Richard Gadd Talks Anti-Comedy & Solo Shows
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Temi sits down with Richard Gadd to talk about his journey into being a writer, actor and comedian. He won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2016 for his show, Monkey See Monkey Do, and has been awarded The Stage award for outstanding performance in his play, Baby Reindeer, that is being staged at the Bush Theatre in Winter 2019.  In this episode, Richard reveals what made him start to write and how he continues to be an obsessively driven playwright from repeatedly editing drafts to performing his own work. Richard discusses structure, themes and his relationship to theatre. This is an open conversation that gets into the mindset of an exciting talent.  Richard Gadd’s play, Baby Reindeer, will be showing at the Bush Theatre from 9th October, for more information, follow the link:  https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/baby-reindeer/ Host: Temi WilkeyProducer: Jane Ryan Editor: Kazra Firouzyar Part of the OneFinePlay network
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