Chances are you’re already familiar with Kristen Schaal's work. You've seen her in What We Do in the Shadows, The Last Man on Earth, The Muppets, Bill & Ted Face the Music, My Spy, The Boss and A Walk in the Woods. And as a voice actor, you’ve heard her as Louise Belcher in Bob's Burgers, alongside memorable roles in Toy Story, Gravity Falls, and BoJack Horseman.

Kristen now comes to the UK with The Legend Of Crystal Shell, a show about an extraordinary soul who has been hiding from the world because of a fantastic secret. She now prepares to execute her long-held dream: a solo dance interpretation of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. We discuss:

• returning to Edinburgh after 10 years with changing audiences
• what it was like working with The Muppets
• pretending to bomb on stage in Live At The Fillmore, and Comedy Central's reluctance to air it
• playing with how much trust an audience will extend to a performer
• voicing Louise on Bob's Burgers, one of the only animated shows where the cast still gets in a room together
• the struggle to get projects off the ground
• and we find out Kristen Schaal is happy…

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Catch Up with Kristen: Kristen Schaal: The Legend Of Crystal Shell is at the Pleasance Courtyard at 7pm from the 12th - 16th August, followed by a one off show at London’s Roundhouse on the 17th August.

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Bilal Zafar is an award-winning stand-up comedian who first broke through with a lastminute.com Best Newcomer Award for his debut show, CAKES. He’s now back with Rubicon, a multimedia, interactive hour with games, prizes and stories, promising a genuinely life-changing experience.

Bilal has appeared on screen in Catastrophe, Sick of It and Paul Feig's Last Christmas and to many people, he’s known best as a full-time football manager embroiled in scandal on his hugely popular Twitch channel. We discuss:

• diving headfirst into football management through Twitch in lockdown on Limmy's advice and building an audience through him
• the challenge of sustaining momentum after his 2016 best newcomer nomination, and carrying that history into this year's Fringe
• and touring his debut show Cakes, and filming it for YouTube years later when he had the resources to do so
• finding unexpected happiness in a new career
• and developing new show Rubicon with Nick Helm, and being pushed to play a more arrogant, less "nice" version of himself

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Catch Up with Bilal: Bilal Zafar: Rubicon is at this year's Edinburgh Fringe at 8.30pm in Jersey at Underbelly, Bristo Square. You can also listen to the Got A Problem Mate Podcast with Bilal and Joey Page.

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Everything I'm up to: Come and see me LIVE ON TOUR, find out all the info and more at stuartgoldsmith.com/comedy. Discover my comedy about the climate crisis, for everyone from activists to CEOs, at stuartgoldsmith.com/climate.

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We’re delving back into the archives and going back to episode 152 with Daniel Sloss, recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe! We discuss:

• the pleasures and pitfalls of really committing to an angle
• learning who urinated on whose bag
• and why he likes to get his teeth into an argument

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Catch Up with Daniel: Daniel Sloss' latest special Can't is streaming at danielsloss.com. You can also keep up-to-date on Instagram, @DanielSloss.

Everything I'm up to: Come and see me LIVE - find out all the info and more at stuartgoldsmith.com/comedy. Discover my comedy about the climate crisis, for everyone from activists to CEOs, at stuartgoldsmith.com/climate.

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Joe Sutherland is a stand-up, actor and writer with sold out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe who has appeared on Roast Battle and Hypothetical, acted opposite 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer on Urban Myths, and picked up a walk-on role on EastEnders as a Head Judge of a Walford beauty competition!

Joe has also done tour support for the likes of Sophie Duker and Ellie Taylor, as well as RuPaul's Drag Race stars Trixie Mattel, Alyssa Edwards, Kate Butch and Sasha Velour. In this episode, we discuss:

• our shared history with a youth drama club
• being smuggled into a comedy club as a child by his dad to see comics he now performs alongside
• the process of piling up one-liners then organising with a throughline
• choosing to lean into being perceived as an effeminate gay man rather than let others weaponise that perception first
• refusing to soften material for straight audiences
• and we find out if Joe is happy...

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Catch Up with Joe: You can find Joe on Instagram @jomodity, and keep up-to-date on future live dates at joesutherland.co.uk.

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Everything I'm up to: Come and see me LIVE ON TOUR, find out all the info and more at stuartgoldsmith.com/comedy. Discover my comedy about the climate crisis, for everyone from activists to CEOs, at stuartgoldsmith.com/climate.

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We’re delving back into the archives and going back to episode 220 with Sasheer Zamata, the former SNL cast-member, phenomenally accomplished standup and recent star of Masters of the Universe! We discuss:

• the confidence with which she frames her act
• we delve into her first standup special "Pizza Mind"
• and uncover her enthusiasm for life-coaching and it's effect on the finely-honed application of her will power

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Catch Up with Sasheer: You can follow Sasheer Zamata on Instagram, @TheSheerTruth, and catch her Best Friends Podcast tour throughout the US later this year. Find all the info and more at sasheer.com.

Everything I'm up to: Come and see me LIVE - find out all the info and more at stuartgoldsmith.com/comedy. Discover my comedy about the climate crisis, for everyone from activists to CEOs, at stuartgoldsmith.com/climate.

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Amy Annette has been described by the Guardian as a ‘delight to behold’. Her debut hour 'Thick Skin' was a total sell-out at Edinburgh and was nominated for Best New Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival. Prior to stand-up, she was an experienced producer, script editor and editorial consultant - and is currently working on the comedy drama, Pretty Face. She’s now back with Say What You Like About Me at Edinburgh this summer. We discuss:

• how Amy’s dual citizenship shaped her sense of humour
• how working with Amy Poehler's production company helped her unlearn needing to justify her right to space
• becoming aware of an audience's gaps in cultural knowledge
• why long development processes doesn't mean things are going badly
• how reviews describe women's comedy as "vibe" while crediting men's comedy as craft
• and we find out if Amy is happy...

