. Tearing it all down, and then slowly building it up again with better knowledge and experience. I think?
What does Bumble Friends get wrong about adult friendships?
That we want friends who are shaggable. They pull all the pictures from the dating sites so the vibe is weird, it’s giving friendship in inverted commas.
“I realised what I value, I need a bit of chaos and my writing has become much more cartoonish which has been a lovely discovery and feels much more ‘me’.”
What are you looking forward to at the Edinburgh Fringe?
Rolling my eyes at how none of this nonsense would fly in Glasgow. I’m looking forward to seeing some great shows and to making some new enemies.
How have you found Glasgow?
I love Glasgow so much, it’s an infinite mystery to me in the sense that I always feel like there’s something cool happening that I don’t know about. It’s one of the most chilled, down to earth cities. No one gives an eff. It’s unpretentious and unashamed. I’m so pleased I’ve been able to live here.
What has your experience of being an adult and starting all over again in a new city been like?
Terrifying. It has at times completely obliterated my mental health, and I totally underestimated it as a challenge. It’s very revealing as to who you are right now. I would never have described myself as an introvert particularly, although I love my own company. But being in your 30s and moving to a new city where you mostly work from home will do it. It took me eighteen months to be like oh wow, I’ve been working in a cupboard this whole time and not really socialising. I don’t think I’m doing so good. Luckily, I’m past all of that now! It makes you remember the bare human essentials are necessary for your well being- you need to be around people and not just on stage!
What has been the most quintessentially Glasgow experience that you’ve had since moving there?
A drunk girl shouting at me in the street about being English and me wanting to be like ‘but I’m Cornish’. Holding onto my identity has been harder in isolation.
If it’s not too much of a spoiler, what is your favourite joke in the show?
Here’s one that can work out of context: My boyfriend’s a comedian as well. People get the wrong idea about two comedians being together. They say things like ‘your house must be so full of laughter’. What house?
By Katerina Partolina Schwartz
Photo Credit: Fran Rowse
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