Mike Birbiglia
Mike Birbiglia
- Writer and stand-up comedian
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Dominic Cavendish and Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 14th December 2023Why is US stand-up Mike Birbiglia still alive?
The comic, who has survived cancer and once sleep-jumped through a closed hotel window, is bringing his Broadway smash about mortality to the UK. 'I guarantee you'll laugh,' he says.
Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 22nd August 2023My comedy hero: Robin Morgan on Mike Birbiglia
As the Welsh stand-up goes on tour with a show about how men can, and should, do better, he picks the acclaimed American comedy storyteller as his somewhat serendipitous icon.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 24th February 2020