Points of view: theatre, comedy and news
Comedy is a rather complicated beast, and no show perhaps exemplifies the challenges that a comedian may face over the course of a show’s lifespan better than Alex Kealy’s The Fear. Whilst a classic example of observationist humour covering the political and personal spectrums, the number of contextual issues over the course of the hour outwith the material ultimately detracts from the overall performance and unrestrained enjoyability of the hour.
Bean - Spiller and Gigglemug-er, Alex Prescot, his new brings show, ‘Cosy’, to the Edinburgh Fringe. Before doing so, Prescot chats to Pepper&Salt about making his comedy debut, building an audience - interaction based show and the theory behind musical improv.
Pepper&Salt joins Alex Kitson to discuss the tricky second hour, ‘This Is Water’, that he’s bringing to the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe. Our on-the-ground reporter gets existential and we have to (gently) remind them that this is a comedy show and that existentialism is really not the vibe. They don’t listen. Read the results below.
Before bringing her new show, She-Devil, to the Edinburgh Fringe, Jain Edwards stops by Pepper&Salt to discuss the thematic relevancy of her show, misogyny and the constant of womanhood over the course of human history.
Liam Withnail joins Pepper&Salt to discuss his upcoming Edinburgh Fringe hour, Big Strong Boy, growing up and making comedy audiences cry.
Pepper&Salt spends an interview with Sam Nicoresti before she brings her new show, Baby Doomer, to the Edinburgh Fringe, deconstructing her deconstruction of the human experience, philosophising about absurdism and the general state of the world.
Xhloe and Natasha are gracing the Fringe once more with their presence and bringing all three of their consecutive Scotsman Fringe First - winning shows - And Then The Rodeo Burned Down, What If They Ate The Baby and A Letter To Lyndon B. Johnson Or God : Whoever Reads This First - back to Edinburgh. But first, they penned a correspondence to Pepper&Salt detailing what happened before the rodeo burned down, who, what, why and how they ate the baby and who read the letter first, Lyndon B. Johnson or God.
In the first interview of the season, Amelia Hamilton joins Pepper&Salt to discuss her plans for her Edinburgh Fringe debut - Forget Me Not - the pre-apocalypse party and Daveed Diggs’ words per minute.
Democratic nominee candidate and comedian Corinne Fisher discusses her run for the role of a lifetime - New York City Mayor - with Pepper&Salt. In this interview, Fisher dives into her candidacy to be the Democratic nominee, her leadership experience and thoughts on the political nature of art in the current climate.
In the midst of not one, but two UK tours, Derek Mitchell joins Pepper&Salt to discuss his UK tours of Double Dutch and Goblin, live performance and the three second rule.
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