Thanks for downloading this episode of The Young Comedians Podcast where I chat to Liam Pape.

Liam is the promoter for West End Comedy Club, one of the top comedy clubs in London. West End Comedy Club is the home to mixed-bill pro shows, Edinburgh Fringe previews, tour shows, alternative & character comedy, as well as Camden Fringe shows.

He’s also a prolific writer who has had his work featured frequently in The Guardian, Spectator and Private Eye. He often writes about the comedy industry and so in this episode, he shares his insights on The Fringe, the best up-and-comers, his efforts to support working-class comics, and much more.

Thank you for downloading this episode of The Young Comedians Podcast where I chat to Leo Reich.

Leo started performing comedy in the Cambridge Footlights, and quickly made a splash at the Edinburgh Fringe with ‘Manhunt’, a sketch show with fellow comedian Emmeline Downie.

His stand-up career took off spectacularly when he won 2Northdown’s New Act Competition in 2020 and later took his smash debut show “Literally Who Cares?!” to the Edinburgh Fringe. Following on from this, he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Dave Comedy Awards 2022, Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2023, and he was The New York Times Critics Pick. This culminated in a sold-out show at EartH Hackney, which was filmed as an HBO Special by A24 (linked below).

His TV appearances include “The Jonathan Ross Show” (Channel 4), “Friday Night Live” (Channel 4), “Late Night Mash” (Dave), “Comedy Central Live” and “Jonathan Ross Comedy Club” (ITV).

Leo will also soon make his acting debut in Lena Dunham’s new series on Netflix.

Most importantly, however, he provided croissants when George interviewed him, showing despite all of the above, he remains a generous and grounded guy who understands the value of pastries.

You can follow Leo on IG here: @Leo_reich

You can follow the podcast here: @youngcomedianspod

Thanks for downloading this episode of The Young Comedians Podcast where I chat to Sarah Roberts.

Sarah started stand-up around the same time as me, so I've been lucky enough to see her perform many times and develop into one of the best new comedians around.

As a stand-up, Sarah has seen huge success in competitions, including as a Finalist in the Komedia New Comedy Award 2023, and as a Runner Up in the Leicester Square New Act Competition 2022. She is also a graduate of Writing and Producing Comedy at the National Film and Television School. As part of her grad project, she wrote, directed and produced a web series pilot called ‘OnlyFran’, which was featured by Director’s Notes as one of 10 essential shorts from NFTS 2022 graduates and was shortlisted for the Funny Women Shorts Award 2022.

She is currently at the Edinburgh Fringe performing her show Silkworm.

You can get tickets here:https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sarah-roberts-silkworm

You can follow her on IG here: @sarahroberts_69

You can follow the podcast on IG here: @youngcomedianspod