Marjolein Robertson
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2025
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Marjolein Robertson is an award-winning stand-up, improviser, and storyteller originally from Shetland. Nominated for the Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedy Award and the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Comedy Award, her Fringe shows Marj and O both sold out and earned rave reviews!
We discuss how she accidentally started with hour-long comedy shows, being influenced by Shetland folklore, why she won’t do the “small island” material anymore, the themes within her trilogy of shows, death, the pressure to turn trauma into material, choosing between art or algorithms and is Marjolein Robertson happy…
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Marjolein Robertson is at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer with Lein, taking place at the Pleasance Dome from the 30th July to the 24th August.
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| 0:00.0 | Every single person that comes along to my Edinburgh show, |
| 0:02.7 | an inconvenient time at 11.5 a.m. between the 11th and 17th of August, |
| 0:07.2 | will receive a kiss. That's right, a full-on snog from me. |
| 0:10.5 | Get your tickets now at Stuartgoldsmith.com. |
| 0:12.6 | Kiss not guaranteed. Hello and welcome back to the show. |
| 0:32.1 | I'm Stuart Goldsmith today. |
| 0:33.7 | I am talking to Mary Elaine Robertson, who is not only an award-winning stand-up improviser and storyteller, |
| 0:41.1 | and originally from Shetland, not only nominated for the Sean Locke Comedy Award and the Sibilly-Connelly Spirit of Glasgow Comedy Award, |
| 0:48.3 | not only the owner and operator of fringe shows Marge and O, which both sold out and got rave reviews, |
| 0:56.6 | but also a singularly fascinating and creative and brilliant and fun and funny person. |
| 1:03.9 | This summer, she's back with Mary Lane Robertson. |
| 1:06.2 | The show is called Lane. |
| 1:07.8 | It's taking place at the Pleasant's Dome from the 30th to the 24th of August, which sounds to me like pretty much the full run. And you can get tickets for it. Where can you get tickets for it? Marrylane Robertson.com, that's probably easiest, or edfringe.com, or their app if it's improved. Let's give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe this year they have significantly proved the app and website. There's always hope. In the first half of this episode, we're going to discuss how Mary Elaine |
| 1:32.0 | started out with hour-long comedy shows. We talk about how she was influenced by Shetland folklore |
| 1:38.0 | and why she doesn't do the small island material anymore. And you can watch this whole episode to get 25 minutes of exclusive |
| 1:46.9 | extras as well, which you can either watch or just listen to in an ad-free kind of way, if that's |
| 1:51.3 | your preference. It's a minimum £3 a month, and you can find out Mary Lane's thoughts on |
| 1:57.4 | balancing creativity with capitalism, seasonal rhythms and cultural influences. |
| 2:02.6 | I don't think anyone's ever mentioned seasonal rhythms before, and we're nearly at episode 500. |
| 2:07.6 | We will find out how a mysterious mind reader told her she should be doing stand-up, |
| 2:11.6 | and also we'll learn about a two-star review, which led to her to commit to full-time comedy. |
| 2:17.8 | All of that good stuff is at the extras patreon.com.com.com. |
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