interviews

Word With The Bird @SweetFest, Yellow Book

Last Saturday afternoon I appeared as headliner at the final “Word With The Bird” all-ages show, hosted and produced by Mark Tournoff. I’d not met Mark before, but he seems a most well connected man. I bemusedly shared a video promoting our show from local MP Sian Berry, before discovering that Kim Fuller, who wrote Read more

June 7, 2025

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Brighton, comedy, Diary, interviews, music, songwriting, The Highchurches
An interview with comedian Camilla Borges

I did an interview with the excellent Camilla Borges in my Indie Brighton newsletter ahead of her show at Fringe this weekend. Reposting it here for posterity! Hi there! Who are you, and why are you coming to Brighton? Hello! I am Camilla, I am a comedian and clown bringing my show, Be Not Afraid!, to Read more

May 15, 2025

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art, Brighton Fringe, comedy, Diary, interviews, journalism

Brighton Fringe, Camilla Borges, Interview
I interviewed Rachel Stamp’s David Ryder Prangley for Indie Brighton

This year I’m trying to do a lot more features and interviews alongside my weekly listings. The plan eventually is to set up a proper website to compliment the newsletter, which means I think I have to think a bit more about how comprehensive I want my guide to be, and how to stick to Read more

January 14, 2025

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Brighton, cities, Diary, interviews, journalism, music, Places, Sussex

Bad Luck Live, Brighton, David Ryder Prangley, Interview, Rachel Stamp
“Authority lies within ourselves”: An interview with “The Popess”’ Elena Mazzon

Another interview for the Brighton newsletter, this time a writer/performer bringing an extremely thought-provoking show to The Yellow Book. It’s so interesting to me that Mazzon’s “in” for this story was Tarot cards! Everyone seems to know the (probably apocryphal) tale of the female Pope – Sergeant Buzfuz certainly did – but this is a Read more

November 25, 2024

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Brighton, Diary, interviews, journalism

Brighton, Elena Mazzon, Italy, Milan, The Pope, The Popess, The Yellow Book, theatre
An interview with Bex Turner, producer of “Clogg Comedy”

Another week, another interview for the newsletter. Eventually I’ll move these over to a dedicated Indie Brighton website, but for now, they can live here. … Heya! Who are you and how did you get involved in the crazy world of independent comedy night promotion? Hi! I’m Bex Turner. I’m a stand-up but in recent Read more

November 20, 2024

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Brighton, cities, comedy, Diary, interviews

Bex Turner, Brighton, Clogg Comedy, indie Brighton
“I realised, this isn’t me – it’s Leslie”: an interview with Simon Topping

For this week’s “interviewing someone doing something cool in Brighton” [2] section of the Indie Brighton Listings, I interviewed Simon Topping, who runs Extra Topping Comedy. I’ve known Simon a while now, and am a massive fan of both his character comedy and his ability to curate an ever-interesting lineup. I caught up with him in Read more

November 11, 2024

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Brighton, comedy, Diary, Improv, interviews, journalism, Places, Sketch Comedy

alternative comedy, Brighton, extra topping, Extra Topping Comedy, Leslie Bloom, Simon Topping
Indie Brighton Listings: an interview with Scoops Impro

Hello! I’m trying to interview someone who is performing in Brighton or is putting cool stuff on in Brighton every week. This is part of my exciting new gambit, the Indie Brighton listings newsletter. A newsletter you should absolutely subscribe to if you live in, or regularly visit, the city of Brighton. The only thing Read more

November 5, 2024

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Brighton, comedy, Diary, Improv, interviews, journalism

Brighton, Brighton Listings, Improv, indie Brighton, Indie Brighton Listings, Scoops, Scoops Improv, What to do in Brighton
‘We’re not Ant and Dec!’: an interview with Low Effort Sketches

Another interview! Like yesterday’s, this first appeared in my newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. Hi Low Effort Sketches! What’s the most inaccurate name you’ve ever been welcomed to the stage with? (I once introduced “Shelf” as “Sketch”). “Low Effect Sketches” was brutal, but perhaps just as accurate as our real name! How would Read more

January 23, 2024

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comedy, Diary, interviews, London, Next Level Sketch, Sketch Comedy

Hoopla Impro, Low Effort Sketches, Next Level Sketch, Sketch Comedy, Sketch Off