Olga Koch features
Olga Koch / Gareth Mutch / Marc Jennings - Bobby Carroll's Live Comedy Diary
Saturday 17th February 2024
This month Bobby watches three tour shows in their final iterations and ponders whether structure should ever trump jokes?
The Top 50 Comedy Shows of 2023 - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary
Sunday 31st December 2023
Absolutely the only place on the internet to witness James Acaster, Rosie Jones, Dara O Briain, Bridget Christie, Nish Kumar, Ed Byrne, Kate Berlant, Rhys James, Paul Sinha, Ania Magliano, Olga Koch, Josie Long, Ahir Shah, Julia Masli and Daniel Kitson battle it out to win Mark Muldoon's Live Comedy Show of the Year title.
Munya Chawawa, Ania Magliano, Olga Koch, Lorna Rose Treen - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary
Monday 30th October 2023
Here's another edition of our live comedy column which this time round features social media superstar Munya Chawawa alongside Olga Koch, Ania Magliano and Lorna Rose Treen. Which if nothing else would be an ideal dinner party, wouldn't it.
British Comedy Guide's top tips for the 2023 Edinburgh Festival
Thursday 3rd August 2023
Here's a list of Edinburgh Fringe shows the British Comedy Guide team have seen in preview, and can vouch for already being in great shape.
The Top 40 Comedy Shows of 2022 - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary
Saturday 31st December 2022
Absolutely the only place on the internet to witness Sara Pascoe, James Acaster, Glenn Moore, Romesh Ranganathan, Liz Kingsman, Bill Bailey, Jordan Gray, Vir Das, Olga Koch and Daniel Kitson battle it out to win Mark's Live Comedy Show of the Year title.
Best-reviewed Edinburgh Fringe shows 2022
Monday 12th September 2022
Dave Johns, Jordan Gray, Paul Sinha, Colin Hoult and Olga Koch were amongst the comedians to have the best reviewed comedy shows at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival.
Comedy Awards nominees, Rhys Nicholson, Sam Campbell - Mark Muldoon's Fringe Diary
Thursday 25th August 2022
Mark Muldoon reacts to the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations, plus reports back from some other shows at the festival.
Glenn Moore, Olga Koch, Colin Hoult, Chloe Petts - Mark Muldoon's Fringe Diary
Monday 15th August 2022
Mark Muldoon makes some Edinburgh Comedy Award predictions, and reports back on shows including Anna Mann, Shelf and Ania Magliano.
Bobby Carroll's Diary - Erika Ehler / Emmanuel Sonubi / Olga Koch
Sunday 7th August 2022
This will be Bobby Carroll's 22nd year at the festival. He's writing a diary for us of what he's been seeing. First up: Erika Ehler, Emmanuel Sonubi and Olga Koch.
The Isolation Conversations - Olga Koch
Wednesday 24th June 2020
Olga Koch should now be travelling, after giving up her tech job for grad school. Still, there is a cool stand-up event on the horizon: her last show If/Then is going vinyl. We talk sinister tech, right-wing swings, Soviet equality, immigration, Tarkovsky vs Chernobyl, and live comedy vs first dates.
Glasgow Comedy Festival 2020 report
Monday 16th March 2020
The Glasgow International Comedy Festival launched last week, and runs until 29th March. British Comedy Guide visited the city for the inaugural weekend.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Olga Koch
Friday 25th October 2019
She asked for it, and we said 'er, could do?': Olga Koch belts out the first ever First Gig Worst Gig karaoke special.
Glasgow Comedy Festival 2019 report
Thursday 28th March 2019
A rundown of some of the highlights British Comedy Guide saw when visiting the 2019 Glasgow Comedy Festival.
Olga Koch interview
Saturday 23rd February 2019
We talk to Russian comedian Olga Koch about her Russian-American-British cultural mix; how to develop an Edinburgh Award-nominated comedy show; computer science; tattoos; Mikhail Gorbachev; and her ambitious new hour, Button.
Gig Report: Leicester Comedy Festival 2019
Thursday 21st February 2019
Our stand-up editor made a whistle-stop trip to the Leicester Comedy Festival, saw eight shows, and a bit of everything.