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Tadiwa Mahlunge

Tadiwa Mahlunge: 'An audience member chased me to the taxi!'

As a kid, Tadiwa Mahlunge watched Chris Rock videos on the sly. Now the comedian is performing at Edinburgh. He talks us through his comedy journey – from crazy audience members to winning the King Gong at the Comedy Store

Mark Steel

Mark Steel: “I was astonishingly terrible and angry.”

John Robins

John Robins: "My first on-stage death still makes me cringe"

Michelle Brasier

Michelle Brasier: ‘Holy sh*t, I’m actually good enough’

Ike Ufomadu

Ike Ufomadu: “My first open mic was like tripping on a hallucinogenic substance”

Drew Michael

Drew Michael: "The isolation I dealt with is finding its way out."

Paul Foot

Paul Foot: “After going on in front of 15 million people, I never got nerves again”

Alasdair Beckett-King

Alasdair Beckett-King: “Comedy is the only job where doing it badly isn’t funny”

Rich Hardisty

Rich Hardisty: “I'm funny and unhinged – I'll just do that”

Maz Jobrani: “Do it now or don’t do it!”

BriTANicK

Rule BriTANicK!: "Robin Williams made fun of our costumes"

Emmanuel Sonubi

Emmanuel Sonubi: “You can fix a bad day with a good laugh”