As this blog shows, I have seen many great comedians give memorable and hilarious performances over the years. However, I have often wondered what makes these fearless brave heroes appear live on stage every night and be funny. So I have decided to interview them online to try and find out. Please click on the comedian’s blue link below to watch my interview (please note that unfortunately there may be unavoidable internet issues with some recordings and the interviews listed below with a * next to the date contain strong language and/or adult themes):
1. DARREN WALSH (recorded 18/12/20): https://youtu.be/8PAAF5OyR8E
2. JO CAULFIELD (recorded 21/12/20 *): https://youtu.be/raWAj8fSq78
3. SION JAMES (recorded 04/01/21 *): https://youtu.be/ecF5GH_XZ3I
4, MATT RICHARDSON (recorded 05/01/21 *): https://youtu.be/MvUefpbeWMA
5. STEVE GRIBBIN (recorded 07/01/21 *): https://youtu.be/SoOtzPpe6U0
6. TOM DEACON (recorded 10/01/21 *): https://youtu.be/Nq7gYamwncY
7. LUKE KEMPNER (recorded 12/01/21): https://youtu.be/0pDYXNEzDc0
8. BOOTHBY GRAFFOE (recorded 18/01/21 *): https://youtu.be/btylLyNevGY
9. LENNY SHERMAN (recorded 14/01/21 *): https://youtu.be/7ih94nFQQfk
10. MAUREEN YOUNGER (recorded 19/01/21 *): https://youtu.be/tHC-tk3yInQ
11. PAUL COX (recorded 21/01/21 *): https://youtu.be/5HEjvbF-puY
12. HAL CRUTTENDEN (recorded 22/01/21 *): https://youtu.be/aRHieL_cNqA
13. TIERNAN DOUIEB (recorded 23/01/21 *): https://youtu.be/WBWwQiCb0K4
14. VIX LEYTON (recorded 24/01/21): https://youtu.be/452Nm4CHo9Q
15. RACHEL FAIRBURN (recorded 25/01/21): https://youtu.be/ZPzxrjsZwhw
16. JARLATH REGAN (recorded 26/01/21): https://youtu.be/tWLXlC6Mu9I
17. AL MURRAY (recorded 03/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/CEELlk-CSN8
18. SCOTT BENNETT (recorded 30/01/21 *): https://youtu.be/_xGeFCH1xF8
19. IAN SMITH (recorded 30/01/21 *): https://youtu.be/82OLBIpfSI0
20. BARRY CRYER (recorded 29/04/21): https://youtu.be/7M0cPFTMTzc
21, JASON BYRNE (recorded 27/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/ffYeVJdA4rI
22. MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE (recorded 21/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/HDqf8TBgtnc
23. ANDREW RYAN (recorded 01/02/21 *): https://youtu.be/Fry0D6Z_XT8
24. JACK BARRY (recorded 03/02/21 *): https://youtu.be/wVOXhBCdSu0
25. ROBIN MORGAN (recorded 06/02/21 *): https://youtu.be/BOvmPM2HRaE
26. STEFANIA LICARI (recorded 07/02/21): https://youtu.be/I2MIEYuaoEI
27. JAKE LAMBERT (recorded 11/02/21) *): https://youtu.be/26j1cwJDNbQ
28. MAFF BROWN (recorded 15/02/21 *): https://youtu.be/FGjcXjprm5s
29. LILY PHILLIPS (recorded 16/02/21 *): https://youtu.be/8okrciYsctY
30. JOSH BAULF (recorded 18/02/21 *): https://youtu.be/weE-Yi5prBk
31. BRENDAN O’DONOGHUE (recorded 20/02/21 *): https://youtu.be/m_uYy67tVPA
32. JAMES GILL (recorded 06/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/Z8AoCj9BIZo
33. ROB ROUSE (recorded 22/02/21 *): https://youtu.be/J5fs7z3spPc
34. SEANN WALSH (recorded 27/02/21 *): https://youtu.be/gx93RNDJAKE
35. LLOYD GRIFFITH (recorded 01/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/74i_dPOMRys
36. PAUL MCCAFFREY (recorded 02/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/81m3tHtEc1A
37. KELLY CONVEY (recorded 04/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/nmdLOZgUFso
38. JON LONG (recorded 25/02/21 *): https://youtu.be/oNWsElhxHMw
39. MARK SIMMONS (recorded 07/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/DQ2mdjmpVXM
40. ARTHUR SMITH (recorded 14/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/wWOVpy3g0eQ
41. ESTHER MANITO (recorded 10/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/3P7FTrM8pGk
42. LAUREN PATTISON (recorded 11/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/JnOC8TBGo7I
43. JUSTIN MOORHOUSE (recorded 15/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/gvkzAM1DTNU
44. JEN BRISTER (recorded 17/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/eccj-vWR95c
