British Comedian Eddie Izzard Brings Her Remix Tour To San Francisco

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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For more than 35 years, British comedian Eddie Izzard built a career as an openly trans woman, winning Emmy awards, acting for both film and TV and performing in one-woman shows on Broadway. Now, she’s juggling a campaign for a seat in Parliament while making stops in North America for her Remix Tour, which revisits some of her favorite comedy sets. Ahead of her San Francisco shows, we’ll talk with Izzard about getting into politics and what it means to “remix” her old comedy. Guests: Eddie Izzard, comedian; author. Izzard is currently running to be the Labour candidate for a seat in Parliament Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.0	Eddie Izard is a singular performer.
0:51.7	As a teenager, I saw her comedy special, dressed to kill, and re-watching
0:55.8	it this week, I realized I committed entire bits to memory. So not too much of a stretch to say
1:01.1	that Isert's whole way of being was influential for me. Gender non-conforming, brilliant, hilarious,
1:07.6	nerdy, Isard opened a window into new ways of existing that broadened my world,
1:12.5	and I know I'm not alone in that.
1:14.5	Now she's back in San Francisco this week,
1:16.7	where Dressed to Kill was filmed,
1:18.7	remixing a career's worth of material for our strange times.
1:22.8	Isard joins us after this news.
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