271 - Laura Lexx
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2018
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Unfailingly bright and bubbly, Laura Lexx has recently shifted into higher gear, with a breakthrough fringe show about an ongoing mental health struggle. We learn how her director Jessica Fostekew pushed her to be more vulnerable than her club comic instincts would ordinarily allow, discuss bailing at competition finals, and consider melting down the fat to get to the muscle...
Extras available for donors on the private podcast at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders include Laura on changes in her mindset that helped her improve; the differences between what audiences and industry are looking for in a festival show; reflections on other useful painful experiences, and a warning for people considering a certain student comedy competition...
The show Laura was doing at the Edinburgh festival was "Trying" and you can see it at The Soho Theatre in London from 20-23 February 2019 - https://sohotheatre.com/shows/laura-lexx-trying/
Catch Laura on the BBC's Live at the Apollo Christmas Special on 20th December!
Details of all Laura's gigs and to keep up with everything she does via a newsletter are at www.lauralexx.co.uk, and she's on twitter @LauraLexx and Facebook.com/lauralexxcomedian
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| 0:00.0 | Are there any words more guaranteed to strike terror into people's hearts than climate comedy? |
| 0:04.6 | Well, I thought so, and then I took my show Spoilers to the Edinburgh Festival and everyone bloody loved it, |
| 0:09.7 | including Brian Eno, if you can believe that. You can see it at the Soho Theatre from the 29th of November for four nights get your tickets at Stuart Goldsmith.com. |
| 0:20.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
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| 0:38.0 | Tees and sees apply. Check the Uber app. up. Hello there Stuart Goldsmith here. Today on the comedians comedian we are talking to Laura Lex this is a |
| 1:04.8 | conversation that we had at the Edinburgh Festival at the Place Hotel on York Place |
| 1:09.7 | do check that out if you're a baller. This conversation delighted me and as you can |
| 1:17.2 | hear there is a big emotional bit for me at least I think Laura was in the |
| 1:22.0 | process of exosizing a lot of her emotions on stage and we'll talk about that and there is a bit towards the end where it really gets me. |
| 1:30.0 | And I was so pleased to have this conversation. She's such a talented comic and things appear to be going her way. |
| 1:37.6 | We're going to start off by talking about how she was having one of those Edinburgh's where it's all going off and since then I'm happy to say she is about |
| 1:45.8 | to feature on the Live at the Apollo Christmas Special. She's doing some, what other bits |
| 1:51.3 | and bobs did she mention? Oh, from the 20th to the 23rd of February, |
| 1:54.6 | you can see the show that we're talking about trying |
| 1:56.9 | at the Soho Theatre in London. |
| 1:58.4 | I'm sure she'll be touring it afterwards. |
| 2:00.7 | Let's get stuck into how a bright and bubbly club comic an award-winning |
| 2:05.8 | MC gets pushed to be more vulnerable than her instincts would ordinarily allow |
| 2:10.5 | and to get some big big laughs out of some very difficult subject matter. |
| 2:15.0 | It's quintessential Comcom. This is Laura Lex. |
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