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The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

99 - Luisa Omielan

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

Stuart Goldsmith

Jokes, Unknown, Society & Culture, Widdicombe, Learn, Comedy, Performing Arts, Burr, How To, Carr, Acaster, Cope, Writing, Interview, Persona, Arts, In-depth

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2014

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Luisa Omielan has established herself as a comic force to be reckoned with, by-passing the usual club/progression route, and cultivating an audience all her own. We explore the dynamic between her excellent stand-up and the theatrical elements that lift it to another level, and she talks candidly about her relationships with her family, and with the circuit that she'd still love to feel more a part of.BBC3, Beyonce, What Would Beyonce Do?, AmIRightLadies?, Soho Theatre, Leicester Square Theatre, The Exhibit, Salford University, Madonna, Edfringe, Underbelly, Suzi Ruffell, Off the Kerb, Top Secret Comedy Club, Gospel, Viva Forever, Jongleurs, XS Malarkey, Spanx. Criminal Minds, Live At The Apollo, Big Brother, Debi Allen, Caroline Rhea, Whoopi Goldberg, Montreal Comedy Festival

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0:18.0

Hello, Stue here. This isn't an ad. This is me telling you that you have got to get hold of a copy of Adam Blooms book, Finding Your Comic Genius. It's just so great, and I want everyone to buy it for everyone else for Christmas. We discuss it in detail on episode 437 and at the time of recording this it has 66 5-star reviews out of 66 reviews on Amazon.

0:21.2

So go and find Adam Bloom's book, Repeat. This is not an ad and I'm not

0:24.7

being remunerated. Or remunerated. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber.

0:42.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:46.0

Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.

0:51.0

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1:12.0

This is a podcast from comedian podcast.

1:19.0

Hello and welcome to the show, I'm Stuart Goldsmith, and if you've had anything to do with British comedy in the last two or three years, you cannot have failed to notice Louisa Omeulan, who has been streaking ahead in the public

1:24.5

consciousness and selling thousands of tickets to boot by doing it all rather

1:28.6

differently to the rest of us. Very excited to bring you this conversation Here's Louisa Omeulan.

1:35.0

So let's talk about where you are. Let's start by, let's find out where you are now in terms of the show.

1:47.0

You've just, what, what, between which shows are you at the moment?

1:50.0

A few weeks ago I finished a run at Zoho Theatre for a two week run of

1:53.0

Am I Right Ladies? I've since had a couple of tour dates and what would be on say do?

1:56.8

Just one off here and there around the country. I'm going back to the West End

2:01.0

and doing my first few West End dates at the Leicester Square Theatre,

2:04.8

What Would Beyonce do?

2:05.8

Okay.

2:06.8

So that's what's happening.

2:07.8

And describe the show for someone who's never heard of you or doesn't know anything

2:10.9

about it?

2:11.9

What would Beyonce do is my debut solo stand the power

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