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In Pierre Novellie’s Must We? we are once more treated to an acerbic dissection of societal phenomena, which is then mixed in with the odd deprecating observation. Novellie has a way of raising flags about things in a way that makes us consider them from a new angle that means we will never look at that object or consider something the same way again.
As far as comedy sets go, Harry Stachini’s new hour Grenade, will tick just about every box for a die-hard comedy fan; a central narrative with meticulously detailed segues that build up this world within the routine to the point where the laughter (and even occasional ‘oof’) becomes involuntary as we hang on to Stachini’s every word.
Debuting at this year’s Fringe, Dee Allum brings her show Deadname to Edinburgh. Here Allum chats to Pepepr&Salt about her new hour, making her debut and her responsibility as a comedian.
Fringe veteran, Alex Franklin returns this August with her new show, Gurl Code. Before travelling to Edinburgh, she chats to Pepper&Salt about Gurl Code and exactly what it takes to bringing chaos to comedy.
In addition to his solo Edinburgh Fringe show (press release below), comedian and director Stuart Laws is staging a one-off night called 'Stuart Laws as Michael Caine Saying Never for One Hour’, with cameos from Nish Kumar as Christopher Nolan and Amy Gledhill as Christian Bale.
Debuting at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe with his show Grenade, Harry Stachini talks to Pepper&Salt about the meaning behind the metaphor and the rhetorical question that he poses to audiences.
Following the success of her show The Precipice, Micky Overman returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a new hour, Hold On. Overman chats to Pepper&Salt about Hold On, the art of catching people up on her year and receiving the 'Exactly!' laugh. What is the elevator pitch for your show? It's a show about commitment, and... Continue Reading →
Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for her second year, Erika Ehler tackles the subject of friendship break-ups in her new show I Got Some Dope Ass Memories With People That I'll Never F*ck With Again. Here Ehler chats to Pepper&Salt about her new hour, friendship break-ups and deconstructing uncomfortable moments.
Returning to the Eidnburgh Fringe with a new show, Crowd Pleaser, Schalk Bezuidenhout muses about his fringe hour, career and the meaning of being a comedian to Pepper&Salt.
At the age of 14, after fever-watching Groundhog Day, Richard Spalding had a theory of what happens to use after we die. Now, he is debuting at the Edinburgh Fringe with his show Gather Your Skeletons. Here Spalding chats to Pepper&Salt about his debut hour, the mundanity of normalcy and what can happen if you cook Chicken Kiev incorrectly.
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