Claire Smith
- Reviewer
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Sam Simmons: 'Stand-up is a pretty amazing artform' (Link expired)
The mid-life crisis of an objectionable former muesli bar manufacturer drifting to his death at sea is the starting point for Sam Simmons' playful new show. Interview by Claire Smith.
Claire Smith, WOW247, 6th August 2014Clive Anderson brings his hit improv show to the Fringe (Link expired)
Plenty of the old gang from Whose Line Is It Anyway? will be taking part in Clive Anderson's Fringe show. The Loose Ends presenter and former barrister talks to Claire Smith about improv and the interview he would rather we all forgot.
Claire Smith, WOW247, 4th August 2014Interview: Lewis Schaffer on being born to be a failure (Link expired)
Claire Smith meets stand-up Lewis Schaffer on the 20th anniversary of the start of his comedy career, although describing the occasion as a celebration might be stretching it a little.
Claire Smith, Edinburgh Festivals, 7th August 2013Bursting with joy
Former MP, author and comedy performer Gyles Brandreth is on the hunt for perfect happiness.
Claire Smith, Edinburgh Festivals, 1st August 2013Crash Blam!
Physical comedy meets some serious circus skills in a visual extravaganza about escaping office life.
Claire Smith, Edinburgh Festivals, 1st August 2013Phil Kay is still considering a viable alternative
I'm on a train, trundling through Sussex in the summertime, reading a computer copy of Phil Kay's new book, when I get a message from Phil Kay. "I ought to be in Lewes some time today. Could be swimming at England's oldest lido."
Claire Smith, The Scotsman, 31st July 2013Blam! preview: 'Die Hard meets The Office' (Link expired)
Blam! has been dubbed Die Hard meets The Office and is coming to the Fringe. Claire Smith travels to Iceland to watch a truly spectacular show
Claire Smith, Edinburgh Festivals, 30th July 2013Alexei Sayle on his return to stand-up comedy
After a 17-year break from stand-up, Alexei Sayle is back. Age may have seen off the tight suits but it hasn't blunted his edge.
Claire Smith, The Scotsman, 25th June 2013Don't ask about dosh: The true cost of staging a Fringe
It was suddenly no laughing matter when Claire Smith decided to investigate what it really costs to put on a show at the Fringe.
Claire Smith, The Scotsman, 25th August 2012The Umbrella Birds: WC
There's a fantastic cast of characters here, and with tight writing, strong characterisation and snappy delivery, the sketches are laugh-out-loud funny. An hour on a hard seat in a Portakabin is uncomfortable, but I'm already looking forward to telling people in a few years' time: "I saw Emily Watson Howes performing in a toilet in Edinburgh back in 2007."
Claire Smith, The Scotsman, 20th August 2007