Q and A with comedian Sophie Willan

Interview with Sophie Willan.

Sophie Willan Q&A - Edinburgh Fringe 2016

Interview with Sophie Willan.

The Show Time Series with Sophie Willan

Interview with Sophie Willan.

Edinburgh Fringe: 5 great Northern comedians

Many of the ace up-and-coming Northern comedians we've profiled in The Skinny are now taking their first full hour to the Edinburgh Fringe. With the festival scarily imminent, there's no better time to check in and ask how much they're absolutely bricking it.

Interview: Sophie Willan on record

This year sees Sophie Willan make her solo debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 'On Record' she presents what promises to be the funniest show about being in and out of care that you're ever likely to see.

Sophie Willan: On Record - The Lowry, Salford review

At just under an hour On Record feels short for a full evening's entertainment but there is no doubt that Willan manages to find surprising humour in material that really ought to be the basis of high tragedy.

Interview with Sophie Willan

I've been doing stand-up comedy for just over a year.

Magners new act finalists confirmed

They are Lolly Adefope, George Rigden and Ingrid Dahle, who qualifed via the final qualifying heat in Bristol. They are now joined by three more acts who qualified via a public online vote after their clips were posted on YouTube. They are Sophie Willan, Chris Washington and Benji Waterstones.

The finalists have been announced for the Amused Moose Laugh Off competition, which will be decided at the Edinburgh Fringe on August 9. The newish comics competing for the title are: Jay Hampson, Luke Courtier, George Lewis, Mo Gilligan, Colin Chadwick, Sophie Willan, James Loveridge, Tamar Broadbent and Daniel Audritt.

Sophie Willan: Meet the novice detective

Stand-up Sophie Willan becomes the Novice Detective for Fringe audiences this year as she retells the true story of how she and her "slightly psychic" gran once set out to find her missing father.