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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.
Chris Weir takes his stand-up hour, Well Flung, to the Edinburgh Fringe, asking audiences one question; is companionship worth it? Here Weir talks to Pepper&Salt about making his debut, all things rom-com and the subversion of exactly that.
Debuting this August, Dan Wye brings their stand-up show, Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith, to the Edinburgh Fringe about the absurd and intense reality of being mistaken for a 4-time Brit Award Winner. Here they chat to Pepper&Salt about their debut hour, their work as a multi-disciplinary artist and Séayoncé.
Ruby Carr chats to Pepper&Salt about her upcoming Edinburgh Fringe debut, eBae (a pun so solid that we have decided to keep a placeholder title until a pun worthy enough to name this interview is found), some handy tips, tricks and anecdotes about Carr’s favourite website, eBay. Not included: a fun fact that will mean that you will never look at a microwave the same way again.
On the heels of their Edinburgh Fringe debut, Founder of a troupe of ‘LA’s very best improvisers,’ Casey Feigh sits down with Pepper&Salt to discuss how recent events have intertwined with Holy Shit Improv’s history, the nature of improv comedy and the most important partisan issue in America; Twizzlers or Red Vines (there is a right answer to this question).
Freya Mallard talks to Pepper&Salt about her upcoming Edinburgh Fringe debut, Bounce Back, as well as covering everything from her experience of the comedy industry, parenthood and the concept of ‘having it all’.
“Rebel with Rules,” Louise Leigh returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with her show, Distracted. Sitting down with Pepper&Salt, Leigh chats about her new hour, driving through Paris in a sportscar and carpeing as much as the diem as possible.
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