45. GLENN MOORE (recorded 19/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/iZfRafrRHoM
46. KEVIN DAY (recorded 22/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/aFw-6z8_RtI
47. JOE LYCETT (recorded 24/3/21 *): https://youtu.be/Ku8lRTcXHP0
48. NICK HELM (recorded 27/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/E_s_CAkvf70
49. MARK WATSON (recorded 29/03/21 *): https://youtu.be/kOKoQxGGVks
50. SEAN MCLOUGHLIN (recorded 04/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/WeUc7k6FdFA
51. RICH WILSON (recorded 06/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/wrE5uZq-BNY
52. CARL DONNELLY: (recorded 07/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/BCEtm4ykPI4
53. JACOB HAWLEY: (recorded 08/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/3MdJuBfzwXc
54. PATRICK MONAHAN (recorded 09/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/HZQkBtQmWU4
55. SIKISA (recorded 12/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/IrcgMZ4NMVg
56. STEPHEN GRANT (recorded 21/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/9MQ93ByXSbI
57. NEIL DELAMERE (recorded 23/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/vw8NeQs8D_A
58. SAM RHODES (recorded 25/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/uZANqgvXVbU
59. JULIAN DEANE (recorded 28/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/3k3P81t76cw
60. ROSE JOHNSON (recorded 29/04/21 *): https://youtu.be/gyDVM7BbFZo
61. NATHAN CATON (recorded 04/05/21 *): https://youtu.be/NOe8sK-7vrc
62. JONATHAN BOULTON (recorded 06/05/21): https://youtu.be/ZhQopnJ09Yc
63. ANGELA BARNES (recorded 11/05/21 *): https://youtu.be/PEwCmpeO57k
64. NICOLE HARRIS (recorded 14/05/21 *): https://youtu.be/Vam9CfsNHfs
65. RICHARD MORTON (recorded 20/05/21 *): https://youtu.be/coo5AD1URd0
66. MERVYN STUTTER (recorded 25/05/21 *): https://youtu.be/uOrkOjsnPqs
67. JEN SMITH (recorded 29/05/21 *): https://youtu.be/sxOE3BvJEFo
68. MICHAEL LEGGE (recorded 30/5/21 *): https://youtu.be/a6tio76kqtE
69. ANDY SMART (recorded 10/06/21 *): https://youtu.be/eGECpDZ0PQk
70. STEVIE MARTIN (recorded 15/6/21 *): https://youtu.be/4dvy9nP7fE4
71. ALEX LOWE (recorded 20/6/21 *): https://youtu.be/d4tZrtlBVoc
72. JEFF INNOCENT (recorded 25/06/21 *): https://youtu.be/RQfwYsoHlVc
73. JASON COOK (recorded 28/08/21 *): https://youtu.be/6bUt38QO7m8
74. CLAIR HAUS (recorded 05/07/22 *): https://youtu.be/8CWo8lPTeIY
75. THE NOISE NEXT DOOR (recorded 08/07/22 *): https://youtu.be/BKHhdZjjsOU
76. NATHAN CASSIDY (recorded 10/07/22 *): https://youtu.be/N7db06KvjTc
77. GARRETT MILLERICK: (recorded 12/07/22 *): https://youtu.be/WQi59kwYsiM
78. JOSH BERRY (recorded 15/7/22 *): https://youtu.be/txnJKcYwYTc
79. BENJAMIN BANKE BELLO AKA PRESIDENT OBONJO (recorded 17/7/22 *): https://youtu.be/GfQiED03Ca0
80. STEVE JAMESON AKA SOL BERNSTEIN: (recorded 20/07/22 *): https://youtu.be/JEM-ep7gTkQ
81. MILTON JONES (recorded 23/07/22 *): https://youtu.be/XOToMzr0EBU
82. ILAYA ARDEN (recorded 25/07/22 *): https://youtu.be/IGlpduZbwMQ
83. ELLIOT STEEL (recorded 27/07/22 *): https://youtu.be/3bH0huW_ROY
84. PAUL TONKINSON (recorded 29/07/22 *): https://youtu.be/gNWg3M5hLMg
85. STEVE BUGEJA (recorded 09/08/22 *): https://youtu.be/EYGF0t3APA8
86. JOSH PUGH (recorded 04/09/22 *): https://youtu.be/KRO6qf-7USI
87. A RICH COMIC LIFE IN A NUTSHELL: FROM THE LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL (recorded 24/02/23 *): https://youtu.be/FySeStEDAgo
88. FRANCIS FOSTER (recorded 09/09/22 *): https://youtu.be/tWC2xDq9b3A
89. GEOFF ROWE (FOUNDER, LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL) (recorded 25/03/23 *): https://youtu.be/W2RNki8VKoY
90. ANIA MAGLIANO (recorded 15/09/23 *): https://youtu.be/wttnErWnfXc
91. PETER MERRE (recorded 18/09/22 *): https://youtu.be/eWLVTk_2INo
92. LESLIE GOLD (recorded 19/09/22 *): https://youtu.be/Q6pIINKNsME
93. PETER GRAHAME (Owner, Co-founder and promoter: Downstairs of The Kings Head comedy club) (recorded 25/03/23 *): https://youtu.be/kf1JMy4kYOA