Summertime is the downtime for professionally funny people. Most people are away and those who aren’t don’t wish to be cooped up inside. It is wonderfully quirky then that the Edinburgh festival confounds such logic and grows bigger each year – as comedians seek their fame and fortune and are happy to risk financial oblivion […]
I am reminded of a passage in my book, Eclipsed when back in the day, Eddie Izzard came to watch me at a comedy club in London with a view to taking me under his wing. Maybe the audience knew somehow because they granted me an encore (rare for a club) and after the gig, […]
Funny thing, taking the piss. Because it’s absolutely central to our culture – being able to laugh at ourselves and at others. But only to a point of course. Because only certain piss taking is permissible – and this is a very quick guide. Taking the piss out of one self (self-deprecation) – this is […]
I was an open spot at the time and Felix was already a thoroughbred comic. A headliner and circuit star. Playing all the clubs and always closing. Cleaning up as we say. I loved his act. A well spoken and ultra cool black guy. He always wore cool clothes. He was tall and too handsome to […]
