103. Liz Kingsman: The London Comedy Exchange Program

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

British comedy sensation Liz Kingsman has brought her acclaimed show ‘One Woman Show’ from London’s West End to New York City, just as Mike is preparing to bring ‘The Old Man and the Pool’ to the West End. Mike and Liz discuss parody vs. earnestness in comedy, why cotton candy is sometimes called fairy floss, and how Liz manages to be funny despite her perfect Australian childhood. Please consider donating to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust: https://www.wwt.org.uk/

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0:00.0	Talking to you is very different from talking to a lot of people in the sense that like,
0:05.7	like you so definitively just do not want to be personal.
0:09.9	Are you getting a real guard up feeling?
0:13.8	It's not guard.
0:15.0	It doesn't know you're shooting straight.
0:18.3	You're saying exactly how you feel about it.
0:20.3	So that's not guard.
0:21.5	Yeah, yes, true.
0:22.9	My guard is down about the thought that my guard is on.
0:25.9	Yeah.
0:26.9	That's what it is.
0:31.0	That is the voice of the great Liz Kingsman.
0:33.3	This is a very unique episode today.
0:35.4	It's almost like an exchange program between London and America of solo shows.
0:42.8	Liz Kingsman has a hit, one woman show that was nominated for an Olivier Award,
0:49.5	was in the West End, was a huge hit.
0:51.8	Now it came to America.
0:53.5	It runs through August 11th at Greenwich House, which is,
0:58.4	that's actually where years ago you might have seen me perform my girlfriend's boyfriend.
1:03.5	For, I think, almost six months, it's a fantastic theater.
1:07.2	You should really try to go.
1:08.9	Liz's show is, it's fantastic.
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