Points of view: theatre, comedy and news
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.
Setting out on a UK Tour with Big Girls Pants, Lauren Pattison shares her thoughts with Pepper&Salt on her new hour, giving us insight into her writing and comedy processes for this show.
The international hit show Taskmaster, hosted by the almighty Taskmaster Greg Davies and his faithful assistant Alex Horne announces a brand-new line-up of comedians for its highly anticipated 19th series.
Amongst the myriad of Christmas pantos, Deck the Stalls, promises us the warmth of Christmas cheer without the added cheesiness that often accompanies Christmas shows.
In Awkward Productions’ Gwyneth Goes Skiing, Linus Karp and Joseph Martin very much live up to the tenor set by the infamous trial on which this show is based on. What we see over the course of this production is an amalgamation of all the comedy and storytelling techniques that they have been refining over... Continue Reading →
Following the shooting of Brian Thompson - CEO of UnitedHealthcare - there has been a lot of media discourse and speculation about the shooter, the private healthcare system in America and guns. This story really speaks to the sickness at the heart of America, which United Healthcare definitely wouldn’t cover. Since gun coverage exceeds that of healthcare, for years pundits have been propagating the need for just a few good guys with guns to end the cycle of violence facilitated by the Second Amendment, that they unconditionally support. To fully understand the deep cultural specificity of this story, we here at the Pepper&Salt Editorial Team have compiled a list to help our international readers navigate the complexities of American propaganda partisan media.Â
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