183 - Paul Currie
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2016
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Sweaty, bearded turbo-clown Paul Currie's shows are stuffed with unforgettable images, feelings and smells. Beloved of comedy's intelligentsia, this award-winning performer doesn't let go of your heart until the last cornflake is eaten and the last tear shed. We discuss the cultural ecology of his native Northern Ireland; the difficulties of working in isolation; and we also talk about how the apparent vogue for clowning affects a veteran performer.
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| 1:16.8 | This is a podcast from, comedian podpot. Hello and welcome to the show I'm Stuart Goldsmith. Today I'm speaking with Paul Curry who if you're not familiar with his work in the the write-up for this |
| 1:21.6 | episode I've described him as a sweaty bearded turbo clown. |
| 1:24.8 | I think that's fair. |
| 1:26.3 | I don't think Paul would be adverse to being described like that. |
| 1:30.6 | I saw his show as you're here, I think I'm referred to it in this interview. I saw Paul's show on the as you'll hear I think I'm referred to it in this interview |
| 1:34.0 | I saw Paul's show on the last night of Edinburgh this year |
| 1:38.0 | with a couple of street clown friends of mine |
| 1:41.0 | and we were all absolutely gobsmacked at how original it was and particularly |
| 1:47.1 | original with them whilst using some of the things that we're familiar with from clowning to find new ways of |
| 1:54.4 | using familiar things. It was really original. It was incredibly heartfelt and |
| 2:00.1 | evocative and the audience were just going nuts. |
| 2:04.3 | So if you haven't seen this stuff, ordinarily I'd tell you to revise people. |
| 2:07.8 | I don't know that it's possible to have a bit of revision on Paul without seeing his stuff live. I'm sure that any kind of bootleg |
| 2:16.1 | gig videos you might find won't do it justice. But he might needle around. |
| 2:20.4 | Paul's website is Mr. Paul Curry.com. Maybe he's got some video stuff up there. |
| 2:24.0 | So without further ado, I really enjoy talking to Paul Curry. |
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