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James Hamilton interview

"It's hard to feel secure enough to go 'this is awesome'. For me, it's always more 'how do I not fucking lose this'. I wish I wasn't so negative about it."

The Comedy Loser, 1st November 2020

NextUp reveal new shows

Streaming Service NextUp​ has announced its next batch of releases. There are specials from Casual Violence, Ashley Haden, Njambi McGrath, Lou Conran and Alexander Bennett.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th January 2020

James Hamilton Is So Lonely review

In his first solo show, James Hamilton, has created an engagingly watchable character comedy narrative - albeit one which gets rather too bogged down in its convoluted storyline to produce too many laugh-out-loud moments.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th May 2016

James Hamilton answers 10 Edinburgh Fringe Questions

Casual Violence's James Hamilton talks to us about his first solo show, on now at the Edinburgh Fringe.

British Comedy Guide, 14th August 2015

Angela Barnes and James Hamilton interview (Link expired)

We invited stand-up Angela Barnes, sketch comedian James Hamilton and a comedy duo from Bootworks Theatre into the #WOWwagon to learn more about their Fringe shows.

Alex Watson, WOW247, 12th August 2015

James Hamilton: Stories don't go out of style (Link expired)

Sketch is dead! Sketch is alive! Stand-up's boring! Stand up's pure! Clowning's a fad! Clowning's rad! Meta's better! Meta's pretentious! After five years making award-winning live comedy, James Hamilton (of Casual Violence acclaim) has learned one thing: story is king, and kings don't go out of style. Unless people decide they'd prefer a constitutional republic.

WOW247, 31st July 2015

James Hamilton's top 5 artists who went solo

To mark this venture into one-man performance we got James to list his five favourite acts who went solo after group success.

James Hamilton, Laugh Out London, 29th July 2015

Five fast Fringe questions with... James Hamilton

A quick interview with James Hamilton.

The Public Reviews, 19th July 2015

The Casual Violence extended interview - audio

Features Editor James T Harding caught up with writer-producer James Hamilton and actor Dave Arrondelle to find out more about how Casual Violence came about, the group's shows this year, the advantages of doing both a paid and free show, and the difficulties of straddling both narrative and sketch formats.

James T. Harding, Broadway Baby, 7th August 2014

James Hamilton interview

I found multiple Malcolm Hardee Comedy Award nominee James Hamilton sitting at a table, writing his sketch group Casual Violence's next show for the Edinburgh Fringe in August.

John Fleming, , 7th May 2014

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