Ashley Davies
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Emma Sidi: "It's always good to do comedy that tickles yourself"
The in-demand comedian and actress talks about her new character-led performance.
Ashley Davies, The Times, 16th July 2024Eleanor Morton: "People who go into comedy to be cool are idiots"
The comedian on tackling people's misconceptions of Edinburgh, making sketches about Scottish tourism and researching inspirational tales of overlooked women.
Ashley Davies, The Times, 12th June 2024Robert Florence: "Playing is one of the most important things you can do"
The co-creator and star of the cult BBC series Burnistoun on his childhood hero, the appeal of wrestling and why he owes his parents an apology.
Ashley Davies, The Times, 15th May 2024Larry Dean: "My pal had Disco Inferno played at his funeral"
The comedian on going on holiday with his family, being diagnosed with autism and picking on the wrong people at live shows.
Ashley Davies, The Times, 1st May 2024Fern Brady: "I won't water myself down for the Taskmaster crowd"
The comedian talks to Ashley Davies about the inspiration behind her latest tour, dealing with hecklers and why she's over light entertainment.
Ashley Davies, The Times, 17th April 2024Ashley Storrie: "Mum became a comedian, so we became a travelling circus act"
The writer and comedian on sliding along the bar as a child, her love of William Shatner and the joy of Wellington's short airport runway.
Ashley Davies, The Times, 10th April 2024Marjolein Robertson: who are all these nerds watching my videos?
The comedian, whose relationship with the truth got her banned from editing Wikipedia, is amazed so many like her educational sketches on the Shetland dialect.
Ashley Davies, The Times, 13th March 2024Bob Servant: 'I blame myself for the fall of the Berlin Wall'
The owner of Dundee's third most successful burger van on why he'd apologise to Lulu and how he talked Annie Lennox down from a bottle fight, via his creator, Neil Forsyth.
Ashley Davies, The Times, 11th January 2024Edinburgh's Krystal Evans finds humour in the darkness
There's a popular formula to a lot of Edinburgh Festival Fringe stand-up shows. The comic keeps the audience happy and engaged with jokes and stories for 40 minutes and then hits them with something sad.
Ashley Davies, The National (Scotland), 1st August 2023Fiona Allen reveals ageist and sexist comment from younger male comedian - and how she shut him down
She talks about the terrifying transition from telly to stand-up, who she finds funny and how her attempts at mid-life hobbies failed...
Ashley Davies, Metro, 31st July 2023