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• how people get fixated on the wrong markers of success
• discovering The Artist's Way's concept of "Shadow Artists"
• and how success often comes from getting out of your own way

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Catch Up with Amy: Amy Annette: Say What You Like About Me is at the Pleasance Dome in Edinburgh at 17:30 from 5th to the 30th August. Find all the dates and more at amyannette.net. You can also keep-up-date on Instagram @TheAmyAnnette.

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Everything I'm up to: Come and see me LIVE ON TOUR, find out all the info and more at stuartgoldsmith.com/comedy. Discover my comedy about the climate crisis, for everyone from activists to CEOs, at stuartgoldsmith.com/climate.

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Joe Wells is known best for his shows exploring mental health and his neurodiversity being autistic, while before that he first made his name as a political comedian with shows like Night of the Living Tories. Joe also hosts the podcast Neurodivergent Moments with Abigoliah Schamaun, of which their book is out today! We discuss:

• how performing for a neurodivergent audience can change the mechanics of live comedy
• the impact parenthood has on the kind of comedy you want to make
• how comedy can be a tool for processing your neurodivergence
• writing a book about OCD at 15
• how focusing on personal experiences stops your material becoming dated
• the problem with saying “we're all on the spectrum”
• and how Joe's viral clip didn't change his approach to making stuff

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• The Dark Room
• how Joe takes extra beats to make reveals land harder
• flipping the script for neurodivergent audiences
• and how being unfunny can be a secret power move in a club

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Catch Up with Joe: Joe's book with Abigoliah Schamaun, Neurodivergent Moments, is out today in all good book stores and Joe Wells: Daddy Autism is on tour later this year. Find all the info and more at joewells.org.uk.

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Everything I'm up to: Come and see me LIVE ON TOUR, find out all the info and more at stuartgoldsmith.com/comedy. Discover my comedy about the climate crisis, for everyone from activists to CEOs, at stuartgoldsmith.com/climate.

Other things: Comedy promoters, get in touch with Amy Miller and Joyelle Nicole Johnson!

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We’re back in the archives with Suzi Ruffell from 2019, where we discuss:

• making sure that LGBTQ+ people in the audience feel seen
• how punishing she found being a new act (and whether she could do it all again)
• and why she finds happiness terrifying

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Catch Up with Suzi: Suzi Ruffell is currently on tour with The Juggle, find out all the dates and more at suziruffell.com.

Everything I'm up to: Come and see me LIVE - find out all the info and more at stuartgoldsmith.com/comedy. Discover my comedy about the climate crisis, for everyone from activists to CEOs, at stuartgoldsmith.com/climate.

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Exactly 500 episodes later one of the UK’s most acclaimed comics, Sara Pascoe, returns to the show. Fresh off her latest tour, I Am A Strange Gloop, we discuss:

• how comedians become addicted to rejection
• the imbalance of what the circuit means for different comedians
• why there should be a workshop for comics to survive panel shows
• the impossible balance between truth and funny in stand-up
• whether using writers in comedy is “cheating”
• and we find out if Sara Pascoe is happy…

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• why corporates can feel impossible from the start
• the different standards held between public and private shows
• and we unpack the survival tactics used by pro comics on the circuit

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Catch Up with Sara: You can see Sara Pascoe for one night only at this year's Edinburgh Fringe at the Underbelly on the 5th August. Find all the info at sarapascoe.co.uk. You can keep-up-date with Sara on Instagram, @sara.pascoe.

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Everything I'm up to: Come and see me LIVE ON TOUR, find out all the info and more at stuartgoldsmith.com/comedy. Discover my comedy about the climate crisis, for everyone from activists to CEOs, at stuartgoldsmith.com/climate.

Other things: Find out more abotu Lee Kyle's book at imleekyle.com.

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HUGE NEWS: I'M GOING ON TOUR!

I'm heading on my first UK tour in nearly a decade with Canary. As the miners scrambled to safety, they’d try to grab the dead canary and then immediately revive it with pure oxygen, condemning it to a constant loop of singing, panicking, dying and then singing again. 

Which is a tiny bit like medicating your chronic dread by making people laugh about the climate crisis*

*As certified by The TImes: "The funny side of climate change… No, really!"

LIVE DATES

Edinburgh | 17th to 30th August

Cambridge | 3rd September

Glasgow | 16th September

Oxford | 20th September

Manchester | 2nd October

Cardiff | 9th October

Maidenhead | 16th October

Sheffield | 6th November

Birmingham | 13th November

PLUS, the biggest headline show of my career...

Bristol Old Vic | 18th November 

Tickets now on sale at stuartgoldsmith.com/comedy.

This show blazes with fierce hope! I'm really proud of it, and can't wait to take it out on the road (sustainably of course).  Hopefully see you there! 

- Stu

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This week we’re delving into the archives and going back to episode 259 in 2018 with that year's Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Rose Matafeo! We discuss:

• how she ensured her hilarious material about female sexuality in Horndog brought the whole room along with it
• how she's actively mining for hot takes
• and why she has a quintuple-threat approach to performance

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Catch Up with Rose: You can see Rose Matafeo working up some new material in Edinburgh this summer, find out more through the link in the show notes.

Everything I'm up to: Come and see me LIVE - find out all the info and more at stuartgoldsmith.com/comedy. Discover my comedy about the climate crisis, for everyone from activists to CEOs, at stuartgoldsmith.com/climate.

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