311 - Sofie Hagen

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Stuart Goldsmith

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Sofie Hagen is a remarkable comedian, who is arguably better known at present for her activism than her excellent work in comedy. We talk about the incredible think-tank of the small Danish circuit where she started out, and the toxicity she discovered therein; her insightful analysis of how "losers win" at the Edinburgh festival; the dual purpose of having gender neutral toilets at her shows; and get stuck into some very frank discussion of the social activism element of her profile... and exactly what it's cost her.

45 mins of extra material available exclusively to the Insiders Club includes her opening gambit of reading all the comedy books, and how her process features infinite whiteboards and structural skeletons. We also dive into the delicate balance between trauma, therapy and confessional shows, and the mistake she made that she was too late in noticing to fix... All available now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders

Tickets and info for Sofie's current tour can be found HERE.

sofiehagen.com | @SofieHagen

Catch the second leg of Stu's "End Of" tour show:

05/10/19

Edinburgh Stand (early show – 5pm)

06/10/19

Aberdeen Comedy Festival

11/10/19

Northampton Royal and Derngate

25/10/19

Teignmouth Pavillions

26/10/19

Swindon Arts Centre

04/11/19

Nottingham Glee Club

05/11/19

Birmingham Glee Club

08/11/19

Bristol – The Comedy Box at the Hen and Chicken

04/12/19

Aldershot – The West End Centre

25/01/20

Corsham – The Pound Arts Centre

01/02/20

Newcastle Stand (early show – 5pm)

02/02/20

Glasgow – The Stand

07/02/20

Farnham Maltings

28/02/20

Cambridge Junction

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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. So, Hello and
0:35.0	welcome to the show I'm Stuart Goldsmith and today I'm talking to Sophie Hagen
0:40.0	fabulous comedian social activist social media darling and as we will learn someone who may be about to turn a corner away from
0:48.7	some of those elements of her career. This is a really fascinating conversation I've been gleefully sitting on it since we recorded this halfway through August at the Edinburgh Festival.
0:57.0	We're going to talk about the incredible think tank of the small Danish circuit where she started out and some of the toxicity that she discovered therein.
1:05.0	We're going to find out her analysis of how losers win at the Edinburgh Festival.
1:10.0	And believe you me, Sophie is a very shrewd lady so you'll be enjoying that and we're
1:13.8	going to talk about the dual purpose of having gender-neutral toilets at her
1:17.0	tour shows and we're going to have a very candid discussion of the social
1:21.6	activism element of her profile and exactly what that element has cost her.
1:27.0	If you are a member of the insiders club, there is a good, I think what 45 minutes of this conversation available to you in which we cover some of her
1:35.8	star pupil approach to the beginning of her comedy career reading all the comedy books.
1:40.5	We learn how doing fan fiction at ACMS turned a corner for her.
1:44.0	We're going to get into the infinite whiteboard app and some structural skeletons in her structural cupboard.
1:51.0	We are going to talk a lot about process and we're also
1:54.1	going to talk about the delicate balance between trauma, therapy and
1:57.5	confessional shows and a crucial mistake she identifies that she only noticed when it was too late to do anything about it.
2:05.4	So if you'd like to sign up at comedians comedian.com slash insiders, you'll get access to all of those
2:10.1	extras which are very delightful indeed indeed I was really torn with this
2:14.0	episode because I mean it's two hours long the recording and part of me wanted to put
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